EP1243547A1 - Tête de remplissage pour boissons plates - Google Patents

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EP1243547A1
EP1243547A1 EP02004733A EP02004733A EP1243547A1 EP 1243547 A1 EP1243547 A1 EP 1243547A1 EP 02004733 A EP02004733 A EP 02004733A EP 02004733 A EP02004733 A EP 02004733A EP 1243547 A1 EP1243547 A1 EP 1243547A1
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bottle
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Jörn Richard Fehland
Jens H. Dr.-Ing. Pöpplau
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KHS GmbH
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Alfill Engineering & Co Kg GmbH
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/22—Details
    • B67C3/26—Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks
    • B67C3/2642—Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks specially adapted for sterilising prior to filling
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/04—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus without applying pressure
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/22—Details
    • B67C2003/228—Aseptic features
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/22—Details
    • B67C3/26—Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks
    • B67C2003/2688—Means for filling containers in defined atmospheric conditions

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  • the invention relates to a filling element mentioned in the preamble of claim 1 Art.
  • Filling organs for still drinks are mostly in generic training open, i.e. without sealing the outlet to the container edge.
  • the object of the present invention is a filling element of the beginning to create the type mentioned, the high quality requirements for open bottling with regard to freedom from oxygen and sterility.
  • the filling element according to the invention has an annular nozzle which emits an annular or tubular gas curtain in the filling direction concentrically with the filling jet.
  • This curtain wraps around the outlet and the edge of the container, i.e. around the bottle neck for bottles, and seals the inside of the curtain against gas entering from outside, and thus against the introduction of oxygen and germs.
  • a conventional aseptic and oxygen-free sterile gas such as nitrogen or CO 2 can be used.
  • the features of claim 2 are advantageously provided.
  • One preferably Irradiated source of sterilizing radiation arranged around the filling element the edge of the container or the neck areas of the bottle and, if necessary the environment and also ensures sterility in this area. The This further improves the sterility of the filling.
  • the source can be pulsed or operated non-pulsed and suitable sterilizing radiation such as Deliver gamma radiation. Is particularly suitable for the present purposes UV radiation from a ring light.
  • the features of claim 3 are advantageously provided.
  • the jet nozzle that is preferably directed into the container mouth, before the start of the filling process Blow sterile gas into the container and rinse it out so that there are any Germs and oxygen are removed before the filling process begins. This also increases the sterility and freedom from oxygen in the filling process improved.
  • the gas emerging from the container is released from the gas curtain away. Any germs contained are sterilized by the Radiation killed.
  • the invention is for example and with a single figure schematically based on a partially sectioned side view of an inventive Filling organ shown above a bottle during filling.
  • the container to be filled is a modern one, made of PET or other material manufactured beverage bottle 1 shown below the edge 2 of its mouth Neck 3 has the usual neck collar 4.
  • the bottle 1 is not shown Means, for example, with one reaching under the neck collar 4 Holders held in the position shown.
  • a filling element 5 is arranged with a simplified Representation of the outlet 6, shown as a tube, from the beverage 7, as shown, is filled into bottle 1.
  • the lower edge 8 of the outlet 6 is at a distance from the edge 2 of the bottle 1. So it is filled open. This filling method is the case for still drinks be filled without pressure, usual.
  • An annular nozzle 9 is arranged around the outlet 6, attached to it, the gas with the ring nozzle opening directed downwards parallel to the outlet 6 radiates downwards that the ring nozzle 9 via a feed line 10 from a Sterile gas source, not shown, is supplied.
  • the gas is going towards the Arrows 11 ejected downwards and thus forms a tubular gas curtain with a ring cross-section that defines the outlet 6 and the neck 3 of the bottle 1 encloses.
  • Ring light provided for the generation of UV light.
  • This has a ring reflector 12 and a ring lamp 13. It shines in the direction of arrows 14 below on the area of the neck 3 and the edge 2 of the bottle 1 and provides by UV radiation for a further improvement in sterility in this area.
  • the filling element 5 also has a jet nozzle 15, which in the exemplary embodiment arranged in the interior of the outlet 6 and to the outside via a supply line 16 is connected.
  • the jet nozzle 15 is also under sterile gas Pressure supplied and from this in the direction of arrow 17 in the opening of Blown bottle 1. With valves, not shown, the jet nozzle 15 is switched so that it blows sterile gas into bottle 1 before the filling process begins, in order to rinse them out to reduce the oxygen content and the germ content.
  • the jet nozzle 15 can also be in addition to the Spout 6, directed towards the mouth of the bottle 1, may be arranged.

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DE10114660A DE10114660C2 (de) 2001-03-24 2001-03-24 Füllorgan für stille Getränke
DE10114660 2001-03-24

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