Dispensing – Automatic control – Motor control
Patent
1983-01-10
1984-09-25
Tollberg, Stanley H.
Dispensing
Automatic control
Motor control
222318, B67D 5377
Patent
active
044731736
ABSTRACT:
The apparatus includes a plurality of colorant reservoirs passing colorants and other ingredients through feed lines to a peristaltic pump which pumps the colorants into the input of three-way valves which are each movable between a dispensing mode and a recirculating made. In the recirculating mode the colorants pumped by the peristaltic pump will travel through the three-way valves and through return lines to the reservoirs from which the material originally emanated. If the three-way valve is in the dispensing mode the colorant will be discharged into a sample container for receiving the colorant mix. The peristaltic pump is driven by a drive motor such as a variable drive DC motor. The system is controlled by a system controller which receives input from a device such as a microprocessor which evaluates the required volume or weight of each particular colorant necessary to make a specific colorant mix. In order to carefully dispense such low volume of fluids the output curve of the peristaltic pump is divided into known segments and evaluated by the microprocessor input device and a segment of the output curve is utilized which positively displaces a known volume and is very repeatable. A position sensing device located adjacent to the pump emits a signal to the control whenever one of the rollers passes thereby. A counting device is positioned adjacent to the drive shaft of the drive motor and emits counts during rotation of the shaft.
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DeGroff James T.
Maguire Stephen B.
Applied Color Systems, Inc.
Tollberg Stanley H.
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