Patent ID: 7055298

Claim:
A device for filling and sealing packages for a machine for packaging products under a controlled atmosphere in containers to be sealed with a film; comprising: a stationary upper part forming a bell and provided with a vertically movable welding head; a vertically movable lower part forming a pan, the lower part being adapted for receiving at least one container to be sealed and interacting with the upper part so as to define a chamber around the container to be sealed a chamber; an opening in the chamber, located above the container received inside the chamber for introducing in said chamber a continuous sealing film, said film being thereafter welded to the container by the welding head of the upper part; means for closing off said opening and locking the sealing film; means for establishing a controlled atmosphere inside the chamber; first inserting and filling means emerging inside the chamber below said sealing film for introducing fluid products into said chamber for filling the container received inside the chamber; second inserting and, filling means emerging inside the chamber below the first inserting and filling means and having a larger cross section than a cross section of said first inserting and filling means for introducing non-fluid products to be packaged into said chamber and for filling the container received inside in said chamber, before welding of the sealing film to the container; a guide means mounted into said second inserting and filling means; means for setting a controlled atmosphere within said guide means; and mobile transfer means mounted for reciprocal translation within said guide means and provided with supporting means for said non-fluid products that allows to introduce said products into the chamber without disturbing the controlled atmosphere of the chamber.