US20090236007A1 - Method and apparatus for filling beverage bottles, in a beverage bottling plant, with a beverage material comprising a carbonated water component and a liquid flavoring component, and method and apparatus for filling containers, in a container filling plant, with a material comprising a first ingredient and a second ingredient - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for filling beverage bottles, in a beverage bottling plant, with a beverage material comprising a carbonated water component and a liquid flavoring component, and method and apparatus for filling containers, in a container filling plant, with a material comprising a first ingredient and a second ingredient Download PDF

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US20090236007A1
US20090236007A1 US12/412,020 US41202009A US2009236007A1 US 20090236007 A1 US20090236007 A1 US 20090236007A1 US 41202009 A US41202009 A US 41202009A US 2009236007 A1 US2009236007 A1 US 2009236007A1
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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
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    • 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
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B65B3/26—Methods or devices for controlling the quantity of the material fed or filled
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B3/00—Packaging plastic material, semiliquids, liquids or mixed solids and liquids, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, or jars
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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
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  • the present application relates to a method and apparatus for filling beverage bottles, in a beverage bottling plant, with a beverage material comprising a carbonated water component and a liquid flavoring component, and method and apparatus for filling containers, in a container filling plant, with a material comprising a first ingredient and a second ingredient.
  • the present application relates to a method for the filling of bottles or similar containers with a liquid comprising at least two ingredients.
  • the ingredients are mixed with one another during the filling of the individual container, and the mixing ratio of the ingredients is controlled by measuring the quantity of at least one ingredient fed into the individual container with a flow meter.
  • the present application also relates to a filling system for the filling of bottles or similar containers with a liquid that comprises at least two ingredients.
  • the ingredients are mixed with one another during the filling of the respective container.
  • the filling system comprises at least one filling element with a discharge opening for the dispensing of the liquid being bottled in the individual container.
  • the discharge opening can be placed in communication via a liquid path.
  • the filling system further comprises a dosing valve arrangement with bowls or chambers, each of which houses one ingredient corresponding to the mixing ratio of the ingredients in the container.
  • the present application relates to a method for the filling of containers with a liquid being bottled which consists of at least two ingredients, namely for example a basic ingredient and an additional ingredient, whereby the ingredients are mixed with each other during the filling process.
  • Methods of this type are known in the beverage industry.
  • the mixing of two ingredients which, when mixed, form the finished liquid or beverage takes place in a dosing chamber which is realized in a housing of the respective filling element.
  • a dosing valve arrangement which is formed by two controllable dosing valves
  • the liquid ingredients are fed to the dosing chamber in the quantity or in the volume required to achieve the desired mixing ratio, and for example under the control of a level sensor which is located in the dosing chamber.
  • the finished beverage is introduced into the individual container by opening a liquid valve.
  • This method is intended for the filling of cans and is not suitable for the filling of containers, for example containers made of glass with empty volumes that fluctuate significantly, because with this method it is not possible to achieve a constant fill level.
  • Some methods and filling systems involve the mixing of the ingredients which is controlled on the basis of quantity or volume, and for example with the use of an independent flow meter for each ingredient on each filling element.
  • these designs require or desire a significant effort in terms of construction.
  • An object of the present application is to describe a method for the filling of bottles or similar containers with a liquid that is produced by the mixing of at least two ingredients, which (method) makes it possible to accomplish this filling with reduced effort and expense in terms of construction.
  • the present application teaches that this object can be accomplished by a method for filling bottles or similar containers with a liquid consisting of at least two ingredients, whereby the ingredients are mixed with one another during the filling of the respective container and the mixing ratio of the ingredients is controlled by measurement of the quantity of at least one ingredient fed into the respective container by a flow meter.
  • the mixing of the ingredients takes place in the individual container, and that the mixing of the ingredients takes place during the filling so that at least one ingredient is fed into the individual container using the flow meter to control the quantity or volume.
  • the ingredient fed into the container at the end of the filling process is introduced into the container to control the fill level.
