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US 10,167,182 B2Granted
Vacuum side air vent
AssigneeThe Coca-Cola Company
InventorsWilliam J. Moore, Robert D. Hughes, IV
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Abstract
A volume of fluid may be received at the air chamber from a fluid source and dispensed to a nozzle. The fluid source may be in fluid communication with the air chamber. The flow may be reversed to draw the fluid to the air chamber and purge air within the air chamber or the fluid to the atmosphere.
Claims17
A method for removing air within an air chamber, comprising:
- receiving a flow of a fluid at a first port of the air chamber from a fluid source in fluid communication with the air chamber;
- dispensing the fluid at a second port of the air chamber;
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- reversing the flow to draw the fluid into the air chamber to purge air within any one of the air chamber and the fluid source through a third port by reversing a pump.
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A system, comprising:
- an air chamber having a first port in fluid communication with a fluid source, wherein the first port is configured to receive a flow of a fluid by actuating a pump, a second port in fluid communication with the pump and configured to receive any one of the fluid and air from within the air chamber;
- and a third port in fluid communication with an atmosphere and configured to purge air within the air chamber by reversing the flow of the fluid;
- a pump configured to pump the fluid from the fluid source to the first port;
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- a flow path between the fluid source and the air chamber, wherein the flow path is configured to be adjusted so that the pump pumps the fluid into the air chamber at the second port to purge the air within the air chamber.
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A system, comprising:
- an air chamber having a first port in fluid communication with a fluid source, wherein the first port is configured to receive a flow of a fluid by actuating a pump, a second port in fluid communication with the pump and configured to receive any one of the fluid and air from within the air chamber;
- and a third port in fluid communication with an atmosphere and configured to purge air within the air chamber when the flow of the fluid is reversed;
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- a pump configured to pump the fluid from the fluid source to the first port, wherein the pump is further configured to be reversed such that the pump pumps the fluid into the air chamber at the second port located at a lower portion of the air chamber to purge the air within the air chamber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.