Injection Pump Wide-Outlet Flow Paths for Accurate Dosing
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Solution Overview
Problem
The market demand for high-potency hemp concentrates has created a supply chain challenge due to difficult packaging and dispensing issues, particularly for medical and chronic pain patients, as existing systems struggle with efficient and accurate fluid dispensing into containers.
Innovation Solution
An injection system with a fluid reservoir and pump design featuring a wide outlet opening and linear passageways to facilitate smooth fluid flow, coupled with a load cell for real-time weight measurement and a controller for precise dispensing, ensuring consistent and accurate dosing without separation or clogging.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If conventional narrow outlet openings are used in fluid reservoirs, then device complexity is reduced, but fluid flow efficiency deteriorates causing separation and clogging
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the geometric parameters of the outlet opening from conventional narrow dimensions to a wide opening with specific width-to-length ratios, fundamentally altering the flow dynamics to prevent separation and clogging while maintaining system simplicity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs curved or rounded outlet opening geometry rather than sharp corners, creating smooth flow paths that reduce turbulence and prevent material separation, thereby improving dispensing efficiency without adding complexity
2Productivity
If linear passageways are used in the injection system, then fluid flow smoothness is improved, but manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the fluid path into segmented linear passageways with smooth transitions between sections, allowing each segment to be manufactured separately with standard tolerances while maintaining overall flow smoothness through careful junction design
3Measurement precision
If real-time weight measurement is implemented, then dosing accuracy is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces complex mechanical dosing mechanisms with a simplified system that uses real-time weight measurement from a load cell to control dispensing, achieving high dosing accuracy through electronic feedback rather than mechanical precision
4Reliability
If wide outlet openings are used, then separation and clogging are minimized, but fluid flow control becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback control system where real-time weight measurement from the load cell provides continuous information about fluid dispensing progress, allowing the controller to adjust flow rates dynamically and maintain precise control despite the wide outlet opening
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system enables efficient and predictable fluid dispensing into containers, maintaining concentration integrity and compliance with regulatory standards by minimizing separation and clogging, thus addressing the packaging challenges of high-potency hemp concentrates.
Implementation Method 1
A load cell can be operable to receive the container. The controller can determine a weight of the container in real-time based on data from the load cell.
Data Source
AI summary
An injection system is provided. A fluid reservoir is operable to contain a fluid. The fluid reservoir has a reservoir width, and the fluid reservoir including an outlet opening that has an outlet width. The outlet width is greater than 20% of the reservoir width. An injection pump coupled to the fluid reservoir includes a passageway in fluid communication with the outlet opening such that the passageway is operable to receive the fluid from the fluid reservoir via the outlet opening. The injection pump is operable to dispense the fluid from the passageway through a pump outlet. T conduit in fluid communication with the injection pump forms a channel operable to receive the fluid dispensed from the passageway. The channel is operable to permit the fluid to flow therethrough. The passageway and the channel extend linearly along a longitudinal axis.