Apparatus and method of filling containers with cleaning device

US8844585B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KRONES AG · DE

Inventors

• Roland Laumer · Regensburg, DE
• Manfred Schmid · Neutraubling, DE
• Juergen Soellner · Beratzhausen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 14, 2011
• Grant date: Sep 30, 2014
• Expiry date: Sep 21, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B67C3/001
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for filling containers with a liquid and, in particular, with a beverage, with a plurality of filling elements which in each case have an outlet in order to pour the beverage into the containers, as well as a valve device in order to control the supply of the liquid into the containers, with a conveying device which conveys the containers along a pre-set conveying path at least for a time during the filling thereof with the liquid, and with a cleaning device which acts with a cleaning medium upon at least one region contacted by the liquid to be filled. At least one filling element is designed in such a way that the cleaning medium is freely discharged out of this filling element during a cleaning operation.