Filling nozzle comprising a suction channel
AssigneeSerac Group
InventorBertrand Gruson
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Abstract
A filler station for a packaging installation for packaging a substance in containers, the station having a filler spout having a spout body with a bottom end provided with an orifice fitted with a controlled delivery valve. The spout is provided with at least one suction channel extending in the bottom end of the spout body between the outside of the filler station and the inside of the spout body so as to open out inside the spout body above the orifice. An associated installation and method.
Claims10
A filler station for a packaging installation for packaging a substance in containers, the station comprising a filler spout having a spout body
- with a top dedicated to connect to a supply pipe for supplying the filler spout and with a bottom end provided with an orifice fitted with a controlled delivery valve,
- wherein the spout is fitted with a return pipe having one end that is fastened to the spout body and that is opened out into the spout body above the delivery valve and below the zone where the supply pipe is dedicated to open out into the spout body,
- wherein the spout is provided also with at least one suction channel, that is different from the return pipe, and that extends in the bottom end of the spout body between the outside of the filler station and the inside of the spout body so as to open out inside the spout body above the orifice, the suction channel thus being designed to extend in the bottom end of the spout body between the outside of the packaging installation and the inside of the spout body so as to open out inside the spout body above the orifice.
A filler station for a packaging installation for packaging a substance in containers, the station comprising a filler spout having a spout body with a bottom end provided with an orifice fitted with a controlled delivery valve, the station being wherein the spout is provided with at least one suction channel extending in the bottom end of the spout body between the outside of the filler station and the inside of the spout body so as to open out inside the spout body above the orifice, the suction channel thus being designed to extend in the bottom end of the spout body between the outside of the packaging installation and the inside of the spout body so as to open out inside the spout body above the orifice, wherein the suction channel has a connection segment extending radially in the spout body so as to open out at a first end to the outside of the spout body and wherein at its second end, the connection segment is extended by a distribution portion that matches the shape of the end of the spout body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.