Patent ID: 6817389
Filing Date: 2004-11-16
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
A feeding unit for feeding powdery and/or granular substances to containers comprising:a main body with an inlet mouth and a bottom portion, for receiving and conveying a flow of said substances; one end nozzle joined to said bottom portion of said main body for feeding said substances to said containers; conveying and stirring means turnably supported by said main body and extending inside said main body, at least in part close to an inner wall of said main body, and extending inside said end nozzle at least in part to an inner wall of said end nozzle to prevent formation of agglomerates from said powdery and/or granular substances; driving means for driving in rotation said conveying and stirring means with respect to said main body in a space within said main body and said end nozzle; said conveying and stirring means having a plurality of filiform elements with variable spatial configurations which are connected to one another at least in one connecting section.