Mixing-dosage apparatus for rotary packaging machines
AssigneeI.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.P.A.
InventorFilippo Furlotti
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Abstract
A mixing-dosage apparatus for rotary machines for packaging containers includes a mixing portion and a dosage portion. The two portions have a selective fluid connection using a flow control valve, which acts between the two portions so as to feed the dosage duct with consecutive loads of mixed food mass. Each load has a volume that is approximately equal to the volume of the mixing chamber.
Claims10
A mixing-dosage apparatus for rotary machines for packaging containers that are each configured to be filled with a single dose of mixed food mass, comprising at least one first ingredient and one second ingredient, the mixing-dosage apparatus comprising:
- a mixing portion, comprising a mixing chamber and a mixer which is active in the mixing chamber for mixing or blending the ingredients into a mixed food mass, and
- a dosage portion, comprising a dosage duct and a dispensing valve that affects a free end of the dosage duct to dispense a single dose of mixed food mass in the container,
- wherein the mixing portion and the dosage portion have a selective fluid connection, a flow control valve being provided between the two portions so as to feed the dosage duct with consecutive loads of mixed food mass, each load having a volume that is approximately equal to the volume of the mixing chamber, and
- further comprising a dosage element which acts on the dosage duct at least to pick up from said mixing chamber a load of mixed food mass in the condition in which the flow control valve is open and the dispensing valve is closed.
A rotary mixing-dosage station for lines for filling containers, the rotary mixing-dosage station comprising:
- at least one first tank for a first ingredient and at least one second tank for a second ingredient;
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- a carousel configured to rotate about a vertical axis and is provided along its peripheral region with a plurality of filling nozzles associated with respective devices for supporting the containers,
- wherein each one of said nozzles is connected to said at least one first tank and to said at least one second tank at least through a respective mixing portion which is fixed to said carousel and comprising a mixing chamber and a mixer which is active in the mixing chamber to mix or blend said first and second ingredients into a mixed food mass configured to be dispensed from said nozzle,
- wherein at least said first tank and said second tank are pressurized tanks and are connected respectively to a source of a first ingredient under pressure and to a source of a second ingredient under pressure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.