Inventors:
Anthony Altieri - Wheeling IL
John Lewis Fortin - Gurnee IL
Richard David Bothmann - Palatine IL
Sandra Jean Liakus - Fort Wayne IN
Philip DiGangi - Schaumburg IL
Dietrich M.E. Heyde - Naperville IL
John Petersen - Cedar Falls IA
James M. Mayer - Cedar Falls IA
Errol Olsen - Waterloo IA
Robert Stewart - late of Waterloo IA
Assignee:
Fluid Management, Inc. - Wheeling IL
International Classification:
B67D 520
Abstract:
A machine for dispensing a plurality of ingredients includes stepped arrays of canisters providing a source of materials. The bottom ends of the canisters are generally coplanar, and are positioned immediately above a low profile drive train mounted on a tray. A drive train includes two spaced arrays of pumps with a motor providing a common drive for the pumps, mounted between the arrays. A valve tray is located above the canisters and includes a low profile dispense head, an array of tubing members arranged side-by-side in a common, generally horizontal plane, and an array of dispense valves attached at the back of the valve tray. The dispense valves are coupled to the pumps by pairs of fluid lines, so as to circulate materials between the pumps and dispense valves.