Beverage dispenser
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorsMichael Neubauer, Alexander Hafner, Benedikt Paulus, Linda Feldmeier, Christoph Sonnauer
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Abstract
Provided is an apparatus for filling containers with a positioning surface on which a container to be filled can be arranged, with a filling device which is suitable and intended for filling the container via its container opening. According to embodiments of the invention, the apparatus has a contour detection device which is suitable and intended for determining a contour of the container to be filled, as well as a determination device which, taking into account the contour of the container, detects an internal volume of the container.
Claims16
An apparatus for filling containers, the apparatus comprising a positioning surface on which a container to be filled can be arranged, a filling device which is suitable and intended to fill the container via an opening of the container, a contour detection device comprising one or more sensors, which is suitable and intended for determining a contour of the container to be filled, and a processor configured to detect an internal volume of the container based on the contour of the container,
- wherein the filling device includes a filling element which is moveable in at least one direction which is perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the container,
- wherein the filling element is a filling nozzle that can be positioned above the container opening for filling,
- wherein the filling element is also movable in a second direction which is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and perpendicular to the at least one direction, and
- wherein the filling element can be moved in the longitudinal direction of the container to be filled.
A method for filling containers, wherein a container arranged on a positioning surface is filled by a filling device via a container opening of the container, wherein a contour of the container is detected by a contour detection device comprising one or more sensors, and a processor detects an internal volume of the container based on the contour of the container, wherein the filling device includes a filling element which is moveable in at least one direction which is perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the container, wherein the filling element is a filling nozzle that is positioned above the container opening for filling, wherein the filling element is also movable in a second direction which is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and perpendicular to the at least one direction, and wherein the filling element can be moved in the longitudinal direction of the container to be filled.
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