Abstract: An apparatus for filling a specified amount of liquid comprising a metering cylinder having a piston therein, a vertical filling nozzle having an open lower end and feedable with a liquid from the metering cylinder by the operation of the piston, a damper for opening and closing the open lower end of the filling nozzle, a spring biasing the damper to hold the nozzle end closed with the damper while the feed of the liquid is discontinued, and an opening portion adapted to open the damper against the spring simultaneously with or immediately before the start of feed of the liquid with the damper closed and to be subsequently brought out of operative relation with the damper before the feed of the liquid is discontinued so as to render the damper closable by the spring.

Abstract: A dispensing valve assembly and system for viscous materials includes a dispensing valve including a valve casing with an interior chamber, a dispensing port and a longitudinal valve passageway. An inlet port intersects the valve passageay and connects to a source of material to be dispensed. A valve element is slidably received in the passageway and includes a drive shaft portion, an elongated piston head portion and a waisted portion. Seals are provided to seal against the piston head, and the valve element reciprocates over a cycle so that the waisted portion periodically interrupts the first seal allowing material to flow into the chamber and out of the dispensing port. As the valve element closes, a seal is again established to shut off material flow. Continued advancement retracts the piston head further from the chamber to create a negative pressure that draws back material from the dispensing portion to cause a clean cut off of flow. A metering port and a metering cylinder may be employed.

Abstract: To provide a suitable filling atmosphere around a produce filling pipe on a packing machine and to make possible a rational, accurate cleaning of the filling pipe of the machine without having to dismantle and disassemble the filling pipe at a normal stoppage of the machine, the filling pipe is surrounded by a permanent tubular casing whose lower end is adapted so that it can be closed for cleaning with the aid of a detachable lid to form a container enclosing the filling pipe. The filling pipe, via a connecting means at the upper end of the casing, can be joined to an outer flow system to allow circulation of a cleansing agent.

Abstract: A device for filling a specified amount of liquid comprising a vertical tubular filling cylinder, and at least one perforated plate attached to the lower end of the nozzle for preventing the liquid from flowing out of the nozzle by the surface tension of the liquid against gravity.

Abstract: A device for discharging material from a succession of filled open top transfer receptacles includes a guideholder having a pair of elongated parallel spaced-apart deadplates extending from an input end of the device toward an output end of the device. The spacing of the deadplates is sufficient to slidably receive the height of a transfer receptacle, and the length of the deadplates is sufficient to contain at least one transfer receptacle in a single station, and preferably two contiguous transfer receptacles in respective first and second stations. With two stations, the deadplates prevent loss of material from a receptacle in the first station but have openings in the second station to permit discharge of the contents of an inverted transfer receptacle in the second station.

Abstract: A dosing apparatus for packaging containers comprises a dosing device including a housing, a wall within the housing and reciprocable to draw in and expel a substance through an inlet and an outlet, respectively, of the housing, a rotary stepping motor which drives the wall, and a screw device which converts rotary motion of the motor to linear motion of the wall; and a control programmable to control the speed and stroke angle of the motor. The filled containers may be weighed in turn and the weight data used automatically to make any necessary corrections to the wall stroke.

Abstract: A microgravity dispenser system including a carbonator, metering device and cup filler for dispensing a still or carbonated beverage in the microgravity conditions of outer space.

Abstract: A dispensing device for fluid products, such as dairy products, has a coaxially positioned valve cylinder inside a dispensing cylinder, both connected at their upper end to the product source. The dispensing piston is in the form of a ring piston which slides on the valve cylinder. The two pistons are fully immersed in product, and air entrainment is prevented.

Abstract: A machine for filling packaging containers with a flowable product comprises a control valve in the form of a plug valve having a body defining a bore forming a frusto-conical valve seat, a plug having a complimentary frusto-conical surface, and a valve chamber for pressurized fluid formed at the wider end of the plug. The chamber communicates with the bore. The plug is axially displaceable between a first position, in which the frusto-conical surface seals against the valve seat and in which it is rotatable to control flow through the valve, and a second position, in which it is withdrawn into the chamber to provide clearance between the mating surfaces of the plug and the seat but retaining clearance between its wider end and the opposite surface of the chamber so that all surfaces of the plug are exposed for cleaning and sterilization.

