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EP 1 616 791 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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12.04.2006 Bulletin 2006/15 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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18.01.2006 Bulletin 2006/03 |
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Date of filing: 11.07.2005 |
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International Patent Classification (IPC):
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AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE
SI SK TR |
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AL BA HR MK YU |
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Priority: |
15.07.2004 JP 2004208361
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Applicant: Toyo Jidoki Co., Ltd. |
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Tokyo (JP) |
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- Kawamura, Hachiro
Iwakuni
Yamaguchi (JP)
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Representative: Leinweber & Zimmermann |
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Rosental 7,
II Aufgang
80331 München
80331 München (DE) |
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A contents-filling vessel reversing apparatus |
(57) A contents-filling vessel reversing apparatus for reversing a vessel (Y) accommodating
the contents to be filled into a packaging container from a upright state to a nearly
inverted state, thereby dropping downward and filling the contents into a container
disposed underneath. A vessel is held at one end of a vessel holding member (9,10)
that is rotated around an axis (12). The axis (O) is situated at a position higher
than the center in the vertical direction of the vessel supplied to the gripping stop
position where the vessel is gripped in a upright state by the holding member.