IP Library Granted Patent US 12,195,318
Granted Patent B1
US 12,195,318 · App. 18/824,441 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Fluid material dispensing apparatus capable of maintaining fluid material within material transmission path at low temperature

Inventors: Yu-Min Lee (Taipei, TW); Wu-Chou Kuo (Taipei, TW)
Assignee: Botrista, Inc.
B67D1/0021B67D1/0857B67D1/10B67D2001/0097B67D2210/00104
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Patent No.
US 12,195,318
App. No.
18/824,441
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B1
Abstract

A fluid material dispensing apparatus includes: a material outlet chamber; an upper chamber, arranged to operably connect to the material outlet chamber; a target air extraction device, positioned on a side wall of the material outlet chamber and arranged to operably extract a part of cold air in the material outlet chamber into the upper chamber; multiple pumps arranged to respectively extract multiple fluid materials stored in multiple material containers, and to operably push corresponding fluid materials forward; and a fluid output device positioned on a bottom of the material outlet chamber and comprising multiple fluid outlets, wherein the multiple fluid outlets are respectively coupled with the multiple pumps through multiple material transmission paths, and are respectively arranged to dispense corresponding fluid materials to a target container.

Claims (47)

1. A fluid material dispensing apparatus ( 100 ), comprising:

a material outlet chamber ( 105 );

an upper chamber ( 101 ), arranged to operably connect to the material outlet chamber ( 105 );

a target air extraction device ( 337 ), positioned on a side wall of the material outlet chamber ( 105 ), arranged to operably extract a part of cold air in the material outlet chamber ( 105 ) into the upper chamber ( 101 );

multiple pumps ( 110 ), arranged to respectively extract multiple fluid materials stored in multiple material containers ( 180 ), and to operably push corresponding fluid materials forward; and

a fluid output device ( 140 ), positioned on a bottom portion of the material outlet chamber ( 105 ), and comprising multiple fluid outlets ( 142 ), wherein the multiple fluid outlets ( 142 ) are respectively coupled with the multiple pumps ( 110 ) through multiple material transmission paths, and are respectively arranged to dispense corresponding fluid materials to a target container ( 190 ).

2. The fluid material dispensing apparatus ( 100 ) of claim 1 , further comprising:

a cold air tunnel ( 220 ), arranged to operably introduce cold air into the material outlet chamber ( 105 ), so as to maintain an internal temperature of the material outlet chamber ( 105 ) below a predetermined temperature.

3. The fluid material dispensing apparatus ( 100 ) of claim 2 , further comprising:

multiple air extraction devices ( 231 ; 233 ; 235 ), positioned on an airflow transmission path of the cold air tunnel ( 220 ), arranged to operably push cold air in the cold air tunnel ( 220 ) forward.

4. The fluid material dispensing apparatus ( 100 ) of claim 2 , wherein the cold air tunnel ( 220 ) comprises:

an air intake duct ( 221 ), coupled with a cold air source device ( 210 ) and having an air inlet ( 227 ), arranged to operably receive cold air generated by the cold air source device ( 210 );

an intermediate duct ( 223 ), coupled with the air intake duct ( 221 ); and

an air output duct ( 225 ), coupled with the intermediate duct ( 223 ) and having an air outlet ( 229 ), arranged to operably output cold air into the material outlet chamber ( 105 ).

5. The fluid material dispensing apparatus ( 100 ) of claim 4 , wherein a center position of the reflow port ( 370 ) is higher than a center position of the pipe insertion port ( 360 ).

6. The fluid material dispensing apparatus ( 100 ) of claim 1 , wherein the air output duct ( 225 ) is inserted into the material outlet chamber ( 105 ), so that a distance between the air outlet ( 229 ) and the fluid output device ( 140 ) is less than a predetermined distance.

7. The fluid material dispensing apparatus ( 100 ) of claim 1 , further comprising:

a temperature sensor ( 255 ), positioned in the material outlet chamber ( 105 ), arranged to operably sense the internal temperature of the material outlet chamber ( 105 ).

8. The fluid material dispensing apparatus ( 100 ) of claim 1 , wherein a side wall of the material outlet chamber ( 105 ) is provided with a pipe insertion port ( 360 ) and a reflow port ( 370 );

wherein multiple material transmission pipes coupled between the multiple pumps ( 110 ) and the fluid output device ( 140 ) pass through the pipe insertion port ( 360 ) and enter the material outlet chamber ( 105 );

wherein cold air in the material outlet chamber ( 105 ) flows into a main body of the fluid material dispensing apparatus ( 100 ) through the reflow port ( 370 ).

