Patent ID: 6684915
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: B67C

Abstract:
A method for utilizing a multiple head bottle filling apparatus for filling bottles with liquid, the bottles segregated in respective, at least two differently sized trays, comprising the steps of:(a) providing at least a first and second manifold assembly as part of the bottle filling apparatus, each said manifold assembly including a respective set of liquid discharging members, each discharging member having a respective opening for discharging liquid, each respective set of liquid discharging members in fixed relationship to each other of said set(s) of liquid discharging members, each said set of liquid discharging members' openings forming a respective grid pattern, and said bottle filling apparatus further including means for selectively supplying liquid to a respective one of said respective set of liquid discharging members, wherein the bottles to be filled in a respective one of the differently sized trays are positioned in said respective tray such that the fill openings to each of such bottles are aligned in a pattern corresponding to one of said respective grid patterns; (b) positioning one such tray containing bottles in fixed relation to that one of said respective liquid discharging members, of that one of said at least said first and second manifold assembly, having said respective grid pattern corresponding to the bottle fill opening alignment pattern of the bottles; (c) choosing and engaging the respective means for selectively supplying liquid to the liquid discharging members identified in step (a) to thereby fill the bottles in the tray through respective ones of said liquid discharging member openings; and, (d) repeating steps (b) and (c), as required, to fill successive trays of bottles, each of the fill openings to each of such bottles in each successive tray forming an alignment pattern corresponding to a respective grid pattern of one of said set of liquid discharging members.