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US 11,634,310 B2Granted
Container filling assembly
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsJustin Thomas Cacciatore, Eric Shawn Goudy, Bernard George Durham, Benny Leung, John Glenn Kuley, Scott William Capeci, Vincenzo Guida, Emilio Javier Tozzi
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Abstract
A container filling assembly that can be used with container filling systems to fill containers during successive filling cycles with the same or different fluid compositions at high rates of speed, with little to no machinery changeover, and/or with little to no fluid waste.
Claims10
A container filling assembly for a fluid filling operation, the assembly comprising:
- a temporary storage chamber enclosed by a temporary storage chamber housing having an inward facing temporary storage chamber housing inner surface;
- a piston pump located at least partially within the temporary storage chamber;
- a mixing chamber located upstream of the temporary storage chamber and a dispensing chamber located downstream of the temporary storage chamber;
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- a first valve connecting the mixing chamber to the temporary storage chamber and a second valve connecting the temporary storage chamber to the dispensing chamber,
- wherein the piston pump controls a first rate of flow for transferring the fluid into the temporary storage container and a second rate of flow for transferring the fluid to the dispensing chamber and the first and second rates of flow are different.
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