Title: Trimmer arrangement for filling unit of automatic filling machine

Abstract: A volume-adjusting mechanism for a filling machine adapted to fill a number of containers with a predetermined amount of a product from a corresponding number of filling units; to enable a volume adjustment while the machine is running, the part of the filling unit normally connected with a relatively fixed part of the filling machine includes a selectively adjustable lost motion volume-adjusting mechanism to permit adjustment of the suction and discharge stroke of the filling unit.

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Inventors: Bennett, Richard N. (Arbutus, MD, US)

Application Number: 950286
Filing Date: 1978-10-11
Publication_date: 1980-10-14
Assignee: National Instrument Company, Inc. (Baltimore, MD)
Primary Class(es): 222/282 92/13, 92/117A, 222/309
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US Patent Ref:

2807213	Sep, 1957	Rosen	92/5.
3212676	Oct, 1965	Trumbull et al.	222/283.

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Primary Examiner: Bartuska, F. J.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Craig & Antonelli