公开(公告)号：US20240344762A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-17

申请号：US18752097

申请日：2024-06-24

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Kaito Choy ,  Ravi Joshi ,  Vikas C. Mruthyunjaya ,  Henrique Keiji Arai Yamaki

IPC: F25D23/12 ,  B67D3/00 ,  F25D25/02 ,  G01F13/00 ,  G01F15/00

CPC classification number: F25D23/126 ,  B67D3/0003 ,  B67D3/0025 ,  B67D3/0093 ,  F25D25/02 ,  G01F13/00 ,  G01F15/003 ,  F25D2400/06 ,  F25D2400/361

Abstract: A fluid delivery system for an appliance includes a fluid line in selective communication with a fluid source. A shelf defines a fill zone positioned below an underside of the shelf. A shelf spigot is coupled with the fluid line and disposed proximate the underside of the shelf and over the fill zone. A fluid level sensor is positioned in communication with the fill zone. The fluid level sensor is also in communication with a controller that regulates a flow of fluid through the shelf spigot.

公开(公告)号：US20240208791A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-27

申请号：US18600034

申请日：2024-03-08

Applicant: Heineken Supply Chain B.V.

Inventor： Edwin Johannes Cornelis GRIFFIOEN ,  Johannes Adriaan DRONKERT

IPC: B67D1/08 ,  B67D1/12 ,  G01F1/56 ,  G01F1/58 ,  G01F13/00 ,  G01F15/02 ,  G01F15/14 ,  G01F23/263

CPC classification number: B67D1/0855 ,  B67D1/08 ,  B67D1/0888 ,  B67D1/12 ,  B67D1/1247 ,  G01F1/56 ,  G01F1/584 ,  G01F13/006 ,  G01F15/022 ,  G01F15/14 ,  G01F23/263 ,  G01F23/266 ,  G01F13/008

Abstract: A dispensing system for a beverage comprises in a tap system a bore for housing a duct. Along the bore, close to or on the duct, at least two electrodes are provided such that at least at some locations along the duct, the two electrodes are provided opposite to one another with the duct in between, thus constituting a capacitor. An oscillating signal is provided to one electrode and a signal is read out from the other electrode. As a beverage is drawn through the duct in a container, capacitance of the capacitor changes.
The flowing beverage may have different characteristics, but capacitance may also change as the beverage in the duct is in conducting contact with a container that may be in contact with an earth contact. The change of capacitance results in a change of the amplitude of a detection circuit connected to the second electrode.

公开(公告)号：US20240189557A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-13

申请号：US18582459

申请日：2024-02-20

Applicant: TICKERWORKS, INC.

Inventor： Ramiro M. Perez

IPC: A61M31/00 ,  A61K31/565 ,  A61K31/57 ,  A61M35/00 ,  G01F13/00

CPC classification number: A61M31/00 ,  A61K31/565 ,  A61K31/57 ,  G01F13/00 ,  A61M35/003 ,  A61M2205/19 ,  A61M2205/582 ,  A61M2205/583

Abstract: A transdermal delivery apparatus for delivering specific desired quantities of cream-base medicament or any flowable composition is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a revolving platform, a threaded screw-complex, a house, an applicator pad, and a safety cap. The revolving platform produces audible and tactile sensations upon interaction with projections from the house. The threaded screw-complex interacts with an elevator to transport the medicament upwards. The house confines an inner chamber to store the medicament. The applicator pad comprises a center outlet where the composition exits the chamber.

公开(公告)号：US12000856B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-04

申请号：US18120739

申请日：2023-03-13

Applicant: Nike, Inc.

Inventor： Lisa Campbell ,  Gregory Paul Dufour ,  Bridget Munro ,  Ian Wright ,  Kim B Blair ,  Daniel A Kingsley ,  Luri Robert Middleton ,  John David Pye ,  Elizabeth A. Rapp van Roden

IPC: G01F13/00 ,  A41H1/00 ,  A41H5/01 ,  G01P13/00 ,  G06T7/246 ,  A41C3/00 ,  G01M99/00 ,  G06F3/0346 ,  G09B23/32

CPC classification number: G01P13/00 ,  A41H1/00 ,  A41H5/01 ,  G06T7/246 ,  A41C3/00 ,  G01M99/007 ,  G06F3/0346 ,  G06T2207/10016 ,  G06T2207/30204 ,  G09B23/32

Abstract: Aspects herein are directed to a support garment testing system comprising a torso form having a motion tracking sensor associated with one or more breast structures of the torso form. A support garment is secured to the torso form, and the torso form is mounted on a motion platform that, when actuated, causes displacement of the breast structures. The amount of displacement is measured by the sensor, and the data is used to assign a level of support provided by the support garment.

公开(公告)号：US12000725B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-04

申请号：US18160097

申请日：2023-01-26

Applicant: Bigfoot Biomedical, Inc.

