Patent ID: 7287562
Filing Date: 2007-10-30
Classification: B67C

Abstract:
1. A filling valve for use with both a first type of vessel having a smaller aperture diameter and a second type of vessel having a larger aperture diameter, said filling valve comprising a valve body having a filled liquid passage formed internally therein and having an outer diameter which is greater than the aperture diameter of the first type of vessel and less than the aperture diameter of the second type of vessel, a liquid valve for opening and closing the filled liquid passage, a vessel mouth gasket unit fitted around an outer periphery of the valve body such that the vessel mouth gasket unit is movable in an elevatable manner, a seal member for sealing between the valve body and the vessel mouth gasket unit, a gasket mounted on the vessel mouth gasket unit for abutment against a mouth of the first type of vessel and a mouth of the second type of vessel, and an air cylinder for urging the vessel mouth gasket unit downward such that the gasket is urged with a greater force against the second type of vessel than against the first type of vessel when the second type of vessel is to be filled.