Fluent material handling – with receiver or receiver coacting mea – With soil removing – coating – lubricating – sterilizing and/or... – With cleaning – coating or drying means
Patent
1998-02-27
1999-10-05
Douglas, Steven O.
Fluent material handling, with receiver or receiver coacting mea
With soil removing, coating, lubricating, sterilizing and/or...
With cleaning, coating or drying means
141 91, 141144, 141145, 141146, 141147, 222148, 134169R, B65B 104
Patent
active
059608382
ABSTRACT:
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 quantity of the material 14 to be filled into the chamber 34. The seal 38 is biased downwardly against the positioning member 40 by a spring 50 to hold the seal 38against the inside of the chamber 34 in the closed position. The seal 38 may be moved vertically out of engagement with the positioning member 40 to an open position by a cam 62 and cam follower 64 to allow cleaning material 37 to flush the entire chamber 34. In addition, the vertical operating level of the seal 38 and positioning member 40 may be adjusted vertically in unison to adjust the level to which the chamber 34 may be filled to accommodate containers 11 of various different volumes. The positioning member 40 and the seal 38 both depend from a platform 52 by tubular columns 54 and 56 so that the vertical adjustment is accomplished by rotation of a threaded screw 58 threadedly engaging the platform 52.
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Tietz Felix
Wilke Wolfgang
Crown Simplimatic Incorporated
Douglas Steven O.
Maust Timothy L.
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