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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7308916 | Beverage dispenser A beverage dispenser operates a cup holder to advance a cup holding portion holding a cup in which a beverage is filled from an inside of a cup port to an outside thereof to locate it above a cup mount, lower the cup holding portion from a above position by a predet... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7278451 | Machine for filling containers A machine (1) for filling containers (2) has a carousel conveyor (5) having a vertical axis (6) and in turn having a number of filling heads (7), and an equal number of seats (8), each of which houses a respective container ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7108025 | Beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material, and a container filling lifting device for pressing containers to container filling machines A beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material, and a container filling lifting device for lifting containers in container filling machines. The lifting device is designed to lift a container, such as a bottle, to a first level... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7069964 | Filler Vessels 2 on a conveying rail 4 are supported by a back guide 8 and are intermittently conveyed by a transfer rake 6. A number of filling nozzles 28 which corresponds to a number of vessels 2 are installed at a filling stati... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7067167 | Method for making sweet cookie dough having an imprinted surface Rapid, efficient, and systematic processes and apparatuses for making repeatable imprints on multiple, individual sweet dough pieces are provided. An advantage of the process is the ease of making uniform imprints that are aligned with the individual dough pieces as... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7045721 | Lifting device for use with drum weighing machine Apparatus, system and methods useful for lifting a drum to enable the drum and its contents to be accurately weighed includes a drum weighing platform engageable with the drum, at least two guide rods. The guide rods are movable upwardly in unison to move the drum w... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6955489 | Multi composition stick product and a process and system for manufacturing the same A multi-composition stick product, such as a lip balm, sun screen, deodorant, or glue stick. The multi-composition stick product including a stick composition molded in the container so as to contact the walls thereof and be advanceable or ejected therefrom. The sti... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6918417 | Beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material, and an easily cleaned lifting device in a beverage bottling plant A beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material, and an easily cleaned lifting device in a beverage bottling plant. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6871676 | Automated device and method for packaging food An automated food processing system and method is provided that allows food to be dispensed, fried and packaged in a suitable container, which may be an individual portion-sized container. In one embodiment, the system includes separate automated modules for dispens... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6755222 | Liquid filling method The present invention provides a liquid filling method capable of filling liquid into containers at a rate as high as 3500 containers/nozzle·hour (2 pitch-feed) without causing the problems such as foaming, turbulence of liquid surface and the like inside the conta... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6725890 | Apparatus and method for automatically handling and filling drums Apparatus for automatically handling and filling drums comprising a conveyor on which drums may be sequentially moved to an orienting station, a filling station and a capping and sealing station. The orienting station includes a rotating mechanism for rotating the d... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6715518 | Apparatus and method for depositing cookie dough into a tray An apparatus utilizes an object holding technique for holding a tray or discrete object while supplying a dough product onto the tray or discrete object. Preferably, a conveyor transports the tray or discrete object for receiving dough products. A subframe preferabl... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6619340 | Liquid metering and filling lifter for containers A liquid metering and filling lifter for use with different kinds of containers (C) having different heights for moving the container (C) upward and downward with a stroke corresponding to the height of the container (C) in filling a liquid into the conta... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6568438 | Dispensing apparatus The dispensing apparatus dispenses material into a container (34) having at least one predetermined shape component (40a) which cooperates with the dispensing apparatus to control a dispensing operation. There is a vertically movable support (8) for the c... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6561235 | Apparatus and method for depositing cookie dough into a tray An apparatus utilizes an object holding technique for holding a tray or discrete object while depositing an extruded dough product onto the tray or discrete object. Preferably, a conveyor transports the tray or discrete object for receiving extruded dough... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6347648 | Powder filling utilizing vibrofluidization A method for filling a powder container, including the steps of placing a first powder container to be filled in filling relationship to a supply of powder in a vessel, vibrofluidizing the powder in the vessel to improve its flow properties, dispensing po... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6343628 | Machine for filling bottles with liquid A bottling apparatus has a frame and an endless conveyor element on the frame, having a horizontal working stretch extending in a transport direction through a filling station, and carrying a plurality of holder plates each formed with a row of seats adap... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6142169 | Sterile tank venting system for a filling machine A gas supply system connected to vent a tank of a product filling system is set forth. The gas supply system comprises a high pressure/low pressure gas supply having a common outlet. The high pressure/low pressure gas supply is operable in a first mode of... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6125894 | Electric version fry dispenser A electric version of a dispenser unit and method of monitoring a request signal for filling empty baskets, movement of the empty baskets on a loading ramp via a stop gate, and movement of the filled basket between a loading station and a staging station ... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6096983 | Powder/chip weighing/feeding apparatus A weighing/feeding apparatus for mixing two or more different types of powder/chip by respective given amounts and feeding a weighing vessel with the mixture efficiently with accuracy is provided. The apparatus includes a weighing/feeding section arranged... