Method of filling a flask
AssigneeTHE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) LTD A British Company of York Way
InventorMatthew Steve Golding
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Abstract
A method of filling a flask, the flask having a plurality of individual liquid flaskettes, the flaskettes each being provided with at least one opening into an inlet chamber, the chamber being defined by one end of each of the individual flaskettes and an inlet boundary wall, the inlet boundary wall having at least one inlet through which, in use, a liquid media can be introduced into the flask, the flask also having a longitudinal axis parallel to the planes of the individual flaskettes, the method comprising the step of presenting the flask to a liquid media supply nozzle at a predetermined orientation such that liquid flows from the nozzle along the inlet boundary wall until it can pass directly into one or more of the individual flaskettes.
Claims19
A method of filling a flask, the flask having a plurality of individual liquid flaskettes, the flaskettes each being provided with at least one opening into an inlet chamber, the chamber being defined by one end of each of the individual flaskettes and an inlet boundary wall, the inlet boundary wall having at least one inlet through which, in use, a liquid media can be introduced into the flask, the flask also having a longitudinal axis parallel to the planes of the individual flaskettes, the method comprising the step of:
- presenting the flask to a liquid media supply nozzle at a predetermined orientation such that liquid flows from the nozzle along the inlet boundary wall until it can pass directly into one or more of the individual flaskettes.
An apparatus for holding a flask during filling, the flask having a plurality of individual liquid flaskettes, the flaskettes each being provided with at least one opening into an inlet chamber, the chamber being defined by one end of each of the individual flaskettes and an inlet boundary wall, the inlet boundary wall having at least one inlet through which, in use, a liquid media can be introduced into the flask, the flask having a longitudinal axis parallel to the planes of the individual flaskettes, the apparatus comprising:
- a holder shaped so as to support the flask, the holder being shaped and/or angled so as to present the flask at a predetermined angle suitable for filling the flask by liquid flowing from the nozzle along the inlet boundary wall until it can pass directly into one or more of the individual flaskettes.
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