Apparatus and method for filling flexible foil bags

US8234841B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• DEUTSCHE SISI-WERKE BETRIEBS GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Hans-Peter Wild · Eppelheim, DE
• Hans Kepert · Ladenburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 4, 2005
• Grant date: Aug 7, 2012
• Expiry date: May 2, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65B55/06
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of filling flexible foil bags, wherein a foil bag is shaped at least partially by a gaseous medium and is then filled with a liquid filling material, with the gaseous medium disinfecting the foil bag. Also, an apparatus for filling foil bags comprising a shaping unit for shaping the foil bags using a gaseous medium, a filling unit for filling the foil bags with a liquid medium, with the ability of adding a disinfecting effect to the gaseous medium.