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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 1990
Filed:
Nov. 21, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
William F Stembridge, College Park, GA (US);
James C Sturrock, Espanola, NM (US);
W Frank Stembridge, East Point, GA (US);
Assignee:
The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ; H04R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
141 95 ; 141-1 ; 141198 ; 7329 / ; 73294 ; 73624 ; 367908 ; 367150 ; 367162 ; 367165 ; 367176 ;
Abstract
An automatic, ultrasonic system for controlling the filling of different sizes of beverage container which may or may not contain various quantities of ice. The system includes a housing, a front and a rear pair of separate transmitter and receiver crystals mounted in the housing with a lens on the lower surface of each crystal. Each crystal is located within a separate non-ferrous metal tube. Polyurethane foam fills the space within the housing and the tubes.