Fluent material handling – with receiver or receiver coacting mea – Filling means with receiver or receiver coacting means – Drip prevention
Patent
1982-07-23
1987-12-08
Recla, Henry J.
Fluent material handling, with receiver or receiver coacting mea
Filling means with receiver or receiver coacting means
Drip prevention
141 1, 141 31, 141115, 141128, 141392, 239558, 239567, 222566, 222575, 222571, B65B 304, B67C 322
Patent
active
047112778
ABSTRACT:
A method for the filling of a container with a potable liquid, such as fruit juice, and a filler nozzle for practicing the method. Prior methods for filling containers with potable liquids have often employed a series of nozzles, each discharging a single stream of liquid, falling under the action of gravity, vertically downward through an opening in a nozzle, each nozzle acting in cooperation and being attached to its valve. As the container is filled, both splashing and foaming of the liquid in the container, has often caused problems. According to the method and apparatus of this invention, the potable liquid to be dispensed into a container is directed to the interior surface of the container at a point above its intended fill level. By virtue of this method, foaming and splashing are minimized at each filler nozzle station. Further in accordance with the method and nozzle of this invention, a plurality of annularly spaced passageways are provided in the head of the dispensing nozzle, wherein the ratio of the length to the diameter of each of the passageways is not less than a certain minimum value. With this minimum value, found for many liquids to be four, when the valve to which the nozzle is attached is shut off, capillary attraction of the liquid remaining in the nozzle and within the passageways thereof inhibits further flow of the liquid downwardly into the container, thereby inhibiting problems caused by dripping and drooling.
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Cusick Ernest G.
International Paper Company
Recla Henry J.
Zielinski Walt Thomas
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