Apparatus for the sterilization during filling of preferably liquid foodstuffs into packaging containers

US5660100A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• PKL Verpackungssysteme GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Franz-Willi Spelten · Wegberg, DE
• Dirk Auer · Meerbusch, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 9, 1996
• Grant date: Aug 26, 1997
• Expiry date: Feb 9, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65B55/02
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an apparatus for the sterilization during the filling of preferably liquid foodstuffs into packaging containers, having a preheating zone (A), a sterilizing zone (B), a drying zone (C), a filling zone (D) and a closure zone (E), in that the period during which the individual zones are acted upon with a sterilizing agent can be shortend and that the quantity of the sterilizing agent to be used can be minimized. In addition, a simple construction is desirable, so that the expenditure always required for cleaning and maintenance is also minimized. This is solved by the features that the individual zones (A, B, C, D, E) are combined into an overall space and closed in the upward direction by a single hood into which the required supply elements and lines (2, 3, 4, 5) are integrated.