Abstract: A bottle filling machine having a rotatable head containing reservoir with a plurality of downwardly extending bottle engaging filling mechanisms is provided with a tappet vertically slidable in the head adjacent each bottle filling mechanism. Each tappet is provided with a prehensile bottle gripping device at the lower end thereof for gripping a bottle and a curved cam plate is provided for raising each tappet and the bottle held thereby to the bottle filling position whereupon the latch pin will be moved into engagement with a bore in the tappet to hold the tappet and bottle in filling position without the assistance of the cam plate. Upon completion of the filling operation the latch is released to allow the filled bottle to be lowered under the influence of gravity.

Abstract: A filling device for cans is provided with a cylindrical filling tube having a valve member moveable coaxially therein with complementary projections on the interior surface of the filling tube and the valve member to define a fluid shut off and to define related surfaces to provide the circumferential laminar flow of fluid into a can whereby the residual fluid remaining after the closing of the valve will not drip due to surface tension. A cylindrical valve member is slidably mounted in a housing surrounding the filling tube and is provided with a sealing ring at the lower end for engaging the rim of a can to be filled. Depending on the diameter of the cylindrical valve member a bearing sleeve having an appropriate radial thickness can be inserted in the housing to take up the slack.