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- Patent Title: Differential pressure flow meter for beverage maker
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Application No.: US16784922Application Date: 2020-02-07
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Publication No.: US11540663B2Publication Date: 2023-01-03
- Inventor: Justin D. Herrmann , John H. Beard
- Applicant: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NC Winston-Salem
- Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
- Current Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Winston-Salem
- Agency: Suiter Swantz pc llo
- Main IPC: A47J31/52
- IPC: A47J31/52 ; A47J31/46

Abstract:
A beverage maker device is disclosed. In embodiments, the device includes an external housing and a water tank coupled to a water supply via an inlet. The beverage maker includes a manifold within the housing, the manifold controlling the dispensing of the water into a server or through a faucet via solenoid valves. Within the inlet body connecting the tank to the water supply are plumbed two pressure transducers on either side (e.g., tank-side and coupling-side) of a restriction orifice. The tank-side and coupling-side pressure transducers sense flow pressure on their respective sides of the restriction orifice and generate tank-side and coupling-side flow pressure signals. Within the housing a process control board (PCB) includes control processors and control circuitry in communication with the solenoid valves. The PCB control processors determine a differential pressure associated with the water flow based on the received tank-side and coupling-side pressure signals.
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