Receiver Supported On Side During Filling Patents (Class 141/164)
  • Patent number: 8613296
    Abstract: In a tire inflating station for inflating a tubeless tire arranged on a rim with a pressurized gas, arranged on a stand are a conveyor for receiving and conveying a wheel consisting of a wheel rim and a tire mounted on the wheel rim, and an inflation device above the conveyor and having an inflation opening which can be connected to a gas supply. The lower side of the inflation device has a carrier plate that is mounted to move backwards and forwards along an axis between at least two positions in a straight-line mechanism. There are inflation rings attached in tandem in a gas-tight manner to the lower side of a carrier plate. Inside the inflation rings, the carrier plate has a respective continuous opening. In each of the different working positions of the carrier plate, another of the continuous openings is connected to the inflation opening of the inflation device, which inflation opening is arranged on the upper side of the carrier plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Schenck RoTec GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Lemser, Andreas Peinelt
  • Patent number: 8522831
    Abstract: A device and a method for filling with a gas other than air an insulating glazing unit composed of at least two glass panes and at least one spacer frame, comprising a movable and a fixed bed. The fixed bed is provided with retractable suckers suitable to capture a lower flap of a glass pane and move therewith with a motion of retraction with respect to the movable bed, such as to provide straightening of the lower flap of the glass pane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: FOR.EL. Base di Davanzo Nadia & C. S.N.C.
    Inventor: Fortunato Vianello
  • Publication number: 20110100502
    Abstract: In a tire inflating station for inflating a tubeless tire arranged on a rim with a pressurized gas, arranged on a stand are a conveyor for receiving and conveying a wheel consisting of a wheel rim and a tire mounted on the wheel rim, and an inflation device above the conveyor and having an inflation opening which can be connected to a gas supply. The lower side of the inflation device has a carrier plate that is mounted to move backwards and forwards along an axis between at least two positions in a straight-line mechanism. There are inflation rings attached in tandem in a gas-tight manner to the lower side of a carrier plate. Inside the inflation rings, the carrier plate has a respective continuous opening. In each of the different working positions of the carrier plate, another of the continuous openings is connected to the inflation opening of the inflation device, which inflation opening is arranged on the upper side of the carrier plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: Schenck RoTec GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Lemser, Andreas Peinelt
  • Patent number: 7506671
    Abstract: A tire filling apparatus preferably includes a support and seal arrangement on which a wheel-tire combination is supported in a horizontally lying orientation, a tire filling plate, and a plurality of differently-sized tire filling rings. Based on the diameter of the wheel-tire combination to be filled with air, a properly sized one of the filling rings is selected and positioned coaxially along the wheel axis between the tire and the filling plate. The filling plate moves toward the tire, sealingly contacts the filling ring, and presses the filling ring against the upwardly facing tire sidewall, until an open air filling gap is formed between the tire sidewall bead and the wheel rim. Pressurized air is introduced through the filling plate, the filling ring, and the open air filling gap into the tire interior, until the gap is closed by the increasing air pressure in the tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Schenck RoTec GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Peinelt, Martin Rogalla, Werner Lehr, Roland Lehmann
  • Patent number: 7198075
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a composite fluted sheeting material comprising at least two surfaces interspersed with a plurality of substantially parallel spaced webs forming a plurality of elongate semi closed cells (5), and a filler material set within said cells; the method including the steps of: (f) applying a blank fluted sheet to a receiving station (7); (g) preparing a filler material for delivery to a filling station; (h) moving said blank sheet and/or said filling station relative to each other such that said filling station moves in a linear direction transversely across the open ends of said elongate semi closed cells of said sheet; (i) dispensing said filler material to said cells; allowing said filler material to set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Global Polymer Technologies Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: John Korosy, Robert Korosy
