A funnel is disclosed having an oil bottle securing portion and an adjustable conduit portion. The oil bottle securing portion is an open housing with converging side walls, and an end wall including a bottle securing rectangular groove along an upper edge. Seated within the open housing is a U-shaped stop that receives and abuts the top of a standard oil bottle, such that the neck of the oil bottle passes through the U-shaped stop but the shoulder of the bottle abuts the U-shaped stop. With a lower portion of the oil bottle disposed within the rectangular groove of the end wall and the neck of the oil bottle passing through the U-shaped stop, the oil from the bottle will empty into a frusto-conical reservoir at a first end of the funnel on the opposite side of the U-shaped stop and pass through the adjustable conduit.

A funnel is disclosed having an oil bottle securing portion and an adjustable conduit portion. The oil bottle securing portion is an open housing with converging side walls, and an end wall including a bottle securing rectangular groove along an upper edge. Seated within the open housing is a U-shaped stop that receives and abuts the top of a standard oil bottle, such that the neck of the oil bottle passes through the U-shaped stop but the shoulder of the bottle abuts the U-shaped stop. With a lower portion of the oil bottle disposed within the rectangular groove of the end wall and the neck of the oil bottle passing through the U-shaped stop, the oil from the bottle will empty into a frusto-conical reservoir at a first end of the funnel on the opposite side of the U-shaped stop and pass through the adjustable conduit.

A filler head apparatus 20 for hygienically filling and emptying containers 22 through a fitment 24 incorporated with the container 22 includes a cylindrical outer housing 30 for receiving a hollow bore inner cylinder 32 which is actuated to simultaneously reciprocate and rotate about a central axis 33 within the outer housing. A transfer tube assembly 34 is mounted to the inner cylinder 32 to travel with the inner cylinder between an extended position engaged with the fitment 24 and a retracted position disengage from the fitment. When the transfer tube assembly is engaged with the fitment, flowable content or product may be transferred to or from the container 22. A fitment cap assembly 36 is also mounted to the inner cylinder 22 to travel with the inner cylinder to remove the cap 38 of the fitment 24 prior to either filling or emptying the container 22, and then to retract to a standby position while the container is filled/emptied, and thereafter replacing the fitment cap after filling/emptying has been completed.

A filler head apparatus 20 for hygienically filling and emptying containers 22 through a fitment 24 incorporated with the container 22 includes a cylindrical outer housing 30 for receiving a hollow bore inner cylinder 32 which is actuated to simultaneously reciprocate and rotate about a central axis 33 within the outer housing. A transfer tube assembly 34 is mounted to the inner cylinder 32 to travel with the inner cylinder between an extended position engaged with the fitment 24 and a retracted position disengage from the fitment. When the transfer tube assembly is engaged with the fitment, flowable content or product may be transferred to or from the container 22. A fitment cap assembly 36 is also mounted to the inner cylinder 22 to travel with the inner cylinder to remove the cap 38 of the fitment 24 prior to either filling or emptying the container 22, and then to retract to a standby position while the container is filled/emptied, and thereafter replacing the fitment cap after filling/emptying has been completed.

To reduce an amount of use of a replacement gas used for replacing air in a container. A gas replacement system includes: a washing machine that washes the container with water; a filling machine that fills the container with a content fluid; a sealing machine that seals the container transferred from the filling machine; a chamber that covers the filling machine and the sealing machine, and contains a replacement gas; and a water discharge mechanism (washing machine) that discharges the water in the container having been carried into the chamber while containing the water out of the container in the chamber. The water in the container is replaced with an ambient gas in the chamber along with the discharge of the water.

The present invention relates to automated batch making assemblies where various component materials, at least, some in liquid form, are combined. Specifically, the invention provides a dispensing assembly that adds efficiency by increasing dramatically the speed with which a liquid is dispensed from a container and by providing means and methods to automate the addition of and account for the amount of each component.

The present invention relates to automated batch making assemblies where various component materials, at least, some in liquid form, are combined. Specifically, the invention provides a dispensing assembly that adds efficiency by increasing dramatically the speed with which a liquid is dispensed from a container and by providing means and methods to automate the addition of and account for the amount of each component.

The invention relates to device (2), for evacuating a container (4) that contains a pasty liquid (6), for avoiding air inclusions or bubbles in the liquid (18) while the container (4) is being filled with the liquid (18), for eliminating air between the material surface (6) of the liquid (18) contained in the container (4) and a follower plate (10) until said follower plate contacts the liquid surface (6) during the insertion of the follower plate (10) into the container (4) before removal of the liquid (18), comprising a cover assembly, which is designed to close an opening of a container (4) in a vacuum-tight manner and which has a connection device (14), which is arranged on the outside of the cover assembly and which is designed for connecting an evacuation pump (29), and comprising a collapse avoidance apparatus (22), which is designed to surround at least one region of the outer faces of walls of the container (4) by means of a seal (24) surrounding the region and to connect to the wall outer face (26) in a vacuum-tight manner and to form a vacuum-tight collapse avoidance chamber (28) together with the wall outer face (26), which collapse avoidance chamber has a connection device (14), which is designed for connecting an evacuation pump (29), such that, when the collapse avoidance chamber (28) is evacuated, the vacuum therein acts on the wall outer face (26).

The invention relates to device (2), for evacuating a container (4) that contains a pasty liquid (6), for avoiding air inclusions or bubbles in the liquid (18) while the container (4) is being filled with the liquid (18), for eliminating air between the material surface (6) of the liquid (18) contained in the container (4) and a follower plate (10) until said follower plate contacts the liquid surface (6) during the insertion of the follower plate (10) into the container (4) before removal of the liquid (18), comprising a cover assembly, which is designed to close an opening of a container (4) in a vacuum-tight manner and which has a connection device (14), which is arranged on the outside of the cover assembly and which is designed for connecting an evacuation pump (29), and comprising a collapse avoidance apparatus (22), which is designed to surround at least one region of the outer faces of walls of the container (4) by means of a seal (24) surrounding the region and to connect to the wall outer face (26) in a vacuum-tight manner and to form a vacuum-tight collapse avoidance chamber (28) together with the wall outer face (26), which collapse avoidance chamber has a connection device (14), which is designed for connecting an evacuation pump (29), such that, when the collapse avoidance chamber (28) is evacuated, the vacuum therein acts on the wall outer face (26).

The present invention relates to automated batch making assemblies where various component materials, at least, some in liquid form, are combined. Specifically, the invention provides a dispensing assembly that adds efficiency by increasing dramatically the speed with which a liquid is dispensed from a container and by providing means and methods to automate the addition of and account for the amount of each component.