# US 8,770,238 B2 · Suspended delivery device and a container-filler installation including such devices

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- Number: US 8,770,238 B2
- Document ID: US8770238B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 12/813,284
- Filed: 2010-06-10
- Published: 2011-05-12
- Granted: 2014-07-08
- Earliest claimed: 2009-06-11
- Assignees: Serac Group
- Applicants: Jean-Jacques Graffin
- Inventors: Jean-Jacques Graffin
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8770238B2

## CPC

- B67C 3/202: {by weighing}
- B65B 3/28: by weighing
- B67C 3/24: Devices for supporting or handling bottles (transport or storing devices in general B65G)
- B67C 3/26: Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks
- B67C 3/242: {engaging with bottle necks (B67C3/26 takes precedence)}
- B67C: CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
- B65B: MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING (bundling and pressing devices for cigars A24C1/44; devices for tensioning and securing binders adapted to be supported by the article or articles to be bound B25B25/00; applying closure members to bottles, jars or similar containers B67B1/00-B67B6/00; concurrent cleaning, filling and closing of bottles B67C7/00; emptying bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels or similar containers B67C9/00)

## Abstract

A delivery device for delivering composition in a container filler installation, the device comprising a tube having at least an end provided with a nozzle and an opposite end provided with means for fastening to a feed line of the filler installation, and the device further including a plate fastened to the tube and provided with a support having a portion extending in register with the nozzle to support a container. The invention also provides a filler installation including at least one such device.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A delivery device for delivering a composition in an installation for filling containers, the device comprising a tube having at least an end provided with a nozzle and an opposite end provided with means for fastening it to a line for feeding the filler installation, the device also comprising a plate fastened to the tube and provided with a support having a portion that extends in register with the nozzle to support a container, the device having at least one measuring valve and control means extending outside the tube and including a weighing member, the control means being received in a housing that is secured to the tube and fastened to the tube, the housing extending around a portion of the tube.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A device according to claim 1, wherein the weighing member comprises a deformable bar mounted between the plate and the support.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

A device according to claim 2, wherein the deformable bar extends inside the housing, and the plate forms a horizontal wall of the housing.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

A device according to claim 3, wherein the support comprises a column that is suspended from one end of the deformable bar and that possesses a bottom end having the portion of the support that supports the container secured thereto.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

A device according to claim 4, wherein the portion of the support is arranged to hold the container via a top portion thereof.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

A device according to claim 1, wherein the support comprises a first support portion arranged to hold the container via a top portion thereof and a second support portion arranged to support a bottom of the container.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

A filler installation including a feed line for feeding it with composition and having suspended therefrom at least one delivery device according to claim 1.

### Claim 8

A delivery device for delivering a composition in an installation for filling containers, the device comprising a tube having at least an end provided with a nozzle and an opposite end provided with means for fastening it to a line for feeding the filler installation, the device also comprising a plate directly fastened to the tube and provided with a support having a portion that extends in register with the nozzle to support a container, the device having at least one measuring valve and control means extending outside the tube and including a weighing member, the control means being received in a housing that is secured to the tube.