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US 2020/0346910 A1Published application
Device for treating containers
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorsJuergen SOELLNER, Franz BRAUN, Holger MUELLER, Bruno LANDLER
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Abstract
A device for treating containers, for example, for filling and closing containers in filling plants is described. The device includes an isolator chamber in which the treatment of the containers takes place, and an outlet disposed beneath the isolator chamber for discharging fluids, wherein the outlet has a housing for receiving ejected containers and a suction device for extracting gases from the isolator chamber.
Claims20
A device for treating containers, comprising:
- an isolator chamber where treatment of the containers takes place;
- an outlet configured to discharge fluids and connected to a floor of the isolator chamber;
- a suction device configured to extract gases from the isolator chamber and connected to the outlet;
- and
- a cleaning-in-place system configured to recycle a cleaning medium, clean the isolator chamber with the cleaning medium and circulate the cleaning medium, wherein the cleaning-in-place system is disposed downstream of the outlet in a direction of flow of the cleaning medium;
- wherein:
- the outlet comprises an outlet valve disposed downstream of the connection of the suction device to the outlet in the direction of flow of the cleaning medium, and
- the outlet valve is configured to close the outlet during intervals between cleanings of the isolator chamber.
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A device for treating containers, comprising:
- an isolator chamber where treatment of the containers takes place;
- an outlet configured to discharge fluids and connected to a floor of the isolator chamber;
- a suction device configured to extract gases from the isolator chamber and connected to the outlet;
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- a cleaning-in-place system configured to recycle a cleaning medium, clean the isolator chamber with the cleaning medium and circulate the cleaning medium, wherein the cleaning-in-place system is disposed downstream of the outlet in a direction of flow of the cleaning medium;
- wherein:
- the outlet comprises an outlet valve disposed downstream of the connection of the suction device to the outlet in the direction of flow of the cleaning medium,
- by closing the outlet valve, a level of the cleaning medium in the isolator chamber is adjusted, and
- the outlet valve is configured to close the outlet during intervals between cleanings of the isolator chamber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.