  • Patent number: 6708734
    Abstract: An assembly and method enhances particulate matter retention during the filling of a moving cavity. The assembly further reduces the tendency of particulate matter to come to rest at a point other than in the moving cavity. The assembly for enhancing particulate matter retention comprises a transport for continuously moving a stream of empty cavities in a downstream direction. The assembly further includes a feed for depositing particulate matter from a supply into the empty cavities on the transport. A vibrator engages the cavities on the transport thereby vibrating the cavities to enhance particulate matter retention within the cavities and to remove any excess particulate matter from areas adjacent the cavities. The assembly and method are particularly suited for efficiently filing cavities in a multiple component cigarette filter preform with carbon or similar type granules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Philip Morris Incorporated
    Inventor: Steven R. Rinehart
  • Patent number: 6029716
    Abstract: A tire inflating method and apparatus, allowing inflation of different sized tires without changing over a tire inflation device. The tire inflation device has two chambers, an inner chamber and an outer chamber. The inner chamber is within the outer chamber and extends downwardly when a smaller sized rim is being used. The tire inflation device has a linear transducer, with a magnetic ring, that determines the height of the tire inflation head and knows when to shut off inflation. A method of inflating tires without changing over an inflation device is also provided. The method includes the steps of photo switches detecting the size of the rim being used, an inflation head adjusting to a corresponding size of the tire rim, and the inflation head inflating the tire and rim to a specified pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: MTD Products Inc
    Inventor: Homer J. Hawk
  • Patent number: 5791122
    Abstract: A system for charging a metallic canister having a filler opening therein with a gas under pressure and then sealing the opening to provide a closed, pressurized canister generally consisting of means for retaining the canister in a predetermined orientation, a sealing member having a guide passageway therein displaceable between an extended position in sealing engagement with a canister disposed in the predetermined orientation, with the guide passageway therein communicating with the filler opening of the canister, and a retracted position out of sealing engagement with the canister, a first means for applying a gas under pressure to a first side of the sealing member to urge the sealing member into into its retracted position, second means for supplying a gas under pressure to an opposite side of the sealing member to urge the sealing member into its extended position in sealing engagement with the canister, third means for supplying a gas under a third pressure to the guide passageway of the sealing membe
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Assignee: RWC, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian P. Tobin, Douglas M. Leonard
  • Patent number: 5775387
    Abstract: A filling system for filling a container through an open end thereof is set forth. The filling system comprises a fill-pipe having an inlet for receiving a liquid product and an outlet through which the liquid product can be dispensed into the open end of the container when the container is disposed below the outlet. A valve sealing member is disposed within the fill-pipe. The valve sealing member comprises a body portion and a closure portion. The closure portion is dimensioned to seal the outlet of the fill-pipe. An actuator is employed for moving the valve sealing member between a first position in which the closure portion seals the outlet of the fill-pipe and a second position in which the valve sealing member is extended from the outlet of the fill-pipe and into the interior of the container to cause the closure portion to disengage from the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance, S. A.
    Inventor: Yutaka Kaneko
  • Patent number: 5735318
    Abstract: An automatic method and device for filling, with gases other than air, insulating glazing units. The method entailing a step for injecting the gas and expelling the air so as to produce a laminar flow through a manifold constituted by the hollow region of the profile that forms the spacer frame. The method and the device allow a considerable saving in costs, reducing the amount of gas required for filling to an amount very close to the volume of the inner space provided in the insulating glazing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1998
    Assignee: For.El. Base di Vianello Fortunato & C. S.n.c.
