Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Container filling system and valve for same
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Application No.: US17068373Application Date: 2020-10-12
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Publication No.: US11679971B2Publication Date: 2023-06-20
- 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.
- The original application number of the division: US16374900 2019.04.04
- Main IPC: B67C3/28
- IPC: B67C3/28 ; F16K31/08 ; G01G17/04 ; B67C3/04 ; B67C3/06 ; B67C3/16 ; B67C3/26 ; B65B55/02 ; B67C3/20 ; 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
- US20210024339A1 CONTAINER FILLING SYSTEM AND VALVE FOR SAME Public/Granted day:2021-01-28
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