DEVICE FOR FILLING CANS WITH FOOD PRODUCT Russian patent published in 1995 - IPC

FIELD: food processing industry. SUBSTANCE: device has product pipeline I provided with vibratory electric drive 2 and measuring vessel 3, drive 7, feeder 6 for filling cans, and actuator 4 having shutter knife 5 for cutting off a portion of the food product. Feeder 6 incorporates a gravity spout for the cans. guide means 15, and means 16 for fixing cans in position for loading. Means 16 has vertical shaft 18 with pusher 17, counter follower 19, and figure disk 20 attached to the shaft. The latter is in kinematic connection with the horizontal shaft of drive 7. Counter follower 19 has the form of an are secured to disk 21. Figure disk 20 serves as a table for the cans arranged on it. Pusher 17 has the form of a rod rotatably mounted in the horizontal plane. Guide means 15 has a wall with a port for passing pusher 17 through guide means 15. EFFECT: reduced dimensions and enhanced performance of the device. 3 cl, 5 dwg