35 results about "Dispensed Amount" patented technology

A method and apparatus which frees the operator from dispensing operations with a reduction in exposure. A necessary amount of radioactive drug solution is dispensed by measuring radioactivity concentration of the radioactive drug solution passing through a tube constituting the channel of the radioactive drug solution, and controlling the amount of dispensation.

An improved dispensing system and dispensing routine for multiple ingredient formulas is disclosed. The system includes a controller linked to an actuator, a scale and, a means for imparting movement to a plurality of pumps or conveyors and containers for dispensing the plurality of ingredients. After a formula is selected, the controller acts to at least partially load the pump with the first of said ingredients, reads the scale to account for the weight of the receptacle, calculates the motion of the pump required to dispense the target amount of said first ingredient, and either executes a percentage or portion of the motion of the pump required to dispense the target amount of said first ingredient, leaving a remaining amount or a safety factor in the form of a previously determined <maximum overshoot> value. Both techniques avoid an over-dispense which would require the batch to be rejected. The remaining amount may be dispense iteratively using a calibration table or plot and a safety factor or, in an alternative method, the remaining amount may be divided by 2 to generate a “first half” value. The controller may then use a calibration table to calculate a motion of the pump needed to dispense the “first half.” After the first half is dispensed, the actual amount dispensed is measured and compared to the first half value and the difference is doubled and added to the first half value to generate a “second half” value which is dispensed. The cumulative dispensed amount is compared to the target amount and, if within tolerance, the next ingredient is dispensed. The routine is a fast and efficient means for gravimetrically dispensing each ingredient of a multiple ingredient formula and is applicable to liquid and powder ingredients.

A system for accurately dispensing controlled amounts of viscous material. The system includes a pressurized supply of the viscous material, a dispenser connected with the pressurized supply and a feedback control for ensuring that a discrete dispensed amount corresponds closely to the desired dispensed amount for a particular application. The different methods of feedback control include changing pressure of the pressurized supply after measuring a dispensed amount and comparing the dispensed amount with a stored value representing the desired amount. Another manner of feedback control includes changing an air operating pressure associated with the dispenser. A third type of feedback control includes adjusting the duration that the dispenser is maintained on to dispense the viscous material. Each of these types of feedback control are preferably used in succession, as necessary, to ensure that the desired amount of viscous material is discharged from the dispenser. Methods of controlling an amount of viscous material discharged from a dispenser further include using one or more of the feedback controls described above.

An automatic dispensing apparatus for dispensing hand-sanitizer lotion, which is powered using a rechargeable battery pack rechargeable via solar cells, which battery pack is pivotally mounted in the upper interior section of the main frame of the dispenser, above the liquid-storage bag, whereby as the liquid storage bag is depleted after continual use, the weight of the battery pack serves to compress the storage bag to thereby increase the pressure therein, so that the delay of the dispensing of the liquid does not increase over time as the bag becomes depleted. Also provided is a lower, pivotal tray located below the dispensing nozzle of the dispensing apparatus by which drippings and excess dispensed amounts are caught by the tray and do not fall upon the floor therebelow. A front cover is rotatable to an upper position such that it does not rotate back down by itself in order to allow unencumbered access to the interior of the apparatus for changing storage bags and batteries. The apparatus also contains an aerosol spray canister for spraying a sanitizing mist into the ambient surroundings after the apparatus has dispensed sanitizing fluid onto the hands.

Disclosed herein is a water / powdered milk mixing device, capable of mixing water and powdered milk, which are independently stored, at a predetermined concentration when a mixing switch is manipulated. The device has a water heating means (11) for heating water stored in a water storage container. The water heating means and a temperature sensor are controlled by a control unit (50). A predetermined amount of water is dispensed from the water storage container using a water supply pump, and the driving speed of a powdered- milk dispensing means (21) is controlled so that an amount of powdered milk corresponding to the concentration set using a concentration-control-switch is continuously dispensed to a powdered-milk outlet (22). Further, a mixing switch (40) is provided to control the ON / OFF operation of a water supply pump and the powdered- milk dispensing means, thus allowing a user to set the dispensed amount of mixed milk as desired.