  • the present application also teaches that this object can be accomplished by a method for the filling of bottles or similar containers with a liquid comprising at least two ingredients, whereby the ingredients are mixed with one another during the filling of the individual container and the mixing ratio of the ingredients is controlled by measuring the quantity of at least one ingredient fed into the individual container with a flow meter. The mixing of the ingredients takes place in the individual container, and that to control the mixing ratio for the at least two ingredients a common flow meter is used, through which these ingredients flow at different times.
  • the mixing of the ingredients takes place in the individual container, whereby the filling of the respective container, i.e. the controlled, dosed dispensing of the at least two ingredients in the quantity or volume required for the desired mixture, takes place with the use of a single flow meter which is associated with the individual filling position or the individual filling element. Because on a filling machine with a plurality of filling systems or filling elements, only one such flow meter is required for each filling element, the filling of even more than one ingredient of a liquid that is formed by mixing is possible without an elevated construction expense and with overall reduced costs.
  • the present application teaches that the filling is controlled on the basis of quantity or volume, i.e. on the basis of the quantity of the ingredients that when mixed form the liquid to be bottled, as measured by the respective flow meter and flowing into the respective container.
  • the ingredients are introduced into the individual container either sequentially one after the other or at different times. The mixing of the ingredients takes place in the container.
  • the liquids being bottled are to be bottled in glass containers or bottles using a hot bottling process, because the empty volume of glass containers fluctuates greatly as a result of manufacturing tolerances, for example, and a purely volume-controlled filling would result in very different fill levels, which would be unacceptable to the final consumer.
  • the mixing of the ingredients takes place outside the individual container in a mixing chamber of the respective filling system filling element before the liquid is introduced into the container.
  • the special feature of this method is that the filling of the container from the mixing chamber is controlled on the basis of the fill level.
  • the means that determine the fill level in the individual container which form the outlet of the mixing chamber or the fluid valve of the filling element which is in communication with this outlet during the filling are then closed when the specified or desired fill level in the container is reached.
  • the means that determine the fill level are thereby, for example, at least one probe which extends into the container in question at least during the filling process, with at least one probe contact and/or one return gas tube or a notch in the tube.
  • the volume of the mixing chamber is thereby designed so that it is in all cases slightly greater than the empty volume of the bottles or containers to be processed. This realization also essentially ensures or promotes a constant or substantially constant fill level of the liquid in the containers when the ingredients are mixed in a mixing chamber outside the individual container, in one possible embodiment in containers whose empty volume fluctuates significantly from one container to the next.
  • inventions or “embodiment of the invention”
  • word “invention” or “embodiment of the invention” includes “inventions” or “embodiments of the invention”, that is the plural of “invention” or “embodiment of the invention”.
  • inventions or “embodiment of the invention”
  • the Applicant does not in any way admit that the present application does not include more than one patentably and non-obviously distinct invention, and maintains that this application may include more than one patentably and non-obviously distinct invention.
  • the Applicant hereby asserts that the disclosure of this application may include more than one invention, and, in the event that there is more than one invention, that these inventions may be patentable and non-obvious one with respect to the other.
  • FIGS. 1 through 3 are each simplified illustrations of a filling element of a filling machine that employs a rotary construction, together with two bowls for different liquids to be bottled, with different embodiments of the present application;
  • FIG. 2A shows a simplified probe contact of a filler tube of one possible embodiment of the application
  • FIG. 4 is a simplified illustration of the flow meter associated with the individual filling element, together with a 3/2 way valve integrated into this flow meter;
  • FIG. 5 is an illustration like FIG. 1 of an additional embodiment of the filling system according to the present application.
  • FIG. 6 shows schematically the main components of one possible embodiment example of a system for filling containers, specifically, a beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with at least one liquid beverage, in accordance with at least one possible embodiment, in which system or plant could possibly be utilized at least one aspect, or several aspects, of the embodiments disclosed herein.
  • FIG. 1 shows a filling element 1 of a filling system of a machine that employs a rotary construction and is used to fill bottles 2 or similar containers with a liquid which is composed of two ingredients which are mixed with each other only in the individual bottle 2 .
  • One ingredient can be, for example, an additive in the form of a liquid flavoring such as syrup, and the other ingredient can be the basic ingredient such as carbonated water, e.g. mineral water.
