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US 2018/0007875 A1Published application
Precision water delivery system for insects
AssigneeAspire Food Group USA Inc.
InventorsMichael Todd Hall, Gabriel Mott, Mohammed Ashour
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Abstract
A water delivery system for supplying water to an insect habitat. The water delivery system including a water tray equipped with a sensor to monitor an amount of water within a water tray. The sensor to cause water to be delivered to the water tray when the amount of water within the tray falls below a predefined threshold amount.
Claims21
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A water tray positioned within an insect habitat to provide moisture to an insect comprising:
- a sensor to collect data related to a level of the moisture associated with the water tray;
- a float having perforations sized to allow insects access to the moisture and to prevent the insects from drowning;
- at least one wall having a coefficient of friction below a threshold, the threshold selected to allow the float to move vertically within the water tray while in contact with the at least one wall;
- and
- a communication interface to send the data to a water delivery system.
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A water tray positioned within an insect habitat to provide moisture to an insect comprising:
- a sensor to collect data related to a level of moisture associated with the water tray;
- a float configured to move vertically based at least in part on the level of moisture in the water tray;
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- a communication interface to send the data to a management system.
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A system comprising:
- a water retention area for receiving water from a water delivery system;
- a sensor to determine that an amount of water contained in the water retention area is less than a threshold;
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- a wireless communication interface to notify the water delivery system in response to the sensor determine the amount of water is less than the threshold.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.