Volume verification apparatus and method
CA 2211355 C · Owner: Kotlarik, John · Inventors: Kotlarik, John; Fowler, John Paul; Wroblewski, Mieczyslaw
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Embodiments disclosed herein provide apparatus and methods for verifying a volume of fluid. According to one embodiment an apparatus includes a receptacle for containing fluid a first conductor operatively associated with the receptacle and a second conductor operatively associated with the receptacle offset from the first conductor. A source of a first electrical signal is electrically connected with the first conductor. A monitor is electrically connected with the second conductor for detecting a second electrical signal created in the second conductor. In another embodiment a method includes positioning a receptacle adjacent a fluid dispense nozzle such that fluid dispensed from the …
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- Filed January 17, 1996 and granted March 27, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 17, 2016.
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