9. A fluid material dispensing apparatus ( 100 ), comprising:

a material outlet chamber ( 105 ), wherein a side wall of the material outlet chamber ( 105 ) is provided with a target air extraction device ( 337 ), a pipe insertion port ( 360 ), and a reflow port ( 370 );

an upper chamber ( 101 ), arranged to operably connect to the material outlet chamber ( 105 );

multiple pumps ( 110 ), arranged to respectively extract multiple fluid materials stored in multiple material containers ( 180 ), and to operably push corresponding fluid materials forward;

a fluid output device ( 140 ), positioned on a bottom portion of the material outlet chamber ( 105 ), and comprising multiple fluid outlets ( 142 ), wherein the multiple fluid outlets ( 142 ) are respectively coupled with the multiple pumps ( 110 ) through multiple material transmission paths, and are respectively arranged to dispense corresponding fluid materials to a target container ( 190 );

a temperature sensor ( 255 ), positioned in the material outlet chamber ( 105 ), arranged to operably sense an internal temperature of the material outlet chamber ( 105 );

a cold air tunnel ( 220 ), arranged to operably introduce cold air into the material outlet chamber ( 105 ), so as to maintain the internal temperature of the material outlet chamber ( 105 ) below a predetermined temperature; and

multiple air extraction devices ( 231 ; 233 ; 235 ), positioned on an airflow transmission path of the cold air tunnel ( 220 ), arranged to operably push cold air in the cold air tunnel ( 220 ) forward;

wherein multiple material transmission pipes coupled between the multiple pumps ( 110 ) and the fluid output device ( 140 ) pass through the pipe insertion port ( 360 ) and enter the material outlet chamber ( 105 );

wherein cold air in the material outlet chamber ( 105 ) flows into a main body of the fluid material dispensing apparatus ( 100 ) through the reflow port ( 370 );

wherein the target air extraction device ( 337 ) is arranged to operably extract a part of cold air in the material outlet chamber ( 105 ) into the upper chamber ( 101 ).

10. The fluid material dispensing apparatus ( 100 ) of claim 9 , wherein the cold air tunnel ( 220 ) comprises:

an air intake duct ( 221 ), coupled with a cold air source device ( 210 ) and having an air inlet ( 227 ), arranged to operably receive cold air generated by the cold air source device ( 210 );

an intermediate duct ( 223 ), coupled with the air intake duct ( 221 ); and

an air output duct ( 225 ), coupled with the intermediate duct ( 223 ) and having an air outlet ( 229 ), arranged to operably output cold air into the material outlet chamber ( 105 ).

11. The fluid material dispensing apparatus ( 100 ) of claim 10 , wherein the air output duct ( 225 ) is inserted into the material outlet chamber ( 105 ), so that a distance between the air outlet ( 229 ) and the fluid output device ( 140 ) is less than 20 centimeters.

12. The fluid material dispensing apparatus ( 100 ) of claim 10 , wherein a center position of the reflow port ( 370 ) is higher than a center position of the pipe insertion port ( 360 ).

13. The fluid material dispensing apparatus ( 100 ) of claim 9 , wherein the multiple air extraction devices ( 231 ; 233 ; 235 ) comprise:

a first air extraction device ( 231 ), positioned at the air inlet ( 227 ), arranged to operably extract a part of cold air generated by the cold air source device ( 210 ) into the air intake duct ( 221 );

a second air extraction device ( 233 ), positioned between the air intake duct ( 221 ) and the intermediate duct ( 223 ), arranged to operably push cold air within the air intake duct ( 221 ) into the intermediate duct ( 223 ); and

a third air extraction device ( 235 ), positioned near a junction between the intermediate duct ( 223 ) and the air output duct ( 225 ), arranged to operably extract a part of cold air within the cold air tunnel ( 220 ) into an upper chamber ( 101 ) of the fluid material dispensing apparatus ( 100 ).

14. The fluid material dispensing apparatus ( 100 ) of claim 13 , wherein when an internal temperature of the material outlet chamber ( 105 ) is higher than a first predetermined threshold value, the first air extraction device ( 231 ) and the second air extraction device ( 233 ) operate to introduce more cold air into the material outlet chamber ( 105 ) through the cold air tunnel ( 220 ).

15. The fluid material dispensing apparatus ( 100 ) of claim 13 , wherein when an internal temperature of the upper chamber ( 101 ) is higher than a first predetermined threshold value, the first air extraction device ( 231 ) and the second air extraction device ( 233 ) operate, and the air extraction device ( 235 ) or the target air extraction device ( 337 ) operates, so as to introduce more cold air into the upper chamber ( 101 ) through the cold air tunnel ( 220 ).

16. The fluid material dispensing apparatus ( 100 ) of claim 13 , wherein when an internal temperature of the upper chamber ( 101 ) is lower than a second predetermined threshold value, the first air extraction device ( 231 ) and the second air extraction device ( 233 ) suspend operation, and the third air extraction device ( 235 ) or the target air extraction device ( 337 ) suspends operation, so as to introduce less cold air into the upper chamber ( 101 ).

17. The fluid material dispensing apparatus ( 100 ) of claim 13 , wherein when an internal temperature of the material outlet chamber ( 105 ) is lower than a second predetermined threshold value, the first air extraction device ( 231 ) and the second air extraction device ( 233 ) suspend operation, so as to introduce less cold air into the material outlet chamber ( 105 ).

18. The fluid material dispensing apparatus ( 100 ) of claim 13 , wherein when an internal temperature of the cold air tunnel ( 220 ) is higher than a third predetermined threshold value, the first air extraction device ( 231 ), the second air extraction device ( 233 ), and the third air extraction device ( 235 ) suspend operation.

Assignments (1)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 13, 2025
From: BOTRISTA, INC., A DE CORPORATION, F/K/A BOTRISTA TECHNOLOGY, INC.
To: EAST WEST BANK, A CALIFORNIA BANKING CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 070228/0600 →
Continuity (2)
Division 18103908 · Jan 31, 2023
Provisional Application 63304878 · Jan 31, 2022
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