Cooling device for stabilising a container structure
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorsPeter Knapp, Alexander Schau
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Abstract
An apparatus for filling containers, in particular bottles, has at least one transport device for transporting the containers, at least one filling device for filling the containers and a tempering device for tempering a bottom area of the container. The tempering device is located at least at times at least partially in or below the bottom area of the transported containers and the filling device is arranged at least at times at least partially in or above a mouth area of the transported containers. The tempering device is mounted on the apparatus in such a way that tempering during or after filling becomes possible.
Claims19
An apparatus for filling containers, comprising at least one transport device for transporting the containers, at least one filling device for filling the containers and a tempering device for tempering a bottom area of the containers, wherein the tempering device is arranged at least at times at least partially in or below a bottom area of the containers as they are being transported, and the filling device is arranged at least at times at least partially in or above a mouth area of the containers as they are being transported, and
- wherein the tempering device is arranged on said apparatus such that tempering during or after a filling operation by said filling device becomes possible, and wherein the tempering device is mounted at least in sections before the filling device and a fluid supplied by the filling device is warmer than 30° C.
A method for filling containers, wherein the containers are transported using at least one transport device, are filled by a filling device which is located at least at times at least partially in or above a mouth area of the transported containers and are tempered using a tempering device which is located at least at times at least partially in or below a bottom area of the transported containers,
- wherein the containers are cooled by the tempering device at least periodically during or after the filling operation, the tempering device being mounted at least in sections before the filling device, and a fluid supplied by the filling device is warmer than 30° C.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.