Patent ID: 8857479
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: B65B,B67C

Abstract:
1. A machine for filling containers, including at least one filling station, comprising a filling spout provided with a supply opening and a discharge opening; metering means comprising a blocking system mounted in the filling spout, able to be moved between a closed position and at least one open position; and, supply means in order to supply said filling spout with filling product, said supply means comprising a supply pipe, connected to the supply opening of the filling spout upstream of said blocking system, said supply pipe comprising at least one section made of a flexible tube having an internal passage, said supply means further comprising clamping means able to clamp said flexible tube in order to modify the cross-section of the internal passage of said flexible tube, said clamping means movable between at least two positions corresponding to different cross-sections of the internal passage of the flexible tube, wherein the filling machine includes several filling stations arranged around an axis A of rotation, said clamping means comprising at least one clamping system able to clamp simultaneously the radial flexible tubes of several filling stations, said clamping means comprise a first fixed bar and a second mobile bar between which passes flexible tubes, and the second mobile bar being able to be displaced between an idle position and an active position by an actuating device, the first and the second bars extending in an arc of a circle.