Abstract: An apparatus for delivery of a liquid. The apparatus includes a housing and a cradle for holding a container containing the liquid. The cradle is rotatably coupled to the housing. The cradle is rotatable between a first position and a second position. The apparatus further includes a reservoir for receiving the liquid from the container. The reservoir is coupled to the cradle and rotates with the cradle. The reservoir includes a passageway through which the liquid is able to flow downward for all positions the cradle is permitted to rotate to. The reservoir includes a cylinder for minimizing back flow of the liquid from the reservoir to the container. The reservoir also includes a first orifice for allowing the liquid to pass out of the reservoir, a second orifice for allowing an air bubble in the liquid to return to the reservoir, and a check valve for allowing air to pass into the reservoir.

Abstract: A fuel spillage control apparatus contains fuel from overfilling of a fuel tank and allows venting of volatile vapors. A fuel spill transfer pipe allows passage of fuel overflow into the fuel holding chamber. A fuel drain pipe communicates with the fuel spill transfer pipe in the fuel holding chamber and drains fluid of a predetermined level or greater out of the fuel holding chamber through the fuel spill transfer pipe. A fuel-buoyant drain pipe sealing means closes the fuel drain pipe when the fuel level in the fuel drain pipe reaches the fuel drain pipe inlet. An orifice in the bottom of the fuel holding chamber allows draining of liquids and solids heavier than fuel from the fuel holding chamber.

Abstract: A liquid storage container includes a supply port for supplying the liquid, and liquid path forming structure provided within the liquid container for preventing direct backflow of liquid in the container to the supply port. The liquid path forming structure is detachable from the liquid container and includes a projecting member having a sloped surface provided below the supply port. The liquid path forming structure also includes structure for defining a first flow path for passing liquid therethrough. This structure includes a lowermost section of the sloped surface and defines a first port. The liquid path forming structure also includes structure for defining a second flow path for passing liquid into the container. This structure includes a portion of the projecting member and defines a second port. The second port is in communication with a lowermost portion of the second flow path, and the first port is in communication with an intermediate portion of the second flow path.

Abstract: A filling valve assembly (10) is provided for use in filling containers (50) with a carbonated liquid or other type of liquid. The assembly (10) includes a housing (11) having a filling passage (40) for allowing liquid to flow therethrough. A valve stem (13) includes a passageway (24) therethrough and is slideable within the passage (40) wherein a first end allows gas into the passageway (29) and a second end allows gas to escape and supports a valve seal (36) thereabout. The valve seal (36) is movable against the housing (11) for selectively opening and closing the filling passage (40). A capillary screen (38) is connected above the valve seal (36) and is moveable therewith. A resilient charging cap (24) operates against the first end of the valve stem (13) for opening to allow gas therein and closing to disallow gas therein. A cap member (22) encompasses the charging cap (24) and includes an aperture (130) for equalizing pressure against the charging cap (24) to perfect a seal thereof against the first end.

Abstract: A hose assembly and method of making the same are provided, the hose assembly having a first fluid passage therein for respectively conveying a volatile liquid in one direction to a container and a second fluid passage therein for returning the vapors of the volatile liquid from the container, the assembly comprising a flexible inner hose having an outer peripheral surface and defining the first fluid passage therein, and a flexible outer hose having an inner peripheral surface and being disposed around the inner hose, the inner peripheral surface of the outer hose and the outer peripheral surface of the inner hose defining the second fluid passage therebetween, the inner hose having a Venturi therein that tends to remove liquid from a certain area of the second fluid passage, the outer hose having wire reinforcing therein to tend to prevent inward crushing of the outer hose in a manner to damage the Venturi.

Abstract: A dust control apparatus having a cover member lowerable into an opening of a container, the cover member having a radially expandable seal for sealing the opening, the cover member having a passage therethrough adapted to receive a conduit, the cover member being operable in telescoping relation to the conduit and the passage being sufficiently larger than the conduit for the passage of air between the cover member and conduit, the cover member being movable laterally relative to the conduit to enable the cover member to be lowered into a container which is not precisely aligned therewith, a filter sleeve having a lower end attached to the cover member and an upper end attached to the conduit, the filter sleeve being adapted to prevent the escape of dust from the space between the cover member and conduit, the filter sleeve being protected by the conduit from damage caused by materials flowing through the conduit, the apparatus including an optional fume collecting annulus locatable in surrounding relation t

Abstract: A method and apparatus for filling an open top carton with a liquid product and liquidating the foam generated during the filling of the carton. A plurality of dispensers sequentially fill the carton with the liquid product. A defoamer introduces a spray of high velocity particles into the foam in the container to break down and liquidate the foam. After the foam is dissipated, the top of the carton is sealed.

