Patent ID: 8413848

Claim:
A fluid output metering system for selectively outputting different types of fluid output patterns from different types of fluid output assemblies, comprising: an interface block assembly for receiving a supply of fluid to be outputted to a fluid output assembly; a drive gear manifold assembly mounted upon said interface block assembly; at least one metering pump assembly mounted upon said interface block for receiving fluid from said interface block assembly and for outputting a metered amount of fluid back to said interface block assembly; a motor drive assembly operatively connected to said drive gear manifold assembly so as to drive said at least one metering pump assembly; and a plurality of different types of fluid output assemblies which are individually and selectively capable of being mounted in an interchangeable manner upon said interface block assembly so as to receive metered output amounts of fluid from said interface block assembly and thereby respectively define different types of fluid output metering systems, together with said interface block assembly, said drive gear manifold assembly having said at least one metering pump assembly mounted thereon, and said motor drive assembly, as a function of which particular one of said plurality of different types of fluid output assemblies is mounted, at a particular point in time, upon said interface block assembly, from which different types of fluid outputs can be generated, whereby as a result of the selection of one of said plurality of different types of fluid output assemblies being mounted in said interchangeable manner upon said interface block assembly, a single interface block assembly, along with its drive gear manifold assembly, its metering pump assembly, and its motor drive assembly, can be utilized with multiple different types of fluid output assemblies to output any one of a plurality of different types of fluid outputs.