Fluid Transfer Assembly and Methods of Fluid Transfer
AssigneeGrinOn Industries
InventorJoshua Springer
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Abstract
A fluid dispensing assembly, including a valve, a housing, a user interface, and a fitting to couple to a fluid source. The valve may include a first sensor detecting proper placement of the fluid container based on a magnetic material positioned at the bottom of the fluid container, a plunger having a plunger shaft coupled thereto, the plunger selectively placing the valve in fluid communication with the fluid container, and a solenoid coupled to the plunger shaft and moving the plunger shaft to transition the plunger between an open position and a closed position. The user interface may be coupled to the valve to enable selection of at least a fluid container size and a dispensing mode.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method of dispensing fluid into a fluid container, comprising:
- receiving container size information within input from a user interface;
- receiving an indication that proper placement of a fluid container is detected by a container sensor, wherein the proper placement includes interfacing a mating plate of a nozzle of a valve and a mating plate positioned on a bottom of the fluid container;
- opening, by an actuator assembly, a fluid flow path between the valve and the fluid container, wherein the fluid flows from the nozzle to the fluid container through an opening at the bottom of the fluid container;
- determining a volume of the fluid dispensed into the fluid container based on an indication of a number of rotations of a turbine in the valve and on time information as detected by a fluid sensor;
- and
- closing, by the actuator assembly, the fluid flow path to stop the fluid from flowing into the fluid container based on the volume of the fluid dispensed being within a predetermined threshold of a container size included within the container size information.
A fluid dispensing system for dispensing fluid into a fluid container, the fluid dispensing system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- a fluid sensor communicatively coupled to the one or more processors;
- a container sensor communicatively coupled to the one or more processors;
- a valve including a nozzle and an actuator assembly, the valve communicatively coupled to the one or more processors;
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- a non-transitory storage medium communicatively coupled to the one or more processors and having dispensing logic stored thereon, the dispensing logic executable by the one or more processors to perform operations including:
- receiving container size information within input from a user interface;
- receiving an indication that proper placement of a fluid container is detected by the container sensor,
- opening, by the actuator assembly, a fluid flow path between the valve and the fluid container, wherein the fluid flows from a nozzle to the fluid container through an opening at a bottom of the fluid container;
- determining a volume of the fluid dispensed into the fluid container based on an indication of a number of rotations of a turbine in the valve and on time information as detected by the fluid sensor;
- and
- closing, by the actuator assembly, the fluid flow path to stop the fluid from flowing into the fluid container.
A non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon logic, the logic being executable by one or more processors to perform operations including:
- receiving container size information of a fluid container within input from a user interface;
- receiving an indication that proper placement of a fluid container is detected by a container sensor,
- opening, by an actuator assembly, a fluid flow path between a valve and the fluid container, wherein fluid flows from a nozzle of the valve to the fluid container through an opening at a bottom of the fluid container;
- determining a volume of the fluid dispensed into the fluid container based on an indication of a number of rotations of a turbine in the valve and on time information as detected by a fluid sensor;
- and
- closing, by the actuator assembly, the fluid flow path to stop the fluid from flowing into the fluid container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.