Conveyor section arrangement in a filling station

Abstract

An arrangement ( ) of a conveyor section ( ) is provided for containers ( ) that are conveyed on said conveyor section and that are in a filling position. The containers are to be filled with items ( ) or with a bulk material in a filling station ( ) by means of a filling funnel ( ). The conveyor section ( ) is provided on at least one side immediately before, in and after the filling station ( ) with a continuous toothed belt or a chain belt ( ) and with a pertaining intermitting actuator ( ) and spaced apart container carrying plates ( ). The plates can be positively engaged with the containers ( ) that are open towards the top and that arrive on the conveyor section ( ). The plates supply the containers to the filling position one by one and return the containers once they are filled from the filling position to the conveying section ( ), preferably in an accelerated clocked manner and optionally at the outlet thereof. The carrying plates ( ) that are in the filling position, that adjoin and the extend transversely to the direction of conveyance (F) configure a filling funnel wall between the filling funnel ( ) and a container to be filled.