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公开(公告)号：US20230389704A1
公开(公告)日：2023-12-07
申请号：US17894956
申请日：2022-08-24
发明人： George W. Ratermann
CPC分类号： A47B97/00 , A47B81/007 , A47B2220/0091
摘要： A gas cylinder tank storage rack uses groups of load cells to sense the presence and fill state of tanks in storage locations on shelves. Tanks can be stored lying down horizontally on parallel rails. The rails are hinged to a crossbar of a frame of the rack and rest at an opposite end upon load cells attached to another crossbar of the frame. Multiple tanks can also be stored upright upon platforms resting upon at least one pair of load cells affixed to front and/or back crossbars of the frame. Sensor outputs from pairs of cells are processed in tandem to yield an average load value. The measured load in relation to threshold values determine the number and fill state of tanks on the shelves. Tank inventory can be communicated to a server to handle ordering of replacement tanks when needed.
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公开(公告)号：US11877658B2
公开(公告)日：2024-01-23
申请号：US17894956
申请日：2022-08-24
发明人： George W. Ratermann
CPC分类号： A47B97/00 , A47B81/007 , F17C13/084 , A47B2220/0091
摘要： A gas cylinder tank storage rack uses groups of load cells to sense the presence and fill state of tanks in storage locations on shelves. Tanks can be stored lying down horizontally on parallel rails. The rails are hinged to a crossbar of a frame of the rack and rest at an opposite end upon load cells attached to another crossbar of the frame. Multiple tanks can also be stored upright upon platforms resting upon at least one pair of load cells affixed to front and/or back crossbars of the frame. Sensor outputs from pairs of cells are processed in tandem to yield an average load value. The measured load in relation to threshold values determine the number and fill state of tanks on the shelves. Tank inventory can be communicated to a server to handle ordering of replacement tanks when needed.
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公开(公告)号：US20180197138A1
公开(公告)日：2018-07-12
申请号：US15882871
申请日：2018-01-29
发明人： George W. Ratermann
CPC分类号： G06Q10/087 , H04L67/12
摘要： A tank inventory signaling apparatus that has gas cylinder tanks stored in an array at a tank farm. The gas cylinder tanks are placed where weight sensors detect whether a tank of the array is substantially full or not, say greater than 75% full. The substantially full tanks form the tank inventory at a tank farm that is transmitted to a networked local server. The information is relayed to a remote server having tank management software that orders replacement gas cylinders. A threshold level can be set in the inventory for order generation for all non-substantially full tanks in the array with the order generated at the remote server when the inventory drops below the threshold at a local server.
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公开(公告)号：US10817925B2
公开(公告)日：2020-10-27
申请号：US15494250
申请日：2017-04-21
发明人： George W. Ratermann
摘要： A gas cylinder counting apparatus that has a cage or rack with aligned parallel rows or bins of industrial gas cylinders stored in the cage or cage having upright posts with gas cylinder movement detectors. Gas cylinders in each bin are separated from each other to form an x-y cylinder array. Sensors attached to posts count cylinder removals by changes of state of the cylinder array and report removal of a cylinder from the bin to a local server. When gas cylinders are removed from cages, local servers report to a remote server that may be in a cloud having management software for gas cylinder delivery using orders from each local server.
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公开(公告)号：US20160104103A1
公开(公告)日：2016-04-14
申请号：US14799230
申请日：2015-07-14
发明人： George W. Ratermann
CPC分类号： G06Q10/087
摘要： A gas cylinder counting apparatus that has bins with aligned parallel rows of industrial gas cylinders stored in a cage having upright posts with gas cylinder movement detectors. Gas cylinders in each bin are separated from each other to form a cylinder array. Proximity sensors attached to posts count cylinder removals by changes of state of the cylinder array and report removal of a cylinder from the bin to a local server. When gas cylinders are removed from other cages, local servers report to a remote server and to the management software for gas cylinder ordering and delivery.
摘要翻译： 一种气瓶计数装置，其具有存储在具有气瓶运动检测器的具有直立柱的保持架中的排列平行的工业气瓶排的箱体。 每个箱中的气瓶彼此分离以形成气缸阵列。 连接到柱子上的接近传感器通过气缸阵列的状态改变来计算气缸的移动，并将气瓶从箱体移除到本地服务器。 当气瓶从其他笼子中取出时，本地服务器向远程服务器和气瓶订购和交付管理软件报告。
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公开(公告)号：US10817835B2
公开(公告)日：2020-10-27
申请号：US15882871
申请日：2018-01-29
发明人： George W. Ratermann
摘要： A tank inventory signaling apparatus that has gas cylinder tanks stored in an array at a tank farm. The gas cylinder tanks are placed where weight sensors detect whether a tank of the array is substantially full or not, say greater than 75% full. The substantially full tanks form the tank inventory at a tank farm that is transmitted to a networked local server. The information is relayed to a remote server having tank management software that orders replacement gas cylinders. A threshold level can be set in the inventory for order generation for all non-substantially full tanks in the array with the order generated at the remote server when the inventory drops below the threshold at a local server.
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公开(公告)号：US20170221136A1
公开(公告)日：2017-08-03
申请号：US15494250
申请日：2017-04-21
发明人： George W. Ratermann
CPC分类号： G06Q30/0635 , G01D5/26 , G01D5/48 , G06Q10/087
摘要： A gas cylinder counting apparatus that has a cage or rack with aligned parallel rows or bins of industrial gas cylinders stored in the cage or cage having upright posts with gas cylinder movement detectors. Gas cylinders in each bin are separated from each other to form an x-y cylinder array. Sensors attached to posts count cylinder removals by changes of state of the cylinder array and report removal of a cylinder from the bin to a local server. When gas cylinders are removed from cages, local servers report to a remote server that may be in a cloud having management software for gas cylinder delivery using orders from each local server.
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