Fluent material handling – with receiver or receiver coacting mea – With signal – indicator – recorder – inspection means or exhibitor – Level or pressure in receiver
Patent
1987-05-08
1990-07-31
Cusick, Ernest G.
Fluent material handling, with receiver or receiver coacting mea
With signal, indicator, recorder, inspection means or exhibitor
Level or pressure in receiver
141 1, 141198, 73290R, 367150, 367152, 367908, B65B 326
Patent
active
049443356
ABSTRACT:
An automatic, ultrasonic system for controlling the filling of different sizes of beverage containers which may or may not contain various quantities of ice. The system includes a transducer assembly and a control module, both preferably connected to a beverage dispenser valve assembly. The transducer assembly includes at least two piezo-electric crystals for separately transmitting and receiving ultrasonic wave energy from the grate, the cup lip, the top of any ice in the cup, and the rising liquid level, and for generating signals corresponding to the travel time of the ultrasonic energy. The control module includes a microcomputer and associated circuitry. The system can include two separate transmitter and receiver crystals, or in a preferred embodiment two transmitter-receiver pairs of crystals.
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Stembridge W. Frank
Stembridge William F.
Sturrock James C.
Boston Thomas R.
Brooks W. Dexter
Cusick Ernest G.
The Coca-Cola Company
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