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US 5,860,461 AGranted
Container, a container sealing cap, a process and a machine for cold-aseptic filling with beverages
AssigneeKettner GmbH
InventorGeiss Helmut
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Abstract
A bottle or a can as a small container intended for consumers for the aseptic cold filling with beverages in a filling and sealing machine comprises a manual seal to be operated by the consumer and is characterized by an additional mechanical seal for filling and machine sealing.
Claims2
A process for aseptic cold filling of a container with use of a filling and sealing machine, said process comprising the steps of:
- providing said container with both a manual seal and a mechanical seal, wherein both said manual seal and said mechanical seal are open:
- sealing said manual seal of said container to close said manual seal so that said container is ready to be dispatched:
- internally sterilizing said container through said mechanical seal;
- conveying said container, which has been internally sterilized and which has said mechanical seal still open, to a location of said filling and sealing machine:
- filling said container through said mechanical seal, which is still opened, at said location of said filling and sealing machine:
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- sealing said mechanical seal at said location of said filling and sealing machine.
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