Patent ID: 7937907
Filing Date: 2011-05-10
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
1. A container filling and sealing device, the device comprising a filling device for filling at least one container, a sealing device for sealing at least one container, a transport device for supplying at least one container along a straight transport path to the filling device and sealing device, and a moving device for moving the filling device in a direction parallel to the transport path in order to vary the distance between the filling device and sealing device in the transport direction, wherein the transport device moves elongate nests along the transport path to the filling device and sealing device, the nests having an elongate axis extending in the direction of the transport path and an array of horizontally arranged openings for holding a plurality of containers, the array of openings comprising adjacent rows of openings extending transversely to the axis of the nests, the filling device comprises a row of filling needles extending transversely to the axis of the nests and parallel to the adjacent rows of openings in the nests, and the sealing device comprises a row of insertion tubes and rods extending transversely to the axis of the nests and parallel to the adjacent rows of openings in the nests.