Patents Examined by Edward L. Donovan
  • Patent number: 4913198
    Abstract: A system for the automatic dispensation of dye solutions characterized in that it is provided with a plurality of weighing devices for converting weight changes of dye solution materials supplied to receiving containers into electric signals. A control system for controlling the quantities of material supply, and for repeating a dispensing operation continuously for a plural number of times, the dispensing operation forming one cycle consisting of [I] setting the receiving container in a fixed position, [II] placing the receiving container onto the weighing device, [III] supplying the material to the predetermined receiving container and weighing the material, [IV] releasing the receiving container from the weighing device, and [V] transferring the receiving container. This system increases to a maximum, the range of the dye solutions that can be dispensed and the dispensing speed so as to reduce the cost and floor space occupied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 3, 1990
    Assignees: Japan Exlan Company, Ltd., Excom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuro Hayahara, Keijiro Kuratani, Takumi Yukiue, Hiroshi Inoue