US 12,258,254 B2
Simultaneous multiple container size filler
Alan E. Dewerth, Jr., Cleveland, OH (US)
Assigned to SWIMC LLC, Cleveland, OH (US)
Filed by SWIMC LLC, Cleveland, OH (US)
Filed on Nov. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/389,000.
Application 18/389,000 is a continuation of application No. 17/634,617, granted, now 11,851,314, previously published as PCT/US2020/046428, filed on Aug. 14, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/887,255, filed on Aug. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0076175 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. B67C 3/22 (2006.01); B67C 7/00 (2006.01); B67C 3/26 (2006.01)
CPC B67C 3/225 (2013.01) [B67C 7/0046 (2013.01); B67C 2003/2668 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A filling apparatus comprising:
a feed conveyor mechanism including two or more feed conveyors, wherein each of the two or more conveyors is respectively configured to transport a fluid container of a different size along a manufacturing line;
a turntable mechanism including two or more concentric rings, wherein each of the two or more concentric rings is configured to receive a fluid container from the respective two or more feed conveyors and rotate about a common axis while filling the fluid containers via at least two fill ports; and
an output conveyor mechanism including two or more output conveyors, wherein each of the two or more output conveyors is respectively configured to receive a filled fluid container of a different size from the turntable mechanism for further transport along the manufacturing line;
wherein the filling apparatus is configured to simultaneously fill empty fluid containers of different sizes at different rates.