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US 2019/0375623 A1Published application
Product Dispensing System
AssigneeDEKA Products Limited Partnership
InventorsRussell H. Beavis, Benjamin W. Jones, John M. Kerwin, Larry B. Gray, Casey P. Manning, Felix Winkler, Robert A. Charles
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Abstract
A flow sensor includes a fluid chamber configured to receive a fluid. A diaphragm assembly is configured to be displaced whenever the fluid within the fluid chamber is displaced. A transducer assembly is configured to monitor the displacement of the diaphragm assembly and generate a signal based, at least in part, upon the quantity of fluid displaced within the fluid chamber.
Claims20
A product dispensing system comprising:
- a flow control device configured to regular a first ingredient comprising:
- a flow measuring device configured to provide a feedback signal based upon a volume of the first ingredient flowing within the flow control device;
- a pump module configured to be coupled to a supply of a second ingredient;
- a controller configured to provide a first control signal to the flow control device for controlling the supply of a first quantity of the first ingredient based upon, at least in part, a predetermined recipe, and to provide a second control signal to the pump module for controlling the supply of a first quantity of the second ingredient based upon, at least in part, the predetermined recipe;
- an RFID antenna assembly;
- a slot assembly for releasably engaging a product container, wherein the product container includes a first RFID tag assembly that is positioned within a detection zone of the RFID antenna assembly whenever the slot assembly releasably engages the product container;
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- an engagement device for releasably engaging a bracket assembly of the processing system, wherein the bracket assembly includes a second RFID tag assembly that is positioned within the detection zone of the RFID antenna assembly whenever the engagement device releasably engages the bracket assembly.
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A product dispensing system, for use within a processing system, comprising:
- a flow control device configured to regular a first ingredient comprising:
- a flow measuring device configured to provide a feedback signal based upon a volume of the first ingredient flowing within the flow control device;
- a pump module configured to be coupled to a supply of a second ingredient;
- a controller configured to provide a first control signal to the flow control device for controlling the supply of a first quantity of the first ingredient based upon, at least in part, a predetermined recipe, and to provide a second control signal to the pump module for controlling the supply of a first quantity of the second ingredient based upon, at least in part, the predetermined recipe;
- an RFID antenna assembly;
- a slot assembly for releasably engaging a product container, wherein the product container includes a first RFID tag assembly that is positioned within a detection zone of the RFID antenna assembly whenever the slot assembly releasably engages the product container;
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- an engagement device for releasably engaging a bracket assembly of the processing system, wherein the bracket assembly includes a second RFID tag assembly that is positioned within the detection zone of the RFID antenna assembly whenever the engagement device releasably engages the bracket assembly,
- wherein the at least one product container is configured to position the first RFID tag assembly within a detection zone of the RFID antenna assembly whenever the product module assembly releasably engages the at least one product container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.