Apparatus for bulk dispensing of liquids

• US 5,392,827 A
• Filed: 09/27/1993
• Issued: 02/28/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Adel K. Yasso, Paul Lemley, Phil Deberry
• Original Assignee: Adel K. Yasso, Paul Lemley, Phil Deberry
• Inventors: Lemley, Paul, Yasso, Adel K., DeBerry, Phil
• Primary Examiner(s): Recla, Henry J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Douglas, Steven O.
• Application Number:
  US08/127,635
• Time in Patent Office: 519 Days
• Field of Search: 141/192, 141/198, 141/206, 141/207, 141/209, 141/83, 141/88, 141/94, 141/95, 141/96-98, 141/21, 141/372, 222/108, 222/129.1, 222/52, 222/153, 222/64, 222/65, 222/23, 222/27
• US Class Current: 141/192
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 3/30 by volumetric measurement
• CPC Class Codes: B67D 7/02 for transferring liquids other than fuel or lubricants
• CPC Class Codes: B67D 7/08 Arrangements of devices for controlling, indicating, metering or registering quantity or price of liquid transferred arrangement of flow- or pressure-control valves B67D7/36; computing, calculating, counting G06; coin-freed apparatus for dispensing fluids G07F13/00; prepayment devices for metering liquids G07F15/00

Abstract

An apparatus for bulk dispensing of liquids from a reservoir includes a pump connected to the reservoir for pumping liquid from the reservoir, a dispensing structure connected to the pump for dispensing the pumped liquid and a measuring structure for measuring an amount of liquid being dispensed.

Claims

1. An apparatus for bulk dispensing of liquid comprising:

a reservoir for storing liquid;

a pump connected to said reservoir for pumping liquid from said reservoir;

a solenoid-actuated valve connected to said pump for dispensing the pumped liquid;

a flow meter interconnecting said pump and said solenoid-actuated valve for measuring an amount of liquid being dispensed;

a controller connected to said pump and said solenoid-actuated valve and said flow meter for providing a command indicative of the volume and type of liquid dispensed;

a fill chamber for receiving a container and a door for opening and closing said fill chamber;

means for sensing whether said door is in a closed position;

means for locking said door when liquid is being dispensed; and

a printer responsive to said command from said controller for providing information including any one of volume dispensed, product identification and total price in a bar code form for later attachment to said container.

2. An apparatus for bulk dispensing of laundry liquid comprising:

a reservoir for storing a laundry liquid;

a pump connected to said reservoir for pumping laundry liquid from said reservoir;

a solenoid-actuated valve connected to said pump for dispensing the pumped laundry liquid;

a flow meter interconnecting said pump and said solenoid-actuated valve for measuring an amount of laundry liquid being dispensed a controller connected to said pump and said solenoid-actuated valve and said flow meter for controlling said pump and said solenoid-actuated valve and said flow meter; and

a fill chamber for receiving a container and a door for opening and closing said fill chamber.

3. An apparatus as set forth in claim 2 including means for sensing whether said door is in a closed position.

4. An apparatus as set forth in claim 2 including means for locking said door when laundry liquid is being dispensed.

5. An apparatus as set forth in claim 2 including means for receiving laundry liquid which overflows from said fill chamber.

6. An apparatus for bulk dispensing of laundry liquid comprising:

a reservoir for storing a laundry liquid;

a pump connected to said reservoir for pumping laundry liquid from said reservoir;

a solenoid-actuated valve connected to said pump for dispensing the pumped laundry liquid;

a flow meter interconnecting said pump and said solenoid-actuated valve for measuring an amount of laundry liquid being dispensed;

a controller connected to said pump and said solenoid-actuated valve and said flow meter for controlling said pump and said solenoid-actuated valve and said flow meter;

a fill chamber for receiving a container and a door for opening and closing said fill chamber;

means for sensing whether said door is in a closed position; and

means for locking said door when laundry liquid is being dispensed.

7. An apparatus as set forth in claim 6 including means for receiving laundry liquid which overflows from said fill chamber.