Rotary filling machine
AssigneeKrones AG Hermann Kronseder Maschinenfabrik
InventorHermann Klarl
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Abstract
In order to provide a rotary filling machine, as used for bottling liquids, by means of which high-purity bottling conditions can be maintained, an ultraclean room is provided and implemented in the area of the path on which the bottles circulate, the upper ceiling wall of said ultraclean room being defined, at least partially, by the lower surface of an annular vessel storing the liquid to be bottled and by the lower surface of the filling valves arranged immediately below said annular vessel.
Claims10
A rotary filling machine for filling liquids into vessels under high-purity bottling conditions, comprising in combination a plurality of filling valves arranged on the periphery of a rotor, holding elements for holding the vessels under said filling valves during circulation, an ultraclean room delimited by an inner wall, an outer wall, a ceiling wall and a bottom wall in the area of the path on which the bottles circulate, a high-purity atmosphere being maintained in said ultraclean room by introducing high-purity gas during the bottling process, and said ceiling wall delimiting the ultraclean room (19) at the top is defined, at least partially, by the lower surface (15) of an annular vessel (16) storing the liquid (36) to be bottled and by the lower surface of said filling valves (3) arranged immediately below said annular vessel (16).
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