Container filling machine

Claim 1

A CONTAINER FILLING MACHINE WHICH COMPRISES A TURRET INCLUDING A LIQUID SUPPLY BOWL HAVING AN ANNULAR TROUGH WITH AN INSIDE LIP WHICH IS LOWER THAN THE OUTSIDE WALL THEREOF AND A CENTER OPENING INTO WHICH LIQUID WILL SPILL OVER THE INSIDE LIP WHEN THE TROUGH IS FILLED TO OVERFLOWING, SAID TROUGH HAVING A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED OPENINGS IN THE BOTTOM THEREOF, MEASURING AND DISPENSING VALVE ASSEMBLIES MOUNTED IN SLIDING RELATION IN SAID OPENINGS, EACH OF SAID ASSEMBLIES COMPRISING A CYLINDRICAL MEASURING CUP DISPOSED IN AN OPENING WITH AN OPEN TOP AND A CAPPED BOTTOM PROTRUDING THROUGH THE BOTTOM OF THE BOWL, A FLEXIBLE BELLOWS-TYPE SEAL IN THE TROUGH BETWEEN THE TOP OF THE CUP AND THE OPENING IN THE BOTTOM OF THE TROUGH FOR PREVENTING THE PASSAGE OF LIQUID THERETHROUGH, WHILE PERMITTING VERTICAL MOVEMENT OF THE CUP, A DISCHARGE PASSAGEWAY IN THE CAP AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CUP WHICH TERMINATES AT A BALL VALVE SEAT, A VALVE BALL MOUNTED ON A ROD WHICH IS SUPPORTED FOR VERTICAL MOVEMENT IN THE CUP, A CONTAINER SUPPORTING PLATFORM ALIGNED BELOW EACH OF THE ASSEMBLIES AND CAM MEANS FOR RAISING AND LOWERING THE PLATFORM, MEANS FOR DELIVERING CONTAINERS TO BE FILLED BENEATH SAID ASSEMBLIES ON THE TURRET AND FOR TAKING THE FILLED CONTAINERS AWAY, AND CAM MEANS INCLUDING A FIXED CAM TRACK AND COOPERATING CAM FOLLOWERS ON THE VALVE RODS FOR RAISING AND LOWERING THE SAME TO OPEN AND CLOSE THE VALVES IN THE CUPS.