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US 11,577,950 B2Granted
Device for treating containers
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorsJuergen Soellner, Franz Braun, Holger Mueller, Bruno Landler
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Abstract
A device for treating containers, for example, for filling and closing containers in filling plants is described. The device includes an isolator chamber in which the treatment of the containers takes place, and an outlet disposed beneath the isolator chamber for discharging fluids, wherein the outlet has a housing for receiving ejected containers and a suction device for extracting gases from the isolator chamber.
Claims18
A device for treating containers, comprising:
- an isolator chamber where treatment of the containers takes place;
- an outlet configured to discharge fluids and connected to a floor of the isolator chamber;
- a suction device configured to extract gases from the isolator chamber and connected to the outlet;
- a cleaning-in-place system configured to recycle a cleaning medium, clean the isolator chamber with the cleaning medium and circulate the cleaning medium, wherein the cleaning-in-place system is disposed downstream of the outlet in a direction of flow of the cleaning medium;
- a closer configured to close the containers in the isolator chamber;
- and
- a filler configured to fill the containers in the isolator chamber;
- wherein:
- the outlet comprises (1) an outlet valve disposed downstream of the connection of the suction device to the outlet in the direction of flow of the cleaning medium (2) a pump disposed downstream of the outlet valve and configured to pump out the cleaning medium and (3) connecting lines extending from below the floor of the isolator chamber towards the outlet valve,
- the outlet valve is configured to close the outlet during intervals between cleanings of the isolator chamber,
- the isolator chamber is divided into a filler chamber to accommodate the filler and a closer chamber to accommodate the closer, and
- wherein the connecting lines comprise a connecting line extending from below a floor of each of the filler chamber and the closer chamber.
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A device for treating containers, comprising:
- an isolator chamber where treatment of the containers takes place;
- an outlet configured to discharge fluids and connected to a floor of the isolator chamber;
- a suction device configured to extract gases from the isolator chamber and connected to the outlet;
- a cleaning-in-place system configured to recycle a cleaning medium, clean the isolator chamber with the cleaning medium and circulate the cleaning medium, wherein the cleaning-in-place system is disposed downstream of the outlet in a direction of flow of the cleaning medium;
- a closer configured to close the containers in the isolator chamber;
- and
- a filler configured to fill the containers in the isolator chamber,
- wherein:
- the outlet comprises (1) an outlet valve disposed downstream of the connection of the suction device to the outlet in the direction of flow of the cleaning medium, (2) a pump disposed downstream of the outlet valve and configured to pump out the cleaning medium, and (3) connecting lines extending from below the floor of the isolator chamber towards the outlet valve,
- by closing the outlet valve, a level of the cleaning medium in the isolator chamber is adjusted,
- the outlet valve is configured to close the outlet during intervals between cleanings of the isolator chamber,
- the isolator chamber is divided into a filler chamber to accommodate the filler and a closer chamber to accommodate the closer, and
- wherein the connecting lines comprise a connecting line extending from below a floor of each of the filler chamber and the closer chamber.
10 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.