Abstract: A sealing device for use in a refueling opening is provided with an elastic seal member which seals a gap between a tubular casing provided in the refueling opening and a fueling nozzle inserted into the casing at the time of refueling. The elastic seal member is mounted inside a seal retaining member which is mounted inside the casing, The elastic seal member has a relief lip capable of closely contacting the casing to effect sealing, and a seal lip capable of closely containing the inserted fueling nozzle to effect sealing. A gap is formed around the outer periphery the seal lip, thereby allowing the seal lip to expand so that the inside diameter thereof increases in conformity with the outside diameter of the fueling nozzle as the nozzle is inserted.

Abstract: A fuel filler pipe assembly is provided which controls the release of fuel vapors from a vehicle fuel tank so as to limit the amount of fuel vapor released into the atmosphere. The assembly includes an outer tube which is partitioned into two conduits--one for carrying fuel to the vehicle's fuel tank and the other for carrying fuel vapors to an onboard vapor capture device. Passage of fuel vapors to the vapor capture device is controlled by a valve which itself is controlled by the attachment and detachment of a fuel filler cap to the assembly such that attachment of the cap causes the valve to close while detachment causes it to open. In certain preferred embodiments, the assembly includes a second valve for preventing the passage of substantial quantities of liquid fuel to the vapor capture device.

Abstract: A system for supplying liquid in large bottles from a point where they are filled to a dispenser having a reservoir for receiving the liquid. The bottles each have a neck which carries a cap unit for closing the spout thereof. Each cap unit has an outlet valve that is normally closed. The reservoir has means for supporting another normally closed inlet valve in a neck-receiving socket. When the neck is slipped into the socket the outlet valve of the cap unit is opened and substantially simultaneously the inlet valve for the reservoir is opened thus allowing flow of water from the bottle into the reservoir. When the bottle is removed from the reservoir as the cap unit is withdrawn from the neck-receiving socket, the outlet valve in the bottle neck cap unit is positively closed and the inlet valve of the reservoir automatically closes.

Abstract: A system for supplying liquid in large bottles from a point where they are filled to a dispenser having a reservoir for receiving the liquid. The bottles each have a neck which carries a cap unit for closing the spout thereof. Each cap unit has an outlet valve that is normally closed. The reservoir has means for supporting another normally closed inlet valve in a neck-receiving socket. When the neck is slipped into the socket the outlet valve of the cap unit is opened and substantially simultaneously the inlet valve for the reservoir is opened thus allowing flow of water from the bottle into the reservoir. When the bottle is removed from the reservoir as the cap unit is withdrawn from the neck-receiving socket, the outlet valve in the bottle neck cap unit is positively closed and the inlet valve of the reservoir automatically closes.

Abstract: A filling valve assembly (10) is provided for use in filling containers ( with a carbonated liquid or other type of liquid. The assembly (10) includes a housing (11) having a filling orifice (40) for allowing liquid to flow therethrough. A valve element (13) is located within and movable through the housing (11) and includes a valve seal (36) movable against the housing (11) for selectively opening and closing the filling orifice (40). A capillary screen (38) is connected above the valve seal (36) and is moveable therewith. The orifice (40) is aerodynamically shaped and has an annular enlarged portion (72) smoothly feeding into a narrowed venturi area (76) to continually compress the liquid, and then into an expanded area (70) to the walls of the container (50). A container seal (110) forms part of the expanded area (70) to enhance the laminar flow.

Abstract: A sealing assembly is provided for use in a filler neck sized to receive a fuel-dispensing nozzle. The sealing assembly includes an elastic seal member between the filler neck and a fuel-dispensing nozzle and a seal retainer for clamping the seal member in the filler neck to define in the filler neck an outer chamber communicable with the atmosphere and an inner chamber. The seal is configured to admit the fuel-dispensing nozzle into the inner chamber without coupling the inner and outer chambers in vapor communication. The sealing assembly partitions a fuel-conducting passageway in the filler neck to limit flow of vapors and gases through the passageway during dispensing of fuel into the filler neck and past the sealing assembly.

