Patent ID: 6755223
Filing Date: 2004-06-29
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
A machine (1) for automatically filling bottles (2) with powdered material, in which the bottles (2) to be filled are fed in succession, with intermittent motion, along a preset path (3), the machine (1) comprising at least one filling station (4) having at least one powder dosing disk (5), located above the bottle (2) path (3), the disk being driven with intermittent rotation in one direction about its geometric axis (10) and having radial cavities (7) with pistons (8) contained in the cavities (7), the cavities and pistons forming spaces for receiving, transferring and unloading dosed quantities of powders into the bottles (2), the pistons (8) being alternately mobile in the cavities (7) to vary the dosing spaces; the machine (1) having drive means (6, 9) for the dosing disk (5) and adjustment means (20, 11, 12) for the dosing spaces connected to the dosing disk (5) and a remote control mechanism (13, 14) for the adjustment means (20, 11, 12); the machine (1) being characterised in that the drive means (6, 9) for the dosing disk (5) and the remote control mechanism (13, 14) for the adjustment means (20, 11, 12) are located on the same side of the dosing disk (5).