EP2937310B1 - Verfahren zum befüllen eines behälters mit einem füllprodukt - Google Patents

Verfahren zum befüllen eines behälters mit einem füllprodukt Download PDF

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EP2937310B1
EP2937310B1 EP15162338.6A EP15162338A EP2937310B1 EP 2937310 B1 EP2937310 B1 EP 2937310B1 EP 15162338 A EP15162338 A EP 15162338A EP 2937310 B1 EP2937310 B1 EP 2937310B1
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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
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    • 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
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    • B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/06—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus using counterpressure, i.e. filling while the container is under pressure
    • B67C3/10—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus using counterpressure, i.e. filling while the container is under pressure preliminary filling with inert gases, e.g. carbon dioxide
    • 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
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    • B67C3/225—Means for filling simultaneously, e.g. in a rotary filling apparatus or multiple rows of containers
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    • 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
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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
    • B67C7/00—Concurrent cleaning, filling, and closing of bottles; Processes or devices for at least two of these operations
    • 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
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    • B67C3/26—Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks
    • B67C2003/2688—Means for filling containers in defined atmospheric conditions
    • B67C2003/2697—Means for filling containers in defined atmospheric conditions by enclosing the container partly in a chamber
    • 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
    • B67C7/00—Concurrent cleaning, filling, and closing of bottles; Processes or devices for at least two of these operations
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    • B67C2007/0066—Devices particularly adapted for container closing

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  • the present invention relates to a method for filling a container with a filling product in a beverage filling plant, preferably for filling a carbonized filling product such as beer, soft drinks or mineral water.
  • a large number of different methods and devices for filling filling products in beverage filling systems are known.
  • carbonated filling products such as beer, mineral water or soft drinks
  • CO 2 for example, is used here as the tensioning gas.
  • the CO 2 bound in the carbonized filling product is filled in against the increased CO 2 pressure when it is filled into the container to be filled, so that release of the CO 2 from the filling product can be reduced or completely prevented.
  • This process is also known as the back pressure filling process. In this way, the foaming of the filling product in the container to be filled can be reduced or avoided, so that in this way the filling process is accelerated overall.
  • the container is first evacuated, then flushed with the tensioning gas, then evacuated again, in order then to be brought to the appropriate tensioning pressure before the actual filling with the tensioning gas before the filling product is introduced.
  • a defined gas atmosphere can be created in the container, in particular a largely oxygen-free atmosphere, which is particularly desirable for beer or other oxygen-sensitive products
  • a filling level correction can also be carried out in a pre-tensioned and filled container by pushing the filling product back into the filling product reservoir via a return gas tube which is immersed in the filling product filled into the container.
  • This can be achieved, for example, by further subjecting the filled container to a tensioning gas, for example CO 2 , which is under increased pressure.
  • the filling product is then pressed out of the container via the return gas tube until the return gas tube is no longer immersed in the filling product and the tension gas escapes from the filled container directly via the return gas tube into the filling product reservoir.
  • the interior of the container and the pressure in the gas space above the filling product in the filling product reservoir can be kept at the same overpressure level while the filling product flows into the container.
  • a so-called vacuum filling method in which still liquids are introduced into a pre-evacuated container to be filled. An exact filling level correction takes place in such a way that a suction pipe is immersed in the container filled with the filling product and the filling product is withdrawn from the container again by a negative pressure applied to the suction pipe until the desired filling level, which is defined by the lower edge of the suction pipe, is reached.
  • the suction tube is in fluid connection with the negative pressure applied above the filling product in the filling product reservoir, so that the liquid can be sucked off quickly and the filling product can be held in the suction tube without dripping. Examples of such vacuum fillers can be found in DE 83 08 618 U1 and the DE 83 08 806 U1 .
  • Vacuum fillers such as the Krones types VV, VVHK, VVHL, enable a correction phase after the filling phase has been completed.
  • the vacuum created in the ring bowl is connected to a return air pipe.
  • the filling level can be controlled via the immersion depth of the return air pipe in the respective container to be filled.
  • the interior of the container and the space above the filling product in the filling product reservoir can be brought to the same negative pressure level.
  • a beverage filling machine in which CO 2 -free, i.e. non-carbonized, beverages can be filled into containers.
  • the filling points of the beverage filling machine run in an evacuated interior of the filler housing.
  • An evacuation of the container is achieved simply by inserting the respective container into the filler housing.
  • the containers are evacuated by the negative pressure prevailing in the filler housing, then fed to the respective filling stations and then filled. Since the containers are introduced into the interior of the filler housing via a sluice wheel and are discharged from the filler housing after filling, the negative pressure that can be achieved in the filler housing is severely limited.
  • Filling a filling product into a pre-tensioned container is also known for maintaining sterility, for example from US Pat DE 41 26 136 A1 known.
  • the U.S. 2,124,581 A describes a container filling machine which evacuates the container to be filled before filling.
  • the EP 0 965 524 A1 describes a method for the aseptic filling of a container with a filling product in a beverage filling plant, comprising providing the filling product under an overpressure and evacuating the container to be filled to a negative pressure, the filling product under overpressure being introduced into the overpressure container, and the filled container is closed with a sealer under an overpressure.
  • the U.S. 2,660,357 A describes a device for filling containers with a combination of evacuation of the container and filling under excess pressure.
  • a method for filling a container with a filling product in a beverage filling plant comprising providing the filling product under an overpressure or ambient pressure, and evacuating the container to be filled to achieve a negative pressure.
  • the filling product under overpressure is introduced into the underpressure container.
  • the container is closed under excess pressure without relieving the container beforehand.
  • the flow of the filling product into the container can be accelerated.
  • a sudden filling of the container to be filled with the filling product is possible in this way.
  • the container Before the filling product is introduced, the container is evacuated to a negative pressure with an absolute pressure of 0.5 to 0.05 bar, preferably 0.3 to 0.1 bar, particularly preferably 0.1 bar.
  • an absolute pressure of 0.5 to 0.05 bar, preferably 0.3 to 0.1 bar, particularly preferably 0.1 bar.
