US 11,851,314 B2
Simultaneous multiple container size filler
Alan E. Dewerth, Jr., Cleveland, OH (US)
Assigned to SWIMC LLC, Cleveland, OH (US)
Appl. No. 17/634,617
Filed by SWIMC LLC, Cleveland, OH (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 14, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/046428
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 11, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/030714, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/887,255, filed on Aug. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0324690 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
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)] 24 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 each of the two or more concentric rings includes a plurality of fluid container receptacles configured to position the fluid containers on the two or more concentric rings, wherein the height of the fluid container receptacles in each of the two or more concentric rings is selected to position the fluid containers on each of the fluid container receptacles at a selected height relative a common reference height.