Liquid level control apparatus
AssigneeAdolph Coors Company
InventorRoger W. Totten
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Abstract
Apparatus is provided for each can filler unit of a can filling machine comprising a support for holding a liquid level controller within a housing of the can filler unit and control apparatus operated from outside of the housing for moving the support to position the liquid level controller at a proper position to ensure that each can is being accurately filled.
Claims9
In a can filling operation wherein the can filling apparatus is located within a housing having a longitudinal axis and wherein the level of the liquid being deposited into a can is controlled by a liquid level controller located within the housing, the improvement comprising:
- mounting means for mounting said liquid level controller within said housing for providing relative movement between said liquid level controller and said housing;
- a tulip having a sidewall having an inner surface slidably mounted on said housing and having a portion thereof adapted to contact the top of a can to be filled;
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- control means mounted on an outer surface of said tulip and having a portion thereof extending through said tulip and connected to said mounting means so that movement of said control means produces said relative movement between said liquid level controller and said housing so as to adjust the liquid level controller to control the level of said liquid being deposited into said can.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.