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Method and apparatus for dispensing solid product

A solid product, product technology, applied in the direction of chemical instruments and methods, devices for coating liquids on surfaces, transportation and packaging, etc.

Active Publication Date: 2015-12-30
ECOLAB INC
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Maintaining the required or desired concentration of the resulting concentrated solution over several cycles can be a challenge

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[0054] Ecolab Inc.'s OptiPro dispenser was tested using Ecolab Inc.'s OptiPro Enzyme product. During the test, the concentration in the reservoir of the dispenser increased with increasing time between cycles of the dispenser. Also, as the amount of OptiProEnzyme product removed from the reservoir per cycle decreases, the concentration in the reservoir increases. It was determined that both of these variables can be expressed as the diluent injection on time and injection off time.

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[0056] Design of Experiments ("DOE") was performed to investigate the effect of spray on time and spray off (delay) time on the concentration of the concentrated solution in the reservoirs of Ecolab Inc.'s ASEPTI-Solid and OptiPro dispensers. Experiments were performed using a conductivity analyzer and data logger to measure the conductivity of the concentrated solution and convert the conductivity to percent weight of concentration. The experiment was run continuously to speed up the test, which means that the injection cycle continued to run until the block of solid product was exhausted. In normal operation, the spray cycle runs only until, the dispenser's reservoir is at full level, and does not run again until the machine (in this case, a surgical instrument washing machine) draws concentrated solution again, which may be from Any time ranging from immediate to several days.

[0057] Figure 5 Indicates DOE. The spray on times used were 0.5, 0.7 and 1.0 seconds. The j...

example 3

[0062] Such as Figure 8 As shown, the graph titled "Pulse Controlled Injection vs. Uncontrolled Injection" represents the reservoir concentration of the dispensed fraction of solid product in the reservoir by weight of solution used for both pulsed controlled injection and non-controlled injection. .

[0063] Ecolab Inc.'s OptiPro dispenser was tested using Ecolab Inc.'s OptiPro Enzyme product. In the experiments, a solid product of the same chemical formula was dispensed with a 0.7 second pulsating water jet on and a 20 second off or continuous non-pulsating water jet during the product dispensing process. Experiments were performed using a conductivity analyzer and data logger to measure the conductivity of the concentrated solution and convert the conductivity to percent weight of concentration. Such as Figure 8 As shown, the "pulse controlled spray" produced a reservoir concentration approximately 1.25% (by weight) higher than the reservoir concentration produced when...

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Abstract

A dispensing system includes a dispenser, a logic device, a nozzle, a diluent source, and a solid product. The logic device controls spray on and spray off cycles to pulse diluent supplied to the nozzle. The diluent contacts the solid product to dissolve a portion of the solid product and create a use solution. Pulsing the spray of diluent controls the concentration of the dispensed product in the use solution by limiting the amount of excess dilutant added to the dispensed product. The product is more consistently dispensed and the concentration of the dispensed product in the use solution is more consistent. Additionally, the concentration of the dispensed product in the use solution can be controlled by changing at least one of a volume of diluent dispensed through the nozzle, a pressure of diluent, a pulsed diluent spray frequency, and a pulsed diluent spray duration.

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[0001] This invention is the result of an invention patent application with an international application date of March 3, 2010, an international application number of PCT / IB2010 / 050927, a Chinese national application number of 201080006796.1, and an invention title of "Method and device for distributing solid products". Divisional application. technical field [0002] The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for dispensing solid products. Background technique [0003] The solid product is typically converted into a concentrated solution or use solution by dissolving at least a portion of the solid product by impinging a diluent, such as water, on the solid product. Examples of such solid products include pre-cleaning products, enzymes, detergents, cleaning aids, and other products. Maintaining the required or desired concentration of the resulting concentrated solution over several cycles can be a challenge. [0004] For the reasons indicated above, and for o...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): B05B7/14B05B7/04B05D1/12
CPCB05B7/04B05B7/1404B05D1/12B01F21/221B05B7/26B05B12/081
Inventor R·S·卡罗尔H·L·卡蓬二世C·E·温斯曼B·W·怀特J·D·莫里
Owner ECOLAB INC