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US 4,519,184 AGranted
Liquid filling apparatus
AssigneeWrightcel Limited
InventorRobert Brunswick
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Abstract
A filling station for filling flexible containers with liquid. The filling head is fixed. The container is gripped and brought into abutment with the filling head outlet. The container is filled and subsequently while the container is still in abutment with the filling head it is heat sealed. The container is then removed.
Claims6
Apparatus for filling flexible containers with a liquid, said flexible containers having collar means affixed to one wall of said flexible container, said collar having an opening for filling said container and a flap means for closing said opening, comprising:
- a fixed filling head, with a peripheral seal means located at the bottom of said filling head;
- holding means for gripping said collar of said flexible container and positioning said collar against said peripheral seal means to provide a seal;
- support means below said filling head on which said flexible containter is borne, said support means including a port in said support surface having means to both support the flexible container during the filling operation and to provide access for a heat sealing member to be brought into contact with said flexible container, and a heat sealing member being located below said support member to seal fluid tight by heat, the flap over the opening in said collar means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.