Abstract: A method for simultaneously distributing catalyst particles across the full diameter of catalyst bed with a single rotor is disclosed. The bed has substantially uniform high density by forming a multiplicity of annular rings of catalyst concentric with the vessel or bed center. Such action is achieved without varying rotor speed by deflecting catalyst from a feed hopper into a plurality of arcuate sectors or portions of different radial lengths on a rotating disk-like member. Preferably, each arcuate portion has a volume proportional to one of the annular areas of the bed within the cross-sectional area of the vessel. The desired volume is formed by the radial length of the arcuate sector, its included angle on the disk, and the height of the vanes separating adjacent sectors.

Abstract: This invention relates to a device for filtering a moving gaseous atmosphere in an installation for unloading pulverulent products in bulk, the installation being of the type constituted by a supply sleeve connecting the base of a silo or hopper to the circular filling orifice of a mobile container, wherein it is constituted by a discharge bushing extending the base of the sleeve, this bushing being engaged in the filling orifice of the container, and this bushing is associated with an outer cone concentric to said bushing and adapted to rest with self-centering on the edges of the orifice thus obturated, the cone being closed at its summit by a horizontal wall comprising an evacuation opening, and the annular space defined between the central tubular bushing and the outer cone constitutes a volume for decantation of the gaseous phase, particularly the air laden with solid particles in suspension and driven from the inner atmosphere of the container, this decantation volume communicating with the volume of th

Abstract: High pressure gas storage bottle with a single, small diameter filler neck aperture are charged with a powdered adsorbent such as activated carbon by drawing an evacuation air flow from the bottle receptacle at a point slightly below the filler neck. A charging fitting comprises a chambered body having an O-ring seal base which is clamped against the bottle nipple face by a compression nut. A length of rigid tubing having a tubular filter of pressed, microsphere tube walls at the distal or lower end thereof, descends through the body chamber and filler neck aperture. The tubular flow channel is connected to a vacuum source whereas the body chamber is connected to a powdered adsorbent supply conduit.

Abstract: A filling machine has a cabinet of generally rectangular configuration and of a suitable size so that a filter tray can be stood on its end inside the cabinet with the fill opening at the top. A filling head on top of the cabinet has a distributor manifold in it for delivering granulated charcoal through an array of pipes into the charcoal bed chambers in the filter tray. An apertured intermediate floor in the cabinet supports the tray. An offal collection box is under that floor. A vacuum is maintained in the cabinet during the filling operation to remove all dust and fines which do not settle in the box. Valves control the vacuum and the rate of flow of the charcoal into the fill chamber. A shaker oscillates the cabinet horizontally during the filling operation to assist in packing.

Abstract: In a fuel fill tube for automobiles including an "onboard vapor recovery system", a portion thereof in the vicinity of the fuel fill neck is divided into an upper fill tube and a lower fill tube and a space is provided between the two tubes wherein a vaporized gas recovery system may be provided. Furthermore, a leaded fuel restricting shutter, a vapor discharging valve and other members may be attached to a base provided in the space between the two tubes and can be manufactured as a single unit. In addition, even though the lower fill tube extending from a fuel tank to the fill neck may be formed in a variety of complex configurations in accordance with the kind of automobile to which the fill tube is to be attached, only one version of the upper fill tube is required.

Abstract: A seal assembly for a vehicle fuel tank filler neck includes a seal lip bordered by a seal casing rim on one side, and a shelf of the filler neck on the other, so as to protect the seal lip against side loading from the nozzle that it seals against.

