Material dispensing control system

Claim 1

A system for controlling the dispensing of a materialcomprising means for dispensing a predetermined amount of material in accordance with a number of pulses supplied thereto, pulse-generating means for producing a train of pulses, means connecting said material-dispensing means to said generating means so at least a proportional number of pulses produced by said generating means are received by said dispensing means, a main control counter means having an input terminal and an output terminal, selection means for installing an initial setting into said main control counter means, said setting having a value indicative of a quantity of material to be delivered by said dispensing means, an auxiliary counter means having an input terminal connected to said pulse-generating means and an output terminal connected to the input terminal of said main control counter means for forwarding a pulse to said main control counter means only after a certain number of pulses from said pulsegenerating means have been counted, selection means connected to said auxiliary counter means for presetting said auxiliary counter means to cause said auxiliary counter means to forward a pulse to said main control counter means after a certain number of pulses from said pulse-generating means have been counted by said auxiliary counter means, the setting installed by said selection means determining said certain number of pulses and thereby causing the value represented by said first-mentioned selection means to be multiplied by an integer determined by the setting of said last-mentioned selection means, means connected to the output terminal of said auxiliary counter means for resetting said auxiliary counter means to the setting installed by said last-mentioned selection means each time a pulse is forwarded to said main control counter means, means connected between the output terminal of said main control counter means and said pulse-generating means for terminating said pulse train after said main control counter has counted a number of pulses determined by the setting of said first-mentioned selection means, and means for providing a single pulse to the input terminal of said main control counter means prior to receipt of a pulSe from the output terminal of said auxiliary counter means, whereby the number of pulses supplied to said material dispensing means, and the amount of material delivered therefrom, is determined by both said main control counter and said auxiliary counter.

Claim 2

A system for controlling the dispensing of a materialcomprising means for dispensing a predetermined amount of material in accordance with a number of pulses supplied thereto, pulse-generating means for producing a train of pulses, means connecting said material-dispensing means to said generating means so at least a proportional number of pulses produced by said generating means are received by said dispensing means, a main control counter means having an input terminal and an output terminal, selection means for installing an initial setting into said main control counter means, said setting having a value indicative of a quantity of material to be delivered by said dispensing means, an auxiliary counter means having an input terminal connected to said pulse-generating means and an output terminal connected to the input terminal of said main control counter means for forwarding a pulse to said main control counter means only after a certain number of pulses from said pulsegenerating means have been counted, selection means connected to said auxiliary counter means for presetting said auxiliary counter means to cause said auxiliary counter means to forward a pulse to said main control counter means after a certain number of pulses from said pulse-generating means have been counted by said auxiliary counter means, the setting installed by said selection means determining said certain number of pulses and thereby causing the value represented by said first-mentioned selection means to be multiplied by an integer determined by the setting of said last-mentioned selection means, means connected to the output terminal of said auxiliary counter means for resetting said auxiliary counter means to the setting installed by said last-mentioned selection means each time a pulse is forwarded to said main control counter means, means connected between the output terminal of said main control counter means and said pulse-generating means for terminating said pulse train after said main control counter has counted a number of pulses determined by the setting of said first-mentioned selection means, and means for providing a single pulse to the input terminal of said main control counter means prior to receipt of a pulSe from the output terminal of said auxiliary counter means, whereby the number of pulses supplied to said material dispensing means, and the amount of material delivered therefrom, is determined by both said main control counter and said auxiliary counter.

Claim 8

A system for controlling the dispensing of a material-comprising means for dispensing a predetermined amount of material in accordance with a number of pulses supplied thereto, pulse-generating means for producing a train of pulses, means connecting said material-dispensing means to Said generating means so at least a proportional number of pulses produced by said generating means are received by said dispensing means, a main control counter including a plurality of counting units arranged to denote various ascending numerical orders, selection means including a switch for each counting unit for installing an initial setting into the counting unit with which it is associated, said switch settings collectively having a value indicative of a quantity of material to be delivered by said dispensing means, an auxiliary counter connected between said pulse-generating means and the lowest order unit of said main control counter for forwarding a pulse to said main control counter only after a certain number of pulses from said pulse generator have been counted, means connected between the highest order unit of said main control counter and said pulse-generating means for terminating said pulse train after said main control counter has counted a number of pulses determined by said switch settings, means for providing a single pulse to the lowest order counting unit, said auxiliary counter having a strobe terminal, means connecting said single-pulse means to said strobe terminal and to said lower order counting unit so as to assure application of a single pulse to said lower order counting unit prior to receipt of any pulses from said auxiliary counter, said connecting means including an OR gate having a pair of input terminals and an output terminal, one of said input terminals being connected to said single-pulse means, the other of said input terminals being connected to said auxiliary counter and said output terminal being connected to said strobe terminal, whereby a pulse from said single-pulse means or a pulse from said auxiliary counter establishes a particular state of said auxiliary counter, the number of pulses supplied to said material dispensing means, and the amount of material delivered therefrom, thereby being determined by both said main control counter and said auxiliary counter.

