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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2002
Arnold Buchanan, Deerfield, IL (US);
Doug Ceckowski, Gurnee, IL (US);
Deborah Doan, Ringwood, IL (US);
Nicolas John Dougill, Coventry, GB;
Michael F. Hart, Mundelein, IL (US);
Scott Holt, Duesseldorf, DE;
Kelly Leithner, Gurnee, IL (US);
Chuck Shewey, Salem, WI (US);
Arnold Buchanan, Deerfield, IL (US);
Doug Ceckowski, Gurnee, IL (US);
Deborah Doan, Ringwood, IL (US);
Nicolas John Dougill, Coventry, GB;
Michael F. Hart, Mundelein, IL (US);
Scott Holt, Duesseldorf, DE;
Kelly Leithner, Gurnee, IL (US);
Chuck Shewey, Salem, WI (US);
Buehler, Ltd., Lake Bluff, IL (US);
Abstract
A modular fluid-dispensing system includes a master control dispenser and/or one or more satellite dispensers that communicate bi-directionally with the master control dispenser. The master control dispenser is programmable and may dispense one or more solutions. Each satellite may dispense fluid in either a stand-alone mode or under control of another fluid-dispensing-system component, such as a master control dispenser, or a grinder/polisher. A master control dispenser may store various multi-step dispensing methods and may advance a dispensing method to a next step automatically or based on a control signal received from a grinder/polisher. A master control dispenser may perform a fluid-dispensing method that is synchronized with a corresponding grinder/polisher method performed by a grinder/polisher that is coupled to the master control dispenser.