Interchangeable load cell assemblies
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1. A system comprising:
- a dispenser including a housing sized to receive a product to be dispensed based on a weight of the product remaining in the housing; and
a set of load cell assemblies, each load cell assembly having a different maximum rated load and sized to be interchangeably received into the dispenser housing to accommodate the dispensing of products having different initial weights, and wherein each of the load cell assemblies further includes a visible marker that indicates the maximum rated load of the respective load cell assembly,the dispenser housing further sized to interchangeably receive any one of the set of load cell assemblies,wherein the one of the load cell assemblies that is received into the housing measures the weight of the product remaining in the housing.
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Abstract
A mass-based dispensing system includes a set of interchangeable load cell assemblies. The load cell assemblies are sized to be interchangeably received into a mass-based product dispenser. Each of the interchangeable load cell assemblies has a maximum rated load that is different from the maximum rated load of the other load cell assemblies. The interchangeable load cell assemblies are substantially modular (i.e., have substantially similar external geometries), thus enabling the product dispenser to interchangeably receive the load cells. The interchangeable load cell assemblies enable a single product dispenser to accommodate a broad range of differently weighted products and/or product containers.
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1. A system comprising:
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a dispenser including a housing sized to receive a product to be dispensed based on a weight of the product remaining in the housing; and a set of load cell assemblies, each load cell assembly having a different maximum rated load and sized to be interchangeably received into the dispenser housing to accommodate the dispensing of products having different initial weights, and wherein each of the load cell assemblies further includes a visible marker that indicates the maximum rated load of the respective load cell assembly, the dispenser housing further sized to interchangeably receive any one of the set of load cell assemblies, wherein the one of the load cell assemblies that is received into the housing measures the weight of the product remaining in the housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system comprising:
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a first load cell assembly having a first maximum rated load; and a second load cell assembly having a second maximum rated load; a dispenser including a housing sized to receive a product to be dispensed based on a weight of the product remaining in the housing; the first and second load cell assemblies sized to be interchangeably received into the dispenser, wherein each of the first and second load cell assemblies further includes a visible marker that indicates the maximum rated load of the respective load cell assembly, and wherein one of the first load cell assembly or the second load cell assembly that is received into the dispenser determines the weight of the product remaining in the housing. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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