  • the interior of the container is evacuated in such a way that no gas is displaced by the filling product during filling with the filling product and accordingly no gas has to flow out of the interior of the container. Rather, the entire opening cross-section of the container can be used to allow the filling product to flow in. In other words, only a flow of filling product directed into the container occurs here.
  • the filling of the filling product is further supported by the pressure difference provided between the negative pressure in the container to be filled and the overpressure in the filling product reservoir.
  • the filling product is provided under an absolute pressure of 1 bar, so that there is a pressure gradient between the filling product provided and the container.
  • the overpressure can also correspond to the saturation pressure of the filling product and preferably be at an absolute pressure of 1.1 bar to 6 bar.
  • the presence of the overpressure at the respective saturation pressure can counteract the release of CO 2 in the case of a carbonized filling product.
  • the overpressure is above the saturation pressure of the filling product and is preferably below an absolute pressure of 1.6 bar to 9 bar. Due to a high overpressure, the is especially above the saturation pressure of the filling product, it can be achieved that the CO 2 in the filling product is in saturation and at the same time the pressure gradient between the filling product provided and the container is even greater in order to accelerate the filling process even further.
  • a sudden filling of the container can be achieved via the pressure gradient provided between the filling product and the container.
  • a conventional beer bottle can be filled with the filling product in approximately 0.3 seconds, compared to the conventional filling time of approximately 4.5 seconds.
  • the sudden filling takes place essentially at the beginning of the filling process.
  • the pressures between the pressure in the headspace of the container and the pressure of the filling product provided under excess pressure can also take place, since the residual gas in the container is now at atmospheric pressure or can rise to the pressure provided by the filling product.
  • the pressure difference achieved or the equalization of the pressures depends on the initial pressures and, in particular, on the initial negative pressure in the container to be filled.
  • the pressure curve in the container to be filled during filling is dependent on the pressure in the container to be filled at the beginning of the filling process and thus also on the residual gas in the container.
  • the container is filled by the filling product in such a way that the filling product shares the remaining space with the residual gas.
  • the pressure in the container increases accordingly.
  • the resulting pressure curve can therefore also be used to determine the respective filling state of the container and, for example, the end of filling to be achieved can also be determined on this basis.
  • the container to be filled is particularly preferably evacuated once before the actual evacuation for filling the container with the filling product and then flushed with a flushing gas, whereupon the container is then is again evacuated to the above-mentioned negative pressure and then the filling product is poured into the container thus evacuated.
  • the residual gas which is located in the container is a largely defined gas, for example CO 2 , in order to fill the container to be filled in a defined atmosphere and in particular a low-oxygen one To enable atmosphere. In this way, a longer storage period can be achieved and oxygen-sensitive products such as beer can also be filled.
  • the filled container is preferably pressurized with a tensioning gas under an absolute pressure of 2 bar to 9 bar, preferably under an absolute pressure of 3.5 bar to 7 bar, particularly preferably under an absolute pressure of 3.8 bar to 5, 5 bar.
  • a tensioning gas under an absolute pressure of 2 bar to 9 bar, preferably under an absolute pressure of 3.5 bar to 7 bar, particularly preferably under an absolute pressure of 3.8 bar to 5, 5 bar.
  • An inert gas for example CO 2 can particularly preferably be used as the tensioning gas.
  • the filled container When the filled container is charged with a tension gas under increased pressure, for example with CO 2 , the foam of the filler product in the head space of the filled container can be pushed back and pressed into the container. Furthermore, the filling product line can be emptied of foam and residual filling product. In addition, by applying the tension gas to the container, a renewed binding or loosening of the CO 2 in the filling product can be promoted, so that the settling time for the filling product in the filled container can be reduced and a discharge or closing of the filled container can be prepared accordingly can.
  • a tension gas under increased pressure for example with CO 2
  • the overpressure of the tensioning gas, with which the filled container is acted upon after the filling product has been introduced particularly preferably corresponds to the overpressure with which the filling product is provided.
  • Carbonated beverages are preferably filled with the process mentioned. Contrary to the prejudice in the prior art that filling a container to be filled with a carbonized filling product is not possible when the container has a negative pressure or a vacuum, the method proposed here enables the container to be suddenly filled with a filling product, when the container is under a negative pressure or has a vacuum and the filling product reservoir is under an overpressure.
  • the filled container In order to shorten the settling time of the filling product in the filled container and to prevent the filling product from foaming or over-foaming when the container is brought to ambient pressure after filling, the filled container is closed without the interior of the container being exchanged with the environment. It is particularly preferable for the filled container to be closed after the filling and possibly after the container has been subjected to a tensioning gas, without the Pressure conditions in the head space of the filled container can be changed and in particular without the filled container being brought into contact with the environment.
  • the filled container is preferably under an overpressure at an absolute pressure of 2 bar to 9 bar, preferably under an overpressure at an absolute pressure of 2.5 bar to 6 bar, or under an overpressure that corresponds to the saturation pressure of the filling product, preferably at a Absolute pressure of 1.1 bar to 6 bar, or under an overpressure which is above the saturation pressure of the filling product, preferably under an absolute pressure of 1.6 bar to 9 bar.
  • the overpressure under which the filled container is closed is preferably the overpressure provided by the tensioning gas.
  • the actual closing of the filled container can be carried out by means of well-known closers with well-known closures.
  • the filled containers can be closed with crown caps, stoppers, screw caps or roll-up closures, for example.
  • a soft-walled container for example a PET container or another thin-walled plastic container
  • the container is introduced into an evacuable chamber and the chamber is also evacuated before or during the evacuation of the container to be filled.
  • a filler chamber can be evacuated or a separate space surrounding the respective container can be provided, which enables evacuation so that the pressure conditions on the inside and on the outside of the evacuated container to be filled are the same.
  • soft-walled containers can also be filled using the proposed method.
  • the container Before evacuation, the container is preferably connected in a fluid-tight manner to a filling product line for supplying the vacuum, the tensioning gas and the filling product.
  • drink additives are also understood to mean syrup and / or preservatives.
  • the method described above makes it possible to additionally provide an aroma meter for metering in aromas and / or beverage additives and / or beverage components, so that an advantageous change between different flavors is possible.
