Quality control when filling a container with a filling product
US11192768B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 4, 2020 |
| Grant date | Dec 7, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 4, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB67C3/22
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A device for filling a container with a filling product (e.g., in a beverage filling system), includes: a product tank for providing the filling product, wherein a head space with a gas atmosphere is located above the filling product in the product tank; at least one filling member with a filling valve which is fluidically connected to the product tank for introducing the filling product from the product tank into the container to be filled and a gas channel for treating the container to be filled with a gas and/or for discharging gas from the container; a measuring apparatus for analyzing the gas atmosphere in the head space; and a control apparatus which is communicatively coupled to the measuring apparatus and which is designed to determine a process performance, (e.g., a quality of the filled filling product), from the analysis of the gas atmosphere in the head space.
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