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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 1979
Filed:
Feb. 08, 1978
Bernard C Eisenberg, Rockaway, NJ (US);
Solbern Corp., Fairfield, NJ (US);
Abstract
The disclosure relates to a machine which is adapted to fill a line of containers passing through a filling zone. The machine includes apparatus for delivering material to the containers which is arranged compactly yet is easily accessible for maintenance and cleaning. The material delivery apparatus includes a hopper located at the outlet end of the machine and an inclined endless belt conveyor extending upwardly from the hopper to a discharge location laterally spaced from and above the line of containers to be filled. The conveyor belt has flights which pick up portions of material from the hopper and deliver the portions to a shaker tray mounted for reciprocation offset and parallel to the line of containers. The shaker tray has a diagonal discharge edge for uniformly distributing an elongated flow of the material to a lower shaker tray mounted for reciprocation transversely to the line of containers. The lower shaker tray has a discharge edge positioned above and extending parallel to the line of containers in the filling region. The material descends in an elongated flow from the discharge edge of the lower tray and enters the open tops of the containers.