Abstract: Filling apparatus and method of operation are provided for rapid, selectively controlled filling of flexible, plastic, webbed containers with a liquid. The apparatus includes a cutter which separates the lead container from the web whereupon a shuttle delivers the separated container to a filling head. The filling head rapidly loads the container with the desired liquid whereupon the container is thereafter directed from the filling head along a specially constructed air table. Programmable controlls allow precise movement of the container handling and filling operation to ensure rapid and efficient container loading.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 5, 1994
Date of Patent:
November 12, 1996
Assignee:
ABCO Automation, Inc.
Inventors:
Jonathan E. Moon, Karl E. Zemlin, Richard R. Hadgkiss