Apparatus for serially filling containers

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APPARATUS FOR SERIALLY FILLING CONTAINERS WITH A PREDETERMINED AMOUNT OF A VISCOUS SUBSTANCE COMPRISING A FEEDER TUBE HAVING A WALL WITH A CYLINDRIC OUTER SURFACE AND A HOLE THROUGH THE WALL TERMINATING IN AN ORIFICE IN THE CYLINDRIC SURFACE, A SLEEVE MOUNTED FOR ROTATIVE RUNNING FIT ON SAID FEEDER TUBE, SAID SLEEVE HAVING AT LEAST ONE OPENING THERETHROUGH ADAPTED TO MOVE INTO AND OUT OF AT LEAST PARTIAL COINCIDENCE WITH THE FEEDER TUBE ORIFICE IN RESPONSE TO ROTATION OF SAID SLEEVE RELATIVE SAID FEEDER TUBE SO THAT VISCOUS SUBSTANCE IS DELIVERED FROM SAID FEEDER TUBE ORIFICE TO SAID SLEEVE OPENING ONLY WHEN SAID OPENING COINCIDES WITH SAID ORIFICE, MEANS FOR ROTATABLY DRIVING SAID SLEEVE, MEANS FOR TRANSPORTING A CONTAINER ALONG A PATH DEFINED BY AN ARC OF A CIRCLE CONCENTRIC WITH THE CYLINDRIC OUTER SURFACE OF SAID FEEDER TUBE, SAID CONTAINER TRANSPORTING MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO MOVE THE CONTAINER AT A ROTATIVE SPEED EQUAL TO THE ROTATIVE SPEED OF SAID SLEEVE, MEANS DEFINING A CONDUIT ROTATABLY MOVABLE WITH SAID SLEEVE FOR CONVEYING VISCOUS SUBSTANCE FROM SAID SLEEVE OPENING TO A CONTAINER IN SAID CONTAINER TRANSPORTING MEANS DURING VISCOUS SUBSTANCE DELIVERY TO SAID SLEEVE OPENING, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING VISCOUS SUBSTANCE TO SAID FEEDER TUBE AT A PRESSURE, AND MEANS FOR REGULATING THE VISCOUS SUBSTANCE SUPPLY PRESSURE AND VOLUME RELATIVE TO THE SPEED OF ROTATION OF SAID SLEEVE.