    Inventor: Fortunato Vianello
  • Patent number: 5305808
    Abstract: A device for loading dough into cylindrical containers is disclosed. A first conveyor is provided which delivers a plurality of cylindrical containers to a receiving surface which is declining with respect to the horizontal. The containers are oriented such that a central cylindrical axis of each container is substantially parallel to the container receiving surface as the containers approach the container receiving surface. A second conveyor then delivers a cylindrical object to the receiving surface in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to path of the containers in the first conveyor as the objects approach the container receiving surf ace. The second conveyor aligns the cylindrical objects and causes the objects to be inserted into the cylindrical container. Means for positioning the container on the container receiving surface and for releasing the cylindrical containers after filling is also provided. A method of inserting cylindrical objects into cylindrical containers is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1994
    Assignee: The Pillsbury Company
    Inventors: Glen O. Rasmussen, James L. Schurz
  • Patent number: 5067532
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a conveyor system for conveying tubes, having respective self-sealing closure members, sequentially to a station whereupon the conveyor system is temporarily halted. At the station, a clamping device having a clamp lowers to prevent movement of the tube. An arm moves in the direction of the tube to enable a hollow needle to penetrate the closure member of the tube. A metering pump enables a predetermined volume of a fluid, preferably liquid agar, to be introduced into the tube. Following release of the needle from the closure member, the conveyor systems moves to enable another tube to arrive at the station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1991
    Inventors: John Lang, Cormac Garvey
  • Patent number: 4804022
    Abstract: Apparatus for dispensing predetermined doses of a liquid into individual tubes, particularly for the artificial insemination of poultry, comprises a tube feeder for feeding the tubes individually to a dispensing station; a dispensing device at the dispensing station including a discharge nozzle dispensing a predetermined dose of the liquid with each actuation of the dispensing device; and a manipulator at the dispensing station and movable from a home position for receiving a tube fed thereto with one end of the tube spaced from the discharge nozzle, to an actuated position bringing the one end of the tube into dispensing position with respect to the discharge nozzle. The apparatus further includes a control system comprising a first sensor sensing the tube feeder in its actuated position, a second sensor sensing the tube feeder in its normal position, and a third sensor sensing the presence of a tube in the manipulator, for controlling the operation of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1989
    Assignee: Ariel and Berger Industries Ltd.
    Inventor: Moshe Berger
  • Patent number: 4456040
    Abstract: The tap device 1 consists in an articulated mechanism 23 which positions each plastic bottle 5 against the corresponding spigot 2 in a tilted position. The aeration and foaming of the carbonated liquid beverage are thus decreased, filling is more stable, and the star-wheel for removal 3 may be provided with a capper 42 using screw-tops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1981
    Date of Patent: June 26, 1984
    Assignee: Pont-A-Mousson S.A.
    Inventors: Marcel Bacroix, Joseph Menini, Serge Lagoutte
  • Patent number: 4387747
    Abstract: A high-speed rotary filling machine, for filling containers with carbonated beverages or other flowable substances, has a turret (38) mounted on a horizontal axis (31). The containers (30) are carried in radially-extending positions around the circumference of the turret, open ends facing inwards, and are filled by conventional filling valves (43) within the turret. The centrifugal effect of rotating the turret at high speed is utilized to enable filling to take place over an arc of rotation approaching 360.degree.. Spillage problems due to centrifugal effects are avoided by transferring the containers to a linear exit conveyor (58) tangentially at the lowest position (19) of turret rotation, without changing the linear velocity of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1981
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1983
    Assignee: Metal Box Limited
    Inventors: Josef T. Franek, Paul Porucznik, Alan E. Styles
  • Patent number: 4077443
    Abstract: A machine and a method for applying a solder resistant material or solder resist to predetermined portions of miniature connector structures are disclosed. The machine permits large numbers of the miniature connector structures to be precisely treated with the solder resist without the need for costly and time consuming masking procedures. More particularly, the miniature connector structures attached to a carrier strip are fed through a hybrid fluid dispensing assembly similar to a bath, which is continuously supplied with the solder resistant material. The quantity of material supplied to the hybrid fluid dispenser or bath is coordinated with the speed at which the miniature connector structures are driven through the bath so that each of the miniature structures absorbs a predetermined amount of solder resistant material by capillary action. The quantity of material absorbed by each of the miniature connector structures is controlled so that it is just sufficient to fill a desired area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1976
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1978
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: James Ray Coller, Suel Grant Shannon
  • Patent number: 3949791
    Abstract: This invention relates to fillers and filler valves for filling open top containers with liquids or liquid bearing materials. The filler valve of the invention is particularly useful for filling containers with carbonated or other gas containing beverages, such as beer or the like. The valve has four major elements comprising a cylinder having a filling port, a foot valve, a piston having a charging port and a plug valve. The valves are piston-type elements and cooperate with cylindrical seating surfaces formed at their respective ports. The foot and plug valves are provided with resilient seals for seating with the aforesaid cylindrical seating surfaces. At the conclusion of the filling operation, the foot valve is raised from its open position into engagement with the plug valve while the latter is sealed with the charging port. The foot valve is then raised to lift the plug valve until the foot valve seals off the filling port while the plug valve remains seated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1976
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventor: Leslie Vadas