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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2005
Evan Hupp, Ely, IA (US);
Erick W. Kerkman, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Lyle Knutson, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Evan Hupp, Ely, IA (US);
Erick W. Kerkman, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Lyle Knutson, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Evergreen Packaging Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
A container filling apparatus includes a fill turret configured to carry a plurality of containers along a first portion of a path as the containers are filled with liquid. A container guide is mounted in fixed relation to the fill turret, the container guide defining an upper guide surface and a lower guide surface spaced apart from the upper guide surface. The upper and lower guide surfaces cooperate to define an edge of a second portion of the path, where the upper guide surface is located to contact a container at a first location and the lower guide surface is located to contact the container at a second location that is spaced apart from the first location. The upper and lower guide surfaces maintain the container in an upright position as the container moves along the edge of the path.