Title:
ロードセル及びロードセルブラケットを使用した製品不十分状態又は製品切れ状態の検出
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP5524854
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
A system and method detect when a product container from which a product is dispensed is empty or nearly empty, and provides a notification of the product status. The system includes a load cell that deflects at a first rate of distance per unit load when a load less than a critical load is positioned to be weighed by the load cell, and a load cell bracket positioned such that the free end of the load cell contacts the load cell bracket when a load substantially equal to or greater than the critical load is positioned to be weighed by the load cell. The load cell bracket may prevent the load cell from further deflection, or it may permit deflection of the load cell at a second rate of distance per unit load when the load cell is in contact with the load cell bracket. The system may generate an out-of-product notification when the amount of product dispensed is substantially equal to zero, a low product notification when the amount of the product remaining is less than a threshold weight or a proof-of-delivery notification.
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Inventors:
Mehus, Richard Jay.
Weber, Bruce W.
Wiltsey, Ben Jay.
Weber, Bruce W.
Wiltsey, Ben Jay.
Application Number:
JP2010537560A
Publication Date:
June 18, 2014
Filing Date:
December 04, 2008
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Ecolab Inc.
International Classes:
G01G3/14; A47L15/44; A47L15/46; D06F33/02
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2005271954A | ||||
| JP894423A | ||||
| JP2007516066A | ||||
| JP61260124A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Atsushi Aoki
Jun Tsuruta
Tetsuro Shimada
Hirose Shigeki
Kazuyoshi Ohira
Ryuichi Nishimura
Jun Tsuruta
Tetsuro Shimada
Hirose Shigeki
Kazuyoshi Ohira
Ryuichi Nishimura