Patents Assigned to Fluid Management
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Publication number: 20230123392Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for providing level sensing of a fluid in a dispenser canister. The sensor includes a housing having a fluid cavity configured to receive a fluid therein, with the housing having an open end and an opening in a wall opposite the open end. The sensor has a diaphragm coupled to and closing the open end of the housing and a sensing device having a sensing end. The sensing device is coupled to the housing with the sensing end extending into the opening of the wall of the housing, thereby not making direct contact with the fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2021Publication date: April 20, 2023Applicant: Fluid Management, Inc.Inventor: Tim Patrick Hogan
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Patent number: 11629989Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for providing level sensing of a fluid in a dispenser canister. The sensor includes a housing having a fluid cavity configured to receive a fluid therein, with the housing having an open end and an opening in a wall opposite the open end. The sensor has a diaphragm coupled to and closing the open end of the housing and a sensing device having a sensing end. The sensing device is coupled to the housing with the sensing end extending into the opening of the wall of the housing, thereby not making direct contact with the fluid.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Fluid Management, Inc.Inventor: Tim Patrick Hogan
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Patent number: 11465900Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for a colorant dispensing system that has a colorant dispensing head and a platform for holding a target canister into which colorant is dispensed. A light array can be used produce a light pattern in an arc of a circle at a height of an opening of the target canister. The light pattern can be focused at the opening of the target canister, to help a user align the opening with the dispensing head. The dispensing head is configured to dispense colorant within the boundary of the circle, such that the light pattern can act as a type of target for dispensing colorant into the opening of the canister to avoid issues when tinting. A control unit can be used with an interface to control the light array to accommodate different sized and shaped canisters.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Fluid Management, Inc.Inventors: Tim Patrick Hogan, Jacek Pieczaba
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Publication number: 20220243849Abstract: A fitting for use in a manifold or other tubular assembly includes a core and at least one tubular coupling sleeve slidably and sealingly fitted over a distal end of the core to accommodate predetermined tolerances in the relative positions of fluid ports connected with the tubular assembly. Features are provided to limit the range of motion to the predetermined tolerances and to prevent disassembly of the coupling sleeve from the core of the fitting.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: Hutchinson Fluid Management Systems, Inc.Inventors: Chethan Kumar Hanumanthappa Tembad, Aaron Ritzrow, Steve Todt, Luc Milanini
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Publication number: 20220235891Abstract: A connector for providing a leak resistant flow path between fluid conduits includes a female connector, a male connector, and a tubular fluid conduit that extends through a conduit passage in the male connector and into a conduit receiving passage in the female connector. The connector can include optional anti-cantilever features that provide a more effective axial seal when using a seal washer recessed into a planar surface of the male connector to supplement a radial seal provided by an O-ring sealing member between the tubular fluid conduit and the conduit receiving passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2021Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: Hutchinson Fluid Management Systems, Inc.Inventor: Robert J. Slais
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Patent number: 11274030Abstract: Liquid dispenser and method for operating such a liquid dispenser, such as a dispenser for tinting pastes. The dispenser comprises at least one liquid container and at least one reciprocating pump. First, a suction stroke is carried out at a set pump speed. After the suction stroke, the pump is closed off. Then, a pressure stroke is started while the pump is closed.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2020Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: Fast & Fluid Management B.V.Inventors: Martinus E. J. L. Driessen, Ronald P. Krom, Mark Baak, Bob Leonard Honsbeek
