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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2001
Masakatsu Kondo, Tokushima, JP;
Yoji Nishio, Tokushima, JP;
Yasuji Fujikawa, Tokushima, JP;
Michio Ueda, Tokushima, JP;
Shikoku Kakoki Co., Ltd, Tokushima, JP;
Abstract
A filling nozzle cleaning device comprises an adaptor having an upward socket connectable to a downward discharge outlet of a filling nozzle disposed above a bed a collecting pipe having a vertical pipe portion communicating with the socket and extending through the bed rotatably and upwardly and downwardly movably, and a drive mechanism for moving the adaptor so as to advance the socket to or retract the socket from below the discharge outlet and connect the socket to the discharge outlet when the socket is advanced. The drive mechanism has a rotary actuator and a fluid pressure cylinder which are connected to the vertical pipe portion below the bed for rotating and upwardly and downwardly moving the pipe portion