  • Figure 1 shows schematically a device 1 for filling a container 100 with a filling product 110.
  • the filling product 110 to be filled is received in a filling product feed arranged above the container 100 in the form of a filling product reservoir 2, which can be provided, for example, in the form of a central vessel or a ring vessel of a rotary filler.
  • the filling product 110 is present in the lower part of the filling product reservoir 2, so that a gas space 20 is formed above the filling product 110 in the filling product reservoir 2.
  • a corresponding gas or gas mixture is present in the gas space 20, depending on the respective filling product 110 to be filled.
  • the gas space 20 will have CO 2 , which is preferably present at an overpressure, which means that the CO 2 bound in the carbonated beverage is not released.
  • the oxygen can be displaced from the gas space 20 by the CO 2 , so that there is hardly any or no oxygen in the filling product reservoir 2, which is particularly preferred in the case of filling products that are sensitive to oxygen, such as beer.
  • another inert gas can also be present in the gas space 20, which enables the filling product 110 to be handled with particular care.
  • a filling product line 3, which comprises a centering bell 30, is shown schematically in the figure.
  • the container 100 to be filled is pressed with its mouth 102 in a sealing manner against the centering bell 30, so that a gas-tight and liquid-tight connection is formed.
  • the filling product 110 can pass from the filling product reservoir 2 via the filling product line 3 into the interior of the container 100 via a filling product valve 32.
  • the filling product valve 32 controls the beginning and the end of filling, so that the container 100 is filled with a predetermined amount of filling product 110.
  • the end of filling and thus the closing of the filling product valve 32 can be determined, for example, by reaching a predetermined filling level N in the container 100, by reaching a predetermined filling weight and / or by reaching a predetermined filling volume.
  • a metering chamber can also be provided, into which the filling product is pre-metered and then also present in this metering chamber under the excess pressure. The filling process ends when the dosing chamber is empty.
  • the pressure curve in the container 100 to be filled can be viewed during the filling process with the filling product 110 and the filling process and the end of filling can be controlled on the basis of the pressure curve.
  • the end of filling can be reached when a certain pressure inside the container 100 is exceeded.
  • a pressure sensor 38 can be provided in the filling product line 3, which monitors the pressure conditions in the container 100 during the filling process.
  • a throttle valve 36 can be provided upstream of the filling product valve 32 in the product-carrying line, by means of which the maximum flow rate can be controlled when the filling product valve 32 is open.
  • the course of the filling process can be influenced in a targeted manner and, for example, only a reduced flow rate can be provided towards the end of the filling process in order, for example, to enable the filling end to be reached exactly.
  • a vacuum device 4 is provided, which is also in communication with the filling product line 3 and thus also with the interior of the container 100 via a vacuum valve 40 can be brought.
  • the interior of the container 100 can be evacuated by means of the vacuum device 4 and the gas located in the interior of the container 100 can be pumped out accordingly.
  • the pressure that can be provided with the vacuum device 4 in the interior of the container 100 is preferably an absolute pressure of 0.5 bar to 0.05 bar, preferably 0.3 bar to 0.1 bar, particularly preferably approx. 0.1 bar.
  • a large part of the gas located in the interior of the container can be pumped out by means of the vacuum device 4.
  • the gas space 20 of the filling product reservoir 2 can be subjected to an overpressure via a pressure line 22, so that the filling product reservoir 2 is under pressure as a whole.
  • the gas received in the gas space 20 of the filling product reservoir 2 is preferably an inert gas and particularly preferably CO 2 , especially when the filling product 110 is a carbonated beverage, for example beer, a soft drink or mineral water.
  • the filling product 110 is a carbonized filling product, by supplying CO 2 via the pressure line 22 into the gas space 20 above the filling product 110, such a pressure can be provided that the CO 2 is prevented from being released from the filling product 110.
  • An absolute pressure of 1 bar to 9 bar is particularly preferably provided here, preferably an absolute pressure of 2.5 bar to 6 bar, particularly preferably an absolute pressure of 2.8 bar to 3.3 bar, is maintained in the gas space 20.
  • the filling product 110 is provided in the filling product reservoir 2 under ambient pressure, preferably under an absolute pressure of 1 bar.
  • the filling product 110 can also be provided in the filling product reservoir 2 under an overpressure which corresponds to the saturation pressure of the filling product 110, preferably at an absolute pressure of 1.1 bar to 6 bar.
  • the filling product 110 can also be provided in the filling product reservoir 2 under an overpressure that is above the saturation pressure of the filling product 110, preferably under an absolute pressure of 1.6 bar to 9 bar.
  • the container 100 can be evacuated before the actual filling with the filling product 110.
  • the vacuum valve 40 When the vacuum valve 40 is open, the gas which is located in the container 100 is drawn off via the vacuum device 4. If the container 100 is connected to the centering bell 30, for example coming from the ambient atmosphere, the vacuum device 4 that is located in the container 100 is used Ambient air withdrawn. If a gas atmosphere, for example an inert gas or CO 2 , has already been applied to the container 100, the vacuum device 4 accordingly pumps this gas atmosphere out of the container 100.
  • the vacuum device 4 is preferably designed in such a way that it can provide a significant negative pressure in the container 100, for example in the range of an absolute pressure of 0.5 to 0.05 bar.
  • the valves in particular the filling product valve 32 and the vacuum valve 40, are activated via a control device 7.
  • the control device 7 can either be designed as an analog control, or expediently as a programmed control, for example in the form of a PC or industrial PC.
  • the control device 7 can also be a module of the entire system control of a rotary filler, a rotary closer or a filling system.
  • the control device 7 is set up to carry out the method described below and is programmed in particular to carry out this method and to control the corresponding system components. Correspondingly, the valves and components are activated one after the other in such a way that the method takes place in the form described.
  • control device 7 is connected to sensors and transmitters which, for example, monitor the pressure conditions in the container 100 or in the filling product line 3 connected to the container 100 and in the filling product reservoir 2.
