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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8100152 | Rotating filler for viscous product A machine for filling containers with liquid product, comprising a rotating carousel provided with a plurality of filling stations, means adapted to provide selective feeding by means of a hot fluid and by means of the product, and means adapted to collect and evacu... | 01/24/2012 |
| 7426815 | Method and apparatus for loading a container with a product There is provided a method of loading a container with a defined quantity of product which comprises the steps of a) closing off a perforation in a perforated plate; b) directing powder into said closed-off perforation by the action of a first leveller blade moveabl... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7353848 | Beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material having a filling device and a filling machine having such a filling device A beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material having a filling device and a filling machine having such a filling device. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350545 | Filling valve apparatus A filling valve apparatus having a body portion with an inner wall terminating at an aperture to define a sealing seat. The inner wall extends below the seat to define a trap for a fluid. A cage extends from the body portion with the cage having an inner wall mating... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347231 | Beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage having a filling machine for filling bottles with a liquid beverage Beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage having a filling machine for filling bottles and other beverage containers with a liquid beverage. The filling machine having a gas tube being configured and disposed to permit evacuation of gas from... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7311125 | Beverage bottle handling and filing machine for containers such as bottles and cans Beverage bottle handling and filling machine for containers, such as bottles and cans, with lifting devices to lift the containers by the mouth or neck upward to engage beverage discharge openings to permit filling. The filling machine has a piston/cylinder arrangem... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7299833 | Filling valve apparatus A filling valve apparatus having a body portion with an inner wall terminating at an aperture to define a sealing seat. The inner wall extends below the seat to define a trap for a fluid. A cage extends from the body portion with the cage having an inner wall mating... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7210507 | Capsule filling machine The capsule filling machine is provided with special volumetric dosing stations each having two or more adjacent dosing units (9, 9′, 22), fixed at equal distances from each other on the periphery of the carousel and located outside and at a distance from t... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7156267 | Valve unit for filling machines The present invention relates to a valve unit for container filling machines, particularly for bottle fillers. More particularly, the present invention relates to a valve unit (1), particularly for machines for filling containers (8), comprising a holl... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7000656 | Dosing system There are practical difficulties in dosing a component of a composition into its container, such as a personal care product into a hand-holdable dispenser on a filling line, due in part to the short time that is available for the operation. The difficulties can be a... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6997439 | Liquid filling valve The present invention provides a filling valve which affords an excellent sterilization capability and a high maintenance capability. The valve includes a tubular nozzle 4, an operating rod 6 which is fitted in the nozzle 4 so as to be elevatabl... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6817386 | Filling valve A liquid passage 4 for filling which communicates with a liquid supply piping 6 for filling is formed within a valve housing 2 and carries a filling nozzle 31 at its lower end. The liquid passage 4 is opened or closed by a liquid v... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6810927 | Device for in-line supplying of additives to a base product, in particular for filling machines, and associated filling machine Device for supplying additives (A, B, C) and machine for filling containers (4) with a fluid product (6) supplied to delivery heads (5) by means of a header (7; 7; 107) and distribution ducts (7a; 7b) comprisin... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6786248 | Fill valve assembly for filler device A fill valve assembly for use in association with a filler device comprising an outer housing, a product dispensing member, a displaceable piston and a seal member. The product dispensing member is associated with the outer housing. The displaceable piston is displa... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6742556 | Filler valve assembly A filler valve assembly that includes a first housing member with an elongated hollow filler tube secured thereto, the filler tube having an outlet through which liquid exits when filling containers. A second housing member having secured thereto an elongated piston... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6701979 | Machine for filling containers with a liquid substance In a machine (1) for filling containers with a liquid substance, a rotating head (2) is carried rotatingly by a stationary structure (3) and a liquid substance delivering chamber (4) is made inside the rotating head (2). A plurality of distributors (6) ar... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6662828 | Telescoping filling head A telescoping filling head comprising a driving portion, a nozzle block portion and a two-stage telescoping nozzle, the innermost portion of the nozzle having positionable apertures. A telescoping filling head can be retrofitted on an existing filling dev... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6604560 | Packaging processing apparatus in a packaging machine A packaging processing (liquid filling) apparatus, including a rising-and-lowering assembly attached to a pivot member and moved vertically and filling nozzles attached to the rising-and-lowering assembly. An endless chain having grippers at equal interva... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6595245 | Method and a machine for metering products, in particular liquids, and for filling containers with the metered products According to a method for filling containers (2) with a metered quantity of products (10), the products is supplied to a reservoir (3), inside which there is a metering receptacle (7). In its upper part, the metering receptacle (7) is open and its lower p... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6585013 | Machine for filling capsules with at least one product A continuous machine for filling the bottom shells of capsules with at least one product has a conveyor for feeding the bottom shells along a given path; and at least one metering wheel having a number of metering devices, each for supplying a relative bo... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6484763 | Device for transporting fluids, such as viscous adhesives or sealants A device for transporting fluids, such as viscous adhesives and sealants. The device includes a cylinder which may be filled by a supply line and a movable piston within the cylinder for ejecting the fluid into a discharge line. The piston includes an axi... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6390330 | Apparatus for metering and dispensing powder into hard gelatin capsules or the like An apparatus for metering and dispensing powder into hard gelatin capsules or the like. The apparatus has a metering disk that rotates in advancing steps, with bores disposed in its base. The bores which cooperate with tamping plungers that move up and do... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6378574 | Rotary type continuous filling apparatus A rotary type continuous filling apparatus that continuously fills bags accommodated in retainers with a filling liquid via filing nozzles. A cylinder of each of the pump devices that correspond to the respective filling nozzles is installed horizontally ... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6338371 | Apparatus for conveying, supplying, and filling unshaped containers, and method for conveying and supplying the same A filling apparatus of irregular--formed vessels having an intermittent swinging table (111) disposed above a continuous rotation table (5) and having a plurality of filling nozzles (121) at a same pitch as the vessel holding pitch, filling means for push... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6263925 | Actuator for can filling apparatus An actuator mechanism is provided for a device for automatically filling cans with a carbonated beverage. The filling apparatus is of a type wherein a valve is raised and lowered for the purpose of introduction of pressurized gas into each successive cont... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6148874 | Filling head mechanism that removes material from a spout of a filled container before completely disengaging from the spout A machine and method for filling bags with liquid through spouts attached to the bags, wherein a piston within a filling head that operates to control flow of the liquid from the filling head is also extended out of the filling head and into the spout, af... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6050308 | Device for filling powder into hard gelatin capsules or the like A device for filling powder into hard gelatine capsules or the like has an incrementally rotated metering disk. A spacer disk is disposed underneath the metering disk and is coupled to the metering disk. In order to change the volumes of the compressed ch... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5960838 | Valve for adjustable filling chamber A circular filling machine 10 rotates a plurality of filling units 20 through a plurality of actuator stations 30 and 32. The filling machine 10 is characterized by an adjustment valve, including a seal 38 and a positioning member 40, for determining the ... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5944072 | Filling valve for container filling machine A flange 52 extends upwardly about a filling passage 50 and a flexible tubular valve member 54 having a bead 56 in tension about and in sealing engagement with the flange and extending through an inlet cavity 48 to an annular ring 58 presenting an upwardl... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5775387 | Container filling system having fill-pipe with an extended sealing member for reducing mixing of product and air during container filling A filling system for filling a container through an open end thereof is set forth. The filling system comprises a fill-pipe having an inlet for receiving a liquid product and an outlet through which the liquid product can be dispensed into the open end of... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5685349 | Biased plungers and vent bars for an apparatus for introducing filler material into containers Biased plungers and vent bars are used with an apparatus for introducing filler material into containers. The biased plungers and vent bars cooperate to vent gas that builds up below filler material as it is being introduced from a measuring chamber into ... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5549144 | Compression filler for aerateable powders A filling head for a pouch packaging machine or the like has a plurality of rotating chambers for receiving measured amounts of an aerateable powder. Pistons aligned with the chambers can be inserted into the chambers to compress the powder and remove ent... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5445194 | Filling element for filling machines for dispensing a liquid filling material into containers A filling element, preferably a filling element that has no filling tube or only a short filling tube, for filling machines for dispensing a liquid filling material into bottles or similar containers. The filling element has an operational element that ca... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5417260 | Metering-out device, a metering-out valve, and apparatus for timed metering out of liquid The invention relates to a metering-out device for taking successive timed doses of liquid from a tank, the device comprising a body for mounting in fixed manner relative to the tank and including a liquid-taking plunger with motion transmission means for... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5372167 | Filling machine A cylindrical housing 6 is secured to the bottom surface of an elevatable filling liquid tank 2, and a liquid injection pipe 16 is mounted on the bottom of the housing 6. An exhaust pipe 18 axially passes through the housing 6 and the liquid injection pip... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5337795 | Apparatus for introducing filler material into containers An apparatus for introducing filler material in a fluid carrier into a measuring chamber in rapid succession is described. The apparatus includes a delivery subsystem for introducing the filler material into the fluid carrier. The delivery subsystem provi... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5230373 | Piston filler A piston filler apparatus as disclosed in which the filler pistons and associated reciprocal valves are disposed below the product containing bowl so that they can be withdrawn into the bowl to effect easy in-place cleaning. A method of in-place cleaning ... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5150743 | Apparatus for admitting metered quantities of liquid into bottles or other containers Apparatus for filling successive containers with a liquid, such as a carbonated beverage, has a rotary vessel with a bottom wall which carries an annulus of tubular extensions each of which is surrounded by a metering chamber. Each extension and the assoc... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5139058 | Filling valve Filling valves for counterpressure filling of containers with carbonated liquids. The filling valves comprise valve bodies for conducting the carbonated liquids to the container from an external reservoir, the valve body having an end from which the carbo... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5107907 | Two-stage product filling apparatus A two-stage apparatus for measuring quantities of constituents of a product for canning includes a quantity measuring chamber which is substantially vertical and mounted on a support which rotates about an axis. The chamber comprises a tubular enclosure i... | 04/28/1992 |
