Fill and seal machines

A machine for successively charging a plurality of containers with a predetermined quantity of fluid and for sealingly attaching closures to the containers to inhibit spilling of the fluid, comprising:

• a machine housing;
• a first, second and third work station disposed along a predetermined path relative to said machine housing;
• carrier means for carrying the containers in timed sequence between said work stations;
• said first work station including means for successively delivering individual containers to said carrier means;
• said second work station including means for successively charging individual containers with a predetermined quantity of fluid;
• said third work station includes a gravity feed for successively supplying closures to the containers and means for sealingly attaching the closures to the containers;
• said third work station comprising a fixed position closure magazine for retaining a plurality of closures in a stacked relationship with one closure resting upon another closure;
• means establishing the longitudinal axis of said closure magazine at a relatively small angle relative to the vertical with the lowermost portion of the bottom closure in said closure magazine being in path-interruptive relation with the uppermost portion of the container on said carrier means;
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• said uppermost portion of the container engaging the stationary lowermost portion of the bottom closure enabling the closure to be withdrawn from said closure magazine and to be secured to the container upon movement of the container by said carrier means.