  • the filling element 1 is provided with a plurality of identical or similar filling elements 1 on the periphery of a rotor 3 which is driven in rotation around a vertical machine axis and on which there are, among other things, two bowls 4 and 5 that serve all the filling elements in common, whereby each bowl contains one ingredient of the liquid being bottled, for example the bowl 4 for the additive and the bowl 5 for the basic ingredient.
  • a liquid duct 7 is realized, the inlet 8 of which is in communication via a flow meter 9 and a connecting line 10 with the outputs of two dosing valves 12 and 13 which can be actuated by an electrical control device 11 .
  • the dosing valves 12 and 13 which form a control valve device for the control of the mixing ratio of the two ingredients in the individual bottle 2 and which are individually actuated by the control device 11 between an initial closed position and an open position in a manner which is described in greater detail below, are connected with their inputs to each bowl, and in one possible embodiment the dosing valve 12 to the bowl 4 and the dosing valve 13 to the bowl 5 .
  • the flow meter 9 is realized in the form of an MID, i.e. a contactless, magnetically inductive flow meter which in a known manner generates a magnetic field in a measurement duct through which the liquid flows, which magnetic field induces an electrical voltage as a result of the electrically conductive liquid flowing through this measurement duct which is proportional to the flow quantity and is analyzed as the measurement signal that determines the flow quantity.
  • MID i.e. a contactless, magnetically inductive flow meter
  • each filling element 1 Associated with each filling element 1 is a container carrier 19 which is also located on the rotor 3 , in which the individual bottle is held suspended by a flange 2 . 2 which is realized in the vicinity of the bottle mouth 2 . 1 , and namely so that the bottle mouth 2 . 1 faces the dispensing opening 15 at some distance from it.
  • liquid valve 16 In the liquid duct 7 , which emerges at its lower end in FIG. 1 at a discharge opening 15 that is equipped with a gas lock, there is a liquid valve 16 , the valve body 16 . 1 of which is actuated with an actuator device 18 and is controlled by the control device 11 , so that the liquid valve 16 opens at the beginning of the filling process and closes at the end of the filling process.
  • the dosing valves 12 and 13 are opened by the control device 11 , taking into consideration the quantities measured by the flow meter 9 , whereby when the one dosing valve 12 or 13 is open, the other dosing valve 13 or 12 respectively is closed.
  • the control system operates so that at the beginning of each filling process and when the liquid valve 16 is open, the dosing valve 12 is opened, and is closed again after a certain length of time has passed, taking into consideration the quantity of liquid measured by the flow meter 9 , the volume of the bottle 2 and the desired mixing ratio of the ingredients. Then the bottle 2 is filled by opening the dosing valve 13 with the second ingredient (e.g.
  • the control device 11 causes the closing of the dosing valve 13 and of the liquid valve 16 as a function of the volume.
  • the liquid valve 16 is thereby in one possible embodiment closed before the dosing valve 13 , to prevent, restrict, and/or minimize the connecting or communicating duct 10 from running empty and to achieve clear and always or substantially always identical initial conditions for the start of each filling process.
  • the filling process can also be controlled so that partial amounts of the required and/or desired total amounts of the ingredients of the liquid being bottled are introduced into the bottle by multiple openings and closings of the dosing valves 12 and 13 , whereby the partial amounts of the ingredients measured by the flow meter 9 are added up in the control device, and the maintenance of the desired mixing ratio is thereby monitored and controlled.
  • a probe which is very schematically indicated as 20 in FIG. 1 is introduced into the individual bottle 2 to monitor the fill level and to terminate the filling process.
  • a closing of the liquid valve 16 takes place when the desired fill level has been reached, i.e. the process is controlled as a function of the fill level.
  • the fill level can thereby be set, for example, using that ingredient of the liquid being bottled which is introduced into the respective bottle 2 in any case at the conclusion of the filling process, i.e. in the case described above the basic ingredient from the bowl 5 .
  • FIG. 2 shows as an additional example a filling element 1 a of a filling machine that employs a rotary construction.
  • the filling element 1 a which is in turn provided together with a plurality of identical filling elements on the rotor 3 of this machine, differs from the filling element 1 in the aspect that is of interest here essentially in that it is realized with a long filling tube 21 , which emerges on its upper end into the liquid duct 7 which is provided in the filling element housing 6 a and has the liquid valve 16 a , and with its lower end forms the discharge opening 21 . 1 .
