Filling apparatus for viscous products
First Claim
1. A filling apparatus for viscous products, said apparatus including a filler mouthpiece, a valve push rod operative in said mouthpiece to dispense a product from said filler mouthpiece, a squirt interceptor-droplet receiving element disposed relative to said filler mouthpiece, said receiving element being formed as a scoop member, said scoop member being movable relative to said filler mouthpiece to assume a substantially vertical first position at which position said scoop prevents squirting of products dispensed from said valve push rod and said scoop member being movable from said first position to a second, substantially transverse position relative to said mouthpiece in which said scoop passes below said filler mouthpiece to catch any droplets which may drop from said filler mouthpiece and said valve push rod has a lateral outlet directed toward said scoop.
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Abstract
A filling apparatus for viscous products, such as those including ingredients in pieces, is proposed. In order to avoid soiling of the sealing rims of the containers, onto which a cover foil is sealed, dripping or squirting from the filler mouthpiece is to be intercepted. The apparatus has a receiving element for this purpose in the form of a scoop, which in a first position assumes a vertical position remote from the filler mouthpiece which intercepts squirting and in a second position assumes a horizontal position passing beneath the filler mouthpiece. The supporting apparatus for the scoop is embodied such that when the scoop is moved from one position into the other position, the scoop undergoes a one-quarter revolution.
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- 1. A filling apparatus for viscous products, said apparatus including a filler mouthpiece, a valve push rod operative in said mouthpiece to dispense a product from said filler mouthpiece, a squirt interceptor-droplet receiving element disposed relative to said filler mouthpiece, said receiving element being formed as a scoop member, said scoop member being movable relative to said filler mouthpiece to assume a substantially vertical first position at which position said scoop prevents squirting of products dispensed from said valve push rod and said scoop member being movable from said first position to a second, substantially transverse position relative to said mouthpiece in which said scoop passes below said filler mouthpiece to catch any droplets which may drop from said filler mouthpiece and said valve push rod has a lateral outlet directed toward said scoop.
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