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6041834 | Liquid filling device A liquid filling device comprises a filling nozzle 31 for filling contents into containers C being transported by a conveyor 13, and a lifter 34 for lifting the container C to be filled from the path of transport of the conveyor. The filling nozzle 31 has... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6000446 | Apparatus for particulate processing A method including: a particulate material source and receiver, and wherein the source contains a discharge feature; moving material in the source in the direction of a member located at least partially within the source, the member defining an adjustable... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5996652 | Filling fluent foodstuffs into containers An apparatus for filling cups has a conveyor for displacing the cups in a horizontal transport direction stepwise along a horizontal transport path and at least two dosing units spaced in the transport direction from each other above the path and each inc... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5983961 | Apparatus for filling a plurality of containers with particulate or granular material An apparatus for filling a plurality of containers with a predetermined amount of a particulate or granular material. The apparatus comprises a hopper for holding a supply of material. The hopper has an upper end, a lower end and at least one tapered side... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5947169 | Oscillating valve for powders A method for filling a powder container is provided. The method includes the steps of placing a first powder container to be filled in filling relationship to a discharge feature in the vessel, directing the powder in the vessel toward a member located at... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5865217 | Fill system including a flexible nozzle for reducing the mixing of product and air during container filling A filling system of a packaging machine is set forth that reduces the mixing of product and air during the filling of the container with a flowable material such as low fat milk. The fill pipe of the filling system has an elliptical cross-section which pr... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5839485 | Electromagnetic valve and demagnetizing circuit A method and apparatus for filling a container with a magnetic material using an electromagnetic valve and a demagnetizing circuit to control the flow and properties of the material. Initially an empty container is placed under a fill tube through which t... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5819821 | Fill system including a flexible nozzle for reducing the mixing of product and air during container filling A filling system of a packaging machine is set forth that reduces the mixing of product and air during the filling of a container with a product. The filling system is designed to fill a container having a cross section defined by a plurality of sidewalls... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5758698 | Fill system including a valve assembly and corresponding structure for reducing the mixing of product and air during container filling A filling system for filling a container is set forth. The container to be filled has a bottom portion and a plurality of sidewalls defining a container cross-section. The filling system comprises a fill pipe having a product inlet and a product outlet, a... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5720326 | Method and apparatus for filling a container with reduced mixing of product and air A method and an apparatus for filling a container with product are set forth which assist in reducing the mixing of air and product as the product is dispensed into the container. In accordance with one embodiment of the apparatus, the apparatus comprises... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5469899 | Stabilization of cans with a smaller footprint on a can elevating platform of automatic beverage filling machinery Stirrup and can elevating platform components are disclosed which, in normal operation, do not tilt or mis-align smaller footprint cans as the cans are successively transferred to and elevated by a can platform or a wear plate superimposed upon the can pl... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5370163 | Adjustable container return device for variable stroke lifter system An adjustable container return device for use with a lift arm of a variable stroke lifter system for lifting variable height containers. The return device includes a vertically oriented rod threadedly movable at its bottom end relative to the lift arm; a ... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5361812 | Dispensing apparatus An automated dispenser for liquid and pulverulent materials dispenses the materials into a container located below a dispense head. The container is supported by a shelf extending in front of the dispenser. The shelf is divided into sections, with the sec... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5353847 | Food dispenser, dispenser container and method A portioning dispenser for bulk food items is disclosed which receives bulk food items in a storage bin, portions food items from the storage bin, and dispenses measured portions of food items for further processing. The dispenser can include a rotary dru... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5282498 | Prod dispenser, dispenser container and method A portioning dispenser for bulk food items is disclosed which receives bulk food items in a storage bin, portions food items from the storage bin, and dispenses measured portions of food items for further processing. The dispenser can include a rotary dru... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5191918 | Food dispenser and method A portioning dispenser for bulk food items is disclosed which receives bulk food items in a storage bin, portions food items from the storage bin, and dispenses measured portions of food items for further processing. The dispenser can include a rotary dru... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5167266 | Apparatus for filling containers with liquid An apparatus for filling containers, especially bottles, with liquid material is provided. The apparatus has at least one filling element for dispensing the liquid material into a respective container in a controlled manner. A bell-shaped portion is provi... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5095955 | Process and a device for the filling of doughy filling material into receptacles To fill receptacles (2) uniformly, without air inclusions and without soiling, the filling material is pressed into the continuously enlarging space between the receptacle bottom and a counter-bottom attached to the end of the filling head (1) facing the ... | 03/17/1992 |
| 4913198 | System for automatic dispensation of dye solution A system for the automatic dispensation of dye solutions characterized in that it is provided with a plurality of weighing devices for converting weight changes of dye solution materials supplied to receiving containers into electric signals. A control sy... | 04/03/1990 |
