公开(公告)号：US20190031380A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-31

申请号：US16045091

申请日：2018-07-25

Applicant: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company

Inventor： Brian J. HRONCHEK

IPC: B65B37/08 ,  B65B43/60 ,  B65B3/06 ,  B67C7/00 ,  B67C3/24

Abstract: A method of changing container sizes on a container filling carousel, the carousel and container supports thereon, which carousel has one or more pairs of side-by-side first and second container supports, each container support having a frame, a container support platform and at least one pair of container support arms above the container support platform. Each of said container supports is structured to accept a first small-sized container. The second container support is structured to accept a second larger-sized container, relative to said first small-sized container. The carousel includes a product filling head above each of said first and second container supports. The first container support can be radially retracted from a side of the second container support and from beneath its corresponding product filling head to allow the second container support to accommodate a larger-sized container.