Patent ID: 6547107
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: B65B,B67C

Abstract:
A filling amount adjustment device for a liquid-form substance filling machine, wherein in said liquid-form substance filling machine a piston rod is caused to advance and retract by an arm that is connected to a drive section and makes a swing movement, a piston is caused to advance and retract inside a filling cylinder by said piston rod, a predetermined amount of a liquid-form substance is supplied into said filling cylinder, and said liquid-form substance is discharged from said filling cylinder and then released out of a filling nozzle, and wherein said filling amount adjustment device is comprised of:a first sliding member provided on said arm so that said first sliding member swings together with said arm and slides in a direction of length of said arm, said first sliding member being connected to said piston rod via a connecting member, a second sliding member that slides in a direction perpendicular to a supporting shaft of said arm and stops at appropriate positions, and a position regulating member which is provided on said second sliding member and is moved by a sliding movement of said second sliding member, said position regulating member being connected to said first sliding member and guiding a swing movement of said first sliding member along a predetermined path, and wherein a position of said first sliding member with respect to said direction of length of said arm is adjusted by way of sliding said second sliding member and thus moving said position regulating member.