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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2000
Filed:
May. 07, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Christopher C Rutter, Oakland, CA (US);
Assignee:
Packaging Systems, L.L.C., Romeoville, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
141 90 ; 141-2 ; 141 10 ; 141 11 ; 141 85 ; 141 91 ; 141114 ; 141116 ; 141120 ; 141129 ; 141166 ; 141250 ; 141368 ;
Abstract
A filling head apparatus for filling a container in sterile conditions. The filling head comprises a regulating valve displaceable in three positions: open position, closed position, and displacement position. The inner wall of the spout of the container is cleaned by a pushing cylinder of the regulating valve traveling from the closed position to the displacement position. In addition, the filling head can freely move in respect to a sterile filling chamber encompassing the filling tip of the filling head. Furthermore, the filling head of the present invention comprises a diversion path to minimize the 'water hammer' effect.