# US 8,783,306 B2 · Device for delivering liquids > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,783,306 B2 - Document ID: US8783306B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/252,878 - Filed: 2011-10-04 - Published: 2012-04-12 - Granted: 2014-07-22 - Earliest claimed: 2010-10-05 - Assignees: Krones AG - Applicants: Wolfgang Roidl; Stefan Poeschl - Inventors: Wolfgang Roidl; Stefan Poeschl - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8783306B2 ## CPC - B67C 3/286: {related to flow rate control, i.e. controlling slow and fast filling phases} - F16K 31/082: {using a electromagnet and a permanent magnet} - F16K 31/086: {the magnet being movable and actuating a second magnet connected to the closing element} - B67C: CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS - F16K: VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING {(devices for emptying and evacuating the excess liquid in valves or conduits F16L55/07)} ## Abstract A device for delivering liquids and in particular beverages, comprising a feed line, which is flow-connected to a dispensing chamber for the liquid and which delivers the liquid to the dispensing chamber, a first discharge line, which is flow-connected to the dispensing chamber and which drains the liquid from the dispensing chamber, and a second discharge line, which is flow-connected to the dispensing chamber and which drains the liquid from the dispensing chamber. A valve body is arranged in the dispensing chamber, the valve body comprising a magnetizable material and being moveable in relation to the dispensing chamber, and the valve body being suited to at least partially closing at least one discharge line, and a magnetic element for moving the valve body being provided outside the dispensing chamber. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A device for delivering liquids, comprising a feed line, which is flow-connected to a dispensing chamber for the liquid and which delivers the liquid to the dispensing chamber, a first discharge line, which is flow-connected to the dispensing chamber and which drains the liquid from the dispensing chamber, and a second discharge line, which is flow-connected to the dispensing chamber and which drains the liquid from the dispensing chamber, wherein a valve body is arranged in the dispensing chamber, the valve body comprising a magnetizable material and being moveable in relation to the dispensing chamber, and the valve body being configured to at least partially close at least one discharge line, and a magnetic element for moving the valve body being provided outside the dispensing chamber, wherein the valve body is also configured to at least partially close the other discharge line. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein a flow connection between the first discharge line and the dispensing chamber and a flow connection between the second discharge line and the dispensing chamber are separated by a distance from one another. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The device according to claim 2, wherein the dispensing chamber or an inside wall of the dispensing chamber forms a running surface for the valve body. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The device according to claim 3, wherein the valve body rolls along the running surface on order to close or to open a discharge line. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein the magnetic element is moveable in relation to the dispensing chamber. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The device according to claim 5, wherein a movement of the magnetic element outside the dispensing chamber achieves a movement of the valve body inside the dispensing chamber. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein the discharge lines, or at least some portions thereof, have a different flow cross sections. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein the dispensing chamber forms a running surface for the valve body. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein the valve body is a spherical body. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein the valve body serves for varying a liquid flow cross section extending from the feed line to the discharge lines. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein a receiving chamber for at least partially receiving the valve body is arranged inside the dispensing chamber. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) A device for dispensing liquids into containers, comprising a filling unit, which fills the containers with the liquid, and at least one device for delivering liquids according to claim 1, arranged upstream of the filling unit in a direction of flow of the liquid. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein the first or the second discharge line may be selectively flow-connected by the same valve body. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein the device comprises a single valve body. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein the dispensing chamber at least partially comprises a non-magnetic material. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein a receiving chamber for at least partially receiving the valve body is arranged inside the dispensing chamber. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The device according to claim 16, wherein a wall is arranged inside the dispensing chamber to form the receiving chamber. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein the valve body in one position does not cover either the first discharge line or the second discharge line. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein a cross section of the valve body is such that it cannot escape from the dispensing chamber through the inlet or one of the outlets. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein the feed line is height-offset in relation to the first discharge line. ### Claim 21 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein the device comprises a second magnet for moving the value body.