公开(公告)号：US20220153566A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-19

申请号：US17527644

申请日：2021-11-16

Applicant: Wild Goose Canning Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Michael Mercier ,  Alexis Foreman ,  Paul Wells ,  Dan Moody ,  Adam McKim ,  Josh Halvorsen ,  Jace Pivonka ,  John Bickers ,  Tyler Nickerson

IPC: B67C3/26

Abstract: A container fill station includes a seal bar configured to temporarily contact an open end of a container, to temporarily seal an interior of the container from a surrounding atmosphere, a fill head configured to be moved by a fill head actuator through a sealed opening in the seal bar, a fill head valve located in a fluid pathway between a liquid source and the fill head outlet, and an outflowing gas valve in fluid communication with the interior of the container. Therein, control of a liquid fill rate is provided by opening the outflowing gas valve a select amount while simultaneously opening the fill head valve. During a filling operation method, the interior of the container may be temporarily sealed and pressurized, or filling may be done at ambient/atmospheric pressure, preferably with the fill head outlet being disposed below the liquid's surface during filling.

公开(公告)号：US11738981B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-29

申请号：US17527644

申请日：2021-11-16

Applicant: Wild Goose Canning Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Michael Mercier ,  Alexis Foreman ,  Paul Wells ,  Dan Moody ,  Adam McKim ,  Josh Halvorsen ,  Jace Pivonka ,  John Bickers ,  Tyler Nickerson

IPC: B67C3/26 ,  B67C3/28 ,  B67C3/04 ,  B65B3/18

CPC classification number: B67C3/26 ,  B65B3/18 ,  B67C3/04 ,  B67C3/286 ,  B67C2003/2602 ,  B67C2003/2654 ,  B67C2003/2657

Abstract: A container fill station includes a seal bar configured to temporarily contact an open end of a container, to temporarily seal an interior of the container from a surrounding atmosphere, a fill head configured to be moved by a fill head actuator through a sealed opening in the seal bar, a fill head valve located in a fluid pathway between a liquid source and the fill head outlet, and an outflowing gas valve in fluid communication with the interior of the container. Therein, control of a liquid fill rate is provided by opening the outflowing gas valve a select amount while simultaneously opening the fill head valve. During a filling operation method, the interior of the container may be temporarily sealed and pressurized, or filling may be done at ambient/atmospheric pressure, preferably with the fill head outlet being disposed below the liquid's surface during filling.