Abstract: A dosing device for filling liquid into containers comprises a filler body and a metering device. The metering device communicates with the interior of a rotary valve through an end cover of the valve housing, the valve including a valve seat and a check valve closure member spring-biased towards the seat. The valve includes first, second and third rotary ports and first and second fixed ports. Downstream of the second fixed port is an anti-drip suction-producing device of a piston-and-cylinder form whereof the stroke of the piston is adjustable. Upstream of the first fixed port is a throttling valve lowerable into an operative position downstream of inlet holes from a liquid-containing tank.

Abstract: An apparatus for dosing a fragile bulk material has a supply bin having an inclined wall formed with a throughgoing aperture and a filler for maintaining the supply bin filled with the bulk material up to a level below and not above the aperture. Thus the wall aperture is always above the level of the material. A slider formed with a throughgoing aperture like the wall aperture is slidable along the wall between a lower position with the slider aperture wholly below the material level and out of alignment with the wall aperture and an upper position with the slider aperture above the level and aligned with the wall aperture. An actuator reciprocates the slider between its positions and thereby fills its aperture with a dose of the material in the lower position, moves the dose up above the level while shedding material atop the slider on movement into the upper position, and drops the dose through the wall aperture when in the upper position.

Abstract: A device for filling a container with a highly viscous fluid substance comprises a tank for receiving the fluid substance of high viscosity; a communicating tube provided with a mechanism for discharging the substance in a constant flow rate and in communication with the tank; a filling nozzle connected to the discharging side of the communication tube and disposed so that a downward oriented discharge outlet thereof is positioned just above a path of a conveyor for transporting containers; an arm having an upper portion and a lower portion and to which the filling nozzle provided with a spool is mounted on the lower portion thereof; a horizontal axle supporting the arm in a freely rotatable and reversible manner at the upper portion thereof; and a mechanism for vibrating the arm on the horizontal axle serving as the vibration center.

Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for dosingly filling pasty or fluid filling material into containers. The arrangement is provided with a rotatably mounted cylinder and an axially slidably mounted piston which moves within the rotatable cylinder and which in its extreme inner position closes at least a third, but preferably about 50% of a window-like through opening, respectively inlet opening in the housing of the device. When retracting the dosing piston it exposes the portion of the through opening which has been closed when the piston is in its innermost position. By filling containers by means of the device of this invention, the filling material is automatically dropped into the rotating cylinder and is thereby subjected to an extraordinarily sparingly sensitive manipulation, which is particularly significant for sensitive products, such as for example salad-like products.

Abstract: The invention relates to a dosing arrangement for filling of liquid nutrient materials, in particular salad-like products having solid, respectively chunky constituents, whereby a cylinder-piston-unit is mounted for a return sucking operation substantially in the immediate vicinity of the outlet end of a mouthpiece, respectively a mouthpiece chamber. Thereby an undesirable postdripping is prevented also during the filling of liquid containing products having solid constituents. In particular this effect is achieved by providing the mouthpiece with a return sucking cylinder connected thereto at its lower end by way of a conical communication channel and a transfer piece for receiving at least a slitted sealing membrane or the like sealing element.

Abstract: A machine for transferring metered quantities of viscous materials from a source of such materials into successive receptacles has a tubular housing with inlets and outlets disposed diametrically opposite each other. The housing confines a rotary metering device having an axially extending chamber and an opening which communicates with the inlet in one angular position and with the outlet in another angular position of the metering device. A piston in the metering device draws flowable material from the source into the chamber in the first angular position and expels such material from the chamber into a receptacle in the second angular position of the metering device. The housing and the metering device have adjacent frustoconical surfaces and the metering device is movable axially to establish between such surfaces a frustoconical clearance for admission of a liquid or gaseous cleaning fluid while the metering device remains in the interior of the housing.

Abstract: Apparatus for filling containers from individual volumetric dispensers as both move rapidly along a straight-line path. The dispensers are moved in a closed loop and filled while travelling along another straight-line path opposite the dispensing straight-line path, by forcing flowable product upwardly into the open lower ends of the dispensers as they slide over a filler slot. To prevent flow of the product upward between the dispensers, a mechanism is provided which automatically locks the ends of the adjacent dispensers against each other to provide a seal against inter-dispenser product flow, and which automatically decouples the containers after their filling so they can turn with respect to each other, as is necessary as they negotiate curves in the closed-loop path along which they travel.

