Filling element for filling machines for dispensing liquid

US5190084A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Seitz Enzinger Noll Maschinenbau Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Egbert Diehl · Hackenheim, DE
• Karl Lorenz · Redwood City, US
• Helmut Graff · Roxheim, DE
• Bernd Link · Dornhan, DE
• Ludwig Clüsserath · Bad Kreuznach, DE
• Klaus Kaiser · Markgröningen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 3, 1991
• Grant date: Mar 2, 1993
• Expiry date: May 3, 2011

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B67C2003/2685
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A filling element for filling machines is provided and includes a liquid flow valve, which comprises a valve body that can be moved back and forth in a filling element axis between a position that closes the liquid flow valve off and a position that opens this valve. Also provided is an electrical probe for determining filling heights of liquid material in containers. The probe includes a first probe element that projects beyond the underside of the filling element and has an electrode, and a second probe element that at least partially surrounds at least part of the first probe element. The lower end of the second probe element is spaced further from the underside of the filling element than is the first probe element.