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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
John E Thomas, River Falls, WI (US);
Daniel K Boche, Eagan, MN (US);
Assignee:
Ecolab Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
141104 ; 141-2 ; 141-9 ; 141 18 ; 141105 ; 141234 ; 141236 ; 2221455 ; 13762511 ;
Abstract
A solution storage and dispensing apparatus and method of operation therefor are disclosed. The solution storage and dispensing apparatus includes a selector valve and a control valve which selectively output a liquid such as water to one of a plurality of storage containers. Each container has an aspirator mounted therein which receives the water and a chemical concentrate to form a solution therein. A container is filled by selecting the container using the selector valve and actuating the control valve to dispense water to the selected container.