Inventor： Richard Whalley ,  James White

IPC: G01F22/00 ,  A61M5/168 ,  G01F11/02 ,  G01F13/00 ,  G01F17/00 ,  G01F23/284 ,  A61M5/31 ,  G01N21/17

CPC classification number: G01F22/00 ,  A61M5/16804 ,  A61M5/16886 ,  A61M5/1689 ,  G01F11/021 ,  G01F13/00 ,  G01F17/00 ,  G01F23/284 ,  A61M2005/3126 ,  A61M2205/3306 ,  A61M2205/3379 ,  A61M2205/70 ,  G01N21/1702

Abstract: Embodiments described herein generally relate to devices, systems and methods for measuring the dose remaining in a drug delivery device that is used for delivering a dose to a patient. In some embodiments, a dose measurement system for measuring the liquid volume in a container includes a plurality of light sources which are disposed and configured to emit electromagnetic radiation toward the container. A plurality of sensors are located in the apparatus that are optically coupleable to the plurality of light sources and are disposed and configured to detect the electromagnetic radiation emitted by at least a portion of the light sources. The apparatus also includes a processing unit configured to receive data representing the portion of the detected electromagnetic radiation from each of the plurality of sensors. The processing unit is further operable to convert the received data into a signature representative of the electromagnetic radiation detected by the plurality of sensors.

公开(公告)号：US11953361B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-09

申请号：US17724799

申请日：2022-04-20

Applicant: Robert G. Nothum, Jr.

Inventor： Robert G. Nothum, Jr.

IPC: G01F13/00 ,  A22C21/00 ,  B65G17/26 ,  B65G43/10

CPC classification number: G01F13/003 ,  A22C21/0053 ,  B65G17/26 ,  B65G43/10

Abstract: A transfer conveyor for food process lines has an endless conveyor belt characterized by an upper, food-product carrying run and a lower, return run. The upper, food-product carrying run defines a transit plane. The upper, food-product carrying run also extends between an intake end and a discharge end. The upper, food-product carrying run furthermore has a first pleat below the transit plane proximate the intake end and a second spaced-away pleat below the transit plane proximate the discharge end. These spaced-away pleats partitioning the upper, food-product carrying run into an intake-end span and a discharge-end span cooperatively flanking a mid-span. Wherein the transfer conveyor additionally includes one scale servicing the intake-end span of the upper, food-product carrying run and another scale servicing the discharge-end span.

公开(公告)号：US11937569B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-26

申请号：US17107237

申请日：2020-11-30

Applicant: IWT S.R.L.

Inventor： Matteo Borghi ,  Michele Vitali

IPC: A01K1/03 ,  A01K1/015 ,  B01D46/00 ,  B65G33/14 ,  B65G41/00 ,  B65G47/19 ,  G01F13/00

CPC classification number: A01K1/031 ,  A01K1/015 ,  B01D46/0041 ,  B65G33/14 ,  B65G41/00 ,  B65G47/19 ,  G01F13/005 ,  B01D2279/00 ,  B65G2207/08 ,  B65G2814/0344

Abstract: Apparatus configured for dispensing bedding inside of breeding cages for use in pharmaceutical preclinical research centres, including: a loading hopper located in the upper part of the apparatus, and adapted to contain the bedding to be supplied to the cages; at least one supporting plane adapted to support one or more cages, and positioned under the hopper; an actuator under the hopper, adapted to raise or lower the hopper and the at least one supporting plane; one or more dosing mouths located in the lower part of the loading hopper, and adapted to feed into the cages given quantities of bedding from the hopper; a dispensation system adapted to dispense bedding into the cages through the one or more dosing mouths; a control system adapted to determine the quantity of bedding and to control the actuator; and a base for supporting the apparatus.

公开(公告)号：US20240040956A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-08

申请号：US17879643

申请日：2022-08-02

Applicant: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.

Inventor： Trevor Lawrence Kowalchuk

IPC: A01C7/10 ,  G01F13/00 ,  G05B15/02

CPC classification number: A01C7/102 ,  G01F13/001 ,  G05B15/02 ,  B65G53/16

Abstract: A storage compartment profile monitoring and control system for an agricultural system may include at least one sensor configured to output a series of sensor signals indicative of a corresponding series of images of particulate material within a storage compartment and at least one graduated marking on the storage compartment during a period of operation of a metering system configured to meter the particulate material from the storage compartment and a controller comprising a memory and a processor. The controller is communicatively coupled to the at least one sensor and the controller is configured to receive the series of sensor signals from the at least one sensor and determine a series of profiles of the particulate material within the storage compartment based on the series of images. The controller also may determine a volumetric rate of change of the particulate material based on the series of profiles and control the metering system based on the volumetric rate of change.

公开(公告)号：US20230408317A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-21

申请号：US18335486

申请日：2023-06-15

Applicant: MARCO Systemanalyse und Entwicklung GmbH

Inventor： Martin Reuter

IPC: G01F13/00 ,  G01F15/18 ,  G01F15/02

CPC classification number: G01F13/006 ,  G01F15/185 ,  G01F15/02

Abstract: In a method for continuously supplying a metering device with different batches of one and the same liquid medium, a progressive addition of the medium of a new batch takes place during a batch change.

公开(公告)号：US20230400339A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-14

申请号：US17836084

申请日：2022-06-09

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Dwight David WILLIAMS

IPC: G01F13/00 ,  B65G47/18

CPC classification number: G01F13/005 ,  B65G47/18

Abstract: At least one example embodiment relates to an apparatus including a dosing tube and a plate. The dosing tube is configured to receive an auger. The dosing tube includes a cylindrical sidewall extending from a first end to a second end opposite the first end. The dosing tube defines an opening in the cylindrical sidewall. The plate is coupled to the second end of the dosing tube. The dosing tube is configured to rotate with respect to the plate. In at least one example embodiment, the apparatus further includes an auger configured to rotate and move a material from the second end to the first end of the dosing tube.