Patent ID: 8678030

Claim:
A filling flow divider for portioning a filling substance, the filling flow divider comprising: at least two divider elements operatively connected to each other, each of the divider elements including a stator with a main chamber, a rotor positioned within the main chamber and rotatable about an axis of rotation, and at least two blade elements coupled to the rotor and displaceable in a radial direction relative to the axis of rotation with respect to the rotor, the rotor being configured to rotate the at least two blade elements in the main chamber with respect to the stator, and the at least two blade elements of each divider element dividing the main chamber into subchambers having dynamically variable size as the at least two blade elements rotate with respect to the stator; and at least two connecting devices coupling the rotors of the at least two divider elements together, wherein the rotor and blade elements of one of the divider elements define a first rotary angle position about the axis of rotation, and the rotor and blade elements of another of the divider elements define a second rotary angle position about the axis of rotation different than the first rotary angle position, and the subchambers of adjacent divider elements are in communication with each other to equalize pressure in the subchambers.