A gaming device, such as a slot machine, determines a balance and a “dispensed amount” that is less than the balance. The dispensed amount may be determined by, for example, receiving signals from one or more key presses that specify the dispensed amount. Alternatively, the dispensed amount may be determined in accordance with one or more “balance management rules”. The gaming device in turn dispenses the dispensed amount, for example, by dispensing an amount of currency, transferring the dispensed amount to an account or adjusting a balance of a remote gaming device. The balance is adjusted by the dispensed amount, and this adjusted balance is available for initiating a subsequent play of the gaming device.

Disclosed herein is a water / powdered milk mixing device, capable of mixing water and powdered milk, which are independently stored, at a predetermined concentration when a mixing switch is manipulated. The device has a water heating means (11) for heating water stored in a water storage container. The water heating means and a temperature sensor are controlled by a control unit (50). A predetermined amount of water is dispensed from the water storage container using a water supply pump, and the driving speed of a powdered-milk dispensing means (21) is controlled so that an amount of powdered milk corresponding to the concentration set using a concentration-control-switch is continuously dispensed to a powdered-milk outlet (22). Further, a mixing switch (40) is provided to control the ON / OFF operation of a water supply pump and the powdered-milk dispensing means, thus allowing a user to set the dispensed amount of mixed milk as desired.

A gaming device, such as a slot machine, determines a balance and a “dispensed amount” that is less than the balance. The dispensed amount may be determined by, for example, receiving signals from one or more key presses that specify the dispensed amount. Alternatively, the dispensed amount may be determined in accordance with one or more “balance management rules”. The gaming device in turn dispenses the dispensed amount, for example, by dispensing an amount of currency, transferring the dispensed amount to an account or adjusting a balance of a remote gaming device. The balance is adjusted by the dispensed amount, and this adjusted balance is available for initiating a subsequent play of the gaming device.

There are provided a method of detecting dispensed quantity in which without the need of detecting a surface of liquid accommodated in a container, a liquid quantity can be detected only by measuring pressure change; and a relevant liquid suction monitoring dispensing apparatus. There is provided a method of detecting dispensed quantity for detection of the quantity of liquid suctioned and discharged by a dispensing apparatus including a pipette tip, a liquid suctioning / discharging mechanism for the pipette tip, a pressure sensor capable of detecting the pressure within the pipette tip, and a lifting and lowering mechanism for the pipette tip, which method comprises: an insertion step for inserting a distal end of the pipette tip down to the deepest zone of a container accommodating liquid to be measured; a suction pressure measuring step for without moving of the pipette tip, while suctioning the liquid into the pipette tip at a predetermined suctioning rate, measuring any pressure change during the suctioning; and a suction detecting step for on the basis of pressure change measured, determining the state of suction. Further, there is provided a liquid suction monitoring dispensing apparatus capable of practicing this method.

A method for dispensing epoxy comprising the step of degassing an epoxy. The method further comprises the step of associating the epoxy with an epoxy injector comprising a dispensing end. The method further comprises the step of a computer receiving data representative of a selected container to receive the epoxy. The method further comprises the step of a computer determining a dispensing rate and a dispensing amount, based on the received data. The method further comprises the step of a computer causing the epoxy injector to dispense the determined dispensing amount of epoxy, via the dispensing end, at the determined dispensing rate. The method further comprises the step of a computer causing a dispensing arm, supporting the dispensing end, to retract the dispensing end while the epoxy injector is dispensing the epoxy. The method further comprises the step of curing the dispensed epoxy.

