Method and device for filling a container to be filled with a filling product

US10626002B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KRONES AG · DE

Inventors

• Florian Habersetzer · Regensburg, DE
• Josef Knott · Schierling, DE
• Christian Stoiber · Michelsneukirchen, DE
• Holger Mueller · Möhrendorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 5, 2018
• Grant date: Apr 21, 2020
• Expiry date: Oct 30, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B67C2007/0066
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for filling a container to be filled with a filling product includes accommodating a container to be filled in a treatment chamber, sealing a filling device to the container, rinsing the container with a rinsing gas introduced into the container through a rinsing gas channel, filling the container with the filling product, pre-pressurizing the treatment chamber with a pressurization gas through a pressurization gas channel, removing the filling device from the container, closing the container with a container closure, relieving the pre-pressurization pressure in the treatment chamber, and removing the container from the treatment chamber. The pre-pressurization pressure that is present in the treatment chamber is at least in part relieved into the rinsing gas channel.