Automatic carousel machine for the metered feeding and packaging of fluid products

摘要

The feeders for forming portions of the product, the product supply reservoir and the valves which switch the connection of the feeders between the reservoir and the feed nozzles located on the feeding and packaging carousel are separate from the carousel itself and are mounted in any position in which they can be easily inspected, and the feeders are connected to the nozzles by means of the fixed part of at least one rotary joint disposed coaxially on the carousel. This joint is characterized by high reliability in operation, is designed to facilitate washing and sterilization of all the circuits through which the product flows, and if necessary can be easily dismantled for inspection of the various components. The rotary joint may be designed to form distribution chambers for the monitoring of the residual product in the nozzles during the inoperative transit of these components and/or for the monitoring of a flow of any sanitizing gas which the nozzles are required to blow into the containers at the filling stage.