Filling device, in particular food product filling device, for a metering of a given weight and/or volume of a filling material that is to be metered, system with the device, and method

US11332267B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ampack GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Bernd Bischoff · Hemer, DE
• Detlef Mueller · Glinde, DE
• Wolfgang Schmitt · Rodgau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 6, 2021
• Grant date: May 17, 2022
• Expiry date: May 6, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65B3/04
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A filling device for a metering of a given weight and/or volume of a filling material (14) that is to be metered, including a collecting container (20) which is configured for the filling material (14) that is to be metered to be collected therein, and further including a metering element which is configured, for a metering of the filling material (14), to remove a defined volume of the filling material (14) out of the collecting container (20), and including a support module (26) movably supporting the metering element (24, 28).