Diving nozzle for filling a product into a package and for gas purging and method for the same
AssigneePouch Pac Innovations, LLC
InventorR. Charles Murray
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Abstract
The diving nozzle includes a first tube and a second tube. The first tube having a first inlet and a first outlet. The first inlet connected to a supply of a first material. The first outlet operable to dispense the first material into the package. The second tube is moveable with respect to the first tube. The second tube having a second inlet and a second outlet. The second inlet connected to a supply of a second material. The second outlet operable to dispense the second material into the package. The first material is one of the product and the purging gas, the second material is the other of the product and the purging gas.
Claims11
A diving nozzle for filling a product into a package and for purging the package with a purging gas, the diving nozzle comprising:
- a first tube having a first inlet and a first outlet, the first inlet connected to a supply of a first material, and the first outlet operable to dispense the first material into the package, the first material being one of the product and the purging gas;
- a second tube moveable with respect to the first tube, the second tube having a second inlet and a second outlet, the second inlet connected to a supply of a second material, the second outlet operable to dispense the second material into the package, the second material being the other of the product and the purging gas;
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- a fluid controlled actuator having a shaft and a piston slidingly received within a case, the shaft having one end secured to the second tube and an opposite end secured to the piston, the fluid controlled actuator operable to displace the second tube through a control ingress and egress of a fluid into the case.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.