Integrated product filler
AssigneeStainless Specialists, Inc.
InventorsGlenn Anderson, Stephen Howard
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Abstract
An integrated filler system to transfer a filler product from a filler product source to a product receptacle is provided. The integrated filler system includes a cylinder housing, a pallet valve disposed within the cylinder housing that contains a product flow aperture, and a piston inserted in a valve bore of the pallet valve. A linear actuator is connected to the piston to selectively actuate a linear travel of the piston within the valve bore. A rotary actuator is connected to the pallet valve to selectively position the product flow aperture to fluidly communicate with either a product input port or a product output port formed in the cylinder housing.
Claims23
An integrated filler system to transfer a filler product from a filler product source to a product receptacle, the integrated filler system comprising:
- a cylinder housing;
- a pallet valve disposed within the cylinder housing, the pallet valve including a product flow aperture;
- a piston inserted in a valve bore of the pallet valve;
- a linear actuator connected to the piston to selectively actuate a linear travel of the piston within the valve bore;
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- a rotary actuator connected to the pallet valve to selectively position the product flow aperture to fluidly communicate with one of a product input port and a product output port formed in the cylinder housing.
A servo controlled integrated filler system comprising:
- a cylinder housing having a cylinder bore therein, a product input port, and a product output port;
- a pallet valve disposed within the cylinder bore containing at least one product flow aperture therein;
- a piston positioned in a valve bore of the pallet valve;
- a first actuator connected to the piston to actuate a first movement thereof;
- a second actuator connected to the pallet valve to selectively position the at least one product flow aperture to align with one of the product input port and the product output port;
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- a servo controller system to control movement of at least one of the first actuator and the second actuator.
A method for transferring a filler product from a filler product source to a product receptacle comprising the steps of:
- connecting an integrated filler system to a filler product source, the integrated filler system including a pallet valve disposed within a cylinder bore of a cylinder housing, and wherein the cylinder housing includes a product input port and a product output port selectively fluidly connected to the cylinder bore;
- aligning a product flow aperture of the pallet valve with the product input port to place a valve bore in the pallet valve in fluid communication with the filler product source;
- displacing a piston to draw a filler product from the filler product source;
- aligning the product flow aperture with the product output port;
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- displacing the piston to discharge the filler product through the product flow aperture and the product output port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.