Combination metering assembly for filling liquid products into containers
AssigneeBausch + Ströbel Maschinenfabrik Ilshofen GmbH + Co. KG
InventorsFabian Kleinheinz, Harald Bauer
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Abstract
The invention relates to a combination metering assembly for filling liquid products into containers. The invention is characterised by a base unit (1) and pump components (3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 14) of at least two different pump types for a metering operation, wherein the pump components of each pump type can be combined with the base unit in order to form a pump system of the corresponding pump type, and the base unit has connection means (19, 23) for this purpose which are compatible with the connections of the pump components. The combination metering assembly can be adapted to different metering situations with little complexity and has a comparably small space requirement.
Claims21
A combination metering assembly for filling liquid products into containers, comprising:
- a base unit and pump components of at least two different pump types for a metering operation,
- wherein the pump components of each pump type are combinable with the base unit in order to form a pump system of a corresponding pump type,
- wherein the base unit comprises connection means for combining the pump components of each pump type with the base unit, the connection means being compatible with connections of the pump components,
- wherein pump components of a first pump type and pump components of at least one pump type other than the first pump type are combinable with the base unit at a same time to configure at least two operational pump systems;
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- a controllable switching device by means of which each of the pump systems to be configured are selectable for operation, wherein in at least one configuration the pump systems are operable in parallel.
A metering system comprising:
- a plurality of combination metering assemblies, each of the plurality of combination metering assemblies comprising:
- a base unit, first pump components of a first pump type, and second pump components of a second pump type,
- wherein the base unit comprises first connection means for combining the first pump components with the base unit to form a first pump system of the first pump type and second connection means for combining the second pump components with the base unit to form a second pump system of the second pump type, and
- wherein the first pump components and the second pump components are combinable with the base unit at a same time such that the first pump system and the second pump system are both operational;
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- wherein the plurality of combination metering assemblies are arranged adjacent to one another and provided on a common frame, wherein in at least one configuration the first pump system and the second pump system are operable in parallel.
A combination metering assembly for filling liquid products into containers, comprising:
- a base unit and pump components of at least three different pump types for a metering operation,
- wherein the at least three different pump types comprise at least one rotary lobe pump, at least one peristaltic pump, and at least one time/pressure metering device,
- wherein the pump components of each pump type are combinable with the base unit in order to form a pump system of a corresponding pump type,
- wherein the base unit comprises connection means for combining the pump components of each pump type with the base unit, the connection means being compatible with connections of the pump components,
- wherein (A) pump components of a first pump type, (B) pump components of a second pump type different from the first pump type, and (C) pump components of a third pump type different from the first pump type and the second pump type are combinable with the base unit at a same time to configure at least three operational pump systems;
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- a controllable switching device by means of which each of the pump systems to be configured are selectable for operation, wherein in at least one configuration the pump systems are operable in parallel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.