Claim 9

A system for controlling the dispensing of a material-comprising means for dispensing a predetermined amount of material in accordance with a number of pulses supplied thereto, pulse-generating means for producing a train of pulses, means connecting said material-dispensing means to Said generating means so at least a proportional number of pulses produced by said generating means are received by said dispensing means, a main control counter including a plurality of counting units arranged to denote various ascending numerical orders, selection means including a switch for each counting unit for installing an initial setting into the counting unit with which it is associated, said switch settings collectively having a value indicative of a quantity of material to be delivered by said dispensing means, an auxiliary counter connected between said pulse-generating means and the lowest order unit of said main control counter for forwarding a pulse to said main control counter only after a certain number of pulses from said pulse generator have been counted, means connected between the highest order unit of said main control counter and said pulse-generating means for terminating said pulse train after said main control counter has counted a number of pulses determined by said switch settings, means for providing a single pulse to the lowest order counting unit, said auxiliary counter having a strobe terminal, means connecting said single-pulse means to said strobe terminal and to said lower order counting unit so as to assure application of a single pulse to said lower order counting unit prior to receipt of any pulses from said auxiliary counter, said connecting means including an OR gate having a pair of input terminals and an output terminal, one of said input terminals being connected to said single-pulse means, the other of said input terminals being connected to said auxiliary counter and said output terminal being connected to said strobe terminal, whereby a pulse from said single-pulse means or a pulse from said auxiliary counter establishes a particular state of said auxiliary counter, the number of pulses supplied to said material dispensing means, and the amount of material delivered therefrom, thereby being determined by both said main control counter and said auxiliary counter.

Claim 11

A system for controlling the dispensing of a material-comprising means for dispensing a predetermined amount of material in accordance with a number of pulses supplied thereto, pulse-generating means for producing a train of pulses, means connecting said material-dispensing means to said generating means so at least a proportional number of pulses produced by said generating means are received by said dispensing means, a main control counter including a plurality of counting units arranged to denote various ascending numerical orders, selection means including a switch for each counting unit for installing an initial setting into the counting unit with which it is associated, said switch settings collectively having a value indicative of a quantity of material to be delivered by said dispensing means, an auxiliary counter connected between said pulse generating means and the lowest order unit of said main control counter for forwarding a pulse to said main control counter only after a certain number of pulses from said pulse generator have been counted, means connected between the highest order unit of said main control counter and said pulse generating means for terminating sad pulse train after said main control counter has counted a number of pulses determined by said switch settings, means for providing a single pulse to the lowest order counting unit prior to receipt of a pulse from said auxiliary counter, said auxiliary counter havinG a strobe terminal, means connecting said single-pulse means to said strobe terminal and to said lower order counter unit so as to assure application of a single pulse to said lower order counter unit prior to receipt of any pulses from said auxiliary counter, a second auxiliary counter, said second auxiliary counter being connected between said pulse-generating means and said material-dispensing means for counting the pulses from said generating means and providing a pulse to said material-dispensing means only after a predetermined number of pulses have been counted, thereby proportionally reducing the number of pulses from said generating means that would otherwise be supplied to said material-dispensing means, and an additional single-pulse means for presetting the counting units of said main control counter and said additional auxiliary counter, said additional single-pulse means supplying its pulse in advance of the pulse supplied by said first-mentioned single-pulse means.

