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

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12129161-B2
Application number	US-202318103908-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 31, 2023
Priority date	Jan 31, 2022
Publication date	Oct 29, 2024
Grant date	Oct 29, 2024

Abstract

A fluid material dispensing apparatus includes: a material outlet chamber extended outward from a main body of the fluid material dispensing apparatus; multiple pumps arranged to respectively extract multiple fluid materials stored in multiple material containers, and to operably push corresponding fluid materials forward; 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 a cold air tunnel coupled with the material outlet chamber and arranged to operably introduce cold air into the material outlet chamber, so as to maintain an internal temperature of the material outlet chamber to be lower than a predetermined temperature.

First claim

What is claimed is:

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

one or more 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 the one or more air extraction devices ( 231 ; 233 ; 235 ) comprises:
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 ).

2. 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.

3. 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 ).

4. 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 the main body of the fluid material dispensing apparatus ( 100 ) through the reflow port ( 370 ).

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 a target air extraction device ( 337 ) is positioned on a side wall of the material outlet chamber ( 105 ) and arranged to operably accelerate an internal airflow circulation in the material outlet chamber ( 105 ).

7. 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 pipe insertion port ( 360 ) and a reflow port ( 370 );
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, 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 ); and

one or more 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 the one or more air extraction devices ( 231 ; 233 ; 235 ) comprises:
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 );

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 the main body of the fluid material dispensing apparatus ( 100 ) through the reflow port ( 370 ).

8. The fluid material dispensing apparatus ( 100 ) of claim 7 , 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.

9. The fluid material dispensing apparatus ( 100 ) of claim 7 , wherein a center position of the reflow port ( 370 ) is higher than a center position of the pipe insertion port ( 360 ).

10. The fluid material dispensing apparatus ( 100 ) of claim 7 , wherein a target air extraction de

Assignees

• Botrista Inc

Inventors

• Lee Yu-Min
• Kuo Wu-Chou

Classifications

• B67D1/10

  Pump mechanism (in general F04) · CPC title

• B67D2001/0097

  using a pump · CPC title

• B67D2210/00104

  Cooling only · CPC title

• B67D1/0857

  Cooling arrangements (cooling systems per se F25B) · CPC title

• B67D1/122

  modulating a pumping rate · CPC title