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US 11,225,372 B2Granted
Metered valve
AssigneePrecision Valve Corporation
InventorsRan Plaschkes, Kai Theo Bauer, Rainer Heetfeld
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Abstract
The present device dispenses product from a pressurized container. The device has a metered valve that dispenses a predetermined fixed quantity of product upon actuation. The metered valve can be configured by the customer with a spacer to affect the amount of product continually metered.
Claims13
A method for filling a container having a bag on valve assembly comprising a valve and a bag, the bag on valve assembly configured to dispense a predetermined metered dose of product from the container upon actuation of the valve, the method comprising:
- inserting the bag on valve assembly including a housing into the container to engage a rim of the container, the housing having a housing groove, the housing groove having an aperture therethrough;
- sealing the aperture with a housing gasket by sliding the housing gasket into the housing groove;
- pressurizing the container with a filling device;
- vacuuming, simultaneously, the valve and the bag with the filling device;
- cinching the valve assembly to the container;
- and
- filling the bag in the container through the valve.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.