An embodiment apparatus for producing a personal care product includes a cabinet, a command keyboard, a bottling dispensing station, a plurality of main containers for storing base liquids, and a plurality of secondary containers for storing additive substances. A main valve structure has a first flow mouth for connecting to the main containers by first tubing, and is connected to a first entrance of a dosing valve. A secondary valve structure has a second flow mouth for connecting to the secondary containers by second tubing, and is connected to a second entrance of the dosing valve. The dosing valve has an output for coupling to a bottle for transferring at least one base liquid and at least one additive substance to the bottle. The apparatus also includes a mixing station, a closing station and a sealing station for the bottle.

An e-cigarette vaporizer cartridge filling method and apparatus. The apparatus includes a liquid reservoir having an outlet end, the liquid reservoir for containing the liquid, a heater for heating the liquid in the liquid reservoir, and a liquid injection mechanism configured to draw portions of the heated liquid from an outlet end of the liquid reservoir and dispense the portions from an output end of the liquid injection mechanism. The method may allow for a human operator to control the time for filling the liquid injection mechanism with liquid based on visual observation of bubble formation and collapse therein.

An apparatus for producing solid carbon and water by reducing carbon oxides with a reducing agent in the presence of a catalyst includes a reactor configured to receive reaction gas comprising at least one carbon oxide, at least one reducing agent, and water. The apparatus includes at least one mixing means configured to mix the reagents to form a combined feed, a first heat exchanger configured to heat the combined feed, at least one heater configured to further heat the combined feed, and a reaction vessel configured to receive the combined feed. The reaction vessel is configured to contain a catalyst, to maintain predetermined reaction conditions of temperature and pressure, and has an output configured to deliver a tail gas to the first heat exchanger. The system also includes a product separator, a water separation unit, and a product packaging unit.

An embodiment method includes coupling a first/second flow mouth of a main/secondary valve structure to a first/second compartment containing a selected base liquid/a selected combination substance, and transferring the first/second volume of the selected base liquid/selected combination substance from the first/second compartment via the main/secondary valve structure and a dosing valve to a bottle disposed in a bottling station. After the transferring the first and second volumes to the bottle, the method includes moving the bottle to a mixing station and mixing a content of the bottle to form the fluid mixture, closing the bottle in a closing station, sealing the bottle in a sealing station, and dispensing the bottle to a user.

System for refilling with liquid a second inverted bottle disposed above a first bottle containing liquid via a filling interface, disposed between the two bottles, comprising a valve in two elastically deformable parts. Depending on the intensity of the application of a downward vertical force on the second bottle, the pump of this bottle is first depressed to open the vent under a first force, and, then, the valve deforms elastically under a second, more intense force in order to cause the transfer of the liquid from the first to the second bottle.

A method for producing sterile solution-filled containers includes positioning a cartridge onto a filling machine. The cartridge includes a plurality of containers, a filter assembly, and a connection line in fluid communication with the filter assembly. Each of the plurality of containers includes a volume and a stem in fluid communication with the volume and in fluid communication with the connection line. The method includes coupling the cartridge to a feed line in fluid communication with a mix tank, activating a pump coupled to the feed line, and at least partially filling one or more of the volumes associated with the plurality of containers by pumping fluid through the feed line, the filter assembly, and the connection line to create one or more at least partially filled containers. Further, the method includes sealing and separating each of the filled and sealed containers from the connection line.

A cartridge assembly for a filling machine includes a plurality of containers. Each container includes a volume and a stem connected to the volume. A connection line grid is in fluid communication with each stem of the plurality of containers. The connection line grid includes a first row connected to one or more containers of the plurality of containers and a second row connected to one or more containers of the plurality of containers. A filter assembly is coupled to the connection line grid.

A cartridge assembly for a filling machine includes a plurality of containers. Each container includes a volume and a stem connected to the volume. A connection line grid is in fluid communication with each stem of the plurality of containers. The connection line grid includes a first row connected to one or more containers of the plurality of containers and a second row connected to one or more containers of the plurality of containers. A filter assembly is coupled to the connection line grid.

A method for producing sterile solution-filled containers includes positioning a cartridge onto a filling machine. The cartridge includes a plurality of containers, a filter assembly, and a connection line in fluid communication with the filter assembly. Each of the plurality of containers includes a volume and a stem in fluid communication with the volume and in fluid communication with the connection line. The method includes coupling the cartridge to a feed line in fluid communication with a mix tank, activating a pump coupled to the feed line, and at least partially filling one or more of the volumes associated with the plurality of containers by pumping fluid through the feed line, the filter assembly, and the connection line to create one or more at least partially filled containers. Further, the method includes sealing and separating each of the filled and sealed containers from the connection line.

A packing apparatus includes a funnel including a top to receive a food product and a bottom, where a diameter of a bottom of the funnel is less than a length of the food product to orient the food product from the bottom of the funnel in a packing orientation. The packing apparatus further includes a tube connected to the bottom of the funnel, where a length of the tube is greater than or equal to half the length of the food product. The packing apparatus further includes a gate assembly connected to a bottom of the funneling assembly, where the gate assembly releases the food product in the packing orientation from an outlet of the tube.