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US 2023/0257247 A1Published application
Product dispensing system
AssigneeDEKA Products Limited Partnership
InventorsRussell H. Beavis, Benjamin W. Jones, JR., 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.
Claims10
A product dispenser configured to dispense at least two ingredients, comprising:
- a flow control device;
- a flow measuring device configured to provide a feedback signal based upon a volume of a first ingredient flowing within the flow control device;
- a pump module coupled to a supply of a second ingredient;
- a controller providing 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.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.