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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:
May. 29, 2018

Filed:

Oct. 29, 2014
Applicant:

Ecolab Usa Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);

Inventors:

Jared R. Freudenberg, St. Louis Park, MN (US);

Ryan Jacob Urban, Mahtomedi, MN (US);

Thomas C. Rustad, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Assignee:

Ecolab USA Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 15/44 (2006.01); D06F 39/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 15/449 (2013.01); A47L 15/4436 (2013.01); A47L 2401/023 (2013.01); A47L 2401/30 (2013.01); A47L 2401/34 (2013.01); A47L 2501/03 (2013.01); A47L 2501/07 (2013.01);
Abstract

Dispensing techniques utilize existing fluid to dispense a solid block of chemical product concentrate. The solid chemical product concentrate may include, for example, detergents, disinfectants, sanitizers, rinse agents, or other cleaning agents. The dispenser monitors and controls the concentration of the chemical product in a use solution. When the concentration of the use solution falls outside of a target range, the dispenser routes existing fluid from within the system to the dispenser, where it interacts with and dispense a solid chemical product concentrate, thus raising the concentration of the chemical product in the use solution. In a dishmachine application, the existing fluid may include post wash or rinse fluid from the dishmachine, or may include use solution from a sump, tank, or other use solution storage container.


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