Method, metering device and metering valve for the aseptic measured delivery of a liquid additive into a forced flow of a base product

US9936725B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GEA TDS GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Hubert Assing · Ahaus, DE
• Andreas Schmied · Ulmen, DE
• Uwe Schwenzow · Ahaus, DE
• Helmut Buss · Reken, DE
• Franz Tasler · Coesfeld, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 23, 2016
• Grant date: Apr 10, 2018
• Expiry date: Oct 15, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A23V2002/00
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A metering device with a product conduit section, through which a base product forcibly flows, with at least one storage container for an additive, which is connected with an associated metering point respectively via a removal conduit, which is arranged on or respectively in the product conduit section, with a mechanism for forcibly conveying the additive, with quantity-based capturing of the base product and of the additive, with sterile steam and with a control device assigned to the metering device. The metering point is provided within a metering valve, which forms a product chamber, into which the product conduit section opens and from which it exits, an initial chamber and a partial chamber as well as a receiver of an end section and of a terminal side.