US 11,696,591 B2
Dispensing system for transferring chemical into a strainer basket assembly
Kenneth Thomas Dobizl, Mounds View, MN (US); Emily Gaynor, Oak Ridge, NC (US); Tracy Graham, Cleveland, NC (US); Amber Langley, Cedar Grove, NC (US); Gina McDowell, Greensboro, NC (US); Elaine Money, Oak Ridge, NC (US); Shravan Prasad, Greensboro, NC (US); Benjamin Schaefer, Roseville, MN (US); Daniel Wald, Burnsville, MN (US); Daniel Anderson, Eagan, MN (US); and Daniel August Gentilini, Lino Lakes, MN (US)
Assigned to Ecolab USA Inc., Saint Paul, MN (US)
Filed by Ecolab USA Inc., Saint Paul, MN (US)
Filed on May 29, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/888,285.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/854,881, filed on May 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0375226 A1, Dec. 3, 2020
Int. Cl. A23L 3/3463 (2006.01); B08B 3/08 (2006.01)
CPC A23L 3/34635 (2013.01) [B08B 3/08 (2013.01); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A strainer basket system comprising:
a reservoir defining an opening through which material can be introduced into the reservoir;
a strainer basket that is positioned inside of the reservoir and removable therefrom;
a chemical dispensing docking station having a discharge aperture positioned to discharge chemical to be dispensed in at least one of the reservoir and the strainer basket, the chemical dispensing docking station comprising:
a cavity configured to receive a container of chemical to be dispensed;
a retention mechanism configured to mechanically engage the container of chemical, when inserted into the cavity, and retain the container of chemical in the chemical dispensing docking station during dispensing; and
a piercing member positioned to pierce the container of chemical as the container of chemical is inserted into the cavity, thereby releasing chemical to be dispensed through the discharge aperture.