Abstract: Filler nozzle and valve for products comprising high to low viscosity fluids, with or without suspended solids, particularly useful in filling pouch containers. The nozzle body has a vertical bore and also a side port entering the bore near its lower end at about a 60.degree. angle. The valve piston reciprocates in the bore and seats at the bottom of the bore. Below the seating portion of the valve member is a concave-conoidal non-drip tip.

Abstract: To remove air from pouches filled with foodstuffs or other products prior to sealing, equipment has been used which opens the top of the pouch, inserts a nozzle, injects steam through the nozzle, draws the edges of the top of the pouch together and then seals the top edges. The present invention is an improvement in the nozzle construction which prevents droplets of water from condensing on the top edges of the pouch, a deficiency of the prior art which inhibits an air-tight seal. The nozzle has an inner tube with a flared terminus which is lowered into the pouch, the tube being surrounded by a jacket connected to a source of saturated steam at about 50-60 psi. An adjustable pressure reducing orifice interconnects the jacket and tube so that the steam pressure emitted from the terminus is reduced to near atmospheric pressure and the temperature is increased to about (270.degree.-290.degree. F.