Multipath machine for metering, filling and packing a pasty product, especially a soup paste
AssigneeBenz & Hilgers GmbH
InventorAlfred Mooshammer
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Abstract
The multipath filling machine or unit for metering, filling and packing pastry products, especially soup pastes, in two or more product rows has a feed mechanism, which has a conveying device, and a following metering mechanism. The conveying device has a plurality of conveyor screws extending in pairs to a pressing chamber of the metering mechanism. These conveyor screws are associated with a common entrance funnel for all rows of products so that a uniform product distribution, is attained in the narrowest space and thus an exact metering over.
Claims15
In a multipath machine for metering, filling and packing a pasty product, especially a soup paste, in more than two product rows with a feed mechanism having a conveying trough with at least one conveyor screw and a following metering mechanism with a mouthpiece associated with one of said product rows, the improvement wherein
- at least one of said conveyor screws is associated with each of said product rows,
- a common entrance funnel is provided for all of said product rows,
- a distributing screw is mounted inside said entrance funnel, extends substantially across said entrance funnel, and is situated adjacent and perpendicular to said conveyor screws,
- pairs of said conveyor screws extend toward a single respective pressing chamber of said metering mechanism and two adjacent product rows are fed through the respective pressing chamber.
A multipath machine for metering, filling and packing a pasty product, especially a soup paste, in more than two product rows, the machine comprising:
- a feed mechanism having a conveying trough with at least one pair of conveyor screws, one of which is associated with each of said product rows, one of said pair of conveyor screws being driven by a positioning mechanism having a stepping drive and the other of said conveyor screws of said pair being connected with a drive gear attached to said driven conveyor screws, an upper portion of said converging conveyor screws having a discontinuous screw flight and a lower portion of said conveyor screws having a continuous screw flight;
- a housing receiving said conveyor screws and a common entrance funnel with a distributing screw mounted inside said entrance funnel extending substantially across said entrance funnel constructed in one structural unit;
- a following metering mechanism having a mouthpiece associated with one of said product rows and a pressing chamber, two adjacent ones of said product rows being fed through said pressing chamber;
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- a drive mechanism for said driven conveyor screws comprising a control rod connected with said driven conveyor screws, said control rod having a movable strip and a plurality of lever arms connected via the respective stepping drives with the conveyor screws which are driven, said movable strip being slidably mounted in a guide located on an upper side of said housing, a connecting rod attached at one end with a driven end of said control rod, a receptacle-containing lever in which said connecting rod is engaged pivotally and movably which is pivotally connected with a drive rod, each of said lever arms and said movable strip being connected by a pin-slot-connection in which a plurality of pins, each connected with one of said lever arms, being guided in a receptacle-containing piece of said movable strip.
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