Filling apparatus
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1. A filling apparatus for filling containers, comprising:
- a delivery station to which empty containers are fed by a supply conveyor;
a first electronic balance for weighing empty containers sequentially transported thereto by from said delivery station;
a filling machine for filling a material into the containers transported thereto from said first electronic balance;
a second electronic balance for weighing filled containers transported thereto from said filling machine;
a further delivery station to which filled containers which have been weighed by said second electronic balance are transported for being taken out by a take-out means;
a container transportation means having an operation member having at least four container grasping chucks thereon for grasping a container therein for being transported by said transportation means; and
operation member drive means for driving said operation member to move said at least four chucks into positions to simultaneously grasp a container in each of the respective delivery station, first electronic balance, filling machine and second electronic balance, and thereafter by movement of said operation member, simultaneously transfer an empty container from said delivery station to said first electronic balance, an empty container from said first electronic balance to said filling machine, a filled container from said filling machine to said second electronic balance, and a weighed filled container from said second electronic balance to said further delivery station.
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Abstract
A filling machine provided with a filling amount weighing apparatus which is used in a step of preparing medical supplies and so on, and continuously fills automatically powder, liquid or the like of a very small amount into a container such as vial, ampul or the like so as to weigh the filling amount, on the employment of an electronic balance to effect a weighing operation of high speed and precision so as to improve the filling amount accuracy through the reduction in dispersion in the filling amount.
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1. A filling apparatus for filling containers, comprising:
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a delivery station to which empty containers are fed by a supply conveyor; a first electronic balance for weighing empty containers sequentially transported thereto by from said delivery station; a filling machine for filling a material into the containers transported thereto from said first electronic balance; a second electronic balance for weighing filled containers transported thereto from said filling machine; a further delivery station to which filled containers which have been weighed by said second electronic balance are transported for being taken out by a take-out means; a container transportation means having an operation member having at least four container grasping chucks thereon for grasping a container therein for being transported by said transportation means; and operation member drive means for driving said operation member to move said at least four chucks into positions to simultaneously grasp a container in each of the respective delivery station, first electronic balance, filling machine and second electronic balance, and thereafter by movement of said operation member, simultaneously transfer an empty container from said delivery station to said first electronic balance, an empty container from said first electronic balance to said filling machine, a filled container from said filling machine to said second electronic balance, and a weighed filled container from said second electronic balance to said further delivery station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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