EP4580422A1 - Vorrichtung und verfahren zum konservieren von getränken - Google Patents
Vorrichtung und verfahren zum konservieren von getränkenInfo
- Publication number
- EP4580422A1 EP4580422A1 EP23748556.0A EP23748556A EP4580422A1 EP 4580422 A1 EP4580422 A1 EP 4580422A1 EP 23748556 A EP23748556 A EP 23748556A EP 4580422 A1 EP4580422 A1 EP 4580422A1
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- Prior art keywords
- preservative
- containers
- filling
- transport
- filled
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
- A23B—PRESERVATION OF FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CHEMICAL RIPENING OF FRUIT OR VEGETABLES
- A23B70/00—Preservation of non-alcoholic beverages
- A23B70/10—Preservation of non-alcoholic beverages by addition of preservatives
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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
- B67C3/20—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus with provision for metering the liquids to be introduced, e.g. when adding syrups
- B67C3/208—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus with provision for metering the liquids to be introduced, e.g. when adding syrups specially adapted for adding small amounts of additional liquids, e.g. syrup
Definitions
- the present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for supplying a preservative into containers and generally to an apparatus and a method for preserving beverages.
- the individual ingredients of a recipe can also be mixed together in a mixing container, also known as a batch tank, and then, if necessary, carbonation, product treatment. before filling and bottling. Since bottling is usually a continuous process, all of the preceding steps, as soon as the finished drink is mixed, sometimes take place in a continuous form.
- HDE high-pressure injection
- Liquid nitrogen is also used to reduce oxygen. Liquid nitrogen is occasionally dosed into empty containers before the actual filling process with product in order to reduce the oxygen content. More often, however, the dosage of liquid nitrogen is installed immediately after the filling process in order to ensure a certain internal pressure, especially in PET bottles, as they may otherwise be more difficult to label or stack.
- Dosage systems for adding flavorings or additives have recently become available on the market, which can also be used as a pre- or post-dosage system upstream or downstream of the filling element.
- a device according to the invention for preserving drinks filled into containers has a first receptacle for receiving a preservative and a feed line which can be brought into flow connection with the receptacle and which is suitable for supplying the preservative (starting from the receptacle) in particular to the containers .
- the device has a filling device arranged downstream of the feed line in a flow direction of the preservative, which is suitable and intended for filling the preservative directly into the containers.
- a (non-return) valve can fulfill the function of non-return protection.
- This valve is preferably passive, i.e. it is only opened or closed by the flow of the liquid.
- a damping device is used to dampen the amount of preservative flowing into the beverage container (or container). This can favorably influence the accuracy of the intermittent dosage into the beverage containers.
- the preservation of beverages also requires a comparatively small amount (for example 1-25 ppm) of preservative.
- a device which does not supply the preservative to a beverage line but - preferably directly - to the respective containers. Under immediate will It is understood that the preservative goes directly into the containers from the filling device and in particular does not flow through other elements.
- the preservative is preferably a preservative in liquid form that is either produced as a pre-solution from a powder or supplied ready-made.
- R 2 is -H, alkali metal- or an equivalent of an alkaline earth metal cation or -Ci-Ce-alkyl; preferably -H or alkali metal- or an equivalent of an alkaline earth metal cation; and
- R 2 , R 6 and R 7 H.
- the glycolipids are preferably in powder form.
- the glycolipids are then preferably dissolved and used in liquid form in the process according to the invention.
- the preservatives are preferably mixtures of glycolipids and water. This can be deionized water or water with various proportions of soluble salts. These solutions preferably have a pH of 3-7.
- a special feature of the procedure described here is that a primarily natural preservation, which remains in the drink and represents an essential component of microbiological protection over the entire product shelf life, is dosed into the container either individually or continuously. It is also possible for the preservative to be introduced into the containers in bursts.
- the device and/or the dosing device with the mixing unit can be cleaned and, if necessary, disinfected in accordance with the other process and filling units (at or after) the end of production.
- the device has a cleaning and/or disinfecting device for cleaning and/or disinfecting parts of the device and in particular the filling device and/or the feed line.
- This cleaning and/or disinfecting device preferably has fluid connection means which establish a fluid connection to cleaning and/or disinfection means of the filling device which fills the drinks.
- an injection site at which the preservative is supplied to the containers can be chosen flexibly. It is conceivable that, on the one hand, injection is carried out into the empty container that is still to be filled, and on the other hand, in multi-stage filling processes, the whole thing can also be expressed as an intermediate step or a feed can take place into a partially filled container (particularly in cycled filling machines) or in the already completely filled container can be dosed.
