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Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020

Filed:

Jul. 24, 2019
Applicant:

Marquardt Gmbh, Rietheim-Weilheim, DE;

Inventor:

Stephen McMahon, Homer, NY (US);

Assignee:

Marquardt GmbH, Rietheim-Weilheim, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D 1/08 (2006.01); G01S 7/497 (2006.01); G01S 17/04 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D 1/0888 (2013.01); B67D 1/0878 (2013.01); G01S 7/497 (2013.01); G01S 17/04 (2020.01);
Abstract

A dispenser control device, comprising: at least a first light emitter and at least a first light detector, a memory component, a calculation component and a signal transmitter. The dispenser control device configured to conduct one or more of (1) calibration, (2) receptacle-type conjecturing, (3) stopping-intensity value determination, (4) receptacle filling status assessment, and (5) dispensing-termination signal transmission. Also methods comprising one or more of (1) calibration, (2) receptacle-type conjecturing, (3) stopping-intensity value determination, (4) receptacle filling status assessment, and (5) dispensing-termination signal transmission.


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