  • the filling method which by means of the device 1 according to Figure 1 can be carried out, now provides for the loading of the filling product reservoir 2 or the gas space 20 of the filling product reservoir 2 with an overpressure.
  • the overpressure can be provided, for example, by supplying a corresponding gas under pressure via the pressure line 22.
  • the filling product feed 2 can also be provided in the form of a line in which the filling product 110 is guided under pressure.
  • a so-called black-filled line that is to say completely filled with no gas space, can be used with particular preference.
  • the interior of the container 100 is evacuated via the vacuum device 4 with the filling product valve 32 closed and the vacuum valve 40 open and brought to a corresponding negative pressure. If the predetermined negative pressure, for example 0.1 bar, is reached in the container 100, the vacuum valve 40 is closed and the filling product valve 32 is opened. Due to the large pressure difference between the interior of the container 100, in which there is a negative pressure, and the filling product reservoir 2, in which there is an overpressure, the container 100 is suddenly filled with the filling product 110. The filling process can thus be carried out very quickly and is therefore ended quickly.
  • the predetermined negative pressure for example 0.1 bar
  • the filling product can also be displaced over the entire opening cross-section d the mouth 102 of the container 100 flow away into the container 100.
  • the filling process can be achieved at least over the largest area of the filling process with a fluid flow in only one direction, namely a fluid flow which is directed exclusively into the container 100.
  • a counterflow of a fluid for example a gas, does not take place, since a displacement of gas from the container 100 into the filling product line 3 and / or into the filling product reservoir 2 does not take place.
  • by filling the container 100 only the negative pressure in the container 100 is slowly reduced. Only towards the end of the filling process, when there is a slow rise in the pressure in the head space K of the container 100, i.e. the space above the filling level N of the filling product 110 in the container 100, and possibly an adjustment of the pressure conditions in the container 100 to the pressure conditions comes in the filling product line 3, the inflow of the filling product 110 from the filling product reservoir 2 will slow down.
  • the point in time of the slowing down therefore depends on the negative pressure present in the container 100 and consequently on the design of the vacuum device 4.
  • the lower the pressure in the container 100 the later there will be an equalization of the pressure ratios or, in an extreme case of a particularly high vacuum in the container 100, the pressure ratios will not be equalized at all, but there will still be a negative pressure in the head space K, even if the desired filling level N has already been reached and the filling product valve 32 has already been closed.
  • the overpressure in the filling product reservoir 2 remains essentially constant over time. During the filling, however, the pressure in the container 100 rises because of the inflowing filling product 110. If the negative pressure in the container 100 to be filled is selected such that the pressure in the container 100 and in particular in the head space K has exceeded a certain level at the end of the filling process, the increasing pressure can also regulate the flow of filling product flowing into the container 100 become. Accordingly, the flow of filling product slows down towards the end of the filling process, so that reaching the end of filling can be easily supported and the filling product valve 32 can then be closed.
  • the in Figure 1 1 shown device for filling a container 100 with a filling product 110 a very fast, abrupt filling of the filling product 110 into the container 100 can be achieved by the fact that there is a large pressure gradient between the filling product reservoir 2 and the interior of the container 100 and thus a high flow rate can be achieved since the filling product is virtually pressed into the container 100 by the pressure gradient (from the perspective of the filling product reservoir 2) and sucked (from the perspective of the container 100).
  • the negative pressure in the container 100 to be filled ensures that there is a fluid flow directed exclusively into the container 100 and that no gas flow in the opposite direction occurs, so that the container can be filled using the entire opening cross-section d of the opening 102 of the container .
  • the number of filling points preferably corresponds essentially to the number of closing points. In a further development, the number of filling points preferably corresponds to 1 to 2 times the number of closing points. In this way, a particularly compact filling system can be provided.
  • FIG. 2 A further development of the device 1 is shown, wherein in addition to the filling product reservoir 2, which is connected to the filling product line 3 via the filling product valve 32, and the vacuum device 4, which is connected to the filling product line 3 via the vacuum valve 40, a tensioning gas device 5 is also provided, which can also be connected to the filling product line 3 via a tensioning gas valve 50.
  • the tensioning gas valve 50 can also be activated by means of the control device 7.
  • the control device 7 is set up in such a way that the described method runs.
  • CO 2 for example, can be introduced into the container 100 via the filling product line 3 by means of the tensioning gas device 5.
  • Another inert gas can also be used as tensioning gas.
  • the tensioning gas can act on the filled container 100 under an absolute pressure of 2 bar to 9 bar, preferably under an absolute pressure of 3.5 bar to 7 bar, particularly preferably under an absolute pressure of 3.8 bar to 5.5 bar.
  • the tensioning gas device 5 is connected to the gas space 20 of the filling product reservoir 2.
  • the gas to be supplied to the container 100 in this way is correspondingly under the same pressure as the gas received in the gas space 20 and it is accordingly also the same gas.
  • a preferred filling method which is a further development of the to Figure 1
  • the filling method described above enables the container 100 to be evacuated by opening the vacuum valve 40 with the filling product valve 32 and the clamping gas valve 50 closed by means of the vacuum device 4.
  • 90% of the atmospheric oxygen is correspondingly out of the container 100 away.
  • the vacuum valve is activated 40 is closed and the tensioning gas valve 50 is opened, and corresponding tensioning gas, for example CO 2 , is introduced into the container 1 via the tensioning gas device 5.
  • the tensioning gas valve 50 is closed again and the vacuum valve 40 is opened again so that the gas mixture can again be withdrawn from the container 100 via the vacuum device.
  • the pressure in the container 100 is reduced to 0.1 bar, a 99% reduction in the oxygen content in the container 100 is achieved compared to the initial state.
  • the tensioning gas valve 50 can again be opened and tensioning gas can be introduced into the filling product line 3 via the tensioning gas device 5.
  • the negative pressure still present in the head space K or in the container 100 is reduced and instead an overpressure is built up or an overpressure already present in the head space K is further increased.
  • residual filling product located in the filling product line 3 is pressed into the container 100 by the inflowing tension gas.
  • this foam can be pushed back into the container 100 so that there is essentially no filling product, in particular no filling product foam, in the filling product line 3.
