Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Container filling system and valve for same
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Application No.: US14778720Application Date: 2014-03-21
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Publication No.: US10294091B2Publication Date: 2019-05-21
- Inventor: John A. Eaton , David William Martin , David Jay Warburton , Nathan John Coleman , Samuel Frank Feller , Thomas John Evans , Jason Karl Sorge , Randy A. Straub
- Applicant: PepsiCo, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NY Purchase
- Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
- Current Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Purchase
- Agency: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
- International Application: PCT/US2014/031469 WO 20140321
- International Announcement: WO2014/153520 WO 20140925
- Main IPC: B67C3/04
- IPC: B67C3/04 ; B67C3/28 ; B67C3/20 ; F16K31/08 ; G01G17/04 ; B67C3/06 ; B67C3/16 ; B67C3/26 ; B65B55/02 ; B65B59/00

Abstract:
A container filling valve may include a shuttle and a drive sleeve that are magnetically coupled. Movement of the drive sleeve may move the shuttle from a position in which the filling valve is closed to a position in which the filling valve is open. A container handling arm may include a distal end configured to hold a container and a proximal end that includes a load cell. A low flow setpoint system may be configured to arrest closing of a filling valve when that filling valve is partially closed. A pressure control system may be configured to maintain a desired pressure in a reservoir or in a flow path from that reservoir. A product recirculation system may be configured to adjust flow rate in the product recirculation system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160052767A1 Container Filling System and Valve for Same Public/Granted day:2016-02-25
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