Beverage sterilisation device

US8894833B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Carlsberg Breweries A/S · DK

Inventors

• Jan Norager Rasmussen · Alte Poststraße, DK
• Steen Vesborg · Copenhagen, DK

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 24, 2008
• Grant date: Nov 25, 2014
• Expiry date: Aug 30, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C02F2201/003
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A beverage sterilisation device comprises a housing defining an inner space, and having a first and a second end. An electrically insulated fluid path-defining conduit extends through the inner space from the first end to the second end. A first electrode has a first part positioned adjacent to the fluid path and a second part extending perpendicular to the first part. A first counter electrode defines together with the first electrode a first capacitor, and a second electrode having a third part and a fourth part. The third part is positioned adjacent to the fluid path, and the fourth part extends substantially perpendicular to the third part. A second counter electrode defines together with the second electrode a second capacitor. The first counter electrode and the second counter electrode are short-circuited by an electrical connection, and a conductive device is electrically connected between the first electrode and the second electrode. A first trigger point is defined at the second part and remote from the first part, and a second trigger point is defined at the first counter electrode opposite to the first trigger point. The device further comprises an electrical activation…