Method for filling bottles or similar containers and filling machine
AssigneeKHS GmbH
InventorLudwig Clüsserath
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for filling bottles or similar containers with a liquid product at a filling position, using a filling element for the controlled delivery of the product into the respective container, the foam formation of the product inside the respective container already being reduced and/or suppressed during the formation stage by a treatment or by influencing the product.
Claims18
A method for filling containers with a liquid product at a filling position, said method comprising:
- using a filling element for the controlled delivery of the product into the container, and at least one of reducing and/or suppressing foam formation in the product inside the container during a foam-formation stage by a treatment or by influencing the product and/or the foam, wherein reducing and/or suppressing foam formation comprises directing ultrasonic energy through a return gas tube that is open at both ends thereof into a headspace above a surface of liquid product in the container.
An apparatus for filling containers with a liquid product, said apparatus comprising a filling machine having a filling position, a filling element at said filling position for the controlled delivery of the product into a container, a return gas pipe having a first end and a second end, the second end opening into a headspace of the container, and an influence-generating element, at said filling position for generating an influence on the liquid product inside the container, said influence causing a reduction and/or suppression of foam formation in the liquid product inside the container, wherein the influence-generating element comprises an ultrasonic generator disposed to direct ultrasonic energy into the first end of the gas pipe for propagation into the headspace.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.