US 12,252,387 B2
Fluid material dispensing apparatus for flexibly adjusting temperature of material to be dispensed
Wu-Chou Kuo, San Francisco, CA (US); Yu-Min Lee, Taipei (TW); and Yu Wei Chen, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Botrista, Inc., Dover, DE (US)
Filed by Botrista, Inc., Dover, DE (US)
Filed on Aug. 27, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/816,620.
Application 18/375,114 is a division of application No. 17/467,960, filed on Sep. 7, 2021, granted, now 11,814,280, issued on Nov. 14, 2023.
Application 18/816,620 is a continuation in part of application No. 18/375,114, filed on Sep. 29, 2023, granted, now 12,116,259.
Application 17/467,960 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/218,314, filed on Mar. 31, 2021, granted, now 11,597,642, issued on Mar. 7, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/636,426, filed on Apr. 19, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/143,217, filed on Jan. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/110,621, filed on Nov. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0417236 A1, Dec. 19, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B67D 1/07 (2006.01); B67D 1/12 (2006.01)
CPC B67D 1/07 (2013.01) [B67D 1/1277 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fluid material dispensing apparatus (100), comprising:
a material output connector (140);
a water output connector (640);
a pump (110), coupled between an outlet connector (182) of a material container (180) and the material output connector (140), and arranged to operably extract a fluid material from the material container (180) and to operably push the fluid material to flow toward the material output connector (140);
a water input port (602), coupled with the water output connector (640), and arranged to operably supply water to the water output connector (640);
a temperature adjustment device (160), coupled with the material output connector (140) and the water output connector (640), and arranged to operably receive the fluid material passed through the material output connector (140) and the water passed through the water output connector (640), so as to form a mixed material within the temperature adjustment device (160);
a nozzle (150), coupled with an output terminal of the temperature adjustment device (160);
a control circuit (470), arranged to operably control the pump (110) and the nozzle (150), and further arranged to operably control the temperature adjustment device (160) to adjust a temperature of the mixed material within the temperature adjustment device (160) to produce and output a temperature-adjusted material to the nozzle (150), so that the nozzle (150) outputs the temperature-adjusted material to a target container (190); and
a temperature sensor (480), coupled with the control circuit (470);
wherein the temperature adjustment device (160) comprises:
an adjustment chamber (462), coupled with the material output connector (140), the water output connector (640), and the nozzle (150), and arranged to operably receive the fluid material and the water and to operably form the mixed material;
wherein the temperature sensor (480) is arranged to operably sense and report the temperature of the mixed material within the adjustment chamber (462) to the control circuit (470).