Method and device for filling containers with carbonized filling material and subsequently closing the filled containers

US11518665B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KHS GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Michael Linke · Hamburg, DE
• Rolf Baumgarte · Ahrensburg, DE
• Michael Litzenberg · Geesthacht, DE
• Benjamin JAISER · Hamburg, DE
• Frank Berger · Leutenbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 8, 2019
• Grant date: Dec 6, 2022
• Expiry date: Jul 13, 2039

Classification

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

Abstract

The method relates to a method for filling a container (13, 32) with carbonized liquid filling material and for closing the filled container, in which the filling material is introduced in a filling station (10, 30) by a filling head (11, 33) at defined filling pressure into the container (13, 32), wherein the filling head (11, 33) is firstly moved from an idle position, which permits supplying and inserting a container (13, 32) into the filling station (10, 30), into a working position toward the inserted container, in which an end region (16) of the filling head seals off the opening (14) of the container, the container (13, 32) is then filled, the filling head (11, 33) is moved after completion of the filling phase back out of the working position into an idle position spaced apart from the container (13, 32) and the container (13, 32) is then closed in the filling station (10, 30) using a cap (20) at least enough that filling material can no longer escape, and the container (13, 32) is then removed from the filling station (11, 33), characterized in that before the movement of the filling head (11, 33) from the working position into the idle position spaced apart from the conta…