Abstract: An onboard fuel vapor recovery system for a motor vehicle includes a fill neck assembly mounted at the inlet end of a dual passage fuel tank fill pipe in which fuel dispensed into the fuel tank during a refueling operation passes through an inner conduit while fuel vapor displaced from the tank by incoming fuel passes upwardly through a vapor passage between the inner conduit and an outer conduit loosely surrounding the inner conduit, the fill neck assembly including a vapor valve movable to an open position in response to unsealing of the inlet to the inner conduit in preparation for a refueling operation, opening of the vapor valve permitting fuel vapor displaced from the tank during the refueling operation to flow into a vapor receiving canister from which the vapor is subsequently withdrawn for combustion in the vehicle engine, the fill neck assembly also including a float valve for signalling the filling of the tank to capacity and a pressure relief valve in the fill neck assembly protecting the system i

Abstract: By employing two independent, separate and distinct flow paths which are controllably sequentially opened during use in a single actuation operation, an error-free, flame and explosion proof liquid delivery/filling system is achieved. In the preferred embodiment, both flow paths are normally maintained in a closed, sealed configuration, requiring an actuation force to controllably, sequentially open the flow paths. Furthermore, the preferred embodiment is compact in design and provides an easy to use system, without sacrificing its inherent benefits. In addition, a flow diverging structure is mounted in the liquid flow path to assure complete removal of all of the air from the chamber being filled.

Abstract: When using containers of agricultural chemicals, such as herbicides, pesticides and the like, it is desirable to transfer the contents to the sprayer tank by pump means rather than physically lifting the container to the tank inlet and then pouring the contents manually into the tank. It is also essential to rinse out the container prior to disposing of same as most of the chemicals used are concentrated and can cause environmental damage if the majority of the contents are not removed prior to disposal. The present device allows the operator to transfer the chemical to the tank by means of a pump and then wash or rinse out the container with water which is then also transferred to the sprayer tank. A control valve portion connects to a concentric tube assembly which includes a container piercer on the lower end thereof.

Abstract: A fuel filler pipe assembly is provided which controls the release of fuel vapors from a vehicle fuel tank so as to limit the amount of fuel vapor released into the atmosphere. The assembly includes an outer tube which is partitioned into two conduits--one for carrying fuel to the vehicle's fuel tank and the other for carrying fuel vapors to an onboard vapor capture device. Passage of fuel vapors to the vapor capture device is controlled by a valve which itself is controlled by the attachment and detachment of a fuel filler cap to the assembly such that attachment of the cap causes the valve to close while detachment causes it to open. In certain preferred embodiments, the assembly includes a second valve for preventing the passage of substantial quantities of liquid fuel to the vapor capture device.

Abstract: A recovery system is provided for recovering fuel vapor normally discharged from a fuel system during refueling. The recovery system includes a fuel tank filler neck, a vent system coupled to the filler neck, and a double-sealed cap for actuating the vent system as it is removed from the neck. The neck has a mouth and axially spaced-apart upper and lower side outlets. The double-sealed cap includes a closure rotatably engaging the neck, a first seal for establishing a movable primary seal between the closure and axially outer side wall of the neck and a second seal for establishing a movable secondary seal between the closure and at least an axially inner side wall of the neck. The primary and secondary seals move in an axially outward direction relative to the neck in response to removal of the cap, causing the primary and secondary seals to be broken in sequence as the cap is rotated.

Abstract: A cut-off nozzle for use in dispensing increments of flowable products comprised of a liquid medium in which solids are dispersed, particularly burrito fillings. The cut-off nozzle structure incorporates a light-weight slide member which is shuttled with fast movement between "open" and "close" positions within a chamber having outlet openings in the bottom with which discharge openings in the slide member register or coincide when the slide member is shuttled to its "open" position. The geometry of the chamber-outlet and slide-discharge openings combines with the fast closing action of the slide to provide a sharp positive cut-off of increments of product dispensed from the nozzle with elimination of leakage or drip, plugging and separation of product constituents. The nozzle may be fed with a single stream of product or with two different streams.

Abstract: A system for supplying liquid in large bottles from a point where they are filled to a dispenser having a reservoir for receiving the liquid. The bottles each have a neck which carries a cap unit for closing the spout thereof. Each cap unit has an outlet valve that is normally closed. The reservoir has means for supporting another normally closed inlet valve in a neck-receiving socket. When the neck is slipped into the socket the outlet valve of the cap unit is opened and substantially simultaneously the inlet valve for the reservoir is opened thus allowing flow of water form the bottle into the reservoir. When the bottle is removed from the reservoir as the cap unit is withdrawn from the neck-receiving socket, the outlet valve in the bottle neck cap unit is positively closed and the inlet valve of the reservoir automatically closes.

