Dispensing method and apparatus that detects the presence and size of a cup and provides automatic fill control

A dispensing method and apparatus is provided to detect the presence of a container and determine the relative size of the detected container and automatically dispense a product into the detected container while monitoring the fill level of the product in the container. Dispensing is automatically...

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Hauptverfasser:	MICHAEL A MANTHEI, ERIC D SKELL, DANIEL G SKELL
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS CHECKING-DEVICES COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR ELECTRICITY GEOPHYSICS GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS LIQUID HANDLING LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES MEASURING MEASURING ANGLES MEASURING AREAS MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEARDIMENSIONS MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUIDLEVEL METERING BY VOLUME NAVIGATION OPENING, CLOSING PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY PHYSICS PULSE TECHNIQUE RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING RADIO NAVIGATION SURVEYING TESTING TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	A dispensing method and apparatus is provided to detect the presence of a container and determine the relative size of the detected container and automatically dispense a product into the detected container while monitoring the fill level of the product in the container. Dispensing is automatically discontinued when the fill level nears the top of the container. The present system also provides a timed delay to allow settling of the dispensed product and thereafter dispenses to top-off the product in the container.