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US 8,505,594 B2Granted
Beverage bottling plant having a filling machine with multiple beverage filling elements, a filling machine with multiple beverage filling elements, a filling element and related method
AssigneeKHS GmbH
InventorDieter-Rudolf Krulitsch
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Abstract
A container filling element for filling containers with a liquid. The filling element has two liquid ducts and two separate discharge openings in a housing, as well as separate valves which control the flow of liquid for each liquid duct and discharge opening. A gas shutoff element is disposed in one of the liquid ducts and is positioned adjacent to each of the discharge openings.
Claims20
A container filling machine filling element configured to fill containers with a liquid, said filling element comprising:
- a housing and a supply duct connected thereto to supply liquid into said housing;
- a first liquid duct being disposed in said housing and comprising a first discharge opening;
- a first liquid valve being disposed in said first liquid duct and being configured to control flow of liquid out of said first discharge opening;
- a second liquid duct being disposed in said housing and comprising a second discharge opening;
- a second liquid valve being configured to control flow of liquid from said supply duct through said second liquid duct;
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- a gas shutoff element being disposed in said second liquid duct and adjacent said first and second discharge openings.
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