Chemical evaporation control system
AssigneeGlobal Circuit Innovations Inc.
InventorTimothy Mark Barry
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided. The apparatus may include one or more of a container, a first magnet assembly, and a second magnet assembly. The container includes an open top and is configured to hold a liquid chemical solution. The first magnet assembly includes a first magnet having a first polarity and a cover, coupled to the first magnet. The cover is configured to be movable between an open and a closed position and limit evaporation of the solution when the cover is in the closed position. The second magnet assembly includes a second magnet having a second polarity. In response to a command, the second magnet assembly is configured to move the cover to the open position without direct contact to the first magnet assembly in response to a command.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- a container, comprising an open top and configured to hold a chemical solution;
- a first magnet assembly, comprising:
- a first magnet, comprising a first polarity;
- and
- a cover of planar disposition comprising top and bottom sides, the top side coupled to a side surface of the first magnet, the bottom side configured to move across a top surface of the container between an open and a closed position and limit evaporation of the solution when in the closed position, the first magnet comprising a first magnetic axis through a north pole and a south pole of the first magnet, the first magnetic axis parallel to the plane of the cover;
- a controller;
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- a second magnet assembly, comprising a second magnet, the second magnet comprising a north pole and a south pole and further comprising a second polarity, configured to receive a command from the controller to move the cover to one of the open position and the closed position and in response move the second magnet assembly relative to the first magnet assembly-without direct contact to the first magnet assembly.
A system, comprising:
- a controller;
- an open-top container configured to hold a chemical solution;
- a cover of planar disposition and comprising top and bottom sides, the bottom side configured to slide over the top of the container between open and closed positions, the cover configured to limit evaporation of a chemical solution when in the closed position;
- a first magnet, affixed to a top side of the cover;
- a second magnet, configured to one of provide an attraction force to the first magnet in response to a predetermined separation distance and opposite polarities between the first and second magnets and provide a repellant force to the first magnet in response to the predetermined separation distance and same polarities between the first and second magnets;
- an actuator, coupled to the second magnet and the controller, configured to receive one or more movement commands from the controller to move the second magnet relative to the first magnet.
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by an actuator coupled to a second magnet and a controller, one or more movement commands from the controller to move the second magnet relative to a first magnet affixed to a top side of a cover configured to slide over a container between closed and open positions, the container comprising an open top and configured to hold a chemical solution, the cover of planar disposition and configured to limit evaporation of the chemical solution when in the closed position;
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- moving, by the actuator, the second magnet a predetermined separation distance from the first magnet, the second magnet providing a repellant force to the first magnet in response to the predetermined separation distance and same polarities between the first and second magnets and providing an attraction force to the first magnet in response to a predetermined separation distance and opposite polarities between the first and second magnets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.