Abstract: A system for controlling the release of fuel vapors and liquid fuel from a vehicle fuel tank is provided. The system includes: (1) a cap-controlled valve assembly which conducts fuel vapors to an on-board vapor capture device and which opens when the tank's fuel filler cap is removed or when the pressure in the fuel tank exceeds a predetermined value and which closes when the filler cap is replaced; (2) a first, normally-closed, flapper door and a flapper-door/fuel-nozzle seal, both of which are located in the region of the the mouth of the vehicle's filler pipe, above the level at which fuel vapors pass into the cap-controlled valve assembly; (3) a second, normally-closed, flapper door and a flapper-door seal, both of which are located below the level at which fuel vapors pass into the cap-controlled valve assembly; and (4) a vent conduit which connects the fuel tank to the filler pipe assembly at a level between the first and second flapper doors.

Abstract: A removable fuel tank filter device, comprising a hollow body tube with an opening at either end, mesh filtering means located at one end of the tube, and at the other end of the tube means for maintaining the device in close proximity to the opening of a fuel tank, can be used to remove sediment from liquid hydrocarbon fuels being added to a fuel tank. The filter is placed in the opening to the fuel tank, a fuel nozzle is placed into the filter, and as fuel is pumped into the tank, the filter acts to remove any sediment that is present.

Abstract: A filtered waterbed filling system is provided which prevents or substantially reduces bacteria and algae growth in stagnant, heated water contained in a waterbed. The filling system may be a one-piece filling probe, or a universal hose coupling assembly may be provided which is mateable with either a separate filtered filling probe for filling the waterbed, or a separate drain probe for emptying water from the waterbed. The filtered filling probe employs a filter material formed in a cylinder shape and which extends a length of the probe and which is embedded in an outer supporting matrix. A pore size of the filter material prevents passage of at least some bacteria or other contaminants so as to aid in the prevention of bacteria and algae growth within the water mattress and/or to aid in reducing deterioration of the water mattress and/or inserts associated with the mattress. With the system disclosed, the use of a chemical solution to control bacteria growth is substantially reduced or eliminated.

Abstract: A liquid storage apparatus which comprises a pouring opening at the top of a vessel and a passage which is partially defined by a shield wall for preventing straight access of a liquid to the pouring opening. The structure defining the passage facilitates downward backflow of the liquid and is provided below and near the pouring opening.

Abstract: A vapor handling system is provided that uses negative pressure created during discharge of liquid fuel from a fuel-dispensing nozzle into a filler tube to actuate a remotely situated vapor venting valve. Actuation of the vapor venting valve permits fuel vapor in the fuel tank connected to the filler tube to be communicated to a vapor treatment canister or the like.

Abstract: A method of utilizing an apparatus of the type comprising a vial container hazardous material in the vial container in a condition requiring a diluent to be mixed therewith to form the liquid solution, and an assemblage carried by the vial container for providing (1) a sealed medicament chamber within the vial container within which the hazardous material is disposed, (2) a filter vented control chamber and (3) a sealed variable volume control chamber between the vented control chamber and the medicament chamber. The method is such as to enable an open end of a syringe needle of a diluent syringe having a syringe chamber containing diluent in communication therewith to be moved into and withdrawn successively from the chambers so as to mix the diluent with the hazardous material. The method also contemplates procedures for separately refilling a dosage syringe and for relieving any residual pressure in the vial chamber with the use of an empty syringe prior to initial or final refilling of a dosage syringe.

Abstract: A storage receptacle sealing and transfer apparatus is disclosed for selectively enabling sealing and transfer of material to and from the receptacle. The apparatus is particularly useful for maintaining and later transferring drug and associated materials, under sterile conditions, to achieve mixing, as, is necessary, for example, in reconstituting a drug by mixing the drug with a diluent prior to delivery to a patient. The transfer apparatus is mounted at the aperture, or mouth, of a storage receptacle to seal the aperture until the contents are needed, and then to permit sterile transfer from one receptacle to another receptacle through a central passage.

Abstract: A vapor handling system is provided to control fuel vapor in a vehicle fuel system to prevent the fuel vapor from escaping to the atmosphere during filling of the vehicle fuel tank. An on-board vacuum-actuated system is included for preventing overfilling of the tank by automatically triggering shut-off of fuel flow from a fuel-dispensing nozzle when the fuel tank is full. A control valve system is also included for protecting the canister from exposure to liquid fuel during an overfill condition which may be caused by a malfunction of a fuel-dispensing nozzle.

