IP Library Granted Patent US 9,828,122
Granted Patent B2
US 9,828,122 · App. 14/382,661 · Granted Nov 28, 2017

Container filling apparatus

Inventors: Miguel Angel Navarro Rosales (Estado de Mexico, MX); Yoshifumi Morita (Estado de Mexico, MX)
Assignee: NISSIN FOODS HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
B65B5/04B65B23/00B65B43/46
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,828,122
App. No.
14/382,661
Granted
Nov 28, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A container filling apparatus of the present invention includes: a first supply apparatus configured to supply a content; a rotational body having a placement portion configured to carry the contents supplied by the first supply apparatus, the rotational body being configured to rotate with respect to an axis thereof to turn the placement portion; a second supply apparatus configured to place a container from above on the content placed in an upward-facing state on the placement portion; and an engagement portion provided on the rotational body and configured to engage with the container that is placed over the content by the second supply apparatus, wherein the container is disengageable from the engagement portion by the container being rotated by the rotational body at an angle.

Claims (15)

1. A container filling apparatus comprising:

a first supply apparatus configured to supply a content;

a rotational body having a placement portion configured to carry the content supplied by the first supply apparatus, the rotational body being configured to rotate with respect to an axis thereof to turn the placement portion;

a second supply apparatus configured to place a container from above the content placed in an upward-facing state on the placement portion;

an engagement portion provided on the rotational body and configured to engage with the container that is placed over the content by the second supply apparatus; and

a disengagement portion configured to block movement of the container when rotated by the rotational body,

wherein the container is disengageable from the engagement portion when a rotational movement of the container about the axis is blocked by the disengagement portion.

2. The container filling apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a slider having a downward-slanting groove configured to let the container disengaged from the engagement portion slide off; and

a conveying apparatus having a receiving portion configured to receive the container slid off from the groove.

3. The container filling apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of engagement portions identical to the engagement portion is provided in a direction of the axis of the rotational body, and the placement portion is arranged in between the plurality of engagement portions.

4. The container filling apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a receptacle configured to receive a stem portion of the container, the receptacle being configured to disengage the received container from the engagement portion.

5. The container filling apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the rotational body has four placement portions identical to the placement portion in a direction of the rotation, and

the disengagement portion is configured to receive a stem portion of the container that is rotated by the rotational body at 90 degrees.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 3, 2014
From: NAVARRO ROSALES, MIGUEL ANGEL; MORITA, YOSHIFUMI
To: NISSIN FOODS HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 033659/0815 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150027084A1 · Jan 29, 2015