Filling element and filling machine
AssigneeKHS GmbH
InventorsLudwig Clüsserath, Dieter-Rudolf Krulitsch
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Abstract
A filling element for filling containers includes a tulip that moves, under the influence of a controller, between two positions, one of which seals the container. A first seal seals a junction between the tulip and a filling-element housing. First and second filling-element regions are respectively outside and inside a clean space of a filling machine. The tulip and a dispensing opening are in the second region. The second seal connects by its first free to the tulip. This second seal seals a junction between the tulip and the two filling-element regions.
Claims20
A filling element for filling containers with liquid contents, said filling element comprising a filling element housing that has at least one dispensing opening on a housing portion for the controlled dispensing of the liquid contents into a container and a sealing tulip that, by way of a controller, can be moved relative to the housing portion parallel to a filling element axis between a raised position and a lowered position in which the sealing tulip lies in sealed position with an opening edge of the container, with the sealing tulip being connected to the filling element housing by a first sealing element to seal a junction between the sealing tulip and the filling element housing, with the first sealing element being provided between the housing portion and the controller, and with the filling element comprising a first filling element region that is arranged outside a clean space of a filling machine, and a second filling element region that comprises the sealing tulip and the dispensing opening and that is arranged in a clean space of a filling machine, wherein a second sealing element is connected by a first free end to the sealing tulip, surrounds an outer periphery of the sealing element radially outside the control means, and seals the junction between the sealing tulip and an interface between the first and second filling element region formed by a separating device.
An apparatus comprising a filling element for causing liquid content to fill a container that has an edge, wherein said filling element extends along a filling-element axis, wherein said filling element comprises a first filling-element region, a second filling-element region, a filling-element housing, a sealing tulip, a first sealing-tulip controller, a first seal, a second seal, and an interface, wherein said filling-element housing comprises a filling-element housing portion, wherein said dispensing opening is on said filling-element housing portion, wherein said dispensing opening is configured to cause controlled dispensing of said liquid content into said container, wherein said first sealing-tulip controller moves said sealing tulip relative to said filling-element housing portion along a direction that is parallel to said filling-element axis, wherein said first sealing-tulip controller moves said sealing tulip between a raised position and a lowered position, wherein, in said lowered position, said sealing tulip lies sealed with said opening edge of said container, wherein said sealing tulip is connected to said filling-element housing by said first seal in order to seal a junction between said sealing tulip and said filling-element housing, wherein said first seal is disposed between said filling-element housing portion and said first sealing-tulip controller, wherein said first filling-element region is outside a clean space of a filling machine, wherein said second filling-element region comprises said sealing tulip and said dispensing opening, wherein said second filling-element region is arranged in said clean space, wherein said second seal is connected by a first free end thereof to said sealing tulip, wherein said second seal surrounds an outer periphery of said seal radially outside said first sealing-tulip controller, wherein said second seal seals a junction between said sealing tulip and said interface, wherein said interface is between said first filling-element region and said second filling-element region, and wherein said interface is formed by a separating device.
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