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US 11,952,207 B2Granted
Product tank and device for filling a container with a filling product
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorsTobias Ehrismann, Christina Laumer, Michael Grauham, Volker Richter
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Abstract
A product tank for receiving a liquid product, and a device for filling containers with a filling product, for example in a beverage filling plant, wherein the product tank includes: an outlet for discharge of the product from the product tank along a discharge direction; and a flow guide device which is arranged in the interior of the product tank and is configured to create a cross-flow oriented towards the discharge direction.
Claims12
A product tank for receiving a liquid product, comprising:
- an outlet configured to discharge the liquid product from the product tank along a discharge direction;
- and
- a flow guide device that is arranged in an interior of the product tank and is configured to create a cross-flow oriented towards the discharge direction, wherein the flow guide device comprises at least one guide plate that covers part of a cross-section of the product tank and is fixed to an inner wall of the product tank, and the product tank comprises a cylindrical interior defining an axial direction, and
- wherein the at least one guide plate is arranged in a lower region of the product tank and is spaced from the outlet in the axial direction of the product tank, and the at least one guide plate covers about one-quarter of the cross-section of the product tank, or
- wherein the at least one guide plate is arcuate and is mounted such that at least in portions, the at least one guide plate runs on the inner wall of the product tank and protrudes into the interior of the product tank perpendicularly to the axial direction.
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A device for filling a container with a filling product comprising:
- a product tank for receiving the filling product, comprising:
- an outlet configured to discharge the filling product from the product tank along a discharge direction, and
- a flow guide device that is arranged in an interior of the product tank and is configured to create a cross-flow oriented towards the discharge direction, wherein the flow guide device comprises at least one guide plate that covers part of a cross-section of the product tank and is fixed to an inner wall of the product tank, and the product tank comprises a cylindrical interior defining an axial direction, and
- wherein the at least one guide plate is arranged in a lower region of the product tank and is spaced from the outlet in the axial direction of the product tank, and the at least one guide plate covers about one-quarter of the cross-section of the product tank, or
- wherein the at least one guide plate is arcuate and is mounted such that at least in portions, the at least one guide plate runs on the inner wall of the product tank and protrudes into the interior of the product tank perpendicularly to the axial direction;
- and
- a mixer configured to mix the filling product from at least two components.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.