Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tube filling machine
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Application No.: US17756628Application Date: 2020-11-27
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Publication No.: US11878826B2Publication Date: 2024-01-23
- Inventor: Jan Nilsson
- Applicant: Norden Machinery AB
- Applicant Address: SE Kalmar
- Assignee: Norden Machinery AB
- Current Assignee: Norden Machinery AB
- Current Assignee Address: SE Kalmar
- Agency: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
- Priority: SE 513639 2019.11.28
- International Application: PCT/SE2020/051137 2020.11.27
- International Announcement: WO2021/107854A 2021.06.03
- Date entered country: 2022-05-27
- Main IPC: B65B39/06
- IPC: B65B39/06 ; B65B3/04 ; B65B43/54 ; B65B39/00

Abstract:
A tube filling machine (1) adapted to fill different types of empty tubes (18) simultaneously, where the filling machine (1) comprises a grouping device (11), a transfer device (9), a conveyor (7) and a filling device (2) comprising a plurality of filling nozzles (3, 4, 5, 6), where the grouping device (11) comprises a first supply tray (13) with a first type of tubes, a second supply tray (14) with a second type of tubes, a receiving tray (17) and a pick-up head (12), where the transfer device (9) is adapted to transfer a grouped row of empty tubes (18) from the receiving tray (17) to the conveyor (7), where the grouping device (11) is adapted to place a plurality of groups (21) of empty tubes adjacent each other in the receiving tray (17), where a group (21) comprises a row of the first type of tubes and a row of the second type of tubes, that the transfer device (9) is adapted to transfer a row of grouped empty tubes from the receiving tray (17) to the conveyor (9), and where the filling nozzles (3, 4, 5, 6) are adapted to fill the grouped empty tubes with different content.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220411119A1 TUBE FILLING MACHINE Public/Granted day:2022-12-29
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