B - Operations – Transporting – 65 – B
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
65
B
226/46
B65B 1/04 (2006.01) B65B 1/38 (2006.01) B65B 3/34 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1282383
CONTAINER FILLING APPARATUS Abstract Disclosed is an apparatus that is incorporated into the production line of a food canning operation. Conveyed containers enter the groove of a timing screw that extends adjacent to the conveyor. The timing screw is synchronized by common drive means with a transfer gear that directs each individual container onto one of ten platforms that are mounted on an adjacent rotating carousel. Each platform rests upon a load cell that is capable of precisely determining the weight of the container. Data from the load cell is transmitted to a programmable controller. A pneumatically controlled dispenser is fixed to the apparatus immediately above each platform. The dispensers are connected to a hopper and are operable to dispense discrete amounts of filler material that are stored in the hopper into the container in order to bring the container weight to within desired tolerances of a selected target weight. A feeder mechanism is mounted to the hopper and operable for applying downward pressure on the filler material to maintain a continuous supply of material to the dispensers.
520772
Icicle Seafoods Inc.
Smart & Biggar
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