Dosing System and Method for the Dosing of a Medium
First Claim
22. A dosing system with a dosing control unit (4), comprisingat least one exchangeable container (2) for holding a medium to be dosed,a dosing valve (3, 3′
- ) connected to the container (2),at least a first part of the dosing valve (3, 3′
) that comes into contact with the medium is a first exchangeable system component (7, 10) and includes a first machine-readable code for a first identification purposes,wherein the at least one exchangeable container (2) includes a second machine-readable code for a second identification purposes,wherein the at least one exchangeable container and the exchangeable system component are disposable, andwherein the dosing control unit (4) is connected to a communication unit capable of reading the codes, andwherein the communication unit (5) has a read connection (22) to the at least one exchangeable container and the system component or the first machine-readable code or the second machine-readable code.
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Abstract
A dosing system and a method for dosing a medium, having a dosing control unit (4), at least one exchangeable container (2) containing a medium to be dosed, and a dosing valve (3, 3′) that can be connected to the container (2), wherein at least one part of the dosing valve (3, 3′) that comes into contact with the medium is designed as an exchangeable system component (7, 10) and has a machine-readable code for identification purposes, wherein at least one container (2), as an exchangeable system component (2), has a machine-readable code for identification purposes, wherein the exchangeable parts (2, 7, 10, 19) that come into contact with the medium are designed as disposable parts, and wherein the dosing control unit (4) is connected with a communication unit (5) to read the codes, and wherein the communication unit (5) has a unique read connection (22) to each exchangeable system component (2, 7, 10, 19) or its code.
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42 Claims
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22. A dosing system with a dosing control unit (4), comprising
at least one exchangeable container (2) for holding a medium to be dosed, a dosing valve (3, 3′ - ) connected to the container (2),
at least a first part of the dosing valve (3, 3′
) that comes into contact with the medium is a first exchangeable system component (7, 10) and includes a first machine-readable code for a first identification purposes,wherein the at least one exchangeable container (2) includes a second machine-readable code for a second identification purposes, wherein the at least one exchangeable container and the exchangeable system component are disposable, and wherein the dosing control unit (4) is connected to a communication unit capable of reading the codes, and wherein the communication unit (5) has a read connection (22) to the at least one exchangeable container and the system component or the first machine-readable code or the second machine-readable code. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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23. A dosing system with a dosing control unit (4), comprising
a plurality of exchangeable containers (2) for holding a medium to be dosed, a plurality of dosing valves (3, 3′ - ) each having a first part suitable for contacting the medium, each connected to one of the plurality of exchangeable containers (2),
the plurality of exchangeable containers are each fixedly connected to the dosing valve (3, 3′
) associated to each container,wherein each of the plurality of the exchangeable containers (2) or the first part of the dosing valves (3, 3′
) that come into contact with the medium, have a machine-readable code for identification purposes,wherein the plurality of containers and the first part of the dosing valve that comes into contact with the medium are disposable parts, wherein the dosing control unit (4) is connected to a communication unit (5) for reading data codes, and wherein the communication unit (5) has a read connection (22) to each of the plurality of the exchangeable containers (2) or the part of the dosing valves or the data codes.
- ) each having a first part suitable for contacting the medium, each connected to one of the plurality of exchangeable containers (2),
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37. A method for dosing a medium arranged in an exchangeable container (2) of a dosing system (1, 1′
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), the method comprising the steps ofsupplying the medium to a target container (15) via a dosing valve (3, 3′
) connected to the container (2),controlling a dosing control unit (4), wherein prior to starting the dosing process, machine-readable codes arranged on exchangeable system components (2, 7, 10, 19) that come into contact with the medium and that are designed as disposable parts, are read by a communication unit (5) via in each case unique read connections (22), and the permissibility of using the system components (2, 7, 10, 19) having the codes is verified by the dosing control unit (4) connected to the communication unit (5). - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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