Bottle filling assembly with a screw loader having a spatial groove
AssigneeCrown Simplimatic Incorporated
InventorGilbert E. Paradies
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Abstract
A loading mechanism is disclosed for loading bottles (14) onto a turret (12) and includes a screw (22), a linear conveyor (24), a pair of star wheels (26 and 28), and a drive. The assembly is characterized by a groove in the screw (22) having a cross section with a narrow throat (30) for engaging a neck (16) of the bottle (14) and a larger portion (32) above the throat (30) for establishing a space about the neck (16) of the bottle (14) spaced therein by the narrow throat (30). A pair of opposing lips (34) are spaced apart to define the throat (30) and a pair of spaced side walls (36) extend into the screw (22) from the lips (34) to a bottom wall (38), which remain out of contact with the neck (16) of the bottles (14).
Claims10
A container filling assembly comprising;
- a turret (12) for moving containers (14) each having a neck (16) presenting an open mouth in a filling path,
- a loading mechanism for loading containers (14) onto the turret (12),
- said loading mechanism including a screw (22) having a groove for engaging each neck (16) of the containers (14) to space and move the containers (14) along a loading path,
- said assembly characterized by said groove in said screw (22) having a narrow throat (30) for engaging each neck (16) of the containers (14) and a larger portion (32) above said throat (30) for establishing a space about the necks (16) of the containers (14) spaced therein by said narrow throat (30).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.