Patent ID: 6131624
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: B67C

Abstract:
A filling valve assembly for filling a container with a fluid material, said assembly comprising;a valve body having an outer wall defining an inner chamber;a vent tube extending upwardly through said chamber for ventilating the container when the container is filled with the fluid material and defining at least one fluid passageway disposed between said outer wall and said vent tube for allowing the fluid material to discharge from said chamber and into the container;a notch extending laterally into one of said outer wall and said vent tube; anda screen disposed across said fluid passageway and having an inner diameter and an outer diameter with one of said diameters extending into said notch;said assembly characterized by said notch being a truncated cone extending axially in the direction of said fluid passageway to define an angled surface for facilitating disposition of said screen into said notch and within said fluid passageway.