	US 11,982,075 B2
	Fluid-dispensing systems and methods related thereto
Andrew Gilbert Schimandle, Rocklin, CA (US); John Oliver Porteous, Roseville, CA (US); and Matthew Dale Wall, Aptos, CA (US)
Assigned to Andrew Gilbert Schimandle, Rocklin, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/052,540
Filed by Andrew Gilbert Schimandle, Rocklin, CA (US); John Oliver Porteous, Roseville, CA (US); and Matthew Dale Wall, Aptos, CA (US)
PCT Filed May 9, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/031402 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 3, 2020, PCT Pub. No. WO2019/217605, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 14, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/668,822, filed on May 9, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0238832 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
Int. Cl. G05B 15/02 (2006.01); E03C 1/05 (2006.01); G05D 23/13 (2006.01)

CPC E03C 1/055 (2013.01) [G05B 15/02 (2013.01); G05D 23/1393 (2013.01)]

24 Claims

1. A method for dispensing an output fluid stream comprising:

receiving, from a temperature setting device, a desired temperature setting of said output fluid stream;

converting, using a temperature encoder, said desired temperature setting to a temperature count value, wherein said temperature encoder is communicatively coupled to said temperature setting device;

receiving, from a flow rate setting device, a desired flow rate setting of said output fluid stream;

converting, using a flow rate encoder, said desired flow rate setting to a flow rate count value, wherein said flow rate encoder is communicatively coupled to said flow rate setting device, said converting comprising:

identifying a degree of rotational or an angular displacement of at least a portion of said flow rate setting device from a reference location;

converting said degree of rotational or said angular displacement to said flow rate count value by multiplying said degree of rotational or angular displacement and a ratio of total count value to 360 degrees, wherein said total count value corresponds to a count value realized when said angular displacement equals 360 degrees;

computing, using a processor and based upon said temperature count value and said flow rate count value, a first valve pulse width modulation value (“PWM”) and a second valve PWM value;

translating said first valve PWM value to a first PWM signal and said second valve PWM value to a second PWM signal;

conveying said first PWM signal to a first motor;

conveying said second PWM signal to a second motor; and

wherein said first motor is configured to activate a first valve to dispense a first fluid flow at a first fluid flow rate and said second motor is configured to activate a second valve to dispense a second fluid flow at a second fluid flow rate and said output fluid stream is a combination of said first fluid flow at a first fluid flow rate and said second fluid flow at a second fluid flow rate.