Washing and filling machines for containers
AssigneeGKN Sankey Limited
InventorCyril G. Golding
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Abstract
In a machine for washing or filling a beer keg via a head having a movable probe to open the valve of the keg closure unit, a complementary magnetic carried by the probe and the head for indicating when the probe is in a fully extended position within the head to open the valve and to seal with the closure unit.
Claims4
In a machine for washing and/or filling with liquid containers having spring-loaded valved closure units, the washing and/or filling being carried out via a head which seals with the container to be washed or filled and which carries a probe movable relative to the head to open the closure unit of the container against the spring loading and to seal with the closure unit;
- means for sensing that the probe and the head are in a predetermined relative position, the sensing means comprising means on the head or probe to generate a magnetic field and means on the probe or head capable of providing a signal in response to said magnetic field when the head and probe are in said predetermined relative position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.