Equipment for filling containers with materials, preferably liquids
AssigneeAzionaria Costruzioni Macchine Automatiche A.C.M.A. S.p.A.
InventorsClaudio Sogliani, Stefano Cavallari
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Abstract
Containers are filled with liquids by equipment incorporating a carousel rotatable about a vertical axis, and a number of filler heads mounted to the carousel, each comprising a platform on which to set a container, a nozzle aligned with the platform and serving to direct at least one type of liquid into the container, also a dynamometer associated with the platform and sensing the weight of the container. The equipment includes at least one tank holding at least one liquid to be batched into the containers, and a fixed pipeline of which a first end is connected to the tank and a second end is connected by way of a rotary coupling to a manifold at the top of the carousel.
Claims13
Equipment for filling containers with materials, comprising:
- a carousel rotatable about a first axis;
- a plurality of filler heads mounted to the carousel, each presenting a support on which to stand a container;
- a dispensing device aligned with each support and serving to direct at least one material into the container;
- means associated with the support, by which to weigh the container;
- at least one tank holding at least one material to be dispensed into the containers, and
- connection means operating between the tank and the dispensing devices, by which the dispensing devices are supplied with the material held in the tank, the connection means comprising:
- at least one fixed pipeline connected to at least one of the tanks,
- a plurality of movable pipelines, each connected to one of the dispensing devices, rotatable with the carousel as one about the first axis and coupled to the fixed pipeline by way of a fluid connection, and
- a manifold with which both the fixed pipeline and the movable pipelines are interfaced, the movable pipelines connected in rigid association with the manifold and the fixed pipeline connected in rotatable association with the manifold.
Equipment for filling containers with materials, comprising:
- a carousel rotatable about a first axis;
- a plurality of filler heads mounted to the carousel, each presenting a support on which to stand a container;
- a dispensing device aligned with each support and serving to direct at least one material into the container;
- means associated with the support, by which to weigh the container;
- at least one tank holding at least one material to be dispensed into the containers, and connection means operating between the tank and the dispensing devices, by which the dispensing devices are supplied with the material held in the tank,
- wherein the connection means comprise:
- a plurality of fixed pipelines,
- a plurality of movable pipelines, each connected to one of the dispensing devices, rotatable with the carousel as one about the first axis and coupled to the fixed pipeline by way of a fluid connection, and
- a manifold with which both the fixed pipelines and the movable pipelines are interfaced, each of the fixed pipelines extending between a relative tank and the manifold, and
- at least one valve operating on at least one of the fixed pipelines and pilotable between respective conditions in which the fixed pipeline is open and closed.
Equipment for filling containers with materials, comprising:
- a carousel rotatable about a first axis;
- a plurality of filler heads mounted to the carousel, each presenting a support on which to stand a container;
- a dispensing device aligned with each support and serving to direct at least one material into the container;
- means associated with the support, by which to weigh the container;
- at least one tank holding at least one material to be dispensed into the containers, and connection means operating between the tank and the dispensing devices, by which the dispensing devices are supplied with the material held in the tank, wherein at least one of the tanks is furnished with means by which to vary the pressure inside the tank, wherein the tank is a fluid-tight enclosure and the pressure variation means comprise an aspirator operating internally of the tank in such a manner as to remove air from the enclosure and thus reduce pressure in the tank.
Eqiuipment for filling containers with materials, comprising:
- a carousel rotatable about a first axis;
- a plurality of filler heads mounted to the carousel, each presenting a support on which to stand a container;
- a dispensing device aligned with each support and serving to direct at least one material into the container;
- means associated with the support, by which to weigh the container;
- at least one tank holding at least one material to be dispensed into the containers, and connection means operating between the tank and the dispensing devices, by which the dispensing devices are supplied with the material held in the tank, wherein at least one of the tanks is furnished with means by which to vary the pressure inside the tank, wherein the tank is a fluid-tight enclosure and the pressure variation means comprise a compressor operating internally of the tank in such a manner as to force air into the enclosure and thus increase pressure in the tank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.