Claim 12

A system for controlling the dispensing of a material-comprising means for dispensing a predetermined amount of material in accordance with a number of pulses supplied thereto, pulse-generating means for producing a train of pulses, means connecting said material-dispensing means to said generating means so at least a proportional number of pulses produced by said generating means are received by said dispensing means, a main control counter including a plurality of counting units arranged to denote various ascending numerical orders, selection means including a switch for each counting unit for installing an initial setting into the counting unit with which it is associated, said switch settings collectively having a value indicative of a quantity of material to be delivered by said dispensing means, an auxiliary counter connected between said pulse generating means and the lowest order unit of said main control counter for forwarding a pulse to said main control counter only after a certain number of pulses from said pulse generator have been counted, means connected between the highest order unit of said main control counter and said pulse generating means for terminating sad pulse train after said main control counter has counted a number of pulses determined by said switch settings, means for providing a single pulse to the lowest order counting unit prior to receipt of a pulse from said auxiliary counter, said auxiliary counter havinG a strobe terminal, means connecting said single-pulse means to said strobe terminal and to said lower order counter unit so as to assure application of a single pulse to said lower order counter unit prior to receipt of any pulses from said auxiliary counter, a second auxiliary counter, said second auxiliary counter being connected between said pulse-generating means and said material-dispensing means for counting the pulses from said generating means and providing a pulse to said material-dispensing means only after a predetermined number of pulses have been counted, thereby proportionally reducing the number of pulses from said generating means that would otherwise be supplied to said material-dispensing means, and an additional single-pulse means for presetting the counting units of said main control counter and said additional auxiliary counter, said additional single-pulse means supplying its pulse in advance of the pulse supplied by said first-mentioned single-pulse means.

Claim 14

A system for controlling the dispensing of a material-comprising means for dispensing a predetermined amount of material in accordance with a number of pulses applied thereto, pulse-generating means for producing a train of pulses, means connecting said material-dispensing means to said generating means so at least a proportional number of pulses produced by said generating means are received by said dispensing means, a main control counter including a plurality of counting units arranged to denote various ascending numerical orders, means for presetting each of said counting units in accordance with data contained on a card to determine the number of pulses supplied to said dispensing means, each of the counting units of said main control counter being provided with a strobe terminal and the system further including a distributor for sequentially supplying strobe pulses to each of said counting units, said distributor thereafter supplying a command to said pulse-generating means to produce said train of pulses.

Claim 15

A system for controlling the dispensing of a material-comprising means for dispensing a predetermined amount of material in accordance with a number of pulses applied thereto, pulse-generating means for producing a train of pulses, means connecting said material-dispensing means to said generating means so at least a proportional number of pulses produced by said generating means are received by said dispensing means, a main control counter including a plurality of counting units arranged to denote various ascending numerical orders, means for presetting each of said counting units in accordance with data contained on a card to determine the number of pulses supplied to said dispensing means, each of the counting units of said main control counter being provided with a strobe terminal and the system further including a distributor for sequentially supplying strobe pulses to each of said counting units, said distributor thereafter supplying a command to said pulse-generating means to produce said train of pulses.

Claim 16

A system for controlling the dispensing of a material comprising pulse-generating means for producing a train of pulses, a main control counter including a plurality of counting elements arranged to denote various ascending numerical orders, feedback means connected from the output of the highest order counting element to said pulse-generating means for terminating the pulse train after a predetermined number of pulses representative of a desired amount of material have been counted by said main control counter, means for presetting the counting elements of said main control counter so that said elements represent one less than the arithmetic complement of said desired amount, means for applying a precount pulse to said main control counter prior to applying pulses from said pulse-generating means so that said one less than the arithmetic complement is changed to the true arithmetic complement of said desired amount, material dispensing means for delivering material in accordance with the number of pulses supplied thereto from said pulse-generating means, whereby the quantity of material delivered by said material-dispensing means is in accordance with the number of pulses supplied to said main control counter after the application of said precount pulse.

Claim 17

A system for controlling the dispensing of a material comprising pulse-generating means for producing a train of pulses, a main control counter including a plurality of counting elements arranged to denote various ascending numerical orders, feedback means connected from the output of the highest order counting element to said pulse-generating means for terminating the pulse train after a predetermined number of pulses representative of a desired amount of material have been counted by said main control counter, means for presetting the counting elements of said main control counter so that said elements represent one less than the arithmetic complement of said desired amount, means for applying a precount pulse to said main control counter prior to applying pulses from said pulse-generating means so that said one less than the arithmetic complement is changed to the true arithmetic complement of said desired amount, material dispensing means for delivering material in accordance with the number of pulses supplied thereto from said pulse-generating means, whereby the quantity of material delivered by said material-dispensing means is in accordance with the number of pulses supplied to said main control counter after the application of said precount pulse.