- the dosing unit preferably has sufficient accuracy to ensure a concentration of the active ingredient in the finished drink or a precursor (eg concentrated syrup) of 2 to 1,000 ppm.
- the preservative is preferably added in an amount between 2ppm and 50ppm.
- other additives and/or flavorings can also be added. Tests to mix the glycolipids and the drink have shown that the aqueous phases are homogeneous when carried out as a pre-, intermediate or post-dose.
- the mixing of the preservative and the beverage can be additionally supported by a suitable device (referred to below as a mixing conveying device), such as a container turner or head space wetter.
- a suitable device such as a container turner or head space wetter.
- the device has a first control device which is suitable and intended to control the supply of the preservative into the feed line and/or into the containers, wherein the preservative can preferably be fed to the feed line continuously or, if necessary, also in a clocked manner.
- This control device can have a valve device.
- This valve device is preferably a proportional valve.
- the device has a filling device which fills containers with a liquid and in particular with a drink, the filling device preferably being arranged before or after this filling device (in a transport direction of the containers to be filled).
- the filling device is preferably a rotary filler.
- the invention can also be applied to clocked machines.
- the filling device preferably has a (in particular stationary) liquid line, via which the liquid, which is in particular a drink, is supplied to the filling device.
- the device has a transport device which transports containers into which the preservative is to be filled along a predetermined transport path, this transport device preferably being designed in such a way that the preservative is filled into the containers during their transport.
- This transport device preferably has a large number of transport units, in particular special transport units, which is selected from a group of transport units which contains feed stars, discharge stars and filling wheels.
- the transport device is preferably a transport wheel or a transport star.
- a plurality of holding devices for holding the containers to be filled or filled are preferably arranged on this transport star.
- the filling device is arranged on a feed star, which feeds empty or partially filled containers to the filling device.
- the filling device is arranged on a discharge star, which removes containers filled or partially filled by the filling device.
- the filling device is preferably arranged stationary.
- the filling device is understood to mean in particular the device which fills the beverage into the containers and the filling device means the device which supplies the preservative to the containers
- the filling device prefferably integrated into a (possibly) higher-level control of a filling device so that the supply of the canned food can be controlled in this way. can be controlled by means of four means.
- the filling nozzle may move with the containers.
- the filling nozzle is preferably suitable and intended for intermittent filling or injection of the preservative into the containers.
- the filling nozzle is arranged just above the mouths of the containers.
- a distance between an outlet opening of the filling device and a mouth opening of the containers is smaller than 3cm, preferably smaller than 2cm, preferably smaller than 1.5cm, preferably smaller than 1cm, preferably smaller than 0.5cm.
- the device advantageously has a second receptacle for receiving the preservative and preferably at least one receptacle (and preferably both receptacles) has a mixing device in order to mix a component of the preservative into a liquid.
- the mixing device has a stirring device for stirring the component into the liquid.
- the device has a second control device which is suitable and intended to regulate or control the supply of the liquid containing the preservative to the filling device, the second control device preferably having a controllable valve.
- This controllable valve is particularly preferably a proportional valve. For example, it can be fed continuously or in batches.
- the device has a first pump device for conveying the preservative, this pump device preferably being a controllable pump device.
- This pump device is particularly preferably selected from a group of pump devices, which in particular contains positive displacement pumps, such as rotary piston pumps, eccentric screw pumps, hose pumps, or the like. Select the respective pump so that it delivers a higher pressure level than that prevailing in the supply line. de., contains.
- the respective pump is preferably selected so that it delivers a higher pressure level than that prevailing in the supply line.
- the pump is preferably suitable and intended to deliver a pressure level which is at least 5%, preferably at least 10%, preferably at least 20% above the pressure level prevailing in the pressure line
- a further advantageous embodiment involves a controllable pump device. This can be controlled in particular with regard to a delivery rate. Depending on the amount of beverage to be treated and the selected concentration of the preservative, the delivery rate is preferably between 0.15 l/h and up to 150 l/h, although smaller or larger quantities can also be produced by the device with appropriate packaging.
- the device is suitable and intended to supply glycolipids to the containers. These glycolipids have already been explained above.
- the device has a mixing conveying device which is arranged in a transport direction of the containers after the filling device and which is suitable and intended to promote and/or effect a mixing of the beverage and the preservative within the container.
- the containers prefferably be turned in this mixing conveying device or for the mixing conveying device to be a device which turns the containers and in particular turns them about an axis which is perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the containers.
- the mixing conveyor prefferably be a device that wets a headspace of the containers, for example with a Liquid wetted from the outside to promote mixing inside the filled container.
