Patent ID: 7000656
Filing Date: 2006-02-21
Classification: B65B,B67C

Abstract:
1. A process for introducing a dose of a liquid component into a container having an open mouth comprising the steps of: conveying the container to a dosing station, retaining the container within the dosing station whilst the dose is introduced into the container and thereafter conveying the container away from the dosing station, which station comprises a retaining means for the container, a dosing head positioned above the retaining means and housing a dosing nozzle oriented downwardly towards the mouth of container, the retaining means enabling the nozzle to remain in register with the mouth of the container for a preset period of time, an inlet line for the liquid component terminating in the nozzle, and a metering pump mounted within the inlet line; actuating the metering pump when the container is retained at the dosing station, thereby expelling the liquid component through the filling nozzle in a stream for the pre-set period of time; in which process the nozzle is employed in the form of an assembly of individual spouts depending from a support, each of which is spaced from an adjacent spout such that streams of liquid expelled through adjacent individual spouts do not coalesce together, each individual spout projecting beneath the support for such a depth that formation of a droplet by coalescence of liquid between adjacent nozzle tips is hindered or prevented; and wherein the nozzle is outside the mouth of the container as the dose of liquid component is introduced into the container.