Abstract: Both puff losses and fuel fill vapor losses are recovered by a venting arrangement that includes a vapor storage canister connected fitting opening through the upper end of a filler pipe valve, a valve downstream from the fitting, and a seal upstream from the fitting. A cap extension holds the valve closed, and also wipingly engages the seal. When the cap is removed, the valve is opened, but the seal stays engaged until the cap is fully removed and the extension fully withdrawn, so that puff loss vapors are directed out through the fitting to the storage canister. When the fuel nozzle is inserted, it wipingly engages the same seal, so that fuel fill vapors are similarly recovered.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for taking liquid from a reservoir by inward suction with simultaneous filtration, comprising a flexible tube having at one end a filtering unit, which can be immersed in the liquid through an opening in the reservoir, and having a mouthpiece at its other end. The mouthpiece is connected to the tube in a sealing manner via a flexible hollow member which forms an internal connection between tube and mouthpiece, and before use of the device the mouthpiece may be enveloped hygienically by a detachable protective cap.

Abstract: The invention relates to the packing of liquid products. A piston, moving inside a cylindrical metering chamber, introduces successive quantities of liquid in pots via a tubular nozzle vertically movable, which can be entirely retracted inside the dispensing chamber and which is equipped with a truncated bubble trap for eliminating the gases issued from the liquid.

Abstract: The apparatus for providing a measured amount of a low boiling liquefied gas which can flow from an outlet of a thermally insulated container includes a fleece made of natural material, plastic material or metal connected with the outlet of the container, advantageously located immediately downstream of the outlet. This fleece provides a satisfactory separation of liquid and gas phases and thus a laminar liquefied gas flow and can assist in preventing freezing at the outlet due to moisture in the air. Advantageously a precise regulating valve which is sunk in the liquefied gas in the supply container provides continuous regulation of the liquefied gas flow.

Abstract: Acoustic signals are transmitted through the fluid flow of a fuel delivery pump to a tank to be filled. From reflection signals the fluid level in the tank is detected and a timely disconnection of the pump can be effected in order to prevent fuel losses.

Abstract: A vapor recovery system is provided for recovering fuel vapors discharged from a fuel tank having a vent tube and a separate filler neck during refueling. The vapor recovery system includes a partition dividing the filler neck into an outer chamber communicable with the atmosphere and an inner chamber in fluid communication with the fuel tank. The partition includes an aperture for sealingly admitting a fuel dispensing nozzle into the inner chamber without coupling the inner and outer chambers in fluid communication during refueling. A fuel cap may sealingly engage the filler neck to close the mouth of the filler neck. A refueling sensing system is provided for actuating a flow valve during an initial stage of each refueling activity to permit flow of fuel vapor to the canister. Upon removal of the fuel cap, fuel vapor discharged from the fuel tank is conducted automatically to the canister for processing therein instead of being discharged directly into the atmosphere.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising a vial container hazardous material in the vial container in a condition requiring a diluent to be mixed therewith to form the liquid solution, and an assemblage carried by the vial container for providing (1) a sealed medicament chamber within the vial container within which the hazardous material is disposed, (2) a filter vented control chamber and (3) a sealed variable volume control chamber between the vented control chamber and the medicament chamber, the arrangement being such as to enable an open end of a syringe needle of a diluent syringe having a syringe chamber containing diluent in communication therewith to be moved into and withdrawn successively from the chambers so as to mix the diluent with the hazardous material in such a way as to substantially prevent the hazardous material from entering the immediate atmospheric environment.

Abstract: The device may be of the type having a horizontally open display section along the major portion of at least one side thereof which is maintained cool by a cool air flow stream passing downwardly through the display section, rearwardly of the section, and then upwardly and forwardly back to its point of origination to begin another cooling cycle. The air flow stream is maintained cool by a refrigeration system preferably having an upper condenser assembly and a lower evaporator assembly with an improved condensate dissipator assembly just beneath and in flow communication with the condenser assembly. This dissipator assembly may include a multiplicity of pans mounted spaced apart one beneath the other arranged for the condenser assembly warm air to pass therethrough above and beneath the pans with condensate from the evaporator assembly coil being directed into at least the uppermost of the pans.

