Multiple fluid dispenser

US7690405B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Fluid Management, Inc. · US

Inventors

• William A. Miller · Santa Fe, US
• Tim Patrick Hogan · East Lansing, US
• Christopher Khoo · Lake in the Hills, US
• Ryan Hanawalt · Cary, US
• Marty Leider · Lake Forest, US
• James R. Cleveland · Wheaton, US
• Anton Obrecht · Arlington Heights, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 18, 2005
• Grant date: Apr 6, 2010
• Expiry date: Nov 24, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B67D2001/0814
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An improved multi fluid dispenser for simultaneous dispensing of a plurality of fluids shown and described. The dispenser includes a controller that is linked to a coordinator board. The controller has a memory with a plurality of recipes stored in the memory. A coordinator board is linked to a first module. The first module may include one or two pumps, each connected to a fluid reservoir. The module is then linked in series to a plurality of other modules as well as a manifold module. Each module includes a module board for controlling the pump or pumps of that module. The controller, coordinator board and module boards are all programmed for the simultaneous or sequential pumping of multiple fluids from the reservoirs through outlet nozzles of the manifold in accordance with a recipe selected by the user and retrieved from the memory of the controller.