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US 4,588,001 AGranted
Rotary filling apparatus and method
AssigneeThe Kartridg Pak Co.
InventorGeorge E. Leonard
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AssigneeThe Kartridg Pak Co.
InventorGeorge E. Leonard
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A rotary filling apparatus and method are provided that are of the type which use gravity to fill liquids into a plurality of containers while they rotate about a rotary filling head. The apparatus includes a level control chamber having a sensor that is disposed from the axial center of the apparatus a distance that is substantially the same as that between this axial center and the nozzle orifice through which the liquids are dispensed into the container, so that the centrifugal force at the sensor is substantially the same as that at the dispensing nozzle when the rotary head is rotated during the filling operation in order to maintain a substantially constant hydraulic head during the operation. The nozzle orifice is included within a nozzle assembly that directs the liquid in a non-vertical direction toward a sidewall of each container being filled.
A rotary filling apparatus of the type which uses gravity for filling a liquid into a series of containers, the apparatus comprising:
A method of the type which uses gravity for filling a liquid into a plurality of containers while they rotate about a rotary filling head, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.