# US 2019/0375622 A1 · Sterile carbonated beverage filling system and sterile carbonated beverage filling method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0375622 A1 - Document ID: US20190375622A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/336,647 - Filed: 2017-09-27 - Published: 2019-12-12 - Earliest claimed: 2016-09-30 - Assignees: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Atsushi HAYAKAWA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190375622A1 ## CPC - B67C 7/0073: {Sterilising, aseptic filling and closing (B67C3/2642 takes precedence)} - A23B 2/001: {Details of apparatus, e.g. pressure feed valves or for transport, or loading or unloading manipulation} - A23B 70/30: by heating - A23L 2/54: Mixing with gases - B65B 25/001: {of foodstuffs, combined with their conservation (B65B25/041, B65B25/062, B65B25/067 take precedence)} - B65B 55/14: by heat - B67C 3/02: Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus - B67C 3/06: using counterpressure, i.e. filling while the container is under pressure - B67C 3/22: Details - B67C 3/225: {Means for filling simultaneously, e.g. in a rotary filling apparatus or multiple rows of containers} - F04D 29/08: Sealings - A23V 2002/00: Food compositions, function of food ingredients or processes for food or foodstuffs - B67C 2003/228: {Aseptic features} - B67C: CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS - A23B: PRESERVATION OF FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CHEMICAL RIPENING OF FRUIT OR VEGETABLES - A23L: FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PREPARATION OR TREATMENT THEREOF (preservation thereof A23B) - 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) - F04D: NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS (engine fuel-injection pumps F02M; ion pumps H01J41/12; electrodynamic pumps H02K44/02) - A23V: INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND LACTIC OR PROPIONIC ACID BACTERIA USED IN FOODSTUFFS OR FOOD PREPARATION ## Abstract A sterile carbonated beverage filling system includes a beverage sterilizing section which sterilizes a raw material liquid to prepare a sterilized beverage, a beverage cooling section which cools the sterilized beverage, a carbonated beverage producing section which injects carbonic acid gas into the sterilized beverage to prepare a sterile carbonated beverage, and a carbonated beverage filling section which fills the sterile carbonated beverage into a bottle. The beverage sterilizing section, the beverage cooling section, the carbonated beverage producing section, and the carbonated beverage filling section are connected by a beverage supply pipeline. The carbonated beverage filling section and the beverage supply pipeline each include a rotary machine, and a boundary surface between a rotating body and a non-rotating body of the rotary machine is sealed with sterile water or sterile air. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A sterile carbonated beverage filling system, comprising: a beverage sterilizing section which sterilizes a raw material liquid to prepare a sterilized beverage; a beverage cooling section which cools the sterilized beverage prepared by the beverage sterilizing section; a carbonated beverage producing section which injects carbonic acid gas into the sterilized beverage cooled by the beverage cooling section to prepare a sterile carbonated beverage; a carbonated beverage filling section which fills the sterile carbonated beverage, prepared by the carbonated beverage producing section, into a bottle; and a beverage supply pipeline which connects the beverage sterilizing section, the beverage cooling section, the carbonated beverage producing section, and the carbonated beverage filling section, wherein at least one of the carbonated beverage filling section and the beverage supply pipeline comprises a rotary machine having a rotating body and a non-rotating body, and a boundary surface between the rotating body and the non-rotating body is sealed with sterile water or sterile air. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The sterile carbonated beverage filling system according to claim 1, wherein the rotary machine is a pump provided in the beverage supply pipeline. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The sterile carbonated beverage filling system according to claim 2, wherein an internal pressure of a seal portion which seals the boundary surface is lower than an internal pressure of the beverage supply pipeline. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The sterile carbonated beverage filling system according to claim 1, wherein the rotary machine is a rotary joint of the carbonated beverage filling section. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The sterile carbonated beverage filling system according to claim 4, wherein an internal pressure of a seal portion which seals the boundary surface is lower than an internal pressure of a pipe through which the sterile carbonated beverage located inside the rotary joint flows. ### Claim 6 A sterile carbonated beverage filling method, comprising: a sterilization step of sterilizing a raw material liquid in a beverage sterilizing section to prepare a sterilized beverage; a cooling step of cooling the sterilized beverage, prepared by the beverage sterilizing section, in a beverage cooling section; a carbonated beverage producing step of injecting carbonic acid gas into the sterilized beverage, cooled by the beverage cooling section, in a carbonated beverage producing section to prepare a sterile carbonated beverage; and a filling step of filling the sterile carbonated beverage, prepared by the carbonated beverage producing section, into a bottle in a carbonated beverage filling section, wherein the beverage sterilizing section, the beverage cooling section, the carbonated beverage producing section, and the carbonated beverage filling section are connected by a beverage supply pipeline, at least one of the carbonated beverage filling section and the beverage supply pipeline comprises a rotary machine having a rotating body and a non-rotating body, and a boundary surface between the rotating body and the non-rotating body is sealed with sterile water or sterile air.