초록

Method and device for the vacuum filling of containers by using a continuous conveyor bringing the containers straight below two successive fixed stations. At one of the stations the filling of the containers is carried out, and at the other station a vacuum sealing of the containers is carried out.

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In an apparatus for vacuum filling containers with pulverulent or granular materials, including weighing means for weighing the materials, conveying means for conveying pulverulent or granular materials to said weighing means, dispensing means for dispensing weighed materials from the weighing means

In an apparatus for vacuum filling containers with pulverulent or granular materials, including weighing means for weighing the materials, conveying means for conveying pulverulent or granular materials to said weighing means, dispensing means for dispensing weighed materials from the weighing means to containers, vacuum means for applying vacuum to the containers containing the materials, and sealing means for sealing the vacuum filled containers; wherein the improvement comprises a turntable mounted for intermittent rotational movement relative to all the aforesaid means, said turntable having at its periphery a plurality of at least three support means for receiving respective ones of the containers, said support means being uniformly angularly spaced from one another, said conveying means, weighing means, dispensing means, vacuum means and sealing means being each arranged at one of two fixed stations proximate to the periphery of said turntable, said fixed stations having the same angular spacing between each other as the angular spacing between angularly adjacent ones of said support means.