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Sampling device for taking beverage samples from a beverage line containing a carbonated beverage under pressure

US10989631B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

QFood GmbH · DE

Inventors

Robert Seidel · West Pittston, US
Holger Klapproth · Glückstadt, DE
Martina Auerswald · Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 8, 2017
Grant date	Apr 27, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 29, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2001/2057
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A sampling device for taking samples from a gaseous beverage under pressure includes a connection for a beverage line, a pump having a pump chamber, a particle filter, a discharging opening for a beverage sample, an outlet for waste, a control device, and a line system connected to the pump chamber with adjustable valves. The sampling device is configured so a beverage sample with a volume smaller than the volume of the pump chamber is introduced from the connection into the pump chamber. The pump chamber is then separated from the connection and is expanded so gas exits from the beverage sample. The pump chamber is then connected to the outlet opening and compressed so gas which has passed out of the beverage sample is displaced. Then, the pump chamber is connected to the discharging opening via the particle filter and compressed so the beverage sample is displaced.

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