Abstract: A device for the simultaneous quantitative regulated filling of liquid or soft plasticized substances, such as butter, margarine, pastes or the like, by means of nozzles into adjacently arranged containers with the assistance of at least one control element interchangeably switchable from filling to discharging and at least one dosing piston. The device is arranged in such a way that two adjacent nozzles arranged in tandem are assigned one control element and one dosing piston. A passageway in the transition region from the actual dosing device to the nozzles can be adjusted preferably by means of a regulating valve whose angle of rotation can be altered. This regulating valve provides for an especially delicately sensitive and precise distribution of the product stream onto the one or the other nozzle for the purpose of balancing the output volume.

Abstract: Apparatus and method are provided for stirring an explosive materials mixture maintained in a molten state to ensure homogeneity of its composition and for simultaneous transfer of predetermined quantities thereof, by effecting the transfers primarily in a horizontal direction, via a plurality of positive displacement piston-cylinder mechanisms and a corresponding plurality of pneumatically controlled spool valves for injection into a plurality of munitions items through detachable intermediate distribution elements that also serve as temporary risers.

Abstract: Containers are filled with flowable substances while passing through a filling station. The plurality of nozzles and cylinders move through the filling station in unison with the containers. The cylinders have a free flowing piston movable under fluid action alternately to charge and discharge from alternate ends. A spool valve operates with respective cylinders under mechanical activation to charge and discharge cylinders and permit fluid from the supply to feed the respective nozzle. One cylinder end receives a stop rod which can be variably located into the cylinder and thereby to adjust the cylinder volume. The rod can be adjusted precisely as the vertical location of a mounting plate varies, which can be effected during operation of the filling machine. The cylinder length to diameter is substantially elongated to make for precision adjustments of cylinder volume as the rod is located variably into and from the cylinder. A highly precise adjustable filling system is achieved.

Abstract: The invention relates to the packing of liquid products. A piston, moving inside a cylindrical metering chamber, introduces successive quantities of liquid in pots via a tubular nozzle vertically movable, which can be entirely retracted inside the dispensing chamber and which is equipped with a truncated bubble trap for eliminating the gases issued from the liquid.

Abstract: A residual quantity filler is described in which a cylindrical filling tube is used in place of a filling funnel, with a lid arrangement being provided in the filling tube and with the lid arrangement moving during the dispensing step with the dispensed material as a result of the differential pressure between the atmosphere and the vacuum prevailing at inside the filling tube, thus ensuring that the entire residual quantity can be continuously and completely processed.

Abstract: A device to be filled with viscous liquid and provided with a distributor for extracting the liquid contained in a cylindrical container of the device further includes a piston movable in the container. A filling opening is provided in the piston. A filling tube is tight-sealed attachable to the filling opening.

Abstract: A duplex pipette comprises a housing, a pair of cylinders separately formed in the housing to extend substantially in parallel to each other, first and second piston members each having a lower end portion slidably received in one of the cylinders and a handle portion projecting outside the cylinder, and a pair of pipette tips mounted on the lower end of the housing by way of a connecting member, each of the pipette tips having a passage which communicates one of the cylinders with the outside of the housing. The connecting member is arranged so that the distance between the distal ends of the pipette tips can be changed. One of the piston members is arranged to be movable separately from the other piston member and the other piston member is arranged to be movable only together with said one piston member.

Abstract: A process and apparatus for drawing off deformable masses containing air, such as sausage masses. The mass is transferred in a stream from a supply space into a filling cylinder where a vacuum is generated relative to the space to remove air from the mass, and the transferred mass is then ejected from the filling cylinder by means of a piston. To transfer the mass quickly and remove air from it completely, the mass stream is guided, during its transfer into the filling cylinder in such a way that, as it enters the filling cylinder, it first moves towards the cylinder wall at an angle to the direction of the piston. Moreover, during filling the level of mass in the filling cylinder is maintained at an essentially constant filling height so that a constant volume of free space remains above the mass in the filling cylinder.

