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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Daniel G Skell, Cedarburg, WI (US);
Eric D Skell, Cedarburg, WI (US);
Michael A Manthei, Cedarburg, WI (US);
Assignee:
Electro-Pro, Inc., Cedarburg, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V / ; G01S / ; G01S / ; B67D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2502221 ; 25055931 ; 2502 / ; 222641 ; 141 95 ;
Abstract
A dispensing method and apparatus is provided to detect the presence of a container and determine the relative size of the detected container and automatically dispense a product into the detected container while monitoring the fill level of the product in the container. Dispensing is automatically discontinued when the fill level nears the top of the container. The present system also provides a timed delay to allow settling of the dispensed product and thereafter dispenses to top-off the product in the container.