# US 2016/0259186 A1 · Equipment and method for metering instilled liquid crystals > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2016/0259186 A1 - Document ID: US20160259186A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/745,988 - Filed: 2015-06-22 - Published: 2016-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2015-03-03 - Assignees: Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd.; Hefei Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd.; Hefei Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Yangkun JING; Junwei LI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20160259186A1 ## CPC - G01G 17/00: Apparatus for or methods of weighing material of special form or property (determining weight by measuring volume G01F) - G01G 15/00: Arrangements for check-weighing of materials dispensed into removable containers (packaging aspects B65B; {electric measuring arrangements involving comparison with a reference value G01R17/00}) - G01G 23/10: by electric or magnetic means - G01G: WEIGHING (sorting by weighing B07C5/16) ## Abstract The present disclosure provides an equipment and method for metering instilled liquid crystals, so as to improve the metering accuracy and the metering efficiency of the equipment for metering instilled liquid crystals. The equipment includes a tray having a plurality of holes arranged in a circle and a measuring cup arranged within each hole, a pair of scales arranged below the circle of the holes, and a driving device connected to the tray in a driving manner and configured to drive the tray to move up and down and drive the tray that has moved to a high position to rotate to a position where one measuring cup to be metered is in alignment with the pair of scales. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An equipment for metering instilled liquid crystals, comprising: a tray having a plurality of holes arranged in a circle and a measuring cup being arranged within each hole; a pair of scales arranged below the circle of the holes; and a driving device connected to the tray in a driving manner and configured to drive the tray to move up and down; wherein when the tray moves to a high position, the driving device is further configured to drive the tray to rotate to a position where one of the measuring cups to be metered is in alignment with the pair of scales. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The equipment according to claim 1, wherein there are at least two pairs of scales, and a number of the holes in the tray is an integral multiple of a number of pairs of the scales. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The equipment according to claim 2, wherein the holes are arranged at a regular interval in the circle; the at least two pairs of scales are arranged below the circle of the holes at a regular interval. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The equipment according to claim 1, further comprising a vibration sensor and a vibration compensator; wherein the vibration sensor is configured to detect vibration information of the pair of scales; and the vibration compensator is in communication with the vibration sensor, and configured to, when an electric signal corresponding to the vibration information of the pair of scales exceeds a predetermined signal threshold, apply a control force to the pair of scales in a direction opposite to a vibration direction of the pair of scales in accordance with the vibration information of the pair of scales. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The equipment according to claim 4, further comprising an electromagnetic force balance sensor configured to detect vibration information of the pair of scales when instilling liquid crystals; wherein the vibration compensator is further in communication with the electromagnetic force balance sensor, and configured to apply a compensating control force to the pair of scales in a direction opposite to a vibration direction of the pair of scales when instilling the liquid crystals in accordance with the vibration information of the scale body when instilling the liquid crystals. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The equipment according to claim 1, wherein the driving device comprises: a base; a driving cylinder secured onto the base and configured to vertically extend. and retract; a support fixedly connected to a telescopic end of the driving cylinder; and a driving unit secured onto the support, an output shaft of the driving unit being connected to a center support member of the tray in a driving manner. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The equipment according to claim 6, wherein the driving device further comprises a vertical guiding rod secured onto the base, and the support is slidingly fitted to the vertical guiding rod. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The equipment according to claim 7, wherein a linear bearing is arranged between the support and the vertical guiding rod. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The equipment according to claim 6, wherein the driving cylinder comprises a hydraulic cylinder or a phneumatic cylinder, and the driving unit comprises a motor or an electric machine. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The equipment according to claim 6, wherein when there are at least two pairs of scales, each pair of scales is secured onto a support platform which is secured onto the base; each pair of scales is provided with a cup holder, and top surfaces of the cup holders are located at an identical level. ### Claim 11 A method for metering instilled liquid crystals, comprising: detecting vibration information of a pair of scales; applying a control force to the pair of scales in a direction opposite to a vibration direction of the pair of scales in accordance with the vibration information of the pair of scales when an electric signal corresponding to the vibration information of the pair of scales exceeds a predetermined signal threshold; and instilling liquid crystals into a measuring cup when the electric signal corresponding to the vibration information of the pair of scales does not exceed the predetermined signal threshold, and metering the liquid crystals in the measuring cup. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, further comprising: detecting vibration information of the pair of scales when instilling the liquid crystals; and applying a compensating control force to the pair of scales in a direction opposite to a vibration direction of the pair of scales when instilling the liquid crystals in accordance with the vibration information of the pair of scales when instilling the liquid crystals. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) A method for metering instilled liquid crystals using the equipment according to claim 1, comprising: driving, by a driving device of the equipment, a tray of the equipment to move up to a high position, and driving the tray that has moved to the high position to rotate to a position where a measuring cup is in alignment with a pair of scales that is stationary in the equipment; driving, by the driving device, the tray to move down so that the measuring cup naturally falls onto the pair of scales; and instilling liquid crystals into the measuring cup by a nozzle of the equipment, and metering the instilled liquid crystals in the measuring cup by the pair of scales. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method according to claim 13, wherein the equipment comprises a vibration sensor and a vibration compensator, and the vibration compensator is in communication with the vibration sensor; and after driving, by the driving device, the tray to move down so that the measuring cup naturally falls onto the pair of scales, and before instilling liquid crystals into the measuring cup by a nozzle of the equipment, the method further comprises: detecting, by the vibration sensor, vibration information of the pair of scales; judging whether or not an electric signal corresponding to the vibration information of the pair of scales exceeds a predetermined signal threshold; when the electric signal corresponding to the vibration information of the pair of scales exceeds the predetermined signal threshold, applying, by the vibration compensator, a control force to the pair of scales in a direction opposite to a vibration direction of the pair of scales in accordance with the vibration information of the pair of scales until the electric signal corresponding to the vibration information of the pair of scales is lowered to be less than the predetermined signal threshold; and when the electric signal corresponding to the vibration information of the pair of scales does not exceed or is lowered to be less than the predetermined signal threshold, instilling the liquid crystals into the measuring cup by the nozzle. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method according to claim 14, wherein the equipment further comprises an electromagnetic force balance sensor, and the vibration compensator is further in communication with the electromagnetic force balance sensor; when instilling liquid crystals into the measuring cup by a nozzle of the equipment for metering instilled liquid crystals, the method further comprises: detecting vibration information of the pair of scales by the electromagnetic force balance sensor; and applying, by the vibration compensator, a compensating control force to the pair of scales in a direction opposite to a vibration direction of the pair of scales when instilling liquid crystals in accordance with the vibration information of the pair of scales when instilling liquid crystals.