  • the individual bottle 2 is pressed by means of its mouth 2 .
  • a container carrier 22 which is realized in the form of a bottle plate until it comes into sealed contact against the underside of the filling element 1 a or against a seal 23 which is located there, and is in communication by means of an annular gap that surrounds the filling tube 21 with a return gas path.
  • the filling tube 21 is provided with at least one probe contact 24 by means of which the level of the liquid is determined, i.e. one of the two ingredients, namely the last ingredient introduced into the bottle 2 , is fed via the filling element 1 a until the probe contact 24 responds when the liquid valve 16 closes and the subsequent closing of the dosing valve 12 or 13 and thus achieves the required and/or desired fill level.
  • FIG. 2A shows a close up of one possible embodiment of a probe or fill level sensor 24 on a filler tube 21 of the filling element 1 of the present application.
  • the filler tube 21 comprises a probe contact 24 .
  • the probe contact 24 is disposed as a ring around the outside surface of the filler tube 21 .
  • the probe contact 24 is configured as part of an open circuit.
  • a wire 51 runs from the probe contact 24 to a sensor 50 .
  • the wire 51 and the probe contact 24 are insulated from the filler tube 21 .
  • the sensor 50 is configured to sense when the circuit is completed or closed.
  • the sensor 50 sends a signal to a controller or control device 112 to end the discharge of the liquid material into the bottle 2 .
  • the liquid material enters the bottle 2 and fills the bottle 2 . Once the liquid material fills the container 2 and reaches the probe contact 24 on the filler tube 21 , the liquid material completes the circuit.
  • the sensor 50 detects that the circuit is closed, and the filling of the bottle 2 is stopped.
  • FIG. 3 shows a filling system with a filling element 1 b which is provided in turn with a plurality of identical or similar filling elements on the periphery of a rotor of a filling machine that employs a rotary construction and which is used for the filling of the bottles 2 under counterpressure with the liquid formed by the two liquid ingredients.
  • the individual bottle 2 is thereby pressed in sealed contact during the filling by means of its bottle mouth 2 .
  • the return gas tube 27 forms, among other things, the valve body of the liquid valve 16 and is in communication with its upper end via gas paths which are controlled by control valves 29 and a ring-shaped gas duct 30 which is common to the filling elements 1 b of the filling machine with the gas chambers 4 . 1 and 5 . 1 formed in the bowls 4 and 5 respectively, as well as with another gas duct 31 which can lead to the atmosphere, for example.
  • the controlled dispensing of the two ingredients of the liquid being bottled and the mixing of these ingredients in the respective bottle 2 takes place in this embodiment in a manner similar to the one described for the filling system illustrated in FIG. 1 , and in one possible embodiment by the controlled opening and closing of the dosing valves 12 and 13 as a function of the flow quantity measured by the flow meter 9 , although the fill level is determined by the return as tube 25 , i.e. the feed of the liquid ingredients introduced into the individual bottle 2 at the end of the filling process is terminated when the lower, open end of the return gas tube 25 is immersed in the rising level of the liquid in the respective bottle 2 .
  • the mixing of the ingredients of the liquid being bottled takes place in the individual bottle 2 .
  • one single flow meter 9 is required and/or desired.
  • the dosing valves 12 and 13 of the valve arrangement 14 are controlled as a function of the respective flow quantity measured by the flow meter 9 and also in consideration of the volume of the respective bottle 2 .
  • connection 10 is shown relatively long for ease of understanding.
  • the dosing valves 12 and 13 are located with their outputs as close as possible to the inlet of the flow meter 9 , so that there is a small remaining volume for the flow path between the dosing valves 12 and 13 and the flow meter 9 , which represents an essential contribution to improving the precision of the mixing of the two ingredients.
  • FIG. 4 shows, in a simplified illustration, a flow meter 31 with an integrated 3/2 way valve 32 , the inputs 33 and 34 of which are each in communication with a respective chamber 4 and 5 and via which the chambers 4 and 5 can optionally be placed in communication with the flow meter 31 or with the fluid duct 7 which has the flow meter or is connected to the flow meter of the respective filling element 1 , 1 a , or 1 b .
