Fluid material dispensing apparatus capable of conducting automatic self-cleaning operation
AssigneeBotrista, Inc.
InventorsYu-Min Lee, Wu-Chou Kuo
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Abstract
A fluid material dispensing apparatus capable of conducting an automatic self-cleaning operation includes: guiding a cleaning solution to flow into a fluid diverter; activate a pump to push residual fluid material in a material transmission pipe forward, so that the residual fluid material is discharged through an outlet connector; and guiding the cleaning solution in the fluid diverter to flow into a fluid connector through the detergent transmission pipe, and then flows into the material transmission pipe through the fluid connector.
Claims11
A fluid material dispensing apparatus (100) for outputting fluid material stored in multiple material containers (130) and capable of conducting an automatic self-cleaning operation, the fluid material dispensing apparatus (100) comprising:
- an outlet connector (110);
- a fluid connector (150), detachably connected to a target material container (130) of the multiple material containers (130), and comprising a material tube (322);
- a material transmission pipe (152), coupled between the material tube (322) and the outlet connector (110);
- a detergent transmission pipe (154);
- a pump (160), coupled between the material transmission pipe (152) and the outlet connector (110);
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- a fluid diverter (190), comprising a liquid input terminal and multiple liquid output terminals, wherein a target output terminal of the multiple liquid output terminals is coupled with the detergent transmission pipe (154);
- wherein the automatic self-cleaning operation comprises:
- guiding a cleaning solution to flow into the fluid diverter (190) through the liquid input terminal of the fluid diverter (190);
- activating the pump (160) to push residual fluid material in the material transmission pipe (152) forward, so that the residual fluid material is discharged through the outlet connector (110);
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- guiding the cleaning solution in the fluid diverter (190) to flow into the fluid connector (150) through the detergent transmission pipe (154), and then flows into the material transmission pipe (152) through the material tube (322) of the fluid connector (150).
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