# US 2017/0283104 A1 · Device for filling liquid food products

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- Number: US 2017/0283104 A1
- Document ID: US20170283104A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/452,578
- Filed: 2017-03-07
- Published: 2017-10-05
- Earliest claimed: 2016-03-30
- Assignees: Hamba Filltec GmbH & Co. KG
- Applicants: Hamba Filltec GmbH & Co, KG
- Inventors: Jan Simon Daniel
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170283104A1

## CPC

- B65B 55/04: Sterilising wrappers or receptacles prior to, or during, packaging {(sterilising bottles B67C7/00)}
- A61L 2/24: Apparatus using programmed or automatic operation
- B65B 1/00: Packaging fluent solid material, e.g. powders, granular or loose fibrous material, loose masses of small articles, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, or jars
- B65B 3/00: Packaging plastic material, semiliquids, liquids or mixed solids and liquids, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, or jars
- B65B 3/04: Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles
- B65B 7/2842: {Securing closures on containers (in general B65B51/00)}
- B65B 25/00: Packaging other articles presenting special problems (bundling B65B27/00)
- B65B 25/001: {of foodstuffs, combined with their conservation (B65B25/041, B65B25/062, B65B25/067 take precedence)}
- B65B 43/59: vertically movable (B65B43/58 takes precedence)
- B65B 55/10: by liquids or gases
- B65B 55/24: Cleaning of, or removing dust from, containers, wrappers, or packaging {; Preventing of fouling}
- B65B 57/08: and operating to stop, or to control the speed of, the machine as a whole
- B65B 65/02: Driving gear
- B65D 85/72: for edible or potable liquids, semiliquids, or plastic or pasty materials
- A61L 2103/23: {Containers other than laboratory or medical, e.g. bottles or mail}
- B65B 2210/06: Sterilising or cleaning machinery or conduits
- B65B: MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING (bundling and pressing devices for cigars A24C1/44; devices for tensioning and securing binders adapted to be supported by the article or articles to be bound B25B25/00; applying closure members to bottles, jars or similar containers B67B1/00-B67B6/00; concurrent cleaning, filling and closing of bottles B67C7/00; emptying bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels or similar containers B67C9/00)
- A61L: METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES (preservation of bodies or disinfecting characterised by the agents employed A01N; preserving, e.g. sterilising, food or foodstuffs A23; preparations for medical, dental or toiletry purposes A61K)
- B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES

## Abstract

A device for filling liquid to pasty food products into prefabricated individual containers including a support rim, the device including carrier elements which are run by a drive continuously through the device, which carrier elements form receiving openings for the individual containers and include a top side that is oriented away from a direction of gravity and configured to carry the support rim of the individual containers that are inserted into the receiving openings; operating stations in whose operating range the carrier elements move during an endless cycle of the carrier elements in the device; at least one operating station that is configured as a sterilization device which de-germinates the carrier elements and the individual containers; a lifting device forming a portion of the sterilization device and configured to lift individual containers that are seated in the receiving openings and which contact a top side with the support rim.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A device for filling liquid to pasty food products into prefabricated individual containers including a respective support rim, the device comprising:
carrier elements which are run by a drive through the device continuously, which carrier elements form receiving openings for the individual containers and include a top side that is oriented away from a direction of gravity and configured to carry the support rim of the individual containers that are inserted into the receiving openings;
operating stations in whose operating range the carrier elements move during an endless cycle of the carrier elements in the device;
at least one operating station that is configured as a sterilization device which de-germinates the carrier elements and the individual containers;
a lifting device forming a portion of the sterilization device and configured to lift the individual containers that are seated in the receiving openings and which contact a top side with the respective support rim so that a gap is formed between the respective support rim and the carrier elements facilitating sterilization of the individual containers and the support elements; and
a control that controls at least the lifting device,
wherein the sterilization device is configured with at least one closure device which is configured to close the receiving openings of the carrier elements that do not include the individual containers during sterilization.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The device according to claim 1, wherein the closure element is arranged below the carrier elements to be sterilized.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The device according to claim 1, wherein the closure element is part of the lifting device for the individual containers.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The device according to claim 2, wherein the control causes a lift movement of the lifting device when the individual containers are arranged in the receiving openings and causes a closure movement of the closure device when the receiving openings are not provided with the individual containers.

### Claim 5 (depends on 3)

The device according to claim 3, wherein the lifting device includes at least one lifting plate for lifting the individual containers and that the lifting plate forms the closure element.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The device according to claim 5, wherein plural lifting plates are provided and form separately controllable functional groups.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The device according to claim 6, wherein the control moves the lifting plates combined in a functional group into a lifting position or a closure position as a function of the receiving openings being vacant or provided with the individual containers.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The device according to claim 7, wherein a sterilization device that sterilizes plural carrier elements simultaneously is provided so that each carrier element arranged in the sterilization device is associated with at least one functional group.