Patent ID: 6786023
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
A filling apparatus for introducing into a container a suspension or solution of a substance in a propellant under pressure, comprising:a main body including a passageway having an inlet opening and first and second outlet openings, the first outlet opening communicating, in use, with a valve stem extending from a head of a body of a container; a fill actuator in communication with the inlet opening of the passageway comprising a filling valve assembly for selectively introducing propellant under pressure containing a substance in a suspension or solution into the passageway; an exhaust actuator in communication with the second outlet opening of the passageway comprising an exhaust valve assembly for selectively exhausting propellant under pressure containing substance from the passageway and including at least one exhaust gas conduit having an outlet opening configured so as, in use, to provide a flow of exhaust gas substantially aligned with a flow of propellant containing substance from the second outlet opening of the passageway; and a container-engaging body for receiving, in use, the head of the body of the container which includes the valve stem.