Process and a device for headspace foaming of containers filled with carbonated beverages
OwnerOlaf Babelinventor
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Abstract
A process for the foaming of the headspace of containers filled with carbonated beverages, wherein, after the filling of the beverages into the containers, the containers are transferred to a foaming area, in which an electromagnetic beam, preferably a laser beam, is irradiated in a controlled way into the headspace of the container which is not filled with the beverage, whereby, due to the resultant foaming, the gas volume in the headspace is displaced from it, and the containers are subsequently sealed, as well as to a device for carrying out the process.
Claims13
A process for the foaming of the headspace of containers (18) filled up to said headspace with carbonated beverages, comprising the steps of:
- a) transferring the containers, after filling beverages into the containers (18), to a foaming means (10);
- b) radiating in a controlled fashion an electro-magnetic beam that comprises a laser beam, and pulsing said laser beam by triggering means in the form of an ultrasonic switch, while directing said beam into the headspace of the container (18) to cause controlled foaming of said beverage;
- c) due to the resultant foaming, displacing the gas volume contained in the headspace from said headspace;
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- d) sealing the containers (18).
A process for the foaming of the headspace of containers (18) filled up to said headspace with carbonated beverages, comprising the steps of:
- a) transferring the containers, after filling beverages into the containers (18), to a foaming means (10);
- b) radiating in a controlled fashion an electro-magnetic beam that comprises a laser beam, and pulsing said laser beam by triggering means in the form of a light barrier, while directing said beam into the headspace of the container (18) to cause controlled foaming of said beverage;
- c) due to the resultant foaming, displacing the gas volume contained in the headspace from said headspace;
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- d) sealing the containers (18).
A device for foaming of the headspace of containers (18) filled up to said headspace with carbonate beverages, comprising in combination:
- a) filling means (31) for filling the beverage into the containers (18),
- b) foaming means (10) to which said containers (18) are transferred after having been filled by means of which the gas volume previously present in the headspace of said containers (18) is displace due to the resultant foaming,
- c) sealing means for said containers (18),
- d) said foaming means comprising a laser beam emitter (15, 16, 17) for the controlled irradiation of a laser beam into said headspace of said containers (18), including triggering means in the form of an ultrasonic switch for the controlled pulsing of said laser.
A device for foaming of the headspace of containers (18) filled up to said headspace with carbonate beverages, comprising in combination:
- a) filling means (31) for filling the beverage into the containers (18),
- b) foaming means (10) to which said containers (18) are transferred after having been filled by means of which the gas volume previously present in the headspace of said containers (18) is displace due to the resultant foaming,
- c) sealing means for said containers (18),
- d) said foaming means comprising a laser beam emitter (15, 16, 17) for the controlled irradiation of a laser beam into said headspace of said containers (18), including triggering means in the form of a light barrier for the controlled pulsing of said laser.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.