Liquid filling system and method of using same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11267684-B2
Application number	US-201916436986-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 11, 2019
Priority date	Jun 22, 2018
Publication date	Mar 8, 2022
Grant date	Mar 8, 2022

Abstract

A liquid filling system is provided that contains a container and a nozzle, while such nozzle contains liquid flow passages that are configured to generate different liquid influxes that are directed differentially toward the bottom and the sidewall(s) of such containers.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A liquid filling system comprising:
a) a container comprising a bottom, a top, one or more sidewalls between the bottom and the top, and an opening at the top of the container;
b) a nozzle for filling said container with a liquid through the opening at the top of the container, wherein said nozzle comprises one or more first liquid flow passages with a cross-sectional diameter and one or more second liquid flow passages with a cross-sectional diameter, wherein said one or more first liquid flow passages are configured to generate one or more first liquid influxes that are directed toward the bottom of the container, wherein said one or more second liquid flow passages are configured to generate one or more second liquid influxes that are directed toward the sidewall(s) of the container, wherein the nozzle mixes in situ the one or more first liquid influxes and the one or more second liquid influxes.

2. The liquid filling system of claim 1 , wherein said nozzle comprises a plurality of said first liquid flow passages configured to generate a plurality of said first liquid influxes directed at different regions of the bottom of the container.

3. The liquid filling system of claim 1 , wherein said nozzle comprises a plurality of said second liquid flow passages configured to generate a plurality of said second liquid influxes directed at different regions of the sidewall(s) of the container.

4. The liquid filling system of claim 3 , wherein said different regions of the sidewall(s) comprises at least a first region and a second region, and wherein said first region is closer to the bottom of the container than said second region.

5. The liquid filling system of claim 3 , wherein said container further comprises a through handle that connects one sidewall of said container with another sidewall thereof, and wherein said different regions of the sidewall(s) comprises a region that is on or adjacent to the through handle of said container.

6. The liquid filling system of claim 4 , wherein said container further comprises a through handle that connects one sidewall of said container with another sidewall thereof, and wherein said different regions of the sidewall(s) comprises a region that is on or adjacent to the through handle of said container.

7. The liquid filling system according to claim 1 , wherein the cross-sectional area ratio between each of said one or more first liquid flow passages and each of said one or more second liquid flow passages is from 1 to 10.

8. The liquid filling system according to claim 7 , wherein the cross-sectional area ratio between each of said one or more first liquid flow passages and each of said one or more second liquid flow passages is from 2 to 8.

9. The liquid filling system according to claim 8 , wherein the cross-sectional area ratio between each of said one or more first liquid flow passages and each of said one or more second liquid flow passages is from 3 to 7.

10. The liquid filling system according to claim 9 , wherein the cross-sectional area ratio between each of said one or more first liquid flow passages and each of said one or more second liquid flow passages is from 4 to 6.

11. The liquid filling system of claim 1 , wherein the nozzle is an integral piece without any moving parts.

12. The liquid filling system of claim 1 , wherein the nozzle is pressurized during filling with a pressure ranging from 2 bar to 6 bar.

13. The liquid filling system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more first liquid influxes and the one or more second liquid influxes form a homogenious product.

14. The liquid filling system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more first liquid influxes supply a liquid with a viscosity different than that supplied by the one or more second liquid influxes.

Assignees

• Procter & Gamble

Inventors

• Cacciatore Justin Thomas
• Vargas Sebastian
• Capeci Scott William
• Goudy Eric Shawn
• Hu Hua
• Ng Boon Ho

Classifications

• B65B3/04

  Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles · CPC title

• B01F23/451

  by injecting one liquid into another · CPC title

• B65B39/00

  Nozzles, funnels or guides for introducing articles or materials into containers or wrappers · CPC title

• B65B2039/009

  Multiple outlets · CPC title

• B01F25/25

  Mixing by jets impinging against collision plates · CPC title