Apparatus and method for filling containers
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorMichael Neubauer
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Abstract
An apparatus for filling containers with a carrier on which a container to be filled can be placed and fixed, wherein the support is pivotable with respect to a pivot axis which extends at an angle other than 0° with respect to a longitudinal direction of the container to be filled, with a first filling device, in order to fill the container in a first pivoted position of the container with respect to the pivot axis via its mouth, and having a rinsing device in order to rinse the container in a second pivot position of the container with respect to the pivot axis through its mouth, in particular with a liquid.
Claims13
An apparatus for filling containers comprising:
- a carrier on which a container to be filled can be placed and fixed, wherein the carrier is pivotable with respect to a pivot axis which extends at an angle different from 0° with respect to a longitudinal direction of the container to be filled;
- a first filling device positioned above the container to fill the container in a first pivot position of the container with respect to the pivot axis, wherein the container is fillable via a mouth of the container;
- and a rinsing device positioned to rinse the container through its mouth in a second pivot position of the container with respect to the pivot axis, the second pivot position being different from the first pivot position, wherein in the second position, the container is positioned above at least a rinsing nozzle of the rinsing device, and the mouth of the container projects downward toward the rinsing nozzle, wherein the container is rinseable through the mouth of the container while in the second pivot position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.