Fluid handler and method of handling a fluid

Methods of fluid handling are disclosed. According to one method, a tip of a nozzle is moved below a surface of the fluid to be handled. A pump fluidly associated with the nozzle is energized to move fluid into the nozzle. A pressure transducer fluidly associated with the nozzle is energized to moni...

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Hauptverfasser:	MERRIAM, RICHARD
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES MEASURING MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUIDLEVEL METERING BY VOLUME PHYSICS TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS TESTING
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Zusammenfassung:	Methods of fluid handling are disclosed. According to one method, a tip of a nozzle is moved below a surface of the fluid to be handled. A pump fluidly associated with the nozzle is energized to move fluid into the nozzle. A pressure transducer fluidly associated with the nozzle is energized to monitor pressure within the nozzle. Pressure within the nozzle is substantially continuously monitored with the pressure transducer during operation of the pump. Based on the substantially continuously monitored pressure within the nozzle, it is determined whether movement of fluid into the nozzle is intended or unintended. Similar methods may be used to move fluid out of the nozzle.