  • the dosing valve 32 illustrated in FIG. 4 the connection to the two chambers 4 and 5 is closed.
  • FIG. 5 is a simplified illustration of a filling element 1 c of a filling system in which the mixing of the two ingredients takes place outside the respective bottle 2 in a mixing chamber 36 of the filling element 1 c , and namely in the illustrated embodiment, the fill level is controlled by a sensor 37 which is located in the mixing chamber 36 .
  • the mixing chamber 36 is in communication with its input 38 via the dosing valves 12 and 13 with the respective bowl 4 or 5 .
  • these dosing valves 12 and 13 are again opened and closed one after the other under the control of the signal from the sensor 37 so that the mixing of the ingredients at the desired mixing ratio is achieved in the mixing chamber 36 .
  • the liquid valve 16 c is closed under the control of the fill level, and namely by a probe 39 which is equipped with at least one probe contact which is located in the bottle 2 during the filling process.
  • the filling element 1 c which is in turn provided with a plurality of identical filling elements on the periphery of a rotor of a filling machine which employs a rotary construction, is realized for an open jet filling.
  • the filling element can also be realized for other filling methods, for example for a filling with a long fill tube or for a filling under counterpressure, whereby in the latter case the fill level in the bottle 2 and/or the closing of the liquid valve 16 c are in turn controlled by a return gas tube which corresponds to the return gas tube 25 .
  • the filling system or the corresponding filling machine can also be realized so that more than two bowls are used, in which case one bowl then houses the basic ingredient of the liquid to be bottled, such as the beverage being bottled, for example, and the other bowl houses the liquid additives that are to be mixed in with the basic ingredient.
  • FIG. 6 shows schematically the main components of one possible embodiment example of a system for filling containers, specifically, a beverage bottling plant for filling bottles 130 with at least one liquid beverage, in accordance with at least one possible embodiment, in which system or plant could possibly be utilized at least one aspect, or several aspects, of the embodiments disclosed herein.
  • FIG. 6 shows a rinsing arrangement or rinsing station 101 , to which the containers, namely bottles 130 , are fed in the direction of travel as indicated by the arrow 131 , by a first conveyer arrangement 103 , which can be a linear conveyor or a combination of a linear conveyor and a starwheel.
  • a first conveyer arrangement 103 which can be a linear conveyor or a combination of a linear conveyor and a starwheel.
  • the rinsed bottles 130 are transported to a beverage filling machine 105 by a second conveyer arrangement 104 that is formed, for example, by one or more starwheels that introduce bottles 130 into the beverage filling machine 105 .
  • the beverage filling machine 105 shown is of a revolving or rotary design, with a rotor 105 ′, which revolves around a central, vertical machine axis.
  • the rotor 105 ′ is designed to receive and hold the bottles 130 for filling at a plurality of filling positions 113 located about the periphery of the rotor 105 ′.
  • a filling arrangement 114 having at least one filling device, element, apparatus, or valve.
  • the filling arrangements 114 are designed to introduce a predetermined volume or amount of liquid beverage into the interior of the bottles 130 to a predetermined or desired level.
  • the filling arrangements 114 receive the liquid beverage material from a toroidal or annular vessel 117 , in which a supply of liquid beverage material is stored under pressure by a gas.
  • the toroidal vessel 117 is a component, for example, of the revolving rotor 105 ′.
  • the toroidal vessel 117 can be connected by means of a rotary coupling or a coupling that permits rotation.
  • the toroidal vessel 117 is also connected to at least one external reservoir or supply of liquid beverage material by a conduit or supply line. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 6 , there are two external supply reservoirs 123 and 124 , each of which is configured to store either the same liquid beverage product or different products.
  • These reservoirs 123 , 124 are connected to the toroidal or annular vessel 117 by corresponding supply lines, conduits, or arrangements 121 and 122 .
  • the external supply reservoirs 123 , 124 could be in the form of simple storage tanks, or in the form of liquid beverage product mixers, in at least one possible embodiment.
