Apparatus and method for filling containers
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorMichael NEUBAUER
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Abstract
An apparatus for filling containers with a carrier on which a container to be filled can be placed and fixed, wherein the support is pivotable with respect to a pivot axis which extends at an angle other than 0° with respect to a longitudinal direction of the container to be filled, with a first filling device, in order to fill the container in a first pivoted position of the container with respect to the pivot axis via its mouth, and having a rinsing device in order to rinse the container in a second pivot position of the container with respect to the pivot axis through its mouth, in particular with a liquid.
Claims14
An apparatus for filling containers with a carrier on which a container to be filled can be placed and fixed, wherein the carrier is pivotable with respect to a pivot axis which extends at an angle different from 0° with respect to a longitudinal direction of the container to be filled, with a first filling device in order to fill the container in a first pivot position of the container with respect to the pivot axis via its mouth.
A method for filling containers comprising the steps of:
- fixing a container to be filled to a carrier
- optionally pivoting the carrier with the container fixed thereto into a rinsing position and rinsing the container through its mouth with a rinsing liquid
- pivoting the carrier with the container fixed thereto into a filling position and filling the container through its mouth with a liquid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.