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US 6,786,252 B2Granted
Machine for filling bags or the like comprising a control device with cams
AssigneeFlextainer (Societe Anonyme)
InventorsRené Erb, Ferdinando Bertolotti
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AssigneeFlextainer (Societe Anonyme)
InventorsRené Erb, Ferdinando Bertolotti
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A machine for filling bags with comestible liquids, includes a transfer station rotatable about a vertical central axle mounted on a plate secured to the machine frame, multiple filling stations each comprising an element for gripping and holding the base of a removable closure for a bag and an element for manipulating the upper portion of the closure, and a filling device coacting with the opening of the open closure following removal of its upper portion and supplied with liquid by a pump connected to a reservoir, the assembly of these elements being managed by a control device. The control device is a device with cams mounted fixedly on the machine. The invention is more particularly applicable to the field of packaging and dispensing of liquids, in particular comestible liquids, in small flexible receptacles.
Machine for filling bags or the like, in particular with comestible liquids, essentially constituted by a transfer station (1) rotatable about a central vertical axle (2) mounted on a plate (2′) secured to the frame of the machine, by multiple filling stations (3) each comprising a means (4) for gripping and holding the base of a removable closure (5) of a bag (6) and means (7) for manipulating the upper portion of said closure, and by a filling device (8) coacting with the opening of said closure (5) that is open following removal of the upper portion of this latter and supplied with liquid by a pump connected to a reservoir or the like, the assembly of these elements being managed by a control device, characterized in that the control device is a device with cam (9, 14) mounted fixedly on the machine.
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