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US 2015/0028051 A1Published application
Feedback Control System for Performing Fluid Dispensing Operations
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsRichard Philip Topf, Martin Guirguis
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for controlling a dispensing device. Sensor data about fluid that is being dispensed through the dispensing device may be received. A pressure of the fluid may be identified using the sensor data. A tool configured to move the fluid from a fluid source to the dispensing device based on the pressure identified to control a rate at which the fluid flows from the fluid source to the dispensing device may be controlled.
Claims30
An apparatus comprising:
- a sensor system associated with a dispensing device and configured to generate sensor data about fluid being dispensed from the dispensing device;
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- a controller configured to receive the sensor data, identify a pressure of the fluid using the sensor data, and control a tool configured to move the fluid from a fluid source to the dispensing device based on the pressure identified to control a rate at which the fluid flows from the fluid source to the dispensing device.
A fluid dispensing system comprising:
- a platform;
- a retaining structure associated with the platform and configured to hold a fluid source;
- a dispensing device configured to receive a fluid from the fluid source and dispense the fluid;
- a sensor system associated with the dispensing device in which the sensor system comprises at least one of:
- a pressure sensor configured to measure a pressure of the fluid being dispensed from the dispensing device to generate pressure data for the fluid;
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- a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of the fluid being dispensed from the dispensing device to generate temperature data for the fluid;
- a controller configured to receive the pressure data and the temperature data and to use the pressure data, the temperature data, and a feedback control algorithm to generate a number of commands to control a tool to control a rate at which the fluid flows from the fluid source to the dispensing device such that the pressure of the fluid being dispensed from the dispensing device remains substantially constant in which the tool is selected from one of a mechanical tool and a pneumatic tool;
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- a door mechanism associated with the retaining structure in which the door mechanism is configured to be moved between an open state and a closed state in which the open state allows the fluid source to be either removed from or inserted into the retaining structure and the closed state forms a hermetic seal with the fluid source.
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A method for controlling a dispensing device comprising:
- receiving sensor data about fluid that is being dispensed through the dispensing device;
- identifying a pressure of the fluid using the sensor data;
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- controlling a tool configured to move the fluid from a fluid source to the dispensing device based on the pressure identified to control a rate at which the fluid flows from the fluid source to the dispensing device.
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A method for controlling a dispensing of fluid, the method comprising:
- moving a door mechanism associated with a retaining structure into an open state to allow a fluid source to be inserted into the retaining structure configured to hold the fluid source in which the fluid source holds the fluid;
- moving the door mechanism into a closed state to form a hermetic seal with the fluid source;
- dispensing the fluid from the dispensing device configured to receive the fluid from the fluid source;
- generating sensor data about the fluid that is being dispensed through the dispensing device using a sensor system associated with the dispensing device in which the sensor data includes at least one of temperature data and pressure data for the fluid;
- receiving the sensor data at a controller;
- generating a number of commands using the sensor data and a feedback control algorithm to control a tool that is configured to control a rate at which the fluid flows from the fluid source to the dispensing device such that a pressure of the fluid being dispensed from the dispensing device remains substantially constant;
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- sending the number of commands to the tool to control the tool.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.