  • the debinding of a carbonized filling product 110 can continue are suppressed in the container 100 or a renewed binding of CO 2 released during the filling process are supported by the increased pressure.
  • a tension gas for example CO 2
  • FIG 3 is shown schematically a further device 1, the structure of which from Figure 2 resembles.
  • the container 100 can in turn be filled via the filling product line 3 with the filling product 110 supplied from a filling product supply in the form of the filling product reservoir 2.
  • a corresponding tensioning gas device 5 or a vacuum device 4 can be used to supply vacuum or tensioning gas to the container 100.
  • the tensioning gas and the vacuum are conducted in a combined gas line 45.
  • a shut-off valve 34 is provided which closes the gas line 45 of the vacuum device 4 and the tensioning gas device 5, which is combined here, from the filling product line 3.
  • the shut-off valve 34 is also activated via the control device 7.
  • the control device 7 is set up accordingly in such a way that the described method runs.
  • the foam space C has a volume which corresponds to the head space K plus the section of the filling product line 3 between the mouth 102 of the filled container 100 and the filling product valve 32 and the shut-off valve 34.
  • the foam space C is preferably to be kept as small as possible in order to achieve, when the container 100 is suddenly filled with the filling product 110, that only a limited amount of foam is present, in particular when filling a carbonized filling product 110.
  • the foam space C or the filling product line 3 By charging the foam space C or the filling product line 3 with the pressurized tensioning gas, for example CO 2 , from the tensioning gas device 5, it can be achieved that the foam is pressed out of the foam space C into the container 100.
  • the tensioning gas device 5 By minimizing the foam space C, it can be achieved here that all foam is already pressed into the container 100 via the tensioning gas device 5 by means of a moderate predetermined excess pressure.
  • the filling accuracy is also increased if the foam space C contains only a moderate volume. The one in foam room C Any remaining filling product then has only an insignificant influence on the filling level N after the filling product valve 32 has been switched off, so that precise filling is possible.
  • the ratio of foam space C to head space K is 1.1 to 3, preferably approx. 2, so that the filling product foam can be fully introduced by introducing the tension gas into the container 100.
  • Figures 4 to 7 show preferred embodiments of a part of a device 1 for filling a schematically indicated container 100 with a filling product.
  • a closing head 6 is provided here, which is used to fill the container 100 and to close the filled container 100.
  • the container 100 to be filled is held with its mouth area 102 on the closing head 6 in a sealed manner.
  • the closing head 6 has a container seal 600, which accordingly comes into sealing contact with the mouth area 102 of the container 100.
  • the closing head 6 has a closing head space 60 which is in communication with the interior of the container via the mouth protruding into the closing head space 60.
  • a filling product line 3 is also provided which has a centering bell 30 which has a seal 300 which can be placed sealingly on the mouth 102 of the container 100 in order to provide a gas-tight and fluid-tight connection.
  • a fluid-tight and gas-tight seal between the filling product line 3 and the interior of the container 100 can be made.
  • the filling product line 3 can be shifted together with the centering bell 30 in the displacement direction X such that the filling product line 3 with the centering bell 30 is advanced so that it is placed directly on the mouth 102 of the container 100 in a sealing manner.
  • the passage of the filling product line 3 into the sealing head space 60 is sealed off by means of filling product line seals 620, so that the sealing head space 60 is opposite to the Environment is sealed, even if the fluid product line 3 is displaced in the displacement direction X.
  • a closer 62 is also provided, which holds a container closure 104 via a magnet 622, the container closure 104 here being designed in the form of a crown cap.
  • the capper 62 can be lowered and raised in the lifting direction Y, the capper sealing the capping head space 60 from the environment via a capper seal 640.
  • the sealer 62 is arranged coaxially to the container axis 106 of the container 100 and thus also coaxially to the mouth 102 of the container 100 in order to be able to reliably apply the container closure 104 to the container 100.
  • the closing head 6 is shown in a top view, it being evident that the closing head 6 has two closing head jaws 64, 66 which, as can also be seen, for example, from Figure 6 directly results, can be opened and closed.
  • the closing head space 60 which in Figure 6 shown can be formed around the mouth 102 of the container 100 by a corresponding closing of the closing head jaws 64, 66.
  • the closer 62 is arranged above the mouth 102 of the container 100 in order to enable the container 100 to be closed accordingly.
  • a container 100 can be introduced or discharged.
  • the filling process results accordingly in such a way that, as for example in Figure 7 shown schematically, the closing head 6 is closed and keeps the container 100 sealed in such a way that the mouth 102 of the container 100 lies in the closing head space 60.
  • a direct connection of the filling product line 3 and thus the interior of the container 100 with a filling product reservoir 2, with a vacuum device can be established 4 and be formed with a tensioning gas device 5.
  • the actual filling process then runs accordingly on the already to the Figures 2 and 3rd described way.
  • it is particularly preferred to rinse the Container 100 made with CO 2 for which purpose an evacuation first takes place via the vacuum device 4 and then the container 100 is flooded with CO 2.
  • the filling product is pumped out again via the vacuum device 4 and then the filling product is introduced into the vacuum created in this way or the negative pressure in the container 100 by opening the filling product valve 32. Accordingly, the container 100 is suddenly filled with the filling product 110.
  • the sealing of the centering bell 30 with the interior of the container 100 is broken, for example by lifting the centering bell 30.
  • the filling product line 3 is withdrawn in such a way that the centering bell 30 is in the, for example, in Figure 4 shown parking position is withdrawn.
  • the closing head space 60 is now also acted upon by the tensioning gas, since when the filling product line 3 is withdrawn, the filling product line 3 then enters into fluid connection with the closing head space 60.
  • the closing head space 60 can also be acted upon by the tensioning gas, for example CO 2, via the filling product line 3.
  • the closing head space 60 can also be charged with tensioning gas before the container 100 is filled, this preferably being achieved via a centering bell 30 which is not yet sealingly attached to the container 100.
  • the centering bell 300 when the centering bell 300 is released, there is no relaxation of the pressure present in the container 100, but the pressure applied by the tensioning gas device 5 continues to be maintained and applied to the interior of the container 100.