Abstract: Apparatus for the metered removal of a pasty or fluid substance and including a storage container for the pasty or fluid substance and having an interior with a constant internal cross section, an upper end with an outlet nozzle, and a body having an opened lower end, a plunger disposed in the body of the storage container and being upwardly displaceable to exert a feed pressure on the interior of the storage container, and a piston rod for actuating the plunger and having a support foot projecting from below into the storage container and bearing removably on the plunger.

Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for dosingly filling of fluent or pasty filling material into a container. The arrangement has a housing in which a control element is rotatably mounted. A feed and outlet passage for the filling material is alternately unblocked and a reciprocating dosing piston is provided in the housing. For purposes of achieving a compact and simple construction and a simple assembly, as well as for achieving a good cleaning, the housing is hermetically sealed on all of its sides and the control element is in the form of a rotational cylinder operatively mounted in the region of the feed and outlet passages for the filling material. The dosing cylinder is coaxially mounted with respect to the rotational cylinder and is provided with a piston rod so that the dosing piston is slidably movable within the housing.

Abstract: Apparatus for filling containers with two products from different sources, using a rotating volumetric filler which picks up first one product then the other, and discharges them both simultaneously into a container. The filler uses a pair of concentric pistons, the central one of which is retracted to pick up the first product as it rotates over an arcuate slot beneath which the first product is stored; the outer, cylindrical piston is then retracted to pick up the second product as it rotates over another arcuate slot beneath which the second slot is located. Both pistons are later extended simultaneously to discharge the combined product into the container. Since the two products picked up by the successive retractions of the two pistons are held beside each other, a more uniform mixture of the two products is obtained than if they are picked up one above the other by a single piston.

Abstract: A compact apparatus for the extraction and delivery of measured quantities of liquid characterized by a fine adjustment of the stroke of the operating rod whereby accurately controlled measured amounts of liquids may be lifted and delivered is disclosed.

Abstract: A liquid sample in a syringe can be injected into a capillary column with inner diameter less than 200 microns without inserting the injection needle of the syringe into the column. The end of a modified injection needle according to this invention has a tubular opening with inner diameter sufficiently large so that the intake end of the column can be inserted inside, thereby establishing an annular duct between the needle and the column. A carrier gas is caused to flow through this duct while the plunger on the syringe is pressed to squeeze the liquid into the needle, thus forcing the liquid into the capillary column.

Abstract: Described is a filling apparatus for filling packaging means with quantitatively controllable amounts of a flow substance, having a pump piston (54) which is movable in a cylinder (50), wherein the feed end and the discharge end of the pump chamber (9) are respectively closed by valves (4, 5) and, to avoid foaming, the discharge end at least partially dips into the upwardly open packaging means (10). Also provided is a drive means (31, 37) with cam member (28).

Abstract: A refuse packaging assembly of the kind comprising a refuse press having a pressing plunger which is axially movable in a pressing box, and a container which is adapted to be connected to the outlet end of the pressing box in order to be filled with refuse by the plunger, the container having a closure plug which is uncoupled from the container and coupled to the plunger for movement therewith when the container is connected to the press. The container carries at least one spring loaded pin which is biased into a coupling aperture in the closure plug to couple the two together, and the plunger carries at least one weaker spring loaded pin which aligns with the coupling aperture when the container is moved into position for connection to the press and the plunger is moved to a coupling position.

Abstract: An improved machine for filling solid food products into containers. The machine includes a feed hopper, a feed tube, a dosing assembly and a container filling station. The improvement of the present invention involves a dosing assembly which includes a plurality of needle-like elements adapted to advance cross-wise into the feed tube to temporarily halt the movement of food products, and then retract from the feed tube to allow continued movement of the food products.

Abstract: A filling machine for capsules, in which a pharmaceutical paste contained in a hopper is fed under pressure to a dosing chamber, the inlet and the outlet of which are controlled by a dosing member adapted to receive some paste and movable within the dosing chamber between a paste receiving position, in which the dosing member communicates with the dosing chamber inlet, but not with the outlet thereof, and a paste releasing position, in which the dosing member closes the inlet of the dosing chamber and communicates with the outlet thereof to deliver to an external capsule a metered quantity of paste pushed through the chamber outlet by a piston engaging the dosing member.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for obtaining a uniform dose for filling containers with metered quantities of powdered materials. The powdered materials are drawn from a rotating container by a plurality of dosing devices which are advanced by a conveyor along a predetermined path, at least a portion of which extends above the movable container. Each of the dosing devices comprises a tubular punch vertically movable relative to the movable container and to the conveyor. A piston reciprocates inside each tubular punch. The punch has an open end facing the movable container to define within the punch a variable volume dosing chamber.

