Device and method for filling a container with a filling product

US11148923B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KRONES AG · DE

Inventors

• Manfred Ziegler · Neutraubling, DE
• Florian Angerer · Neutraubling, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 2, 2018
• Grant date: Oct 19, 2021
• Expiry date: Nov 23, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B67C3/007
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for filling a container with a filling product, preferably for filling a glass container with a beverage in a bottling plant, comprising a filling valve for introducing the filling product into the container to be filled, a control device for controlling the filling valve, and a filling level sensor which communicates with the control device for detecting the presence of a target filling level (HS) of the filling product in the container, the control device being configured to close the filling valve upon detection of the target filling level (HS), the control device being configured to determine the presence of the target filling level (HS) by means of the filling level sensor again after the filling valve has been closed and to initiate an ejection process for the container if it is detected that the target filling level (HS) has been undershot.