Bottle filling apparatus
First Claim
1. APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY FILLING BOTTLES TO A PREDETERMINED LEVEL WITH FLUID, SAID APPARATUS INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE DEVICE COMPRISING A DISPENSING TANK DISPOSE UPPERMOST IN THE APPARATUS, A FLUID SUPPLY LINE INCLUDING A STOP VALVE ADAPTED FOR SUPPLYING SAID DISPENSING TANK WITH FLUID, A SUPPLEMENTAL VESSEL CONNECTED AT THE BOTTOM THEREOF WITH SAID FLUID SUPPLY LINE, A LEVELLING VESSEL, CONNECTING PIPE MEANS CONNECTING THE LEVELLING VESSEL WITH SAID SUPPLY LINE FOR CAUSING THE FLUID LEVEL IN THE LEVELLING VESSEL TO RISE AT A SLOWER RATE THAN THAT IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL VESSEL, A LEVELLING PIPE EXTENDING FROM THE SUPPLEMENTAL VESSEL AT THE TOP THEREOF INTO SAID LEVELLING VESSEL AND OPENING THEREIN AT SAID PREDETERMINED LEVEL, A FLOAT VALVE IN THE DISPENSING TANK, SAID DISPENSING TANK OPENING AT THE BOTTOM THEREOF INTO THE LEVELLING VESSEL AT A LEVEL ABOVE SAID PREDETERMINED LEVEL, A MANIFOLD CONNECTED TO THE BOTTOM OF SAID LEVELLING VESSEL AND INCLUDING A STOP VALVE, A PLURALITY OF FILLING TUBES EACH ADAPTED TO BE INSERTED INTO A RESPECTIVE BOTTLE AND CONNECTED TO SAID MANIFOLD AT A LOCATION ABOVE SAID PREDETERMINED LEVEL AND OPENING INTO EACH RESPECTIVE BOTTLE AT A LEVEL BELOW SAID PREDETERMINED LEVEL, SAID DISPENSING TANK AND LEVELLING VESSEL HAVING A TOTAL CAPACITY TO PROVIDE A TOTAL AMOUNT OF FLUID HELD ABOVE SAID PREDETERMINED LEVEL WHICH IS LESS THAN SUFFICIENT TO FILL ALL OF SAID BOTTLES TO SAID PREDETEREXCESS OF THE QUANTITY OF FLUID NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE FILLING OF THE BOTTLES TO SAID PREDETERMINED LEVEL.
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1. APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY FILLING BOTTLES TO A PREDETERMINED LEVEL WITH FLUID, SAID APPARATUS INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE DEVICE COMPRISING A DISPENSING TANK DISPOSE UPPERMOST IN THE APPARATUS, A FLUID SUPPLY LINE INCLUDING A STOP VALVE ADAPTED FOR SUPPLYING SAID DISPENSING TANK WITH FLUID, A SUPPLEMENTAL VESSEL CONNECTED AT THE BOTTOM THEREOF WITH SAID FLUID SUPPLY LINE, A LEVELLING VESSEL, CONNECTING PIPE MEANS CONNECTING THE LEVELLING VESSEL WITH SAID SUPPLY LINE FOR CAUSING THE FLUID LEVEL IN THE LEVELLING VESSEL TO RISE AT A SLOWER RATE THAN THAT IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL VESSEL, A LEVELLING PIPE EXTENDING FROM THE SUPPLEMENTAL VESSEL AT THE TOP THEREOF INTO SAID LEVELLING VESSEL AND OPENING THEREIN AT SAID PREDETERMINED LEVEL, A FLOAT VALVE IN THE DISPENSING TANK, SAID DISPENSING TANK OPENING AT THE BOTTOM THEREOF INTO THE LEVELLING VESSEL AT A LEVEL ABOVE SAID PREDETERMINED LEVEL, A MANIFOLD CONNECTED TO THE BOTTOM OF SAID LEVELLING VESSEL AND INCLUDING A STOP VALVE, A PLURALITY OF FILLING TUBES EACH ADAPTED TO BE INSERTED INTO A RESPECTIVE BOTTLE AND CONNECTED TO SAID MANIFOLD AT A LOCATION ABOVE SAID PREDETERMINED LEVEL AND OPENING INTO EACH RESPECTIVE BOTTLE AT A LEVEL BELOW SAID PREDETERMINED LEVEL, SAID DISPENSING TANK AND LEVELLING VESSEL HAVING A TOTAL CAPACITY TO PROVIDE A TOTAL AMOUNT OF FLUID HELD ABOVE SAID PREDETERMINED LEVEL WHICH IS LESS THAN SUFFICIENT TO FILL ALL OF SAID BOTTLES TO SAID PREDETEREXCESS OF THE QUANTITY OF FLUID NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE FILLING OF THE BOTTLES TO SAID PREDETERMINED LEVEL.
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Current AssigneeHideo Tatibana
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Original AssigneeHideo Tatibana
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InventorsHIDEO TATIBANA
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Application NumberUS04/137,253Time in Patent Office1,086 DaysField of SearchUS Class Current141/230CPC Class CodesB67C 3/02 Bottling liquids or semiliq...
