Filling apparatus and method
AssigneeIndag Gesellschaft Fuer Industriebedarf mbH & Co. Betriebs KG
InventorsHans-Peter Wild, Eberhard Kraft, Michael Kurz
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Abstract
The invention relates to a filling apparatus having a filling device for filling packages with a hot filling, a sealing device for sealing the package, wherein the package has a package seal for opening the package and a swivelling arrangement for swivelling the package so that the package seal contacts the hot filling. Furthermore the invention relates to a filling method in which a hot filling is filled into a package that is sealed thereafter, wherein the package has a package seal and the package is swivelled so that the package seal contacts the hot filling.
Claims23
A filling system comprising:
- a filling mechanism for filling packages with a hot filling,
- a sealing mechanism for sealing the package, wherein the package has a package seal;
- and
- a rotating mechanism constructed and arranged to coordinately position the packages between a first position wherein the package seal is not in contact with the hot filling to a second position wherein the package seal contacts the hot filling, the rotating mechanism further comprising a bracket and a retaining device for retaining the packages in the second position, the retaining device being constructed and arranged to remove the package from the bracket;
- wherein the packages are rotated by an angle of less than 160° from the first position to the second position.
A method of filling a hot filling into a package comprising:
- inserting hot filling into a package, the package being in a first position;
- closing the package;
- wherein the package includes a package seal;
- supporting the package via a bracket and positioning the package in a second position wherein the package seal contacts the hot filling;
- wherein the packages are rotated via the bracket between the first and the second position by an angle less than 160°;
- removing the package from the bracket via a retaining device;
- and
- maintaining the package in the second position via a retaining device for a duration of time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.