Abstract: An on board refueling vapor recovery system employs a recirculation line and a regulating valve to prevent the entrainment of atmospheric air into the fuel, without the use of a tight or rubbing seal around the fuel nozzle.

Abstract: Valve bags having a vent for exit of air from the bag as it is filled, with a filter for the vent incorporated in the bag as part of the bag for preventing escape of product from the bag. In each of two types of bag disclosed, the filter is formed as a pocket for receiving a vacuum member for evacuating air from the bag through the filter. In one of these two types, the valve is at a corner at one end of the bag and the pocket is at the opposite corner at this end. In the other, the valve and pocket are at one and the same corner, the pocket being under the valve. In a third type of bag disclosed, the filter is part of a valve sleeve for the bag.

Abstract: A disposable apparatus for sterilizing fluid and dispensing it includes a bag, a filter element, a conduit element, and a plurality of dispensing elements serially communicating with each other for providing a sterile fluid dispensing path that can be serially opened and closed. Methods are also provided for filling such apparatus in conjunction with a closed environment of an assembly having at least one mixing vessel, a reservoir container, a filling area, a filter element, and a plurality of storage elements interfacing the filling area.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tapping tube intended for the filling of container-like receptacles, such as bottles, with a liquid, said tapping tube preferably communicating with a metering pump, whereby the liquid in question is intended to flow through the tapping tube and to be interrupted during removal and replacement of the receptacles in question. An arrangement for a tapping tube of this kind is made available in which above all dribbling and dripping can be prevented, especially in conjunction with the removal and replacement of the receptacles. There is connected to the tapping tube (1) a suction channel (14) which discharges in the vicinity of its lower end and which is so arranged as to be actuated in such a way as to provide a suction effect at least for the duration of the aforementioned interruption in the flow of liquid through the tapping tube.

Abstract: In a fill tube of a vehicle fuel tank, an inlet forming device for receiving the nozzle of an associated fuel pump for filling the fuel tank and including an apertured seal member adapted to encircle the fuel nozzle to prevent fuel vapors from escaping therebetween. The device includes at least one vent opening which is normally blocked by an overlying edge portion of the seal member, but which is movable from its overlying position outward to vent fuel tank pressure. The overlying portion of the seal is normally biased to a closed position by the natural resiliency of an adjacent open celled foamed plastic material which also acts as a filter when the overlying edge portion of the seal is moved to a more open vent position.

Abstract: A device for limiting filling and for air admission to and discharge from tanks, in particular fuel tanks of motor vehicles, part of the tank volume being used as a pressure equalizing chamber (19) with regard to temperature fluctuations, has an air inlet and outlet device which opens out into the ventilatable filler neck (11, 110) and which comprises filling evacuation tubes (14) which determines the maximum liquid level (18) still regarded as permissible, and operating evacuation tubes (15, 16) with a closure device, which takes over air admission to and discharge from the pressure equalizing chamber (19), such that when the tank cap is removed, the operating evacuation tubes is closed by spring action (42, 133) and when the tank cap is on, it is opened by the cap itself against spring force.

Abstract: A bag-filling machine, in which the material to be filled is conveyed by compressed air through a filling tube, has a storage cylinder which is closed at its underside by a grid-like floor having ventilation apertures. The filling tube is fitted above the floor in the peripheral wall of the storage cylinder. An improvement in the flow of the material to be filled and a more complete emptying on termination of the filling procedure are achieved if the floor is formed from at least three segments. Below the segments, sealed relative to one another, respective specifically associated compressed air supply chambers are disposed which are each provided with a regulatable compressed air supply.

Abstract: This invention relates to a dust suppressing device for use in the discharge of granular bulk materials, such as crushed rock, ore, and the like, for example, during the loading of such material onto a transport vehicle such as a ship. The device comprises(a) a central hopper;(b) a first outer tubular member, coaxially disposed and concentrically spaced outward with respect to the hopper; and(c) a second tubular member coaxially disposed and concentrically spaced outward with respect to the hopper and the first tubular member. The spacing between the central hopper and the first tubular member and the spacing between the first and second tubular members are such as to provide alternate path for the discharge of granular material when the flow rate of the granular material into the hopper exceeds the capacity of the hopper.