SG11201908665SA - Apparatus and method for measuring fluid consumption - Google Patents

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INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 04 October 2018 (04.10.2018) W I PO I PCT °Ens °nolo olo ioo Imo Imo ow (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/176097 Al (51) International Patent Classification: A47G 23/16 (2006.01) GO1B 7/30 (2006.01) GO1D 21/02 (2006.01) B65D 43/02 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/AU2018/050293 (22) International Filing Date: 29 March 2018 (29.03.2018) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 2017901134 29 March 2017 (29.03.2017) AU (71) Applicant: PURATAP PTY LTD [AU/AU]; 14-16 Step- ney Street, Stepney, South Australia 5069 (AU). (72) Inventor: MEBBERSON, Nicholas; 2/29 Aldenhoven Road, Lonsdale, South Australia 5160 (AU). (74) Agent: SUMMIT IP PATENT & TRADE MARK AT- TORNEYS; PO Box 81, Hope Valley, South Australia 5090 (AU). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) (54) Title: APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING FLUID CONSUMPTION (57) : There is proposed an apparatus and method for measuring fluid usage from a container. The apparatus in one form includes a proximity sensor or sensors positioned in, or adjacent, an outlet of said container and configured to monitor the presence or absence of said fluid within or adjacent said outlet, an angle sensor for determining a first angle of said container when said fluid begins to flow through the outlet, and for determining a second angle of said container when said fluid stops flowing through said outlet, and a transmitter for sending data from the proximity sensor/s and angle sensor or processed data therefrom, to a computing device and/or display unit, wherein the data or processed data is used to calculate or indicate a volume of the fluid having passed through the outlet. W O 20 18/ 17 6097 Al 16