Suspended delivery device and a container-filler installation including such devices

• US 8,770,238 B2
• Filed: 06/10/2010
• Issued: 07/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Serac Group SA
• Original Assignee: Serac Group SA
• Inventors: Graffin, Jean-Jacques
• Primary Examiner(s): MAUST, TIMOTHY LEWIS
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bell, III, Robert
• Application Number:
  US12/813,284
• Publication Number:
  US 20110108161A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,489 Days
• Field of Search: 141/83, 141/94, 141/372, 177/59, 177/60, 177/89, 177116-123, 222/55, 222/58, 222/77
• US Class Current: 141/83
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 3/28 by weighing
• CPC Class Codes: B67C 3/202 by weighing
• CPC Class Codes: B67C 3/24 Devices for supporting or handling bottles transport or storing devices in general B65G
• CPC Class Codes: B67C 3/242 engaging with bottle necks B67C3/26 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B67C 3/26 Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks

Abstract

A delivery device for delivering composition in a container filler installation, the device comprising a tube having at least an end provided with a nozzle and an opposite end provided with means for fastening to a feed line of the filler installation, and the device further including a plate fastened to the tube and provided with a support having a portion extending in register with the nozzle to support a container. The invention also provides a filler installation including at least one such device.

Claims

1. A delivery device for delivering a composition in an installation for filling containers, the device comprising a tube having at least an end provided with a nozzle and an opposite end provided with means for fastening it to a line for feeding the filler installation, the device also comprising a plate fastened to the tube and provided with a support having a portion that extends in register with the nozzle to support a container, the device having at least one measuring valve and control means extending outside the tube and including a weighing member, the control means being received in a housing that is secured to the tube and fastened to the tube, the housing extending around a portion of the tube.

2. A device according to claim 1, wherein the weighing member comprises a deformable bar mounted between the plate and the support.

3. A device according to claim 2, wherein the deformable bar extends inside the housing, and the plate forms a horizontal wall of the housing.

4. A device according to claim 3, wherein the support comprises a column that is suspended from one end of the deformable bar and that possesses a bottom end having the portion of the support that supports the container secured thereto.

5. A device according to claim 4, wherein the portion of the support is arranged to hold the container via a top portion thereof.

6. A device according to claim 1, wherein the support comprises a first support portion arranged to hold the container via a top portion thereof and a second support portion arranged to support a bottom of the container.

7. A filler installation including a feed line for feeding it with composition and having suspended therefrom at least one delivery device according to claim 1.

8. A delivery device for delivering a composition in an installation for filling containers, the device comprising a tube having at least an end provided with a nozzle and an opposite end provided with means for fastening it to a line for feeding the filler installation, the device also comprising a plate directly fastened to the tube and provided with a support having a portion that extends in register with the nozzle to support a container, the device having at least one measuring valve and control means extending outside the tube and including a weighing member, the control means being received in a housing that is secured to the tube.