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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2013
Applicant:
Ecolab Usa Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Richard J. Mehus, Richfield, MN (US);
John E. Thomas, River Falls, WI (US);
Thomas J. Batcher, Mendota Heights, MN (US);
Bryan A. Maser, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US);
Michael N. Shulman, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
ECOLAB INC., St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01G 13/24 (2006.01); B67D 7/08 (2010.01); A47L 15/44 (2006.01); B01F 1/00 (2006.01); B01F 15/00 (2006.01); B01F 15/04 (2006.01); B67D 7/02 (2010.01); D06F 39/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D 7/08 (2013.01); A47L 15/4436 (2013.01); B01F 1/0027 (2013.01); B01F 15/00123 (2013.01); B01F 15/00194 (2013.01); B01F 15/00344 (2013.01); B01F 15/0445 (2013.01); B67D 7/02 (2013.01); D06F 39/02 (2013.01); G01G 13/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods of dispensing an ingredient and measuring an amount of the ingredient dispensed, e.g., at a customer's location usually as the ingredient is used by the customer, in order to improve the dispensing process by adjusting future dispense cycles, accurately dispensing the ingredient, predicting an amount of ingredient to be dispensed.