(19)
(11) EP 1 588 948 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
14.03.2007 Bulletin 2007/11

(43) Date of publication A2:
26.10.2005 Bulletin 2005/43

(21) Application number: 05075894.5

(22) Date of filing: 15.04.2005
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B65B 39/00(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA HR LV MK YU

(30) Priority: 21.04.2004 JP 2004124912

(71) Applicant: Shikoku Kakoki Co., Ltd.
Itano-gun, Tokushima 771-0287 (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Masakatsu, Kondo, c/o Shikoku Kakoki Co., Ltd.
    Itano-gun 771-0287 Tokushima (JP)

(74) Representative: Dorna, Peter et al
Algemeen Octrooi- en Merkenbureau P.O. Box 645
5600 AP Eindhoven
5600 AP Eindhoven (NL)

   


(54) Liquid filling nozzle


(57) A liquid filling nozzle comprises a vertical tubular nozzle body 11 having a discharge opening 27 at a lower end thereof, and an upwardly or downwardly movable plug 41 for opening or closing the discharge opening 27. The plug 41 is provided with a seal portion 51 disposed at the lower end of an outer peripheral wall thereof and shaped in conformity with the shape of the discharge opening 27. The seal portion 51 is provided with a spreader portion 52 positioned thereabove and tapered upward. The spreader portion 52 is so shaped that the liquid to be filled and discharged from the opening 27 is cause to spread by the spreader portion 52 toward a direction closer to a horizontal and as shifted from a direction close to a vertical, as the seal portion 51 is moved away from the discharge opening 27.







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