  • each filling arrangement 114 could be connected by separate connections to each of the two toroidal vessels and have two individually-controllable fluid or control valves, so that in each bottle 130 , the first product or the second product can be filled by means of an appropriate control of the filling product or fluid valves.
  • a beverage bottle closing arrangement or closing station 106 Downstream of the beverage filling machine 105 , in the direction of travel of the bottles 130 , there can be a beverage bottle closing arrangement or closing station 106 which closes or caps the bottles 130 .
  • the beverage bottle closing arrangement or closing station 106 can be connected by a third conveyer arrangement 107 to a beverage bottle labeling arrangement or labeling station 108 .
  • the third conveyor arrangement may be formed, for example, by a plurality of starwheels, or may also include a linear conveyor device.
  • the beverage bottle labeling arrangement or labeling station 108 has at least one labeling unit, device, or module, for applying labels to bottles 130 .
  • the labeling arrangement 108 is connected by a starwheel conveyer structure to three output conveyer arrangements: a first output conveyer arrangement 109 , a second output conveyer arrangement 110 , and a third output conveyer arrangement 111 , all of which convey filled, closed, and labeled bottles 130 to different locations.
  • the first output conveyer arrangement 109 is designed to convey bottles 130 that are filled with a first type of liquid beverage supplied by, for example, the supply reservoir 123 .
  • the second output conveyer arrangement 110 in the embodiment shown, is designed to convey bottles 130 that are filled with a second type of liquid beverage supplied by, for example, the supply reservoir 124 .
  • the third output conveyer arrangement 111 in the embodiment shown, is designed to convey incorrectly labeled bottles 130 .
  • the labeling arrangement 108 can comprise at least one beverage bottle inspection or monitoring device that inspects or monitors the location of labels on the bottles 130 to determine if the labels have been correctly placed or aligned on the bottles 130 .
  • the third output conveyer arrangement 111 removes any bottles 130 which have been incorrectly labeled as determined by the inspecting device.
  • the beverage bottling plant can be controlled by a central control arrangement 112 , which could be, for example, computerized control system that monitors and controls the operation of the various stations and mechanisms of the beverage bottling plant.
  • Method for the filling of bottles or similar containers with a liquid being bottled which comprises at least two ingredients, whereby the ingredients are mixed with each other during the filling process and in one possible embodiment controlled by the measurement of the quantity of at least one ingredient which is introduced into the container by means of a flow meter.
  • One feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in a method for filling bottles or similar containers 2 with a liquid comprising at least two ingredients, whereby the ingredients are mixed with one another during the filling of the respective container 2 and the mixing ratio of the ingredients is controlled by measurement of the quantity of at least one ingredient fed into the respective container 2 by a flow meter 9 , 32 , wherein the mixing of the ingredients takes place in the individual container 2 , and that the mixing of the ingredients takes place during the filling so that at least one ingredient is fed into the individual container 2 using the flow meter 9 , 32 to control the quantity or volume, and that the ingredient fed into the container 2 at the end of the filling process is introduced into the container 2 to control the fill level.
  • Yet another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in a method for the filling of bottles or similar containers 2 with a liquid comprising at least two ingredients, whereby the ingredients are mixed with one another during the filling of the individual container 2 and the mixing ratio of the ingredients is controlled by measuring the quantity of at least one ingredient fed into the individual container 2 with a flow meter 9 , 32 , wherein the mixing of the ingredients takes place in the individual container 2 , and that to control the mixing ratio for the at least two ingredients a common flow meter 9 , 32 is used, through which these ingredients flow at different times.
  • Still another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the method, wherein the mixing of the ingredients during the filling takes place so that all or substantially all or most of the ingredients are fed to the individual container 2 using the common flow meter 9 , 32 and are controlled in terms of quantity or volume.
  • a further feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the method, wherein the mixing of the ingredients during the filling takes place so that at least one ingredient is fed to the individual container 2 using the flow meter 9 , 32 and is controlled in terms of quantity or volume, and that the ingredient that is introduced at the end of the filling of the container 2 is introduced with a controlled fill level.
  • Another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the method, wherein during the filling of the individual container, the ingredients are introduced a plurality of times in alternation to improve the mixing of the ingredients in the individual container 2 .