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Patent number: 10955392Abstract: The invention features compact systems and methods for vacuum liquid purification and extraction of a liquid sample.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2018Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: FLUID MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Hamid Shirkhan, Dirk P. Ten Broeck, Joseph C. Caruso, Yijun Yang, Rashid M. Juma, Thomas G. Hall
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Publication number: 20200325013Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for a colorant dispensing system that has a colorant dispensing head and a platform for holding a target canister into which colorant is dispensed. A light array can be used produce a light pattern in an arc of a circle at a height of an opening of the target canister. The light pattern can be focused at the opening of the target canister, to help a user align the opening with the dispensing head. The dispensing head is configured to dispense colorant within the boundary of the circle, such that the light pattern can act as a type of target for dispensing colorant into the opening of the canister to avoid issues when tinting. A control unit can be used with an interface to control the light array to accommodate different sized and shaped canisters.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2020Publication date: October 15, 2020Applicant: Fluid Management, Inc.Inventors: Tim Patrick Hogan, Jacek Pieczaba
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Publication number: 20200299124Abstract: Liquid dispenser and method for operating such a liquid dispenser, such as a dispenser for tinting pastes. The dispenser comprises at least one liquid container and at least one reciprocating pump. First, a suction stroke is carried out at a set pump speed. After the suction stroke, the pump is closed off. Then, a pressure stroke is started while the pump is closed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Applicant: Fast & Fluid Management B.V.Inventors: Martinus E.J.L. DRIESSEN, Ronald P. KROM, Mark BAAK, Bob Leonard HONSBEEK
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Patent number: 10697879Abstract: A method and system of measuring the size distribution of particles within dilute colloids, for example, through variation of the minimum detected size of aerosolized colloid particles. The method of determining the size distribution of particles in a fluid, involves forming a stream of aerosol droplets of the fluid, the droplets containing particles and dissolved material evaporating the droplets to generate particles, and measuring the concentration of particles by varying a detection threshold. A system or apparatus for determining the size distribution of particles in a fluid, includes a droplet former for forming a stream, of aerosol droplets of the fluid, the droplets containing particles and dissolved material, and a condensation particle detector for evaporating the droplets to generate particles and for measuring the concentration of particles, the condensation particle detector having a variable detection threshold.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2018Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Fluid Management Technologies, Inc.Inventors: David Blackford, Derek Oberreit, Donald C. Grant, Gary Van Schooneveld, Mark R. Litchy
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Publication number: 20200088560Abstract: A system for detecting the level of a fluid in a dispensing container may comprise a pressure sensor comprising a detection end disposed inside a dispensing canister. The dispensing canister may have a top and a bottom that is configured to dispense a fluid. The pressure sensor may be operably attached to the canister. The system may further comprise a processing unit comprising a motor control board and a control circuit comprising a processor and programming resident in memory to determine the level at which the fluid is present.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2019Publication date: March 19, 2020Applicant: Fluid Management Operations LLCInventors: Jacek Pieczaba, Joe Gardner
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Publication number: 20200086338Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for a way to dispense a variety of liquids, such as paint tinting liquids, while mitigating some problems associated with such systems. A system can help to mitigate these issues by adjusting the temperature at the nozzle tip to match dew point temperature conditions of the ambient air. In controlling the nozzle temperature and environment at the nozzle tip, for example, drying and condensation may be mitigated. A nozzle can be coupled with a nozzle block and temperature controller to control the temperature of the nozzle. A variety of sensors can be used to detect environmental conditions, and a system controller can use the sensor readings to adjust the temperature of the temperature controller to match an ambient dew point.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2019Publication date: March 19, 2020Applicant: Fluid Management Operations LLCInventors: Tim Patrick Hogan, Anton Joseph Obrecht, Sean Oberer, Edwin L. Hill, JR.
