Apparatus for filling storage containers on dispensing appliances
AssigneeSulzer Mixpac AG
InventorWilhelm A. Keller
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Abstract
In a device for filling dispensing appliances having a pump unit with a metering cylinder and a storage container for each component, a respective coupling arrangement (5) is provided between each storage container (2, 3) and an associated coupling of a filling station. In a preferred embodiment, the appliance coupling part (28) is arranged in an inlet nozzle (17) of the dispensing appliance (1) and the station coupling part (29) in a guide (31) in the enclosure (33) of the filling station (30). This device allows a quick and simple filling of storage containers without contaminations and air entrapment.
Claims14
A device for filling storage containers on a dispensing appliance having a pump unit and a metering cylinder for each component, the storage containers being connected to the metering cylinders, wherein the device comprises:
- a filling station, for receiving the dispensing appliance, that includes a coupling arrangement located between each storage container and an associated coupling of the filling station,
- wherein each coupling arrangement includes an appliance coupling part and a station coupling part
- wherein the coupling arrangements are arranged on a same axis and opposite each other between the outlets of the storage containers and the inlets of the metering units, and
- wherein the appliance coupling part is arranged on an inlet nozzle of the dispensing appliance and the station coupling part is arranged in a guide in a support of the filling station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.