  • Yet another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the method, comprising the use of a filling system with at least one filling element 1 , 1 a , 1 b with a discharge opening 15 , 21 . 1 , 26 which is controlled by means of a liquid path that has the single flow meter 9 , 32 as well as a control or dosing valve unit 14 , 33 , and can optionally be placed in communication with chambers or bowls 4 , 5 , each of which holds one ingredient.
  • Still another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the method, wherein the beginning and/or the end of the filling of the individual container 2 are controlled by a liquid valve 16 , 16 a , 16 b which is located in a part of the liquid path of the filling element or filling system which is common to all or substantially all or most of the ingredients.
  • a further feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the method, comprising the use of a flow meter 9 , 32 which is realized in the form of a magnetic induction flow meter MID.
  • Another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in a method for the filling of bottles or similar containers 2 with a liquid which comprises at least two ingredients using a filling system with at least one filling element 1 c , whereby the ingredients are mixed with one another before the filling of the container 2 in a mixing chamber 36 of the filling element 1 c and the container 2 is filled with the liquid after the mixing, wherein the filling of the individual container 2 with the liquid from the mixing chamber 36 is controlled on the basis of the fill level.
  • Still another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the method, wherein the means that determine the fill level are formed by at least one probe that has at least one probe contact or by a return gas tube or a notch in said tube.
  • a further feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the method, wherein the volume of the mixing chamber 36 is equal to at least the empty volume of a container 2 .
  • volume of the mixing chamber 36 is equal to or slightly greater than the empty volume of a container 2 .
  • Still another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the method, wherein the containers 2 are filled using a single-chamber or multiple-chamber filling system under counterpressure.
  • a further feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in a filling system for the filling of bottles or similar containers 2 with a liquid that comprises at least two ingredients, whereby the ingredients are mixed with one another during the filling of the respective container 2 , with at least one filling element 1 1 a , 1 b with a discharge opening 15 , 21 . 1 , 26 , for the dispensing of the liquid being bottled 1 , 1 a , 1 b in the individual container 2 , whereby the discharge opening 15 , 21 .
  • Another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the filling system, wherein the at least one dosing valve arrangement 14 , 33 can be controlled so that during the filling of a container 2 , the ingredients flow into the individual container 2 sequentially one after the other via the liquid path 7 , 10 and the discharge opening 15 , 21 . 1 , 26 .
  • Yet another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the filling system, comprising means for a termination of the filling based on the quantity or volume in the bottle, as a function of a measurement signal from the common flow meter 9 , 32 .
  • Still another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the filling system, comprising means 20 , 24 , 27 for a termination of the filling controlled as a function of the fill level.
  • a further feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the filling system, wherein the means for the termination of the filling as a function of the fill level are formed by at least one probe or by at least one probe contact 24 .
  • a further feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the filling system, wherein the dosing valve arrangement is formed by a switching valve which is common to all or substantially all or most of the ingredients, for example by a 3/2 way valve 33 with a single valve body.
  • Still another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the filling system, wherein the means that determine the fill level are formed by at least one probe that has at least one probe contact or by a return gas tube or a notch in said tube.
  • a further feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the filling system, wherein the volume of the mixing chamber 36 is at least equal to the empty volume of a container 2 .
  • Another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the filling system, wherein the volume of the mixing chamber 36 is equal to or slightly greater than the empty volume of a container 2 .
  • liquid level sensing apparatuses which may possible be utilized or adapted for use in at least one possible embodiment may possibly be found in the following U.S. Pat. No. 5,885,851, entitled “APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING LIQUID HAVING LIQUID LEVEL SENSING FUNCTION;” No. 5,627,522, entitled “AUTOMATED LIQUID LEVEL SENSING SYSTEM;” U.S. Pat. No. 4,912,976, entitled “LIQUID LEVEL SENSING APPARATUS;” U.S. Pat. No. 4,739,658, entitled, “LEVEL SENSING SYSTEM;” U.S. Pat. No. 4,685,332, entitled “LIQUID LEVEL SENSING DEVICE;” and U.S. Pat. No. 4,356,480, entitled “LIQUID LEVEL SENSING CIRCUITRY.”

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