US 11,731,153 B2
Systems and methods for communication and control in fluid delivery systems
Phillip Angelo Bolea, Grant, MN (US); Eric Julius Donaldson, Saint Paul, MN (US); and Christopher J. Anton, Rosemount, MN (US)
Assigned to Carlisle Fluid Technologies, LLC, Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Filed by Carlisle Fluid Technologies, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Filed on Jul. 23, 2018, as Appl. No. 16/43,088.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/536,130, filed on Jul. 24, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2019/0022684 A1, Jan. 24, 2019
Int. Cl. B05B 12/14 (2006.01); B05B 7/24 (2006.01); F16L 11/127 (2006.01); F04B 49/06 (2006.01); F04B 13/02 (2006.01); F16L 25/01 (2006.01); B05B 7/16 (2006.01); F04B 23/04 (2006.01); F04B 23/02 (2006.01); F16L 11/08 (2006.01)
CPC B05B 12/1418 (2013.01) [B05B 7/2497 (2013.01); B05B 12/1436 (2013.01); B05B 12/1445 (2013.01); F04B 13/02 (2013.01); F04B 23/02 (2013.01); F04B 23/04 (2013.01); F04B 49/065 (2013.01); F16L 11/085 (2013.01); F16L 11/127 (2013.01); B05B 7/1693 (2013.01); B05B 7/2491 (2013.01); F16L 25/01 (2013.01); F16L 2201/60 (2013.01); G05B 2219/45013 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fluid delivery system, comprising:
a smart hose included in a proportioner system, the proportioner system configured to provide spray foam insulation out of a spray foam gun, wherein the smart hose comprises:
a fluid conduit configured to deliver a fluid; and
a first electrically conductive element configured to deliver electricity through a length of the smart hose, wherein the smart hose is configured to provide power line communications (PLC) via the first electrically conductive element;
a master hub disposed on a fluid delivery device;
at least one slave hub disposed on the smart hose and communicatively coupled to the master hub; and
a smart fitting coupled to the smart hose via the first electrically conductive element and configured to provide the PLC via the first electrically conductive element, wherein the proportioner system transmits data via the smart hose to an operator of the spray foam gun, and the data comprises visual data or audio data.