In order to stably operate a boiler using several kinds of solid fuels including depleted ash as fuels, adhesion of ash is suppressed. A calculator (9) preliminarily collects properties of a solid fuel, such as the content rate of ash and the composition of an ash constituent, as data (8). The calculator (9) uses the mix ratio of solid fuels as a parameter and calculates the composition of an ash constituent of the mixed fuels on the basis of the preliminarily measured composition of the ash constituent of each solid fuel. The calculator (9) determines a reference value of the rate of slug by which the ash deposition ratio is reduced on the basis of the relationship between the preliminarily measured ash deposition ratio and the slag ratio. Further, the calculator (9) calculates the mix ratio of each solid fuel using a thermodynamic equilibrium calculation so as to obtain an ash composition in which the slag ratio is not more than the determined reference value. On the basis of the mix ratio of each solid fuel calculated by the calculator (9), the amount of solid fuel dispensed from hoppers (1, 2) is adjusted by a fuel supply amount adjusting device (3). Thus, each solid fuel, the dispensed amount of which has been adjusted, is mixed by a mixer (4) and crushed by a crusher (5) before being supplied to a boiler (7) as a fuel and burned by a burner (6).

A gaming device, such as a slot machine, determines a balance and a “dispensed amount” that is less than the balance. The dispensed amount may be determined by, for example, receiving signals from one or more key presses that specify the dispensed amount. Alternatively, the dispensed amount may be determined in accordance with one or more “balance management rules”. The gaming device in turn dispenses the dispensed amount, for example, by dispensing an amount of currency, transferring the dispensed amount to an account or adjusting a balance of a remote gaming device. The balance is adjusted by the dispensed amount, and this adjusted balance is available for initiating a subsequent play of the gaming device.

Systems and methods for identifying REMS compliance are provided. A service provider system that includes one or more computers may route one or more healthcare transactions submitted by a healthcare provider to one or more claims processor computers. One or more respective adjudicated replies received from the one or more claims processor computers for the one or more healthcare transactions may then be routed by the service provider system to the healthcare provider. Based at least in part upon information included in the routed healthcare claim transactions and adjudicated replies, an amount of a product dispensed by the healthcare provider may be determined by the service provider system. The determined dispensed amount may be compared to a purchased amount of the product. Based at least in part upon the comparison, a determination may be made as to whether a REMS condition associated with the product is satisfied.

Methods for applying fluid materials to a substrate, such as circuit board, while continuously moving the fluid dispenser. Some methods generally involve correcting the dispense location for each of the dispensed amounts of fluid material by executing a statistical comparison of either the predicted and actual landing locations on the substrate, or the predicted and actual positions of the dispenser at each of the dispense locations. Other methods generally involve initiating the dispensing of amounts of the fluid material at dispense locations corrected by a correction factor specified in terms of the servo cycle for the movement of the dispenser or by a correction factor specified in terms of partial servo cycles courtesy of a timer.

The invention concerns a coating drum (60) for a single drum or, as the case may be, a multi-drum circulating coating device. The inside of the drum is subdivided into two rotation-symmetrical drum chambers (61 and 62) via a separating wall (67), which chambers are fillable with equal dispensed amounts of small parts through oppositely lying openings (73) of the drum casing (63). The openings (73) are closeable via lids or covers (68) provided pivotable on the drum (60).

The present invention provides a hydraulic control valve and a power steering apparatus using the same in which chamfer portions are provided only on throttle portions between oil supply chambers and first oil feed chambers and between the oil supply chambers and second oil feed chambers, or only throttle portions between oil discharge chambers 11 and the first oil feed chambers and between the oil discharge chambers 11 and the second oil feed chambers. With this design, even if six or more oil grooves of each of a valve body and a valve spool are disposed at equal distances from one another, when the minimum flow rate to be controlled is reduced as small as possible, a distribution amount for one portion where the flow rate is controlled can be doubled as compared with a conventional structure, it is possible to stabilize the hydraulic characteristics in a region where the flow rate to be controlled is minimum, and to eliminate the discontinuity of the hydraulic characteristics.

Disclosed is a method of testing a liquid crystal display device enabling a quick test by determining a test of a liquid crystal panel according to a liquid crystal filling state of the liquid crystal panel. The method includes: checking a liquid crystal filling state of a liquid crystal panel for a defective liquid crystal filling state; and executing a test of a liquid crystal panel having a defective liquid crystal filling state. The process for testing a liquid crystal filling state may include detecting a dispensed amount of liquid crystal dropped using a liquid crystal dispensing apparatus or may include measuring the weight of liquid crystal dropped. Other methods of identifying the filling state of the liquid crystal panel may be used.

