Systems and methods for centrifugal force-based canister filling
AssigneeLouis M. Gerson Co., Inc.
InventorRonald L. Gerson
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Abstract
Disclosed are methods, systems, canisters, and other implementations, including a method of filling a filter canister with a particulate filter material to a desired packing density comprises providing a canister having a fill opening through which the particulate filter material is introduced into the canister, introducing the particulate filter material through the fill opening, and subjecting the canister to centrifugal forces for a time until the desired packing density is reached is provided.
Claims18
A method of filling a filter canister with a particulate filter material to a desired packing density, the method comprising:
- providing a canister having a fill opening through which the particulate filter material is introduced into the canister, wherein the particulate filter material is introduced through the fill opening from an end of the retractable application pipe;
- introducing the particulate filter material through the fill opening;
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- rotating the cannister using a rotation mechanism so as to subject the canister to centrifugal forces for a time until the desired packing density is reached, wherein the retractable application pipe is coupled to the rotation mechanism and the rotation mechanism is configured to actuate the retractable application pipe to cause the retractable application pipe to rotate.
A canister filling system, the system comprising:
- a reservoir containing particulate filter material;
- a retractable application pipe coupled to the reservoir and configured to transfer the particulate filter material from an end of the application pipe coupled to the reservoir to another end of the application pipe;
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- a rotation system to hold a filter canister with a fill opening couplable to the other end of the application pipe, the rotation system configured to rotate the filter canister so as to generate centrifugal forces applied to the filter canister for a period of time until a desired packing density of the particulate material, introducible into the filter canister through the fill opening, is reached, wherein the rotation system comprises the retractable application pipe coupled to a rotation mechanism configured to actuate the retractable application pipe to cause the retractable application pipe to rotate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.