Stick filler pipe with integral sterilization
AssigneeJBT Food & Dairy Systems B.V.
InventorsRudy Jan Overhuijs, Marijn Luijten
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Abstract
A sterilizer-filler nozzle assembly for an aseptic packaging machine comprises a form section 40, a product supply duct that has a product outlet portion 4 which lies downstream of a distal end of the form section 40, a sterilization medium supply duct that has a sterilization medium outlet portion 16 which lies between the distal end of the form section 40 and the product outlet portion 4, and an exhaust duct that has an exhaust inlet portion 22 which lies between the distal end of the form section 40 and the product outlet portion 4. A gas supply duct is provided that has a gas outlet portion 10 which lies between the sterilization medium outlet portion 16 and the product outlet portion 4.
Claims19
A sterilizer-filler nozzle assembly for an aseptic packaging machine, which assembly comprises:
- (a) a form section that has an outer wall, a proximal and a distal end, which outer wall is designed to form a packaging tube out of a web-shaped packaging material around the outer wall while the packaging tube moves downstream and while the packaging tube gets sealed along a longitudinal edge;
- (b) a product supply duct that:
- extends at least partly through the form section;
- has a product inlet connector which lies upstream of the distal end of the form section;
- and
- has a product outlet portion which lies downstream of the distal end of the form section;
- (c) a sterilization medium supply duct that:
- extends at least partly through the form section;
- has a sterilization medium inlet connector which lies upstream of the distal end of the form section;
- and
- has a sterilization medium outlet portion which lies between the distal end of the form section and the product outlet portion;
- (d) an exhaust duct that:
- extends at least partly through the form section;
- has an exhaust outlet connector which lies upstream of the distal end of the form section;
- and
- has an exhaust inlet portion which lies between the distal end of the form section and the product outlet portion;
- and
- (e) a gas supply duct that:
- extends at least partly through the form section;
- has a gas inlet connector which lies upstream of the distal end of the form section;
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- has a gas outlet portion which lies between the sterilization medium outlet portion and the product outlet portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.