Filling assembly for aseptically operating deep-drawing packing machines
US6179017A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 27, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jan 30, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 27, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65B2210/06
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A filling assembly for an aseptically operating deep-drawing packing machine, wherein a conveying region for the web of packing sheet is provided within a pipe held in sterile condition. Arranged behind a packing sheet-forming station is a filling station comprising at least one loading tube stationary with respect to the conveying region yet displaceable in a direction vertical to the conveying region. In order to enable the packing machine to continue to run also during cleaning of the filling station, two filling stations are arranged in series on the pipe maintained in sterile condition within openings displaceable on the sterile pipe above the conveying region. Only one of the said filling stations is respectively in the operating position while the other of said filling stations is in the cleaning position. The filling stations in view of their displaceable openings on the sterile pipe are reciprocable between an operating position and a cleaning position. For this purpose, the filling assemblies are comprised of a tank part accommodating the loading tube in the cleaning position, and of a loading tube-passage part.
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