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US 2003/0209283 A1Published application
Labor saving, high speed, high volume, liquid filling machine, for palletized containers
OwnerCarl J. Fabryinventor
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Abstract
A machine consisting of a vertically mobile liquid manifold filling system, and a horizontally mobile carriage for maneuvering pallets under a multi-head filler, for simultaneously filling entire pallet tiers of empty containers, such as 2.5 gallon metal or plastic jugs, bottles, or pails, 5.0 gallon metal or plastic jugs, bottles or pails, or 30-55 gallon metal or plastic drums, requires only the labor to lift and place empty containers onto a pallet, instead of the conventional physical handling and palletizing, of heavy, prefilled containers.
Claims7
A liquid filling apparatus, comprising:
- a frame including an elevator shaft;
- an elevator housed in said frame;
- a horizontal track system housed in said frame for supporting a carriage system;
- a reciprocating pallet transport system carried by said carriage system, for holding and moving at least one tier of pallets of containers to be filled and capped;
- a pressurized boom and a multi-head nozzle apparatus mounted on the elevator so as to be elevated to a predetermined position for filling the containers on the pallets;
- a pumping system for pumping and filtering a bulk solution from a holding tank through the pressurized boom and multi-head nozzle apparatus and into the containers on the pallets;
- overhead mounting brackets for air operated container cap closure devices;
- an automated, motorized multi-lid fastening device for the air operated closure devices;
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- electrical and automation control panels for the carriage, the elevator, the pump, the manifold and air operated closure devices.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.