Fluid sampling system and fluid sensing device thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10215599-B2
Application number	US-201815955957-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 18, 2018
Priority date	Apr 19, 2017
Publication date	Feb 26, 2019
Grant date	Feb 26, 2019

Abstract

A fluid sensing device is provided, including a main body and a light sensing unit. The main body includes a casing and a rotary member. A containing chamber is formed in the casing. The rotary member is rotatably disposed in the casing, and the rotary member has at least one transparent portion. A fluid flows into the containing chamber to drive the rotary member rotating around a central axis. The light sensing unit includes a first light transceiver module and a second light transceiver module disposed near the main body in an asymmetrical manner with respect to the central axis to transmit and receive the light passing through the translucent portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fluid sensing device, comprising:
a main body, comprising:
a casing, wherein a containing chamber is formed in the casing; and
a rotary member, rotatably disposed in the containing chamber, wherein the rotary member has at least one transparent portion;
a first tube; and
a second tube, wherein the first tube and the second tube are communicated with the containing chamber, wherein a fluid flows into the containing chamber through the first tube to drive the rotary member to rotate around a central axis, and then flows out of the containing chamber through the second tube; and

a light sensing unit, comprising a first transceiver module and a second light transceiver module, disposed near the main body in an asymmetrical manner with respect to the central axis, wherein the first light transceiver module comprises a first light emitter and a first light receiver, the second light transceiver module comprises a second light emitter and a second light receiver, and the first and second light receivers are configured to respectively receive a first light and a second light emitted from the first and second light emitters and passing through the transparent portion.

2. The fluid sensing device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the rotary member comprises a plurality of protruding fan blades, wherein the angles formed between every two adjacent protruding fan blades are the same, and the rotary member is divided into a plurality of fan areas by the protruding fan blades.

3. The fluid sensing device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the rotary member comprises two transparent portions, disposed on two adjacent fan-shaped areas.

4. The fluid sensing device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the rotary member comprises four or five protruding fan blades, the angles formed between every two adjacent protruding fan blades are the same, and the rotary member is divided into four or five fan-shaped areas by the protruding fan blades.

5. The fluid sensing device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of the first tube and the second tube comprises a converging structure, connected to the casing and communicated with the containing chamber.

6. The fluid sensing device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the casing is made of a translucent material.

7. The fluid sensing device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the casing is made of polyvinyl chloride (PVC), acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer (ABS), polycarbonate (PC) or polypropylene (PP).

8. A fluid sampling system, comprising:
a base, comprising a valve;
a fluid sensing device as claimed in claim 1 , disposed on the base; and
a fluid driving unit, disposed on the base, for injecting the fluid into the containing chamber through the valve or discharging the fluid from the containing chamber through the valve.

9. The fluid sampling system as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the fluid sampling system further comprises a processing unit, configured to receive an electronic signal generated by the light sensing unit and to determine the rotating direction or the rotating speed of the rotary member according to the electronic signal.

10. The fluid sampling system as claimed in claim 9 , wherein when the processing unit determines that the rotating direction of the rotary member is different from a preset rotating direction, the processing unit transmits a control signal to a display screen on the base, so that the display screen displays a warning message.

11. The fluid sampling system as claimed in claim 9 , wherein when the processing unit determines that the rotating speed of the rotary member is different from a preset rotating speed, the processing unit transmits a control signal to a display screen on the base, so that the display screen displays a warning message.

12. The fluid sampling system as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the fluid driving unit comprises a stepping motor.

13. The fluid sampling system as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the casing is made of polyvinyl chloride (PVC), acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer (ABS), polycarbonate (PC) or polypropylene (PP).

14. The fluid sampling system as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the rotary member comprises a plurality of protruding fan blades, wherein the angles formed between every two adjacent protruding fan blades are the same, and the rotary member is divided into a plurality of fan areas by the protruding fan blades.

15. The fluid sampling system as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the rotary member comprises two transparent portions, disposed on two adjacent fan-shaped areas.

16. The fluid sampling system as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the rotary member comprises four or five protruding fan blades, the angles formed between every two adjacent protruding fan blades are the same, and the rotary member is divided into four or five fan-shaped areas by the protruding fan blades.

17. The fluid sampling system as claimed in claim 8 , wherein each of the first tube and the second tube comprises a converging structure, connected to the casing and communicated with the containing chamber.

18. The fluid sampling system as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the fluid sampling system further comprises a tank, communicated to the fluid sensing device, and the fluid is contained in the tank.

19. The fluid sampling system as claimed in claim 18 , wherein the fluid sampling system comprises three fluid sensing devices, communicated to the tanks.

20. The fluid sampling system as claimed in claim 19 , wherein the fluid sampling system further comprises three containing tanks, respectively connected to the fluid sensing devices.

Assignees

• Acer Inc
• Benepet Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ciou Pu-De
• Chuang Shao-Chi
• Wu Tsung-Hsun
• Lai Wei-Chen
• Wen Chun-Hung
• Chang Wen-Pin
• Lee Wen-Shu
• Tan Ta-Lun

Classifications

• G01F1/065 Primary

  with radiation as transfer means to the indicating device, e.g. light transmission · CPC title

• G01F1/28

  by drag-force, e.g. vane type or impact flowmeter · CPC title

• G01F1/206

  Measuring pressure, force or momentum of a fluid flow which is forced to change its direction · CPC title

• G01F1/6965

  comprising means to store calibration data for flow signal calculation or correction · CPC title

• G01N1/38 Primary

  Diluting, dispersing or mixing samples · CPC title