Filler collar for multiple scale weighing system
AssigneeKliklok Corporation
InventorsWilliam L. Warner, William A. Hadden
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Abstract
An improved product filler collar is provided including an upper funnel portion for receiving charges of product from separate sources, guide ribs on the funnel portion for directing and controlling product flow and a neck portion for forming a single stream of product for filling a package or the like. The guide ribs may take the form of raised flanges forming a wall to confine relatively large product pieces. The flanges terminate in reduced extensions in the neck portion angled slightly back toward the product flow. The filler collar eliminates the bridging and swirling of product to prevent jams and decrease the residence time of the changes within the collar, thus improving the overall efficiency of the packaging operation.
Claims14
An improved product filler collar, comprising:
- an upper funnel portion having a substantially continuous surface for receiving multiple charges of bulk solid product;
- a neck portion connected to said funnel portion and defining a mouth;
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- guide ribs disposed in spaced relationship along an inner surface of said funnel portion, said ribs effectively and efficiently directing and controlling product flow from a plurality of separate sources to eliminate bridging and swirling and decrease the residence time of the charges within the filler collar.
An improved product filler collar for conveying a bulk solid product delivered simultaneously from a plurality of sources through a mouth to a package, container or the like, comprising:
- a funnel,
- a plurality of rib-like members disposed in spaced relationship to each other and extending along an inner surface of said funnel about a line substantially tangential with respect to said mouth, thereby directing and controlling product flow along said inner surface of said collar to said mouth while avoiding swirling and bridging of the product in said collar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.