Automated method and system for particle dosing from a particle storage container
OwnerOmri Almagorinventor
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Abstract
Embodiments of improved systems including and methods for dosing or distributing a desired amount or dose of particles from a storage container by determining the weight of the storage container as particles are distributed. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
Claims20
An automatic system for distributing desired doses of particles, the system comprising:
- a particle storage container (PSC) sized to store a plurality of desired doses of particles and including an opening to pass particles;
- a particle distribution mechanism (PDM) physically coupled to the PSC to receive particles from the PSC opening and controllably distribute particles to a location separate from the PDM and PSC;
- an electronic scale coupled to one of the PSC and the PDM to measure their combined weight and particles in the PSC and PDM;
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- a controller electrically coupled to the PDM and the electronic scale and when a dose of particles is requested directing the PDM to distribute particles until the dose of particles has been distributed to a location separate from the PDM and PSC based on the measured weight of the PSC, PDM, and particles in the PSC and PDM.
An automatic method for distributing desired doses of particles from a particle distribution mechanism (PDM) physically coupled to a particle storage container (PSC), the PSC sized to store a plurality of desired doses of particles and including an opening to pass particles to PDM, the method including:
- employing an electronic scale coupled to one of the PSC and the PDM to measure the combined weight of the PSC and the PDM and particles in the PSC and PDM;
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- directing the PDM to distribute particles to a location separate from the PDM and PSC until the measured weight of the PSC, PDM, and particles in the PSC and PDM is reduced by the weight of the requested dose of particles.
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