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US 12,577,010 B2Granted
Filling machine
AssigneesElopak ASA, Shikoku Kakoki Co., Ltd.
InventorLars Aksel Thingelstad
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a filling machine and a method for filling product into containers, in particular liquid foodstuff. The filling machine provides a working chamber with a clean zone for filling containers while the containers are conveyed through the working chamber. The clean zone is provided by introducing HEPA-filtered air into the working chamber through fluid inlets.
Claims11
A filling machine comprising;
- a working chamber comprising side walls, a ceiling and a floor,
- wherein containers are conveyed through the working chamber by a conveyer, from an inlet side to an outlet side, wherein the working chamber comprises
- at least one station within the working chamber configured to execute a working step on the containers,
- wherein the filling machine comprises a plurality of fluid inlets,
- wherein each fluid inlet comprises a convex fluid inlet surface facing the working chamber and displaying a plurality of through openings configured to supply the working chamber with a fluid for creating a clean zone around the at least one station, and wherein
- each fluid inlet is fluidly connected to a supply conduit for supplying the fluid to the working chamber, and wherein the fluid inlet surface has the shape of a spherical or an ellipsoidal cap.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.