US 11,851,230 B2
Automated filling of cartridge array with viscous liquid utilizing annular nozzles
Nohtal Partansky, Los Angeles, CA (US); Paul Skaar, Long Beach, CA (US); Diego Torres, Los Angeles, CA (US); and Sean Lawlor, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to Sorting Robotics Inc., Van Nuys, CA (US)
Filed by Sorting Robotics Inc., Van Nuys, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/388,003.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/058,477, filed on Jul. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0033124 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B65B 39/12 (2006.01); B65B 63/08 (2006.01); B65B 3/12 (2006.01); B67C 3/26 (2006.01); B67C 3/22 (2006.01); B65B 29/00 (2006.01); B65B 59/04 (2006.01); B65B 39/00 (2006.01); B65B 59/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 63/08 (2013.01) [B65B 3/12 (2013.01); B65B 29/00 (2013.01); B67C 3/225 (2013.01); B67C 3/26 (2013.01); B65B 59/003 (2019.05); B65B 59/04 (2013.01); B65B 2039/009 (2013.01); B67C 2003/226 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for filling cartridges with viscous liquid, the system comprising:
a top plunger assembly having multiple plungers coupled to a bottom side of the top plunger assembly, the top plunger assembly moveable in a vertical axis; and
a bottom syringe assembly having multiple cavities and a plurality of annular nozzles coupled to a bottom side of the syringe assembly, the bottom syringe assembly moveable in the vertical axis; and
the plurality of annular nozzles each comprising:
a threaded base;
a shoulder to seal the nozzle with a gasket;
a polyhedron center body; and
an annular cross section having a tip;
a cartridge tray configured to hold the cartridges, the cartridge tray removable from the system;
wherein an actuation of the top plunger assembly causes the viscous liquid to discharge into the cartridges held in the cartridge tray when the multiple plungers are moved downward in the multiple cavities.