Cone-shaped jet filling tube and filling machine equipped therewith
AssigneeSidel
InventorPatrick Decarne
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Abstract
The invention concerns a filling tube for dispensing a liquid into a container, wherein the tube (10) comprises an orifice (36, 40) for dispensing the liquid which conditions a cone-shaped jet, and wherein the tube comprises an axial cannula provided with a gas discharge conduit (24) emerging inside the space defined by the cone-shaped jet. The invention is characterised in that the cannula comprises a gas intake pipe (28) which emerges inside the space defined by the cone-shaped jet and which sprays a gas stream which flows substantially parallel to the liquid cone-shaped jet, on the inner side thereof.
Claims10
Filling spout for delivering a liquid into a container, of the type in which the spout (10) comprises a delivery orifice (36, 40) of the liquid which forms an umbrella jet, and of a type in which the spout has an axial hollow needle equipped with a gas duct (4) of which opens into the inside of the space delimited by the umbrella jet,
- characterized in that the hollow needle comprises a channel (28) supplied with gas that opens into the inside of the space delimited by the umbrella jet and which projects a flow of gas that runs essentially in parallel to the umbrella jet of the liquid, on the interior of same.
Filling spout according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the gas supply channel is supplied with a gas that is neutral with respect to the product to be delivered.
Filling spout according any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the product jet exhibits an axial rotation component.
Machine for filling containers, characterized in that it comprises at least one filling station equipped with a filling spout conforming to any one of the preceding claims.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.