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Device for filling a plurality of containers

US5139059A · kind A · utility

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7Claims

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Assignee

DOHLER GMBH · DE

Inventors

Martin DIERKES · Groß-Zimmern, DE
Manfred Gartner · Felixdorf, AT

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 17, 1991
Grant date	Aug 18, 1992
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 17, 2011

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA23G3/28
WIPO fieldFood chemistry
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A device for simultaneously filling a plurality of prefabricated cup-like containers having the same height with creamy food compositions, said device consisting of an outer frame which is higher than the upper edge of the containers, and of a cover plate which has a plurality of round openings (wells) conforming to the maximum diameter of the containers, said wells carrying tubular downward extensions which are longer by at least 3 mm, and preferably by 10 mm, than the difference between the height of the containers and the height of the frame.

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