Patent ID: 11878822
Assignee: JOHN BEAN TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A filler head apparatus for filling and emptying a container with flowable material through a fitment on the container, the fitment having a removable cap, the filler head comprising:
(a) a housing having a proximal end and a distal end, the housing configured with a fitment opening at the distal end to receive the container fitment;
(b) a transfer tube assembly positioned within the housing through which the flowable material flows when filling and emptying the container, the transfer tube having a leading end connectable to the fitment and an opposite end connectable to an external source of flowable material or to an external receptacle for the flowable material;
(c) a fitment cap assembly positioned within the housing for removing the fitment cap from the fitment and attaching the fitment cap to the fitment, the apparatus having a leading end engageable with the fitment cap; and
(d) an actuating system that selectively positions the leading end of the transfer tube assembly at the fitment or the leading end of the fitment cap assembly at the fitment and correspondingly retracts the leading end of the transfer tube assembly away from the fitment or the leading end of the fitment cap assembly away from the fitment.