Patent ID: 9169082
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: B65B,B65G,G01F

Abstract:
1. A device for metering heterogeneous, sensitive and non-pumpable foodstuffs having a low liquid portion comprising at least: one or more connecting bolts forming a keyed fit between a fork head rod system with a vertical slot and a top guide fork, wherein the keyed fit is nonetheless variable in height along said vertical slot by sliding at least one of the said one or more connecting bolts from a first location within the vertical slot to at least one second location within the vertical slot; a drive cylinder that supplies the fork head rod system with an oscillating movement, two or more carrier plates that contain centered openings in which exchangeable metering chambers which are insertable in each other can be affixed, wherein the fork head rod system and the top guide fork are each fixed on one of the carrier plates, thereby establishing a mechanical connection to the drive cylinder; one or more vertical rod systems that enable changing the distance between the carrier plates by a drive, a controllable, airtight vacuum connection that conveys the foodstuffs in the region of the metering chambers into the metering chambers by an applied vacuum in a feed region, a controllable, airtight compressed air connection that conveys the foodstuffs in the region of the metering chambers out of the metering chambers by applying pressure in the discharge region.