FLUID REGULATION SYSTEM

• US 20170252771A1
• Filed: 02/28/2017
• Published: 09/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Carlisle Fluid Technologies Incorporated (Carlisle Cos., Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Carlisle Fluid Technologies Incorporated (Carlisle Cos., Inc.)
• Inventors: Young, II, Roy Earl
• Granted Patent: US 10,758,933 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 12/00 Arrangements for controlling delivery; Arrangements for controlling the spray area
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 12/002 Manually-actuated controlling means, e.g. push buttons, levers or triggers for single units B05B11/00
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 12/02 for controlling time, or sequence, of delivery
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 12/08 responsive to condition of liquid or other fluent material to be discharged, of ambient medium or of target ; responsive to condition of spray devices or of supply means, e.g. pipes, pumps or their drive means
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 12/081 responsive to the weight of a reservoir or container for liquid or other fluent material; responsive to level or volume of liquid or other fluent material in a reservoir or container
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 15/14 Arrangements for preventing or controlling structural damage to spraying apparatus or its outlets, e.g. for breaking at desired places; Arrangements for handling or replacing damaged parts
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 5/0532 driven by a gas turbine
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 7/1209 the controlling means for each liquid or other fluent material being manual and interdependent
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 7/2489 an atomising fluid, e.g. a gas, being supplied to the discharge device B05B7/2402, B05B7/2483, B05B7/262 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B05C 11/1005 responsive to condition of liquid or other fluent material already applied to the surface, e.g. coating thickness, weight or pattern
• CPC Class Codes: B05C 15/00 Enclosures for apparatus; Booths spray booths B05B16/00
• CPC Class Codes: B05C 21/00 Accessories or implements for use in connection with applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces, not provided for in groups B05C1/00 - B05C19/00 accessories or implements for use in connection with painting or artistic drawing and fully provided for in B44D3/02 - B44D3/38, see subgroups of B44D3/00
• CPC Class Codes: B05C 5/0225 characterised by flow controlling means, e.g. valves, located proximate the outlet B05C5/0258, B05C5/0275 take precedence; supply valves upstream the coating head B05C11/1036

Abstract

A system includes a spray tool including a trigger and a sensor. The system includes a fluid regulation system including a container configured to store a coating material and a pump configured to control a flow of the coating material. The system includes a pump control system including a controller configured to change an operating parameter of the pump distributing the coating material in response to an input from the sensor. The pump control system is coupled to the fluid regulation system.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a spray tool comprising a trigger and a sensor;

a fluid regulation system, comprising;

a container configured to store a coating material;

a pump configured to control a flow of the coating material;

a pump control system, comprising;

a controller configured to change an operating parameter of the pump distributing the coating material in response to an input from the sensor; and

wherein the pump control system is coupled to the fluid regulation system.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the spray tool is configured to be located inside a containment room, and the pump control system is configured to be located outside the containment room.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the fluid regulation system is configured to be located within the containment room.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the pump comprises a positive displacement pump.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the operating parameter of the pump comprises a flow rate, a pressure, or a combination thereof

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor is configured to monitor one or more parameters of the trigger.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the one or more parameters of the trigger comprises a duration of activation, a frequency of activation, a time stamp of activation, a degree or distance of activation, a variation in activation, or any combination thereof.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor is configured to monitor one or more parameters of the coating material, a spray of the coating material output by the spray tool, or a coating applied on a target object using the spray.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the spray tool comprises communications circuitry coupled to the sensor.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the communications circuitry comprises wireless communications circuitry.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor is coupled to the trigger, and the sensor is configured to provide a signal to the pump control system to remotely activate the pump.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the trigger is configured to open a valve in the spray tool while also triggering the sensor to activate the pump.

13. A method, comprising:

operating a valve that controls flow of a coating material in a spray tool in response to a trigger coupled to the spray tool; and

operating a pump that supplies the coating material to the spray tool in response to a signal received from a sensor coupled to the spray tool.

14. The method of claim 13, comprising generating the signal in response to sensing a change in the trigger.

15. The method of claim 13, comprising generating the signal in response to sensing a change in a flow rate, a pressure, or a combination thereof.

16. The method of claim 13, comprising communicating the signal from the spray tool to a controller coupled to the pump.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the spray tool is disposed inside a containment room, and the controller is disposed outside the containment room.

18. The method of claim 16, comprising wirelessly communicating the signal.

19. A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer instructions thereon, the computer instructions, when executed by a processor, configured to:

process a signal generated in response to operation of a trigger that controls flow of a coating material in a spray tool; and

operate a pump that supplies the coating material to the spray tool in response to the signal.

20. The media of claim 19, wherein the instructions are configured to communicate the signal wirelessly from a first location inside a containment room to a second location outside the containment room.