Patent ID: 6704617
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: B29B,F04C,G05B,Y10T

Abstract:
A dispensing monitoring apparatus which dispenses a polyurethane foam formed as the reaction product from the mixing together of a plurality of streams of reactive foam components comprising:a power supply; a processor; a memory operatively coupled to the processor; motor control circuitry operatively coupled to the processor; at least two supply sources of reactive foam components; a dispensing unit for dispensing the polyurethane foam, the dispensing unit having a plurality of inputs for receiving respective supply streams of the plurality of reactive foam components, the dispensing unit further including a trigger that is selectively actuable by a user to dispense a preselected amount of the reactive foam components mixed together to form the polyurethane foam; a plurality of foam component supply pumps for delivering the plurality of reactive foam component supply streams from the supply sources to said dispensing unit; a pair of supply hoses interconnecting outputs of the plurality of pumps to the plurality of inputs of the dispensing unit; a datastore for storing at least one of system parameters, shot data, and node location data; at least one sensor operatively coupled to the processor for gathering shot data and transmitting the shot data to the processor; a first clock operatively coupled to the trigger for recording a time and date of the dispensing; a second clock operatively coupled to the trigger for recording a duration of the at least one shot; and a user interface for receiving from the processor and displaying data generated by at least one of the first clock, the second clock, and the at least one sensor comprising: a visual display; and a user-interactive data entry device.