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US 2011/0209796 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for the sterile filling of two different product flows into a container
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorRoland Feilner
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus for the sterile filling of two different product flows into a container, where the first product flow is thermally treated for pasteurizing/sterilizing, is cooled down and fed to a filling valve, and the second product flow is thermally treated for pasteurizing/sterilizing, and then, in the hot state, is added to the first product flow upstream of or in the filling valve.
Claims15
Method for the sterile filling of two different product flows into a container, comprising:
- thermally treating the first product flow for pasteurizing/sterilizing, and cooling down and feeding the first product flow to a filling valve, and
- thermally treating the second product flow for pasteurizing/sterilizing, and then, in the hot state, adding the second product flow to the first product flow upstream of or in the filling valve.
Apparatus for the sterile filling of two different product flows into a container, comprising:
- a device for the thermal aseptic treatment of a first product flow,
- a device for cooling down the first product flow,
- a device for the thermal aseptic treatment of a second product flow,
- a filling valve comprising a mixing chamber or being connected to a mixing chamber, wherein the mixing chamber is arranged in such a way that the hot second product flow can be added to the cooled first product flow and the intermixed product flow can be fed to the container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.