Patent ID: 6581647
Filing Date: 2003-06-24
Classification: B60P,B67C

Abstract:
Apparatus for filling a container with a flowable material comprising:a base; inlet and outlet conveyors mounted on said base; an elongate frame mounted to said base at an angle relative to said inlet and outlet conveyors that is approximately a right angle including (a) means for (1) spinning a container for positioning the opening of the container in alignment with means for introducing a flowable material into the container, (2) introducing the flowable material into the container through the opening, and (3) closing the container having the flowable material therein, each of said operations being performed at a different station on said frame, and (b) means for moving the container from one station on said frame to another; and means mounted to said base for moving the container onto said frame from said inlet conveyor and off of said frame onto said outlet conveyor.