Filling adapter (maintenance check)

US10118815B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Dürr Somac GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Thomas Achatz · Markt Indersdorf, DE
• Eric Selbmann · Oberlungwitz, DE
• Frank Wieland · Thalheim/Erzgebirge, DE
• Andre Grimm · Treuen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 18, 2015
• Grant date: Nov 6, 2018
• Expiry date: Jun 2, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G08B21/18
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A filling adapter for a container to be filled with media, in particular for the filling of containers on assembly lines for the production of motor vehicles where the filling adapter is equipped with a hose pack, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic lines. An electronic assembly (ID chip) for a maintenance check is integrated in the adapter head of the filling adapter, which assembly detects the number of use cycles of the filling adapter and compares said number with parameters which can be set in advance in such a way that when said parameters are approached, at least one prior warning is triggered, and when said parameters are reached, an associated controller is informed about the maintenance which is now due.