The present invention relates to a dispensing device (10) for bulk products. The device (10) comprises: a container (11) for the bulk product; at least two guides (33) arranged in the container (11); a support device (12) in which the container (11) is rotatably arranged; a closing device (39) arranged in the lower first end (13) of the container; a retainer plate (40); and means (17) for rotating the container (11). The dispensing device according to the present invention prevents that the bulk product is damaged in the device and during the dispensing of the product. Furthermore the claimed device increases the accuracy of the dispensed amount of bulk product from the dispensing device.

A process of monitoring the dispensing of process fluids in precision processing operations. A precision measuring instrument measures a cumulative amount of a process fluid dispensed to at least one dispensing station and compares that amount with a predetermined amount. An alarm is provided to an operator when the cumulative actual required amount of process fluid dispensed after a preset number of dispensations differs from the cumulative predetermined dispensed amount of that fluid by more than a preset percentage.

A mechanism for doubling a soap dispensing amount of an automatic soap dispenser includes: a speed reducer disposed inside a soap dispenser, driven by a motor and coupled with a pushing element; a resisting element provided on an inner surface of the soap dispenser that is on a forward moving side of the pushing element; and a soap container connected with a discharge tube located between the pushing element and the resisting element. A pad is coupled to a side of the resisting element facing the pushing element so as to be adjacent to an outer surface of the discharge tube, thereby increasing the time the discharge tube is jointly compressed by the pushing element and the resisting element. Thus, the soap dispensing amount can be doubled without having to modify an existing soap dispensing mechanism of the soap dispenser and a moving cycle of the pushing element.

In order to stably operate a boiler using several kinds of solid fuels including depleted ash as fuels, adhesion of ash is suppressed. A calculator (9) preliminarily collects properties of a solid fuel, such as the content rate of ash and the composition of an ash constituent, as data (8). The calculator (9) uses the mix ratio of solid fuels as a parameter and calculates the composition of an ash constituent of the mixed fuels on the basis of the preliminarily measured composition of the ash constituent of each solid fuel. The calculator (9) determines a reference value of the rate of slug by which the ash deposition ratio is reduced on the basis of the relationship between the preliminarily measured ash deposition ratio and the slag ratio. Further, the calculator (9) calculates the mix ratio of each solid fuel using a thermodynamic equilibrium calculation so as to obtain an ash composition in which the slag ratio is not more than the determined reference value. On the basis of the mix ratio of each solid fuel calculated by the calculator (9), the amount of solid fuel dispensed from hoppers (1, 2) is adjusted by a fuel supply amount adjusting device (3). Thus, each solid fuel, the dispensed amount of which has been adjusted, is mixed by a mixer (4) and crushed by a crusher (5) before being supplied to a boiler (7) as a fuel and burned by a burner (6).

The invention relates to a distributor for ground coffee dispensers comprising a swinging trapdoor for the temporary retention of the dispensed amount of ground coffee inside an outlet duct, an actuator element associated with the rotating shaft of the swinging trapdoor and able to rotate between two angular end positions, and a motor conveying to said actuator element a rotating movement with a determined amplitude by means of a wheel and a belt; and wherein said actuator element has a configuration in the form of a circular sector the rotating shaft of which is located in correspondence with a point of the bisector close to the angle or vertex of said circular sector; the curved profile of the actuator element forming a support surface for supporting the belt for conveying the rotating movement of the motor and the rotation of the actuator element towards one of the angular end positions being determined.

The present invention describes an article comprising spice, a method of manufacturing the article, and a use of the article in cooking foods. The article includes a solid form comprising at least one spice. The method of producing the article includes pressing a spice powder, packing flaked spice into a bale, or suspending the spice in a suitable matrix. Conveniently, a plurality of spices are combined in the form yet kept separate until use. The spice form may be used in any number of cooking applications. The situation dictates the type of shape to be used. The articles may be used by crumbling, grating, cutting, dissolving, or infusing the article into a recipe. The forms may even be produced in preset dispensing amounts.