  • This is achieved in particular in that the interior of the container 100 communicates with the closing head space 60.
  • This can accordingly ensure that the CO 2 is prevented from being released or the filling product is prevented from being shot out of the container 100 through the mouth 102 and that the same state is maintained that was obtained after the container 100 was suddenly filled and the Headspace of the container 100 is reached with the tensioning gas.
  • the filling product can be prevented from overflowing or foaming over or spilling out, since the pressure level in the container 100 is not changed even when the connection between the filling product line 3 and the mouth 102 is released.
  • the closer 62 can be lowered and the container closure 104, for example the crown cap, can be applied to the container 100.
  • the closing of the container 100 takes place accordingly under the pressure that is present in the closing head space 60, that is to say under an overpressure.
  • the pressure in the closure head space 60 can be released. In the exemplary embodiment shown, this is achieved in that the closing head jaws 64, 66 are opened. Then the completely filled and closed container 100 can be discharged.
  • the sealing head jaws 64, 66 are provided with a large number of seals which make it possible to provide both a secure seal for the mouth area 102 of the container 100 and a secure seal for the movable filling product line 3 or for the closer 62 when the sealing head jaws 64, 66 are in the closed position, such as for example in FIG Figure 5 shown are arranged.
  • the respective components are accommodated in the closing head jaws 64, 66 via corresponding recesses.
  • the filling product line 3 with the centering bell 30 and the closer 62 remain relatively in the same position when the closing head jaws 64, 66 are opened and closed. In the open position of the closing head jaws 64, 66, not only can the container 100 to be filled be picked up, but a new container closure 104 can also be transferred to the closer 62.
  • This overpressure can preferably be at an absolute pressure of 2 bar to 9 bar, particularly preferably at an overpressure with an absolute pressure of 2.5 bar to 6 bar, or at an overpressure which corresponds to the saturation pressure of the filling product 110, preferably at an absolute pressure of 1.1 bar to 6 bar, or at an excess pressure which is above the saturation pressure of the filling product 110, preferably at an absolute pressure of 1.6 bar to 9 bar.
  • the above-mentioned excess pressures can prevent the CO 2 from being released from the carbonized, abruptly filled filling product 110, especially when using CO 2 as tension gas, and thus prevent the filling product 110 from foaming over, leaking or shooting out of the mouth 102 of the container 100 after removal the centering bell 30 can be prevented.
  • the arrangement described provides a combined system of closer and filler, in which the number of filling organs essentially corresponds to the number of closing organs.
  • the number of filling points particularly preferably corresponds to 1 to 2 times the number of closing points.
  • filling elements and closing elements can also be provided in different rotary carousels, but the number of filling elements and closing elements is essentially the same.
  • the different process steps for example opening and closing valves, advancing or retracting or pivoting the centering bell 30, raising and lowering the closer 62 or opening and closing the closing head jaws 64, 66 are all, or at least to a large extent, via the Control device 7 controlled.
  • the control device is set up and designed such that the method steps run as described.
  • Figure 8 shows a variant of a closing head 6 in which the filling product line 3 is not, as in FIG Figures 4 to 7 shown, is displaceable along its length, but is pivotable about an axis of rotation 320 around.
  • the filler bell 30 with its respective seal 300 with the mouth 102 of the container 100 can be filled by appropriately positioning the centering bell 30 over the mouth 102 and, after the filling process has been completed, the filling product line 3 can move around the pivot axis 320 in the Closing head space 60 can be pivoted into a parking position, whereupon the closer 62 can close the container 100.
  • a filling product valve 32 which is designed as a cone seat valve
  • a shut-off valve 34 also designed as a cone seat valve, which shuts off the combined gas line 45, which enables either the provision of a vacuum or the provision of a tensioning gas via the filling product channel 3.
  • the lines and valves extend along the axis of rotation 320 in order to achieve the simplest possible connection of the fluid-carrying lines.
  • the closing head space 60 can in turn be charged with the tensioning gas via the filling product line 3.
  • the closing head space 60 can be charged with the tensioning gas before the start of the filling process.
  • the foam space C can only have a small volume, which on the one hand enables precise filling of the container 100 and, on the other hand, enables the filling product channel 3 to be completely cleared with the tensioning gas, and thus also a drip-free filling.
  • FIG. 9 shows a further embodiment of a closing head 6, the filling product line not being shown here.
  • Two closing head jaws 64, 66 are provided which can be pivoted relative to one another and which enable the closing head space 60 to be opened quickly and easily to accommodate the container 100.
  • the front sealing head jaw 66 is pivoted upwards in the direction of the arrow, whereby the front sealing head jaw 66 can be pivoted out to the side via a vertical toggle clamp 680 in order to pick up a container 100 or to eject a completely filled container 100.
  • the opening also serves to transfer a container closure 104 to the closer 62.
  • a separate chamber is provided for each container 100, which, independently of the closure head space 60, receives the container 100 in a space sealed off from the environment, but leaves at least the mouth 102 of the container 100 free in such a way that it can dip into the closing head space 60.
  • a negative pressure can also be applied, which preferably corresponds to the negative pressure generated in the container 100.
  • the same pressure conditions can be created on the inside and the outside of the container 100 to be filled, so that containers 100 with soft or flexible walls can also be evacuated and the filling product can accordingly be filled into the container subjected to negative pressure.
  • a device 1 for filling a container 100 with a filling product is shown schematically, the container 100 having an opening 102 through which the filling product is to be introduced into the interior of the container 100.
  • the device 1 comprises a filling product line 3 which has a centering bell 30 which is provided for receiving the mouth 102 of the container 100.
  • the filling product line 3 is displaceable in a displacement direction X in order to be positionable over the mouth 102 of the container 100 and, in the manner shown in FIG Figure 10 shown, retracted position, to give a closer 62 the possibility of applying a container closure 104.
  • the closer 62 is in Figure 10 also shown in a retracted position, in which a container closure 104, which is shown here in the form of a crown cap, can be fed to the closure device 62.
