Patent ID: 6196282
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
A filling device for cartridges with a cartridge neck having annular outlet opening inside thereof and a fixed center element at a center thereof, and a valve cap that is shiftably disposed on the neck and which, in a first position into which the valve cap is pretensioned, covers the annular outlet opening by means of an inwardly projecting annular flange of the valve cap and, in a second position, uncovers the annular outlet opening, the filling device comprising:a cylindrical filling nozzle with a concentric feed bore for containing filling material inside thereof,a sealing sleeve that concentrically encloses said filling nozzle and which is longitudinally displaceable in relation to the filling nozzle,claws on an end portion of said filling nozzle for contacting a cartridge, and for gripping the valve cap of the cartridge and moving the valve cap into the second position as a result of the filling nozzle being pulled back, anda drive assembly for independently longitudinally displacing at least one of the filling nozzle and the sealing sleeve.