Hopper-fed piston filler and lift assembly workstation

Details Hopper-fed piston filler and lift assembly workstation Hopper-fed piston filler and lift assembly workstation

1994-02-23

1996-03-19

Huppert, Michael S.

Elevator, industrial lift truck, or stationary lift for vehicle

Transportable elevator

Wheel supported

187234, 414287, 222160, B66B 916, B66F 906, A21C 1100

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054996953

ABSTRACT:
A workstation for filling muffin pans and the like by means of a piston filler fed from a hopper located in surmounting relation to the piston filler, the invention further includes a lift assembly mounting the combined piston filler and hopper for vertical motion to facilitate removal of all material being dispensed from the hopper and to allow the hopper to be quickly and safely scraped and cleaned. The lift assembly of the invention holds the piston filler and hopper at an adjustable level above the floor which is best suited to the height of a user performing pan filling operations at the workstation, the lift assembly acting to controllably lower the piston filler and associated hopper not only for scraping and cleaning but also for filling of the hopper with bulk material which is to be dispensed. On filling of the hopper at or near a lowermost position, the lift assembly vertically lifts the piston filler and hopper vertically to a height best suited ergonomically to the height of a user for operating the piston filler. Filling, scraping and cleaning of the hopper is thereby performed at a safe level above the floor of the space within which the work station is located while actual operation of the piston filler takes place at an appropriate level above the floor for each user of the workstation.

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