  • the closer 62 is in the lifting direction Y of the closer can be raised and lowered to switch between the in Figure 10 retracted position shown and a locking position to be movable to and fro.
  • the filling product line 3 and the closer 62 extend into a schematically illustrated closing head 6 which encloses a closing head space 60.
  • a pressure-tight seal of the feedthrough of the filling product line 3 is achieved by means of a filling product line seal 620
  • a pressure-tight passage of the closer 62 is achieved by a closer seal 640
  • a pressure-tight receptacle of the mouth 102 of the container 100 is achieved by a container seal 600.
  • the closing head 6 is opened in such a way that both the container closure 104 can be fed to the closer 62 and a container 100 with its mouth 102 can be introduced.
  • the mouth 102 is received by the container seal 600 in such a way that the interior of the container 100 is continuously sealed with the closure head space 60 and accordingly forms a common volume that is sealed off from the environment.
  • FIG 10 A state of the device 1 is shown in which the closing head 6 is open, for example by opening the closing head jaws not explicitly shown here, such that the closer 62 can be loaded with the container closure 104 and the container 100 to be filled with its mouth 102 can also be loaded can be incorporated sealingly.
  • both the closer 62 and the filling product line 3 are preferably arranged in a retracted position, for example in a parking position in which they do not interfere with one another and also do not block the picking up of the container 100 to be filled.
  • the closer 62 naturally moves in the stroke direction Y of the closer 62 along the container axis 106 in order to enable the container closure 104 to be applied to the mouth 102 of the container 100 in a known manner.
  • the closer 62 can, as in the Figures 10-21 shown to be such a closer, by means of which a crown cap is applied. In an alternative embodiment, however, the closer 62 can also apply roll-up closures, screw closures or stoppers.
  • the closer 62 in the exemplary embodiments shown is to be understood here only schematically and is not limited to the crown cap closer shown. Rather, any possible type of closure can be applied by means of a corresponding closer 62.
  • the container receptacle 68 of the closing head 6 is designed so that, together with the container seal 600, it holds the container 100 so that the container can be closed without problems 102 is made possible by the closer 62.
  • the container receptacle 68 which is only indicated schematically here, is designed in such a way that the mouth 102 is arranged essentially centered to the closer 62, in such a way that by lowering the closer 62 in the lifting direction Y, the container closure 104 directly hits the mouth 102 can be applied.
  • the container receptacle 68 is designed such that a closing force exerted by the closer 62 can be transferred to the closing head 6 without the container 100 being significantly displaced in the container receptacle 68.
  • the closer 62 designed as a crown cap closer
  • the container 100 is held in the container receptacle 68 in such a way that a force exerted by the closer 62 on the mouth 102 of the container 100 in the direction of the stroke direction Y can be absorbed.
  • the container receptacle 68 is designed in such a way that it can also transfer the torque entered via the screw capper in such a way that the container 100 is in the container receptacle 68 does not rotate or only rotates insignificantly.
  • the container receptacle 68 is designed in such a way that the mouth 102 of the container 100 protrudes so far into the closing head space 60 that a problem-free closing is made possible without the closer 62 or the container closure 104 on structures or inner surfaces of the closing head 6 defining the closing head space 60 would toast.
  • the filling product line 3 is connected via a filling product valve 32 to a filling product feed in the form of a filling product reservoir 2, via a vacuum valve 40 to a vacuum device 4 and via a tensioning gas valve 50 to a tensioning gas device 5.
  • a carbonized filling product such as beer, carbonized soft drinks, mineral water, sparkling wines, etc.
  • the container 100 is fed to the container receptacle 68 and the container closure 104 is fed to the closer 62.
  • the sealing head 6 is then closed in such a way that the sealing head space 60 is sealed gas-tight and pressure-tight from the environment.
  • FIG 11 A further step is shown in which the container 100 is connected to the filling product line 3, the vacuum valve 40 is open and accordingly the vacuum device 4 is in communication via the filling product line 3 with the interior of the container 100 and the interior of the container 100 is evacuated accordingly . In this way, the ambient air still present in the container 100 is drawn off from the interior of the container 100.
  • the vacuum valve 40 is again opened in order to set the interior of the container 100 via the filling product line 3 with the vacuum device 4 in communication.
  • the residual air remaining in the container volume of the container 100 is withdrawn together with the inert gas, for example the CO 2 , in such a way that a negative pressure is generated in the container 100 to be filled, an absolute pressure of 0.5 bar to 0 here .05 bar, preferably from 0.3 bar to 0.1 bar, particularly preferably from 0.1 bar.
  • the residual oxygen content in the container volume V can be reduced even further in order to achieve a reduction in atmospheric oxygen, for example 99% compared to the initial state, in the container which is then under negative pressure.
  • Such a low-oxygen state in the container volume V of the container 100 to be filled is particularly important when filling products that are sensitive to oxygen are to be filled, for example when filling beer or fruit juices.
  • the filling product valve 32 is now opened in such a way that the filling product supply 2 is in communication with the filling product line 3 and the container 100.
  • the excess pressure in the filling product feed 2 is preferably an absolute pressure of 1 bar to 9 bar, preferably at an absolute pressure of 2.5 bar to 6 bar, particularly preferably at an absolute pressure of 2.8 bar to 3.3 bar.
  • the filling product valve 32 is opened, the filling product 110 suddenly shoots through the filling product line 3 into the volume V of the container 100.
  • the container 100 is filled with the filling product correspondingly suddenly and extremely quickly.
  • the filling product valve 32 is correspondingly closed again.
  • the container 100 was not evacuated with an absolute vacuum, but is at an absolute pressure of preferably 0.5 bar to 0.05 bar, the negative pressure in the container 100 is gradually reduced by the filling with the filling product. However, because there is an overpressure of 1 bar to 9 bar in the filling product supply 2, the pressure gradient between the container 100 and the filling product supply 2 is also ensured towards the end of the filling process.
  • the end of filling and, accordingly, the closing of the filling product valve 32 can be determined using different methods.
  • a volume filling can be represented using a flow meter or a time filling in which the filling product valve 32 is closed again after a certain opening time.
