Apparatus and method for filling a product into a container

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10633124
APP PUB NO 20180086617A1
SERIAL NO

15567702

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An apparatus for filling a product into a container is provided. The apparatus can include a filling unit to deliver the product into the container; a drive unit to move the container in relation to the filling unit between a first position, in which a bottom end of the container is arranged at a maximum distance from the filling nozzle, and a second position, in which the bottom end of the container is arranged at a minimum distance from the filling nozzle, and a controller to controlling delivery of the product through the filling nozzle, to control the drive unit, and to calculate a new drive unit motion profile for controlling movement from said second position to said first position.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE SA

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ekberg, Gert Furulund, SE 5 5
Lindberg, Peter Malmö, SE 46 277

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