Patents by Inventor Edwin Schaperclaus
Edwin Schaperclaus has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11350604Abstract: A milk meter for measuring a flow rate of milk, having an inlet, an outlet, and a liquid flow path from the inlet to the outlet, the milk meter has a stabilization chamber in the liquid flow path and a float in the stabilization chamber configured to float on the milk, wherein the milk meter is configured so the level of milk in the stabilization chamber depends on the flow rate of the milk flow, the milk meter also has a magnetic unit for generating a magnetic field in the stabilization chamber, which varies in a height direction of the stabilization chamber, the float contains an electronic measuring unit for measuring the strength of the magnetic field, which is a measure of the height within the stabilization chamber of the float and the strength of the magnetic field measures the flow rate of the milk.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2018Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: N.V. NEDERLANDSCHE APPARATENFABRIEK NEDAPInventors: Edwin Schäperclaus, Martin Jeroen van Dijk
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Patent number: 11346693Abstract: Milk meter for measuring a milk flow provided with an inlet the milk flow is supplied to an outlet, a liquid flow path extending from the inlet to the outlet, a stabilization chamber in the liquid flow path and a float therein configured to float on milk. The level of milk in the stabilization chamber depends on the flow rate of the milk flow. At least one sensor device for determining the position of the float in the stabilization chamber for determining the flow rate of the milk flow. The milk meter has an outflow channel and an outflow opening in fluid communication with the outlet via the outflow channel. The sensor device has a first and a second coil which have a fixed distance to each other, and a third coil. The first and second coil and the third coil are displaceable relative to each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: NEDAP N.V.Inventors: Jan Cornelis Stekelenburg, Jeroen Martin van Dijk, Edwin Schäperclaus
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Publication number: 20220099538Abstract: An apparatus (1) for taking a sample (2) of milk (4) that flows through a milk line (6), wherein the apparatus comprises a main valve (8) comprising a first valve inlet (10) and a first valve outlet (12), the apparatus being configured for including the main valve in a milk flow path of the milk line by placing the first valve inlet in fluid communication with a first open end (16) of the milk line and placing the first valve outlet in fluid communication with a second open end (18) of the milk line, the first open end being located upstream of the second open end in the milk flow path, the apparatus further comprising a sample collecting chamber (20) for receiving the sample of the milk, the sample collecting chamber being provided with a sample collecting chamber inlet (22) and at least one sample collecting chamber outlet (24), and the main valve further comprising a second valve outlet (26), the second valve main valve is configured to selectively swatch between a first and a second state, wherein in theType: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2020Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Edwin SCHAPERCLAUS, Rudie Jan Hendrik LAMMERS, Jort Johannes Wilhelmus SCHUTTE
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Patent number: 10905089Abstract: A milk meter for measuring a flow rate of a milk flow with an inlet and an outlet a liquid flow path from the inlet to the outlet, a stabilization chamber in the liquid flow path and a float in the stabilization chamber configured to float on milk the milk meter is configured so a level of milk in the stabilization chamber depends on the flow rate of the milk flow, and is provided with a magnetic unit in the stabilization chamber, the magnetic field varies in a height direction of the stabilization chamber, an electronic measuring unit is arranged in the float for measuring the strength of the magnetic field, the strength is a measure of the height within the stabilization chamber at which the float is floating on the milk and the strength of the magnetic field is a measure of the flow rate of the milk flow.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2017Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: N.V. NEDERLANDSCHE APPARATENFABRIEK NEDAPInventors: Jeroen Martin van Dijk, Edwin Schäperclaus, Rudie Jan Hendrik Lammers
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Publication number: 20200109973Abstract: Milk meter for measuring a milk flow provided with an inlet the milk flow is supplied to an outlet, a liquid flow path extending from the inlet to the outlet, a stabilization chamber in the liquid flow path and a float therein configured to float on milk. The level of milk in the stabilization chamber depends on the flow rate of the milk flow. At least one sensor device for determining the position of the float in the stabilization chamber for determining the flow rate of the milk flow. The milk meter has an outflow channel and an outflow opening in fluid communication with the outlet via the outflow channel. The sensor device has a first and a second coil which have a fixed distance to each other, and a third coil. The first and second coil and the third coil are displaceable relative to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Applicant: Nedap N.V.Inventors: Jan Cornelis Stekelenburg, Jeroen Martin van Dijk, Edwin Schäperclaus
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Publication number: 20190234785Abstract: A milk meter for measuring a flow rate of milk, having an inlet, an outlet, and a liquid flow path from the inlet to the outlet, the milk meter has a stabilization chamber in the liquid flow path and a float in the stabilization chamber configured to float on the milk, wherein the milk meter is configured so the level of milk in the stabilization chamber depends on the flow rate of the milk flow, the milk meter also has a magnetic unit for generating a magnetic field in the stabilization chamber, which varies in a height direction of the stabilization chamber, the float contains an electronic measuring unit for measuring the strength of the magnetic field, which is a measure of the height within the stabilization chamber of the float and the strength of the magnetic field measures the flow rate of the milk.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2018Publication date: August 1, 2019Applicant: N.V. Nederlandsche Apparatenfabriek NEDAPInventors: Edwin Schäperclaus, Martin Jeroen van Dijk
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Publication number: 20180153129Abstract: A milk meter for measuring a flow rate of a milk flow with an inlet and an outlet a liquid flow path from the inlet to the outlet, a stabilization chamber in the liquid flow path and a float in the stabilization chamber configured to float on milk the milk meter is configured so a level of milk in the stabilization chamber depends on the flow rate of the milk flow, and is provided with a magnetic unit in the stabilization chamber, the magnetic field varies in a height direction of the stabilization chamber, an electronic measuring unit is arranged in the float for measuring the strength of the magnetic field, the strength is a measure of the height within the stabilization chamber at which the float is floating on the milk and the strength of the magnetic field is a measure of the flow rate of the milk flow.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2017Publication date: June 7, 2018Applicant: N.V. Nederlandsche Apparatenfabriek NEDAPInventors: Jeroen Martin van Dijk, Edwin Schaperclaus, Rudie Jan Hendrik Lammers