Patent ID: 8096331
Filing Date: 2012-01-17
Classification: B67C

Abstract:
1. A machine for filling containers, comprising: a rotating carousel that is rotatable through at least two subsequent rotation angles and is provided with a plurality of filling stations, each one of said filling stations being provided with a respective dispensing head; supporting means provided at each one of said filling stations for supporting a respective container to be filled in a position that lies below a said dispensing head, the container being movable along a path as a consequence of the rotation of said carousel through said rotation angles; at least two ducts provided at said carousel for feeding each a different liquid to said dispensing head; at least two dispensing ports provided in a said dispensing head, each one of said dispensing ports being connected to a respective one of said ducts: flow control means for independently controlling liquid flow in each one of said ducts; automatic control means for controlling said flow control means to allow feeding of a liquid flow in each one of said ducts as a function of a quantity of an individual portion of a said different liquid to be introduced in a container, said automatic control means producing a sequential opening of said at least two dispensing ports, one of said dispensing ports being open over one rotation angle and another one of said dispensing ports being open over a subsequent said rotation angle so as to fill each container with a first preset said individual portion of a first liquid and, subsequently, with a second preset said individual portion of a second different liquid, the first and second different liquids accessing sequentially said container.