US 11,692,862 B2
Apparatus, method and system for calibrating a liquid dispensing system
Henry Louis Carbone, II, Saint Paul, MN (US); Richard J. Mehus, Saint Paul, MN (US); Kevin C. Tauer, Saint Paul, MN (US); Anatoly Skirda, Saint Paul, MN (US); Eugene Tokhtuev, Saint Paul, MN (US); and William M. Christensen, Saint Paul, MN (US)
Assigned to ECOLAB USA INC., Saint Paul, MN (US)
Filed by ECOLAB USA INC., Saint Paul, MN (US)
Filed on Oct. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/949,479.
Application 16/949,479 is a division of application No. 15/447,931, filed on Mar. 2, 2017.
Application 15/447,931 is a division of application No. 14/138,510, filed on Dec. 23, 2013, granted, now 9,618,376, issued on Apr. 11, 2017.
Application 14/138,510 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/053,803, filed on Oct. 15, 2013, granted, now 9,751,059, issued on Sep. 5, 2017.
Application 14/053,803 is a continuation of application No. 13/194,333, filed on Jul. 29, 2011, granted, now 8,590,362, issued on Nov. 26, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/369,510, filed on Jul. 30, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2021/0048330 A1, Feb. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. G01F 25/00 (2022.01); G01F 15/063 (2022.01); G01F 25/10 (2022.01); G01F 3/10 (2006.01); G05D 11/13 (2006.01)
CPC G01F 25/0092 (2013.01) [G01F 3/10 (2013.01); G01F 15/063 (2013.01); G01F 25/10 (2022.01); G05D 11/132 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable system for calibrating and auditing a liquid dispenser, comprising:
quick-connectors adapted for fluidly connecting, in-line, inlets of a plurality of flow meters to (1) at least one liquid input of the liquid dispenser and (2) at least one liquid output of the liquid dispenser;
wherein the plurality of flow meters each comprise a sensor, the sensor having:
(i) a microcontroller to convert sensor data to digital data; and
(ii) a data output of liquid flow information for the at least one liquid input or the at least one liquid output; and
a display operably connected to the data output by a data link to receive and display the liquid flow information for the at least one liquid input and the at least one liquid output.