CAN FILLING MACHINE Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: canned food production. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to canned food production lines and it can be used in fish canneries and fishing vessels. Proposed machine has product conduit with vibrating drive and measuring cup, vertical shaft with knife-shutter for cutting off portion of product and lower shutter, feeder and drive. Vibrating drive contains product conduit vertical vibration actuator and product conduit horizontal vibration actuator. First of said actuators contains two drive cams secured on horizontal shaft with pushers. Product conduit is connected with pushers for reciprocation and turning. Second actuator is made in form of cam-and-lever five-member mechanism containing drive cam, pusher, connecting rod and rocker rigidly secured on product conduit. Rocker is coupled with connecting rod by means of "floating" joint. Profiles of drive cams are symmetrical with sequentially alternating minimum and maximum radius-vectors with pitch of 45o. EFFECT: reduced consumption of energy, provision of high accuracy of product metering out. 9 cl, 12 dwg