Patent ID: 6283176
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
A device (10) for metering and dispensing powdered filling material (1) into containers (2), comprising a cyclically operating transport unit (11) for the containers (2), a storage chamber (18) for the filling material (1), and a plurality of cyclical, horizontally revolving filling wheels (20) disposed one after another in a feed direction (23) of the containers (2), each of said plurality of cyclical, horizontally revolving filling wheels (20) have radially disposed receiving bores (49) for metering pistons (53) which are adjustable in terms of their position in the receiving bores (49) in which a position of the metering pistons (53) can be changed by means of a central adjusting device, said central adjusting device has an adjusting disk (66) that rotates in relation to a drive shaft (34) of the filling wheels (20), and a spiral-shaped guide track (65) for each metering piston (53) is embodied in the adjusting device and is engaged by a guide pin (61) that is connected to the metering piston (53), and the filling wheels are made of one of steel or ceramic material.