Depositor Apparatus Including Flow Meter
OwnerGregory A. Balnoschan, Dale K. Wells +1inventors
InventorsGregory A. Balnoschan, Dale K. Wells, John A. Cremeens
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Abstract
A depositor apparatus includes a product source, a product source, a supply manifold for receiving product from the product source and a pump that pumps product from the product source to the supply manifold. Multiple deposit valves are connected to receive product from the manifold along respective flow paths. Each flow path includes a respective flow meter that measures product flowing through the flow meter. Each flow meter may include a processor that controls opening and closing of its respective deposit valve to effect deposit of a set amount of product. The flow meters may be of a mass flow meter type.
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A depositor apparatus for depositing discrete amounts of a flowable product, the depositor apparatus comprising:
- a product source;
- a supply manifold for receiving product from the product source;
- a pump that pumps product from the product source to the supply manifold;
- multiple deposit valves connected to receive product from the supply manifold along respective flow paths;
- each flow path including a respective flow meter that measures product flowing through the flow meter, each deposit valve is controlled based upon flow information of its respective flow meter and independent of the other deposit valves to effect deposit of a set amount of product.
The depositor apparatus of claim 2 wherein each flow meter includes a processor that controls opening and closing of its respective deposit valve to effect deposit of the set amount of product.
A depositor apparatus for depositing discrete amounts of a product, the depositor apparatus comprising:
- a product source;
- a pump that pumps the product from the product source to at least a first deposit valve and a second deposit valve;
- a first flow meter in communication with the first deposit valve, the first flow meter measures product flowing through the first flow meter, the first flow meter including a first processor that controls the first deposit valve by closing the first deposit valve at a first valve shutoff point;
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- a second flow meter in communication with the second deposit valve, the second flow meter measures product flowing through the second flow meter, the second flow meter including a second processor that controls the second deposit valve by closing the second deposit valve at a second valve shutoff point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.