Filling machine

Claim 1

A MACHINE FOR FILLING A LIQUID INTO A CONTAINER, COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A RESERVOIR FOR HOLDING A SUPPLY A LIQUID, A FUNNEL DISPOSED AT THE BOTTOM OF SAID RESERVOIR AND TERMINATING IN A DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING NOZZLE, AND A VALVE MECHANISM FOR CONTROLLING THE FLOW OF LIQUID THROUGH SAID NOZZLE, SAID VAVLE MECHANISM COMPRISING A HOLDER MEMBER SECURED TO AND EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE LOWER PORTION OF AID FUNNEL AND SURROUNDING THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID NOZZLE, A SLEEVE MEMBER SLIDABLY MOUNTED WITHIN THE PORTION OF SAID HOLDER MEMBER DISPOSED BELOW SAID FUNNEL FOR VERTICALLY RECIPROCABLE MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO SAID NOZZLE, A VALVE STEM MEMBER CARRIED BY SAID SLEEVE MEMBER AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY THROUGH SAID NOZZLE AND TERMINATING AT ITS UPPER END IN AN ENLARGED HEAD WHICH HAS A GREATER DIAMETER THAN SAID NOZZLE AND WHICH IS ENGAGEABLE AGAINST AN INNULAR WALL PORTION OF SAID FUNNEL ADJACENT THE UPPER END OF SAID NOZZLE TO SEAL SAID FUNNEL WHEN SAID SLEEVE MEMBE IS IN ITS BOTTOMMOST POSITION, AND A LIFTER FOOT MEMBER SECURED TO SAID SLEEVE MEMBER AND ENGAGEABLE BY THE CONTAINER BEING FILLED TO RAISE SAID SLEEVE MEMBER AND SAID VALVE STEM MEMBER TO LIFT THE ENLARGED HEAD OF SAID VALVE STEM MEMBER OUT OF SEALING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID FUNNEL TO PERMIT LIQUID TO FLOW THROUGH SAID NOZZLE AND INTO SAID CONTAINER.