- the device has a measuring device for determining an amount of the preservative supplied to the containers.
- This measuring device is preferably arranged on the filling device.
- This measuring device is preferably a flow measuring device.
- the filling device preferably has a valve and in particular a controllable valve.
- the amount of preservative to be supplied to the containers is preferably adjustable and/or controllable.
- the present invention is further directed to a method for preserving beverages (in particular by adding a preservative),
- a preservative is held in a first receptacle and the preservative is supplied (in particular directly) to the containers to be filled using a feed line.
- a filling device downstream of the feed line in a flow direction of the preservative fills the preservative into the containers.
- the preservative is preferably filled or dosed into the individual containers.
- the preservative is particularly preferably dosed into the containers that are still open.
- Metering is understood to mean that a small amount of preservative, and in particular a precisely metered amount, relative to the capacity of the containers, is metered into the containers.
- the amount of preservative dosed into the containers is preferably less than 10% of the beverage filled into the container, preferably less than 9%, preferably less than 8%, preferably less than 6%, preferably less than 5%, preferably less than 4% and particularly preferably less than 3%. .
- the amount of preservative mixture dosed into the containers is preferably over 0.1% of the beverage filled into the container, preferably over 0.2%, preferably over 0.5%
- the amount of preservative dosed into the containers is preferably less than 40ml, preferably less than 20ml, preferably less than 10ml, preferably less than 5ml, preferably less than 2ml, preferably less than 1ml, preferably less than 0.5ml, preferably less than 0. 3ml, preferably less than 0.1ml.
- the filling and/or dosing preferably takes place while the containers to be infected are moving.
- the filling and/or injection particularly preferably takes place while the containers are moving along a circular transport path.
- the filling and/or metering of the preservative is synchronized to a movement of the containers and/or a position of the containers.
- the preservative is preferably filled and/or dosed in during a period of between 5ms and 100ms. Lies. This period also depends significantly on the number of containers that are infected per second-
- the preservative has glycolipids, preferably a proportion of the glycolipids in a stock solution being greater than 0.1%, preferably greater than 0.3% and preferably greater than 0.5% and/or a proportion of the glycolipids in a stock solution is less than 20%, preferably less than 15%, preferably less than 10%, preferably less than 5% and preferably less than 3%.
- a flow rate of the preservative supplied to the containers is measured. This flow rate is preferably measured at the filling device.
- a first component of the preservative is mixed with a second component of the preservative in the receptacle, the second component particularly preferably being water. It is possible for the first component to be supplied to the second component in a spray, vapor or, in particular, powder form. Particularly preferred are the first and second components are mixed together.
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- Polymers & Plastics (AREA)
- Filling Of Jars Or Cans And Processes For Cleaning And Sealing Jars (AREA)
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| EP22193174 | 2022-08-31 | ||
| PCT/EP2023/071693 WO2024046710A1 (de) | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-04 | Vorrichtung und verfahren zum konservieren von getränken |
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| Publication Number | Publication Date |
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| EP4580422A1 true EP4580422A1 (de) | 2025-07-09 |
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Family Applications (1)
| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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| EP23748556.0A Pending EP4580422A1 (de) | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-04 | Vorrichtung und verfahren zum konservieren von getränken |
Country Status (4)
| Country | Link |
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| EP (1) | EP4580422A1 (de) |
| CN (1) | CN120035383A (de) |
| AR (1) | AR130218A1 (de) |
| WO (1) | WO2024046710A1 (de) |
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| DE102009032791A1 (de) * | 2009-07-10 | 2011-01-13 | Krones Ag | Vorrichtung zum Abfüllen mehrkomponentiger Getränke |
| DE102014104873A1 (de) * | 2014-04-04 | 2015-10-08 | Krones Ag | Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Befüllen eines Behälters mit einem Füllprodukt |
| EP4250953A1 (de) * | 2020-11-27 | 2023-10-04 | LANXESS Deutschland GmbH | Verfahren zur sterilisierung und konservierung von getränken |
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- 2023-08-04 EP EP23748556.0A patent/EP4580422A1/de active Pending
- 2023-08-04 WO PCT/EP2023/071693 patent/WO2024046710A1/de not_active Ceased
- 2023-08-04 CN CN202380062214.9A patent/CN120035383A/zh active Pending
- 2023-08-15 AR ARP230102160A patent/AR130218A1/es unknown
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| AR130218A1 (es) | 2024-11-13 |
| WO2024046710A1 (de) | 2024-03-07 |
| CN120035383A (zh) | 2025-05-23 |
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