Patent ID: 7610113

Claim:
A method for providing remote monitoring of a foam dispenser device, the method comprising: connecting to the foam dispenser device for purposes of data communication, and wherein said foam dispenser device is a foam-in-bag dispensing device comprising a chemical shot output mixing assembly, a bag forming assembly, a film advance device and an upstream film tensioner device; and receiving data from the foam dispenser device with means for receiving data from said foam dispenser device, which data includes; a) film advance and film tensioning correlation data derived from compared operation characteristics of each of said film advance device and said upstream film tensioner device, and which correlation data provides a source for film supply condition information as to a film supply used in a bag forming assembly of said dispenser device, and b) data as to a number of dispenser chemical output shots; and said method further including receiving from said dispenser device a request for resupply of film for the foam dispenser device, which request for resupply is based, at least in part, on data involving a).