  • the pressure increase in the container 100 is determined to determine the end of filling, and when a certain pressure in the container 100 is exceeded, the filling product valve 32 is closed.
  • the container 100 After closing the filling product valve 32, the container 100 is filled with the filling product.
  • a carbonized filling product will also show a very strong foaming tendency due to the filling of the CO 2 released under negative pressure, such that a foam is present in the filling product line 3 and in the head space K of the container 100.
  • the tensioning gas valve 50 is opened accordingly in order to bring the container 100 into communication with the tensioning gas device 5.
  • the tensioning gas is preferably introduced under an absolute pressure of 2 bar to 9 bar, preferably under an absolute pressure of 3.5 bar to 7 bar, particularly preferably under an absolute pressure of 3.8 bar to 5.5 bar, the
  • the pressure of the tensioning gas, which is provided via the tensioning gas device 5, can be identical to the pressure in the filling product supply 2.
  • the foam which is still in the filling product line 3 is pressed into the container 100 in order to largely empty the filling product line in this way 3 reach. Furthermore, the head space K of the container 100 is acted upon by the tension gas, whereby the foam present is also pushed back here. Furthermore, due to the high tension gas pressure, the renewed release of the CO 2 in the filling product, which is located in the container 100, is supported, so that the filling product calms down more quickly.
  • both the filling product line 3 and the head space K of the container 100 are exposed to the tensioning gas when the tensioning gas valve 50 is open, the filling product line 3, as in FIG Figure 16 shown, slightly lifted from the mouth 102 of the container 100, in such a way that the closing head space 60 is also acted upon with the tensioning gas.
  • the same gas is present under the same pressure both in the head space K and in the closing head space 60.
  • the closing head space 60 is thus also under a pressure with the inert gas, for example CO 2 , which is at an absolute pressure of 2 bar to 9 bar, preferably at an absolute pressure of 3.5 bar to 7 bar, particularly preferably at an absolute pressure of 3.8 bar to 5.5 bar, and particularly preferably at the same pressure that also prevails in the filling product feed 2.
  • the inert gas for example CO 2
  • FIG 17 the next step is shown, in which the filling product line 3 is completely lifted from the mouth 102 of the container 100 and the tensioning gas valve 50 is still open.
  • the pressure in both the head space K of the container 100 and in the sealing head space 60 of the sealing head 6 is maintained via the filling product line 3.
  • the filling product line 3 can be lifted from the mouth 102 of the container 100 without the filling product shooting out of the mouth 102 or the filling product foaming over, since the pressure applied in the closing head space 60 keeps the foam in the head space K of the container 100 pushed back, as well as a renewed dissolution of the CO 2 in the container 100 is supported.
  • the fill product line 3 can be lifted without the fill product emerging from the opening 102.
  • Figure 18 it is shown schematically that the filling product line 3 has been withdrawn along the displacement direction X and has accordingly been brought into the parking position.
  • the pressure of the clamping gas in the closing head space 60 continues to be maintained via the opened clamping gas valve 50.
  • the closer 2 can now be lowered along the lifting direction Y in such a way that the container closure 104 can be applied to the mouth 102 of the container 100.
  • the sealing head space 60 is still under pressure, since the tensioning gas is still present in the sealing head space 60.
  • the head space K of the filled container 100 is also still under pressure, specifically under the same pressure that also prevails in the closing head space 60.
  • the container 100 can be closed by the closing device 62 applying the container closure 102 under an overpressure without the filling product escaping.
  • the sealing head space 60 is vented via a vent valve 602 in such a way that the overpressure in the sealing head space 60 is released to ambient pressure.
  • the capping head can be opened, as in Figure 21 shown, and the now filled container, which is closed with the container closure 104, can be discharged.
  • the next container 100 to be filled can then be started, as is Figure 10 shown, can be refilled using the same procedure.
  • FIG 22 is a further embodiment based on the Figure 1 Device 1 described is shown.
  • an aroma metering device 39 is provided, by means of which aromas and / or beverage additives and / or beverage additives can be metered into the interior of the container 100.
  • drink additives are also understood to mean syrup and / or preservatives.
  • the aroma meter 39 opens into the filling product line 3 in such a way that the supplied aroma and / or the beverage additive and / or the beverage component reaches the interior of the container 100 via the same route as the filling product supplied via the filling product line 3.
  • the aroma meter 39 opens into the filling product line 3 downstream of the filling product valve 32, so that aromas and / or beverage additives and / or beverage components can also be metered in when the filling product valve 32 is closed.
  • the metering in can therefore be carried out before the filling product is introduced from the filling product feed 2, during the filling of the filling product or after the filling process has been completed.
  • the metering in after the completion of the filling process and after the filling product has settled in the container 100 is preferred here.
  • the aroma meter 39 can be designed, for example, in the form of a hose pump, by means of which precise metering of the respective aroma or the respective beverage additive from a corresponding reservoir is possible.
  • a plurality of aroma dispensers 39 can also be provided or different aromas and / or beverage additives and / or beverage components can optionally be supplied by means of an aroma dispenser 39, so that the aroma dispenser (s) 39 are set up and can be controlled so that a different aroma concentration for each individual filling process , Beverage additive concentration or composition of flavors and / or beverage additives and / or beverage components can be selected.
  • batches of a first flavor are usually filled before the flavor is changed. The same applies to a change between beverage types such as, for example, between beverages with fruit fibers and beverages without fruit fibers.
  • Figure 23 is a further embodiment based on the in Figure 2 Shown embodiment shown.
  • the aroma meter 39 opens into the filling product line 3 downstream of the filling product valve 32.
  • Figure 24 is a further embodiment based on the in Figure 4 device 1 shown.
  • the inlet of a flavor meter 58 is also provided in the closer head 6.
  • the aroma meter 39 can be positioned accordingly over the mouth of the container 100 in order to dose aromas and / or beverage additives and / or beverage components into the container 100.
  • the aroma meter 39 can be positioned over the mouth before the container 100 is filled with the filling product or after the filling process has been completed.
  • the filling product line 3 and the aroma meter 39 alternate accordingly in their position above the mouth of the container 100.

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