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(12) PATENT APPLICATION PUBLICATION (21) Application No.1154/CHE/2012 A
(19) INDIA
(22) Date of filing of Application :27/03/2012 (43) Publication Date : 21/06/2013
(54) Title of the invention : LIQUID DISPENSER AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING LIQUID SEGREGATION
(51) International classification :B67D
(31) Priority Document No :13/073,252
(32) Priority Date :28/03/2011
(33) Name of priority country :U.S.A.
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(71)Name of Applicant :
1)Fluid Management Operations LLC
Address of Applicant :1023 Wheeling Road Wheeling
Illinois 60090 U.S.A.
(72)Name of Inventor :
1)BAAK Mark
2)PEETERS Bas
3)VOSKUIL Marcus Johannes
4)ENGELS Marcel Hendrikus Petrus
(57) Abstract :
An apparatus for selectively dispensing liquids, such as paint colorants. The apparatus comprises container assemblies with a
container and a pump. A pump conduit connects the pump to a valve assembly. A recirculation conduit connects the container to
the valve assembly bypassing the pump. The valve assembly is configured to be switched between a dispensing position and a
recirculation position closing off the dispense conduit. Method of preventing segregation of a multiphase liquid in a pump conduit
between a container and a dispense conduit, A valve assembly between the pump conduit and the dispense conduit closes off the
dispense conduit while it opens a recirculation conduit between the container and the valve assembly. The liquid is circulated via a
circuit formed by the container, the pump conduit, the valve assembly and the recirculation unit.
No. of Pages : 16 No. of Claims : 15
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