Filling system for liquid products and method for filling liquid products into bottles

US12043533B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KRONES AG · DE

Inventors

• Sascha Bauer · Auenwald, DE
• Christian Holzer · Schierling, DE
• Bruno Landler · Neutraubling, DE
• Christian Stoiber · Michelsneukirchen, DE
• Franz Lautenschlager · Neutraubling, DE
• Konrad Senn · Regensburg, DE
• Johannes Bauer · Ergoldsbach, DE
• Stefan Poeschl · Regensburg, DE
• Ludwig Scheidler · Siegenburg, DE
• Juergen Koller · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 18, 2021
• Grant date: Jul 23, 2024
• Expiry date: Mar 24, 2042

Classification

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

Abstract

A system and method for filling liquid products into bottles are described. The system comprises a machine block with a blow-molding machine for providing a flow of bottles, with a labeler for labeling the flow of bottles, with a first and second transport stretch, each comprising a filler for filling the bottles, and with a distribution unit dividing the labeled flow of bottles to the transport stretches when the transport is fully populated at all circulating labeling positions of the labeler and all circulating filling positions of the fillers. The filling system comprises outflow conveyors downstream of the fillers, with a combining device for combining the transport stretches to form a common outflow for the flow of bottles, thereby reducing the transport speed during filling and subsequent handling of the bottles, as well as problems due to the product in the bottles spilling over during the closure process.