Patent ID: 8386072

Claim:
A system for supplying a plurality of fluids to a container comprising at least one filling station including: a plurality of conduits in fluid isolation from each other, a plurality of flowmeters in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of conduits, a plurality of filling heads in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of conduits, and at least one nozzle in fluid connection with a plurality of filling heads which nozzle is adapted to deliver a plurality of previously isolated fluids received from the conduits in a non-homogeneous stream; at least one controller in operative connection with each of the plurality of flowmeters and with each of the plurality of filling heads, and which is adapted to individually cause each of the plurality of flowmeters to control the flow of a fluid through said filling head, and which is further adapted to receive and transmit data; and at least one operator station in communication with the at least one controller, the at least one operator station comprising a computer, a recipe, and a software application operative, responsive to data received from the at least one controller to direct at least one of the plurality of flowmeters to cause each of the plurality of filling heads in the at least one filling station to control the flow of fluid through each such filling head in accordance with the recipe.