Abstract: A mixing of mixing machine comprises a mixer body having a mixing chamber and a material inlet through which a material to be mixed is loaded into the chamber, a fluid-operated cylinder having a piston rod on which a floating weight is mounted for movement together with the piston rod between lifted and lowered positions, a support structure for supporting the cylinder for movement between an operative, in which the floating weight is in register with the material inlet, and a stand-by position in which the cylinder with the floating weight held in the lifted position is located laterally offset with respect to the material inlet, and a drive mechanism for moving the cylinder between the operative and stand-by positions.

Abstract: A machine is proposed for filling and closing hard gelatine capsules, in which the powder to be filled into the capsules is located in a filling product container, the base of which is a revolving dispensing disc. The dispensing disc has openings into which the powder is pressed with the aid of filler punches. A ring is firmly connected with the dispensing disc and has openings for receiving upper capsule portions. Curve controlled elements having openings for receiving lower capsule portions are pivotably disposed on the underside of the ring. The pivoting movement of the elements is effected via a stationary curve and a curved roller. The curve is embodied such that the elements can be moved both outward, that is, beyond the circumference of the ring, and inward, that is, underneath the openings in the dispensing disc.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring and dispensing sugar syrups from a hopper into a mold and employing a mounting block which defines at least one cavity for housing a dispensing valve.The valve comprises a movable cylinder operable by a first pneumatic means and a piston means operable by a second pneumatic means. A pair of sequencing valves are employed for actuating the first and second pneumatic means in a timed sequence for effecting the movement of the cylinder and piston of the dispensing valve.

Abstract: A device for drawing, holding and dispensing a plurality of distinct, relatively low volume, liquid masses. A plunger plate with an array of plungers is received in a draw tube plate with an array of draw tubes. A piston tip is sealingly disposed in the draw tubes and the plungers are connected thereto. The draw tube plate can be received by a reservoir plate such that the draw tubes extend into an array of wells in the reservoir plate. By finger pressure the plunger plate can be reciprocated with respect to the draw tube plate to move the pistons in the draw tubes for drawing, holding and dispensing a plurality of distinct liquid masses. Preferably the pistons have an inverted concave, conical tip shape and mate with an inner, lower surface of the draw tubes.

Abstract: A distribution device for a butter filling system is disclosed. The distribution device receives fluent pressurized butter from a butter filling system, distributes the butter and discharges it from a plurality of outlets into a carton being filled. The distribution outlets are disposed about the periphery of the device to insure uniform filling of the carton.

Abstract: A continuous-cycle filling-machine for aseptic batching comprises a revolving basin whose floor exhibits a plurality of open-topped cylinders communicating therewith and accommodating respective sliding plungers designed to expel contents of the cylinder toward a filler-jig. A fixed obturator is in direct contact with the basin-floor under which the cylinders are brought to bear by rotation of the basin during the delivery-stroke. An annular chamber located externally and beneath the basin communicates with a source of sterilizer fluid by way of a feed-conduit within the shaft around which the basin rotates. An outer-casing has a bottom-face at least part-created by the basin-floor and an interior which receives slightly-pressurized fluid. Sterile conditions are thus maintained within the machine. Lifting gear is provided for raising the obturator from the basin-floor at will.

Abstract: A carton filling apparatus supplies precise quantities of a liquid food product, such as milk or fruit juice, into an open top container such as a thermoplastic coated paperboard carton. The carton filling apparatus includes a fill tank or reservoir which holds the liquid product and a vertical passage which has an inlet at its upper end communicating with the fill tank and an outlet at its lower end from which liquid is dispensed into the carton. A pumping chamber is connected to the vertical passage to draw a controlled quantity of liquid from the fill tank and then pump that liquid through the vertical passage to the outlet. A vertically oriented linear movable valve rod or stem extends along a vertical axis downward through the fill tank and the vertical passage.

