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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2019
Pepsico, Inc., Purchase, NY (US);
John A. Eaton, Valhalla, NY (US);
David William Martin, Londonberry, NH (US);
David Jay Warburton, Lexington, MA (US);
Nathan John Coleman, Murrieta, CA (US);
Samuel Frank Feller, Somerville, MA (US);
Thomas John Evans, Brighton, MA (US);
Jason Karl Sorge, Geneseo, NY (US);
Randy A. Straub, Palmyra, NY (US);
PepsiCo, Inc., Purchase, NY (US);
Abstract
A container filling valve may include a shuttle and a drive sleeve that are magnetically coupled. Movement of the drive sleeve may move the shuttle from a position in which the filling valve is closed to a position in which the filling valve is open. A container handling arm may include a distal end configured to hold a container and a proximal end that includes a load cell. A low flow setpoint system may be configured to arrest closing of a filling valve when that filling valve is partially closed. A pressure control system may be configured to maintain a desired pressure in a reservoir or in a flow path from that reservoir. A product recirculation system may be configured to adjust flow rate in the product recirculation system.