EP2409948A3 - Method and device for filling containers with cleaning device - Google Patents

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EP2409948A3
EP2409948A3 EP11174078A EP11174078A EP2409948A3 EP 2409948 A3 EP2409948 A3 EP 2409948A3 EP 11174078 A EP11174078 A EP 11174078A EP 11174078 A EP11174078 A EP 11174078A EP 2409948 A3 EP2409948 A3 EP 2409948A3
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/001—Cleaning of filling devices

Abstract

Vorrichtung (1) zum Befüllen von Behältnissen (6) mit einer Flüssigkeit und insbesondere mit einem Getränk, mit einer Vielzahl von Füllelementen (5), welche jeweils einen Auslauf (37) aufweisen, um das Getränk in die Behältnisse (10) einzufüllen sowie eine Ventileinrichtung (38), um die Zufuhr der Flüssigkeit in die Behältnisse (6) zu steuern, aufweisen, mit einer Transporteinrichtung, welche die Behältnisse (10) entlang eines vorgegebenen Transportpfades wenigstens zeitweise während deren Befüllung mit der Flüssigkeit transportiert, und mit einer Reinigungseinrichtung, welche wenigstens einen von der zu befüllenden Flüssigkeit berührten Bereich mit einem Reinigungsmedium beaufschlagt. Erfindungsgemäß ist wenigstens ein Füllelement (5) derart gestaltet, dass das Reinigungsmedium während eines Reinigungsbetriebs aus diesem Füllelement (5) frei austritt.

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Device (1) for filling containers (6) with a liquid and in particular with a beverage, with a multiplicity of filling elements (5), each having an outlet (37) for filling the beverage into the containers (10) and one Valve means (38) for controlling the supply of the liquid into the containers (6), comprising a transport device which transports the containers (10) along a predetermined transport path at least temporarily during their filling with the liquid, and with a cleaning device, which acts on at least one of the liquid to be filled contacted area with a cleaning medium. According to the invention, at least one filling element (5) is designed such that the cleaning medium emerges freely from this filling element (5) during a cleaning operation.
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