Flowable material dispenser with automatic shutoff and vessel for receiving flowable material
AssigneeEcolab Inc.
InventorsJohn E. Thomas, James L. Copeland, Jamie W. Lerbs, Roy F. Johnson
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Abstract
A flowable material dispensing system that will dispense a flowable material into a container and stop dispensing when the proper level is reached in the container. The container has an actuating device that is used to open the valve on the container. As the flowable material flows into the container and reaches the top, flow stops.
Claims20
A flowable material dispenser system that can fill a flowable material vessel with a predetermined volume of flowable material, the system comprising:
- (a) a stand;
- (b) a bulk flowable material container with a gravity-feed flowable material valve outlet, the container installed in the stand;
- (c) a flowable material vessel having a predetermined volume and a valve actuator probe, the vessel and probe positioned to actuate the valve and receive a volume of flowable material;
- wherein the valve comprises a valve disc with a circular valve seat and a conical closure having an open position and a closed position in contact with and closing the circular seat, the conical closure additionally comprising an actuator post that can interact with the vessel actuator probe to place the conical closure in an open position, the valve disc also comprising a skirt portion surrounding the seat opposite the conical closure, the top of the vessel surrounds the skirt portion and the skirt portion enters the top of the vessel by an amount of at least 1 millimeter, the seat cooperating with the flowable material in the flowable material vessel to stop flowable material flow when the vessel is filled to a predetermined volume.
A powder dispenser system that can fill a powder vessel with a predetermined volume of powder, the system comprising:
- (a) a stand;
- (b) a bulk powder container with a gravity-feed powder valve outlet, the container installed in the stand;
- (c) a powder vessel having a predetermined volume and a valve actuator probe,
- the vessel and probe positioned to actuate the valve and receive a volume of powder;
- wherein the valve comprises a valve disc with a circular valve seat and a conical closure having an open position and a closed position in contact with and closing the circular seat, the conical closure additionally comprising an actuator post that can interact with the vessel actuator probe to place the conical closure in an open position, the valve disc also comprising a skirt portion surrounding the seat opposite the conical closure, the top of the vessel surrounds the skirt portion and the skirt portion enters the top of the vessel by an amount of at least 1 millimeter, the seat cooperating with the powder in the powder vessel to stop powder flow when the vessel is filled to a predetermined volume.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.