Control mechanism for a dispensing device
OwnerAvijit Das, Cliff Li +4inventors
InventorsAvijit Das, Cliff Li, Walter Sordo, Umberto Toniolo, Christopher Witty, Charles Yao
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a control mechanism (10) for a dispensing device (50). The control mechanism (10) includes a motor (12), a gear arrangement (14) operably connected to the motor (12); and an actuator (15) operably connected to the gear arrangement (14). In use, the actuator (15), under the operation of the motor (12), is configured to actuate an outlet (38) of a container (40) to dispense fluid from within the container (40). The gear arrangement (14) is configured such that a low torque motor (12) may be used to dispense the fluid.
Claims13
A control mechanism for controlling dispensing of fluid from a container, the control mechanism comprising:
- a motor;
- a gear arrangement operably connected to the motor;
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- an actuator operably connected to the gear arrangement and configured to actuate an outlet of the container to dispense fluid therefrom under operation of the meter motor, wherein the outlet comprises a push button valve having a bias;
- wherein the gear ratio of the gear arrangement is at least 190:1, and
- the motor comprises a stall torque of not more than 70 gram centimeters (gcm).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.