In-case bottle filling apparatus
OwnerJames Albert Greeneinventor
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Abstract
A bottle filling device which raises in-case bottles to be filled to engagement with a fill valve assembly which controls fluid communication between a fill tube inserted into each bottle and a pressurized fill tank. Cup members, which engage the bottle openings in fill position, communicate with a vacuum line, such that the combination of pressurized fill source and air-evacuated bottles realizes extremely fast filling. The fill tubes are the shafts of respective double acting fluid pressure operated cylinders of simple construction which position a port in the fill tube upper wall extremes within the fill tank confines or within pressure sealing cylinder end bushings to define respective open and closed fill-valve conditions.
Claims12
A bottle filling apparatus, comprising an elevatable table upon which at least one bottle may be positioned oriented, a fill tank position-mounted over said table;
- a fill valve means associated with each bottle to be filled, each said fill valve means comprising a fill tube extending downwardly through the bottom of said tank with the longitudinal axis thereof being coextentive with that of the associated bottle to be filled, each said fill tube slideably received through a fixed-mounted securing cup means having an under surface conformingly and pressure sealably engagable with the neck opening of a bottle to be filled;
- means for selectively elevating said table;
- means for air evacuating each of said bottles to be filled upon said table being elevated for engagement between said securing cup means and said bottles;
- means for pressurizing said fill tank;
- and means operable upon engagement of said securing cup means and an associated one of said bottles to activate said fill valve means to effect fluid communication between each said fill tube and the confines of said fill tank.
In a bottle filling device of the type employing means to raise a bottle to be filled into communication with a fill valve assembly, including a fill tube extending into the confines of the bottle and means for selectively effecting a fluid communication between the fill tube and the confines of overlying fill tank;
- means for air evacuating said bottle upon said bottle being raised into said fill valve communication, comprising a securing cup member having a lower face conformingly and pressure sealably engageable with the neck opening of said bottle, with said fill tube extending through said securing cup member and into the confines of said bottle with engagement between said cup and bottle, a fluid communication port means extending through said cup member, said fluid communication port means being connected to a vacuum source, whereby air evacuation of said bottle is effected upon communication between said bottle neck opening and said securing cup member.
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