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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 07, 2023
Applicant:

Valco Cincinnati, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);

Inventors:

Dan Davidson, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Todd Jonas, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Assignee:

Valco Cincinnati, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04C 14/28 (2006.01); F04C 2/18 (2006.01); G01F 25/10 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04C 14/28 (2013.01); F04C 2/18 (2013.01); G01F 25/10 (2022.01); F04C 2220/24 (2013.01); F04C 2270/18 (2013.01); F04C 2270/185 (2013.01); F04C 2270/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of measuring fluid flow in a system includes providing a fluid supply assembly which includes a fluid supply supplying fluid, a dispensing valve from which the fluid is dispensed, a dispensing line connecting the fluid supply to the dispensing valve, a gear pump including a motor and a gear being rotated by the motor to provide a flow of fluid from the fluid supply to the dispensing line, a revolution counter counting a number of revolutions of an element of the gear pump, a pressure transducer coupled to the dispensing line sensing pressure in the system, and a controller including a processor and a memory to control the system. The method further includes directing fluid from the fluid supply, rotating the gear to provide the flow of fluid from the fluid supply to the dispensing line, and providing a calibration process by modulating the gear pump.


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