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Liquid dosing device with digital display

US4760939A · kind A · utility

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9Claims
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Filing dateApr 24, 1986
Grant dateAug 2, 1988
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Expiry dateApr 24, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01F11/021
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A liquid dispenser has a cylinder in which a piston may move in an intake stroke and a discharge stroke. A pulse generator responds to any movement of the piston in the discharge direction, whereby a counting and readout device provides a dispensing measurement readout even for inadvertent discharge movements of the piston. Movement of the piston in the discharge direction rotates a wheel in the pulse generator. A ratchet system may be provided to prevent rotation of the wheel in reverse during intake movements of the piston. Alternatively the wheel rotates in both directions, and a discriminator is provided to discriminate between the two directions of movement.

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