Abstract: The invention relates to a metering device, particularly for capsule-filling machines. The device comprises a bowl having one or more chambers for receiving the product to be packaged. At least part of the bottom of the chambers is permeable to the air but impermeable to the product, and is arranged to communicate with a suction source.

Abstract: An apparatus for holding a syringe and filling ampules is described. The apparatus is comprised of a housing having a base and a vertical support member. A syringe holder is affixed to the vertical support member in a manner which permits the syringe holder to slide up and down between two limits on the vertical support member.The apparatus operates by first lowering the syringe holder downward to place the needle of the syringe (in the holder) into an ampule, in response to the downward movement on the device's handle. Further downward movement of the handle causes material from the syringe, such as a viscous liquid, to be dispensed into the ampule.

Abstract: An improved fill piston and housing assembly for use in filling equipment is disclosed which comprises a piston disposed within an annular cavity formed by a clamped mating assembly of a mounting flange, spacer tube, guide bushing and a sealed metering cylinder section, which piston is demountably attached to an arm secured to the working means of the filling equipment by a T-shaped nut and slot.

Abstract: A container filling system and method is disclosed which includes a filling valve which receives a product through an inlet port in the side of a vertically movable cylinder having a vertically moving plunger therein that opens and closes the port. While the port is open and product is metered into the pouch, steam is directed through the filling valve to purge air from the product and from the pouch and to clean the product from the plunger. The system also includes pouch spreading fingers which leads the filling valve cylinder into the pouch to assure proper opening of the pouch. A dynamic parallelogram linkage is provided to move the filling valve and finger operating mechanisms vertically as a unit and includes resilient means which raises the filling valve above the top of the pouch in the event the power means which actuates the linkage fails.

Abstract: This device for rapid and extremely accurate filling of containers includes a duct for bleeding off gas bubbles from a metering device, where prior bubble-eliminating provisions are inadequate due to extreme product viscosity. The device also has relative adjustment between a positive mechanical stop, used to define very precisely the substance volume metered by a biacting piston, and a control switch used to reverse the piston. This adjustability corrects an inaccuracy arising in prior devices due to the necessarily slower speed of the piston with extremely viscous product.

Abstract: Product is delivered into a funnel which then is moved downwardly to deposit the product into a pouch. The funnel includes a movable plate which initially is disposed in a closed position to enable the funnel to receive and retain the product. As the funnel travels downwardly, the plate moves to an open position to enable the product to be delivered out of the funnel and into the pouch. When the plate moves to its open position, the interior of the funnel takes on the same shape as a plunger which moves downwardly through the funnel to force the product out of the funnel.

Abstract: The rehydrator is comprised of a first plate having a plurality of hollow tubes secured in through apertures and extending from one side of the plate perpendicular thereto. A plurality of rods are secured to a second plate disposed parallel to the first plate and extend through respective tubes in the first plate. The second plate is guided for movement toward and away from the first plate on a plurality of guide rods and springs are provided to normally bias the second plate away from the first plate. The rods slide loosely within the tubes and upon movement of the second plate downwardly into engagement with the first plate, the ends of the rods will extend beyond the tubes so that upon immersion of the ends of the rods and tubes into a solution, the withdrawal of the rods into the tubes will cause a predetermined amount of fluid to be drawn into the tube.

Abstract: A method of cutting off the flow of material being extruded from a dispensing head is disclosed. The method involves interrupting the flow of material by shearing the material in a direction transverse to its direction of flow at the end of a dispensing cycle. In addition, the method involves tightly closing the extrusion openings of dispensing apparatus. Apparatus embodying the invention readily utilized with a variety of different types of equipment and in conjunction with end frames of differing sizes and configurations. The apparatus may be constructed such that auxiliary power means are not required in order to perform the flow control function.

Abstract: This application discloses methods and apparatus particularly useful for repetitively charging consistently accurate quantity charges of a lubricant retaining and wicking material to bearing lubricant reservoirs of dynamoelectric machines. A metering head is movably supported on a base for motion toward and away from a bearing and its support while both are held in alignment with the metering head. The metering head includes chamber means in the form of one or more dispensing chambers which may be sealingly coupled to the bearing support structure. The chamber means receives lubricant retaining material through a given port from a source with excess material returning to the source. A valving arrangement interrupts the supply of material without substantially changing either the volume or pressure of the material in the dispensing chamber.