摘要 |
A filling apparatus for filling tubular casings with pasty material, comprising a filling tube provided with a discharge opening 6, a cover- or lidlike closure member 5 which is mounted in front of the discharge opening of the filling tube, means for moving the closure member between a first position in which it closes the filling tube discharge opening and a second open position in which it permits discharge of the material to be packaged, web means 8, 20 connecting the closure member to the filling tube in such a manner that the material to be packaged is radially deflected into the casing between the discharge end and the closure member, a shell tube 12 surrounding the filling tube and having its forward edge formed as a knife edge 13, and means 14 for axially displacing the shell tube in the filling direction so that in its final position the shell tube constitutes a peripherally extending closure for the discharge openings of the filling tube.
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