Measuring flask for use in a filling machine
US5396936A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 8, 1994 |
| Grant date | Mar 14, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 8, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65B1/363
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An improved filling machine is used for filling like containers with a like measured amount of divided material. The filling machine includes a housing and a drive connected to the housing. A filling turret is mounted in the housing. The filling turret includes a filling tank with a rotatable floor connected to the drive. A plurality of measuring flasks is arranged in a circle in the rotatable floor. Each measuring flask includes an open ended measuring tube and a sleeve telescopically mounted on the tube. The measuring flasks receive divided material from the filling tank. A container support maintains the containers in a horizontal plane. A control selectively lowers and raises the sleeve relative to the respective tube as the containers move with the flasks to measure the amount of divided material to be delivered to the respective container and then deliver the measured divided material into the container.
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