# US 8,464,902 B2 · Apparatus and method for pulsed dispensing of liquid

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- Number: US 8,464,902 B2
- Document ID: US8464902B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 12/351,483
- Filed: 2009-01-09
- Published: 2010-07-15
- Granted: 2013-06-18
- Earliest claimed: 2009-01-09
- Assignees: Nordson Corporation
- Applicants: Scott A. Conner; William MacIndoe; Raymond W. Tetreault
- Inventors: Scott A. Conner; William MacIndoe; Raymond W. Tetreault
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8464902B2

## CPC

- B05C 11/101: {responsive to weight of a container for liquid or other fluent material; responsive to level of liquid or other fluent material in a container}
- B05C 5/0212: {only at particular parts of the articles (at particular part of web, band, strip, belt or ribbon B05C5/025)}
- B05C 11/1034: {specially designed for conducting intermittent application of small quantities, e.g. drops, of coating material (B05C5/0225, B05C11/1026 take precedence)}
- G01F 11/021: {of the piston type (G01F11/04 takes precedence)}
- G01F 11/023: {with provision for varying the stroke of the piston}
- G01F 11/029: {provided with electric controlling means (G01F11/022 and G01F11/024 take precedence)}
- H10W 72/0113: {Apparatus for manufacturing die-attach connectors}
- H10W 72/013: {of die-attach connectors}
- B05B 12/081: {responsive to the weight of a reservoir or container for liquid or other fluent material; responsive to level or volume of liquid or other fluent material in a reservoir or container}
- B05C: APPARATUS FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL (spraying apparatus, atomising apparatus, nozzles B05B; plant for applying liquids or other fluent materials to objects by electrostatic spraying B05B5/08)
- G01F: MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
- H10W: GENERIC PACKAGES, INTERCONNECTIONS, CONNECTORS OR OTHER CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10
- B05B: SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES (spray-mixers with nozzles B01F25/72; processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces by spraying B05D)

## Abstract

An apparatus and method for pulsed dispensing of liquid. The apparatus includes a syringe body structure communicating with an input passage for pressurized actuation air, and communicating with an exit passage for allowing discharge of the liquid. An air input passage flow air controller is operative to increase the flow rate of the input air in accordance with a relationship that depends at least partially on a reduction of liquid volume in the syringe body structure resulting from a previous pulsed dispensing operation.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of dispensing controlled amounts of liquid from a syringe dispenser, comprising:
coupling a supply of pressurized actuation air to a syringe body structure through an input passage;
supplying a first timed pulse of the actuation air at a first flow rate through the input passage and against a piston mounted for movement in the syringe body structure, to thereby expel a first amount of the liquid through an exit;
using an air input flow rate controller positioned at the syringe to increase the flow rate from the first flow rate to a second flow rate in accordance with a relationship depending at least partially on a reduction of liquid volume in the syringe body structure; and
supplying a second timed pulse of the actuation air through the input passage at the second flow rate and against the piston to thereby expel a second amount of the liquid through the exit passage,
wherein using the air input flow rate controller further comprises moving a plunger through the input passage at the syringe body structure to enlarge a cross sectional area of the input passage, the plunger being coupled to the piston such that movement of the piston against the liquid to thereby expel an amount of the liquid automatically causes movement of the plunger, thereby automatically enlarging the cross sectional area of the input passage.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the second amount is at least substantially the same as the first amount.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the input passage has an annularly shaped cross-section and enlarging the cross sectional area of the input passage further comprises enlarging the area of the annularly shaped cross-section.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The method of claim 3, wherein moving the plunger through the input passage further comprises moving an elongate plunger through the input passage.

### Claim 5 (depends on 3)

The method of claim 3, wherein moving the plunger through the input passage further comprises moving an elongate, continuously tapered plunger through the input passage.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the syringe further comprises a syringe body and an adaptor coupled to the syringe body, and wherein using the air input flow rate controller further comprises:
increasing the flow rate through an outlet portion of the adaptor communicating with an inlet portion of the syringe.