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US 11,655,132 B2Granted
Apparatus for filling a container with a filling product
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorStefan Poeschl
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Abstract
An apparatus for filling containers with a filling product, for example in a beverage bottling plant, includes a plurality of filling members, which respectively have a filling product line for feeding the filling products into an appropriate container; and at least one distribution line, to which the filling product lines of the plurality of filling members are linked.
Claims20
An apparatus for filling containers with a filling product comprising:
- a plurality of filling members, wherein each filling member of the plurality of filling members comprises a filling product line configured to feed the filling product into a container;
- a distribution line, wherein each filling product line of the plurality of filling members is linked to the distribution line;
- a supply line;
- a fluid reservoir;
- and
- a base reservoir fluidically connected to each filling product line of the plurality of filling members and configured to provide a base liquid, wherein:
- the distribution line is fluidically connected via the supply line to the fluid reservoir;
- the plurality of filling members each further comprise a dosage supply line that is configured to feed a dosage component from a dosage reservoir into a respective filling product line,
- the distribution line is fluidically connected to the base reservoir and is configured to supply each filling product line of the plurality of filling members with the base liquid, or the distribution line is fluidically connected to the dosage reservoir and is configured to supply each filling product line of the plurality of filling members with the dosage component, and
- the dosage component is provided at a higher pressure than the base liquid and is configured to be fed into each filling product line of the plurality of filling members such that the base liquid is displaced rearwardly.
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An apparatus for filling containers with a filling product comprising:
- a plurality of filling members, each filling member of the plurality of filling members having a filling product line configured to feed the filling product into a container;
- a plurality of distribution lines, wherein each distribution line of the plurality of distribution lines is linked to a filling product line and is configured to transport a base liquid or a dosage component of the filling product;
- a plurality of branch lines, wherein each filling product line branches off from a distribution line via a branch line of the plurality of branch lines;
- a plurality of supply lines;
- a fluid reservoir;
- and
- a base reservoir fluidically connected to each filling product line of the plurality of filling members and configured to provide a base liquid, wherein:
- each distribution line of the plurality of distribution lines is fluidically connected via a supply line from the plurality of supply lines to the fluid reservoir,
- the plurality of filling members each further comprise a dosage supply line that is configured to feed a dosage component from a dosage reservoir into a respective filling product line,
- a distribution line is fluidically connected to the base reservoir and is configured to supply each filling product line of the plurality of filling members with the base liquid, or a distribution line is fluidically connected to the dosage reservoir and is configured to supply each filling product line of the plurality of filling members with the dosage component, and
- the dosage component is provided at a higher pressure than the base liquid and is configured to be fed into each filling product line of the plurality of filling members such that the base liquid is displaced rearwardly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.