Supplying measured amounts of material to container - using interacting conveyor belt and conveyor unit moving container along and into and out of required filling stations.

摘要

The container (1) to be filled runs through the filling device on a conveyor belt (2) which has an associated conveyor unit (10,13) which can be moved into and out of the container transport area. The nozzle (23) connected by a pipe to a dosing device (32) attached to a supply container (37) co-rotates with the container (1) during filling according to the activity of the conveyor unit (10,13). This conveyor unit can comprise a transport screw (10) running in the transport direction and having windings inclined opposite the transport direction. The transport screw interacts with a counter holder (13) and can be coupled to a drive (14) so that the container (1) moves slightly slower than the conveyor belt (2). USE/ADVANTAGE - The conveyor unit is only switched on when necessary so that the containers can run uninterrupted through unrequired filling stations.