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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2000
Yukinobu Nishino, Ishikawa-ken, JP;
Tatsuhiro Nakada, Ishikawa-ken, JP;
Toshiaki Naka, Ishikawa-ken, JP;
Shibuya Kogyo Co., Ltd., Kanazawa, JP;
Abstract
A weight filler is provided which allows a bottle to be conveyed while gripping its neck . Load cell is mounted around the outer periphery of a revolving body in order to detect a vertical load. A horizontal rod or load applicator projects radially outward from the load cell . A gripper which grips the bottle under the resilience of tension springs is mounted on the free end of the rod . As the bottle is urged into the gripper in a direction opposite from the direction in which, the rod projects, the gripper is once opened against the tension springs and then closed to grip the neck of the bottle . A filling nozzle is disposed above the bottle which is gripped by the gripper , and fills the bottle with liquid. During the filling operation, the load cell detects a load applied, thus allowing a filling of a given amount in accordance with the detection.