IP Library › Granted Patent US 9,150,317
Granted Patent B2
US 9,150,317 · App. 12/450,079 · Granted Oct 6, 2015

Device for minimizing oxygen content

Inventor: Bernd Hansen (Sulzbach-Laufen, DE)
B65B31/044B65B3/022B65B3/003B65B3/02B65B31/04
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Patent No.
US 9,150,317
App. No.
12/450,079
Granted
Oct 6, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device minimizes the oxygen content in containers provided with a displacement medium or fluid by a feed unit ( 20 ). The displacement medium displaces oxygen from the container before closing. The food device ( 20 ) has one medium feed channel to introduce the displacement medium into the container and being at least partially a component of a filling device ( 26 ) for filling the container. The filling device ( 26 ) has a filling mandrel ( 17 ) with a filling channel ( 28 ), from which the media feed channel extends in a separated manner. The filling mandrel ( 17 ) has at least one further medium transport channel. The filling channel ( 28 ) is guided at its free cross-section in a ring channel region of the filling mandrel ( 17 ) having a larger cross-section. The filling channel ( 28 ) separates the medium feed channel from the medium transport channel within the ring channel region in a fluid-tight manner.

Claims (35)

1. A device for minimizing oxygen content in containers to be filled, comprising:

a filling device conveying a product to fill an open container, said filling device having a filling mandrel with a filling channel;

a supply device conveying a displacing fluid to displace oxygen out of the container before sealing of the container, said supply device having a first medium supply channel delivering the displacement fluid to the container and being a component of the filling device, said filling channel and said first medium supply channel being separated along entire lengths thereof;

a medium transport channel in said filling device having a free cross section;

an annular and circular channel region in said filling mandrel and having a cross section larger than a cross section at said medium transport channel, said medium transport channel extending into said annular and circular channel region, within said annular and circular channel region the filling channel separating and sealing said medium supply channel from said medium transport channel to prevent flow of fluid or medium therebetween, said medium supply channel and said medium transport channel being separated fluid-tight from one another in said filling channel with said annular and circular channel region of said filling mandrel and having at least one of the same input and output directions; and

a wall of the filling mandrel delimiting said filling channel, being oval with a reduced cross-sectional dimension in a transverse direction and a larger cross-sectional dimension in a longitudinal direction and adjoining an inside wall of said annular and circular channel region separating sickle-shaped free cross sections of said medium supply channel and said medium transport channel.

2. A device according to claim 1 wherein

said medium transport channel removes displacement fluid and oxygen from the container or supplies displacement fluid to the container.

3. A device according to claim 1 wherein

said filling channel projects over said medium supply channel and said medium transport channel forms said filling mandrel.

4. A device according to claim 1 wherein

another medium supply channel is concentrically located between said wall of said filling mandrel and an outside wall of said supply device encompassing said wall of said filling mandrel.

5. A device according to claim 1 wherein

said displacement fluid is a noble gas selected from the group consisting of argon gas, inert gas and nitrogen gas.

6. A device according to claim 1 wherein

another supply device is provided on said filling mandrel providing a blocking medium to a region surrounding the container being filled.

7. A device according to claim 6 wherein

said blocking medium is a noble gas selected from the group consisting of argon gas, inert gas and nitrogen gas.

8. A device for minimizing oxygen content in containers to be filled, comprising:

a filling device conveying a product to fill an open container, said filling device having a filling mandrel with a filling channel;

a supply device conveying a displacing fluid to displace oxygen out of the container before sealing of the container, said supply device having a first medium supply channel delivering the displacement fluid to the container and being a component of the filling device, said filling channel and said first medium supply channel being separated along entire lengths thereof;

a medium transport channel in said filling device having a free cross section;

an annular and circular channel region in said filling mandrel and having a cross section larger than a cross section at said medium transport channel, said medium transport channel extending into said annular and circular channel region, within said annular and circular channel region the filling channel separating and sealing said medium supply channel from said medium transport channel to prevent flow of fluid or medium therebetween;

a wall of the filling mandrel delimiting said filling channel, being oval with a reduced cross-sectional dimension in a transverse direction and a larger cross-sectional dimension in a longitudinal direction and adjoining an inside wall of said annular and circular channel region separating sickle-shaped free cross sections of said medium supply channel and said medium transport channel; and

another medium supply channel concentrically located between said wall of said filling mandrel and an outside wall of said supply device encompassing said wall of said filling mandrel.

9. A device according to claim 8 wherein

said medium transport channel removes displacement fluid and oxygen from the container or supplies displacement fluid to the container.

10. A device according to claim 8 wherein

said filling channel projects over said medium supply channel and said medium transport channel forms said filling mandrel.

11. A device according to claim 8 wherein

said displacement fluid is a noble gas selected from the group consisting of argon gas, inert gas and nitrogen gas.

12. A device according to claim 8 wherein

another supply device is provided on said filling mandrel providing a blocking medium to a region surrounding the container being filled.

13. A device according to claim 12 wherein

said blocking medium is a noble gas selected from the group consisting of argon gas, inert gas and nitrogen gas.

Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2007 015 078 · Mar 29, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
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