Filling device
AssigneeSluis Cigar Machinery B.V.
InventorOscar Slurink
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Abstract
A filling device, in particular for filling liquid containers of electronic cigarettes with a liquid, includes: a rotary carrousel configured to rotate about a main axis of rotation, a pump cam track extending about the main axis, where the rotary carrousel includes multiple hose pumps arranged in an annular configuration about the main axis, where each hose pump includes: a hose, a rotary pump device, the rotary pump device including: a roller rotor including a number of rollers which are configured to engage the hose and urge the liquid through the hose, a cam rotor including a number of pump cams which are configured to engage the pump cam track, the cam rotor being coupled to the roller rotor.
Claims20
A filling device for filling liquid containers of electronic cigarettes with a liquid, the filling device comprising:
- a rotary carrousel configured to rotate about a main axis of rotation,
- a pump cam track extending about the main axis,
- wherein the rotary carrousel comprises multiple hose pumps arranged in an annular configuration about said main axis, wherein each hose pump comprises:
- a hose,
- a rotary pump device, the rotary pump device comprising:
- a roller rotor comprising a number of rollers which are configured to engage the hose and urge the liquid through the hose,
- a cam rotor comprising a number of pump cams which are configured to engage the pump cam track, the cam rotor being coupled to the roller rotor,
- wherein the pump cam track comprises an inclined section configured to engage the pump cams and to rotate the rotary pump device of a hose pump during the rotary movement of the carrousel, wherein during the rotation of the rotary pump device a quantity of liquid is pumped into a container positioned in a container holder which is associated with said hose pump.
A method of filling containers with a liquid, the method comprising:
- providing a filling device for filling liquid containers of electronic cigarettes with a liquid, the filling device comprising:
- a rotary carrousel configured to rotate about a main axis of rotation,
- a pump cam track extending about the main axis,
- wherein the rotary carrousel comprises multiple hose pumps arranged in an annular configuration about said main axis, wherein each hose pump comprises:
- a hose,
- a rotary pump device, the rotary pump device comprising:
- a roller rotor comprising a number of rollers which are configured to engage the hose and urge the liquid through the hose,
- a cam rotor comprising a number of pump cams which are configured to engage the pump cam track, the cam rotor being coupled to the roller rotor,
- wherein the pump cam track comprises an inclined section configured to engage the cams and to rotate the rotary pump device of a hose pump during the rotary movement of the carrousel, wherein during the rotation of the rotary pump device a quantity of liquid is pumped into a container positioned in a container holder which is associated with said hose pump,
- the method further comprising:
- supplying an empty container to a container holder and moving said container along in close proximity with a nozzle of a hose pump on the rotating carrousel which is associated with the container holder,
- filling said container with the associated hose pump as the rotary pump device of the hose pump is rotated by the pump cam track during the rotary movement of the carrousel,
- removing the filled container from the container holder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.