Patent ID: 7942170
Filing Date: 2011-05-17
Classification: B67C

Abstract:
1. An installation for packaging a product in receptacles, the installation comprising at least one filler station having a filler spout and a support member for supporting a receptacle under the filler spout, the filler spout comprising a spout body connected to a filler spout feed duct near the top end, the filler spout feed duct connected to a general feed duct, and the spout body having a bottom end provided with an orifice fitted with a controlled valve, wherein the filler spout is fitted with a looping duct opening out into the spout body above the controlled valve and connected selectively by a link member to the general feed duct at a point between a stop valve and an isolation valve, and wherein a purge duct fitted with a purge valve is connected to the general feed duct between the isolation valve and the link member.