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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2007
Lucio Conforti, Fornovo Taro, IT;
Lucio Conforti, Fornovo Taro, IT;
Abstract
An apparatus to fill a container includes at least one tank for a fluid product to be delivered and one filling head to deliver the fluid product to the container that is movable towards and away from the container. The apparatus further includes a connecting arrangement interposed between the tank and the filling head to supply the fluid product to the filling head. The connecting arrangement includes a ball-and-socket joint structure which includes a first tubular portion having a spherical body, a second tubular portion in the form of a spherical cavity and a tubular sealing element arranged inside the first tubular portion and the second tubular portion at a zone in which the spherical body and the spherical cavity are mutually engaged.