Apparatus for production packaging of aerosol products

Claim 1

A FILLING AND SEALING MACHINE COMPRISING A MOUNTING NICHE FOR RECEIVING AND SUPPORTING A CONTAINER, SAID CONTAINER HAVING A TOP OPENING EQUIPPED WITH A CAP LOOSELY POSITIONED THEREIN, A HEAD POSITIONED ABOVE SAID NICHE, DRIVING MEANS FOR JOINTLY MOVING SAID HEAD AND NICHE ALONG A PRESCRIBED PATH, FIRST MEANS ON SAID HEAD FOR PRODUCING A SEAL AROUND THE TOP OPENING OF THE CONTAINER, SECOND MEANS CONNECTED THROUGH SAID HEAD FOR DRAWING A VACUUM IN SAID CONTAINER, THIRD MEANS ON SAID HEAD FOR ENGAGING THE CAP AND SUPPORTING THE SAME IN AN ELEVATED POSITION ABOVE THE TOP OPENING OF THE CONTAINER, FOURTH MEANS CONNECTED THROUGH SAID HEAD FOR FEEDING A PREDETERMINED QUANTITY OF PROPELLANT INTO THE CONTAINER, SAID THIRD MEANS AND SAID CAP BEING RAISED ABOVE SAID CONTAINER TOP OPENING BY PRESSURE OF SAID PROPELLANT, FIFTH MEANS IN SAID HEAD FOR LOWERING SAID THIRD MEANS TO SEAT THE CAP IN SAID TOP OPENING AND FOR CRIMPING THE CAP ONTO THE CONTAINER, AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO JOINT MOVEMENT OF SAID CONTAINER AND MOUNTING NICHE ALONG SAID PATH FOR ACTUATING SAID FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH MEANS IN PREDETERMINED SEQUENCE.