Device for filling a container

US10427811B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KRONES AG · DE

Inventors

• Christian Goldbrunner · Freiburg im Breisgau, DE
• Manfred Faltermeier · Mainburg, DE
• Stefan Koller · Graz, AT
• Thomas Schuhbeck · Hemau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 4, 2016
• Grant date: Oct 1, 2019
• Expiry date: Mar 16, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B67C3/2608
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for filling a container with a fill product, for example a fill product that is viscous and contains particles, is described. The device includes a fill product reservoir for accommodating the fill product that is to be filled, a dosing cylinder within which a dosing piston is displaceably accommodated for dosing the fill product, and a discharge channel with an outlet end for discharging the fill product into the container that is to be filled. The discharge plunger is disposed in the discharge channel for expelling a product residue at the end of the filling process, and the fill product reservoir, the dosing cylinder, and the discharge channel are in communication with each other via a common product channel. A valve for opening and closing the connection between the fill product reservoir and the product channel is disposed in the base of the fill product reservoir.