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Patent number: 10143984Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing a plurality of liquids, in particular colorants for paints, comprising a support, such as a turntable or a linear table, defining a plurality of positions and a plurality of containers holding a liquid, mounted on the support at the positions, and provided with a pump and/or a valve for dispensing the liquid from the container. At least some of the containers form, together with a respective liquid and pump and/or valve, a cartridge, which cartridge is releasably mounted in the apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2011Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: FAST & FLUID MANAGEMENT B.V.Inventors: Ronald Peter Krom, Jr., Goran Aleksijovski, Johannes Hermanus Nicolaas Post
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Publication number: 20180312389Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing tinting pastes comprising cleaning means for neutralizing microorganisms and/or preservatives. The cleaning means may for example include an actinic source (e.g., UV-C) and/or anti-microbiological coatings or liners and/or a dosing unit for agents neutralizing preservatives in the tinting paste and/or in the useds base paint.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2018Publication date: November 1, 2018Applicant: Fast & Fluid Management B.V.Inventors: Johannes Hermanus Nicolaas POST, Mark Baak
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Publication number: 20180243702Abstract: A mechanism for clamping a container, the clamping mechanism comprising a support structure on which a first clamping member and an opposing second clamping member defining an adjustable clamping distance therebetween are mounted, at least one of the first and second clamping member being controllably moveable to increase or decrease the clamping distance by an electrical actuator means, which electrical actuator means is controllable by a control means. A resilient compression means is mounted outside of the clamping distance and wherein the control means is configured to measure, in operation, an electrical characteristic of the electrical actuator means during a compression of the resilient compression means by at least one of the first and second clamping member. The mechanism also pertains to a fluid mixer for paints, colourants and the like, comprising such a clamping mechanism and to a method for calibrating a clamping mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2018Publication date: August 30, 2018Applicant: Fast & Fluid Management B.V.Inventors: Johannes Hermanus Nicolaas POST, Ronald Peter KROM
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Publication number: 20180162156Abstract: A container (1) for a viscous liquid, in particular a colorant for paint, may comprise a stirrer (2) having a rotatable shaft (3) and a plurality of paddles (4) connected to the shaft (3). At least one of the paddles (4) and/or the connections (5) between the paddles (4) and the shaft (4) is flexible.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2017Publication date: June 14, 2018Applicant: Fast & Fluid Management B.V.Inventors: Johannes Hermanus Nicolaas Post, Mark Johannes Baak
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Publication number: 20180126346Abstract: Apparatus for dispensing a plurality of fluids, comprising a plurality of fluid containers and a carrier on which a plurality of pumps is mounted. Each one of said plurality of fluid containers is releasably connectable to an associated pump of said plurality of pumps via a connector assembly thereby forming a fluid connection between the fluid container and the associated pump. The connector assembly comprising a first connector to the associated pump and a mating second connector to the respective fluid container and wherein at least one of said plurality of fluid containers comprises a refill opening for refilling the fluid container.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2017Publication date: May 10, 2018Applicant: Fast & Fluid Management B.V.Inventors: Johannes Hermanus Nicolaas Post, Mark Baak
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Publication number: 20170320026Abstract: The invention relates to a mixer, in particular for mixing viscous fluids, such as paints and plasters, in a container, the mixer comprising a frame, a clamping mechanism for holding a container, which mechanism is translatably and/or rotatably mounted in the frame, a motor for translatably and/or rotatably driving the clamping mechanism a sensor for measuring vibrations of the clamping mechanism, and a controller connected to the sensor and the motor and arranged to control the motor to adjust translations and/or rotations of the clamping mechanism in dependence of the measured vibrations.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2015Publication date: November 9, 2017Applicant: Fast & Fluid Management B.V.Inventors: Martin Kruit, Mark Baak, Nico Van Beelen, Johannes Hermanus Nicolaas Post
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Patent number: 9797651Abstract: A system for facilitating communication of information between an information source positioned inside a refrigerated environment and a position outside the refrigerated environment comprising a transmitter for transmitting a signal including the information, a planar antenna fixed to a gasket for resonating the transmitted signal, the gasket providing a seal between the refrigerated compartment and a door providing access to the refrigerated compartment, and a receiver for receiving the signal including the information. The information could include information concerning at least one container positioned in a refrigerated environment. The system may utilize a Wi-Fi device, a Bluetooth® device, RFID device, or other devices for transmitting the information.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2013Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: FLUID MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, INC.Inventor: Somnath Mukherjee
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Patent number: D844276Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2016Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: FMT Swiss AG Fluid Management Technologies Swiss AGInventor: Rudolf Schlenker