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Seltzer filling apparatus and process

  • US 4,617,973 A
  • Filed: 02/20/1985
  • Issued: 10/21/1986
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/20/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A filling apparatus for a syphon package having a normally closed valve in a necked opening of the package, which comprises a pivotally movable cradle configured to receive a syphon package in a first orientation, a permanent syphon filling head attached to said apparatus proximate to the necked opening of the syphon package when the package is loaded in said cradle, said permanent syphon filling head including means for applying a valve opening force to the valve in the necked opening of the package, a pivoting means mechanically coupled to the cradle for moving said cradle from the first orientation to a second orientation in which the necked opening of the syphon package is directed downward, a biasing means configured to be activated during the cradle pivoting to urge the syphon package into engagement with said permanent syphon filling head, a head activating means coupled to said permanent syphon filling head to activate said valve opening force applying means for opening the valve in the neck of the syphon package, a source of liquid under pressure connected to said permanent syphon filling head, and means also connected to said permanent syphon filling head for removing gas from the syphon package during filling of the syphon package with the liquid, said biasing means being configured to allow the syphon package to move out of engagement with said permanent syphon filling head when said movable cradle is pivoted from the second orientation to the first orientation.

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