Patents Assigned to Societe Anonyme dite: Etude de Realisation de Chaines Automatiques ERCA
  • Patent number: 4534494
    Abstract: This relates to a wash system for cleaning fillers of a multiple filler f, fill and seal machine. Multiple fillers are provided simultaneously to fill a plurality of previously formed cups, and these fillers are arranged in clusters, for example four fillers to a cluster. There is associated with the fillers a wash solution return duct through which nozzles of the fillers pass. The fillers are located within sleeves which communicate with the duct and plug elements are provided for closing the sleeves during the wash cycle, after which a wash solution may be directed through the fillers in lieu of the normal product with the system being entirely enclosed and without there being waste of the wash solution into the interior of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1982
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1985
    Assignee: Societe Anonyme dite: Etude de Realisation de Chaines Automatiques ERCA
    Inventor: Jean-Claude H. Hautemont