Filling device

US10259697B2 · US · B2

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FieldValue
Publication numberUS-10259697-B2
Application numberUS-201616061777-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateNov 14, 2016
Priority dateDec 16, 2015
Publication dateApr 16, 2019
Grant dateApr 16, 2019

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Abstract

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A valve assembly in a product channel comprises a regulating valve, a filling valve, and an elongated actuation element that is common to both. A filling-valve element that interacts with a filling-valve seat to open and close the filling valve. The regulating valve comprises an actuation element-side regulating valve element that interacts with a regulating-valve seat to control a product quantity to be filled. Both the regulating and filling valve elements are arranged on the actuation element. A driven actuator changes a position of the actuation element relative to the regulating valve seat and the filling valve seat as part of a filling operation.

First claim

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The invention claimed is: 1. An apparatus comprising a filling device for filling a container with a liquid, wherein said filling device comprises a product supply and a valve assembly that is arranged downstream of said product supply, wherein said valve assembly comprises a regulating valve and a filling valve arranged downstream in a flow direction of said product, wherein said filling device further comprises an elongated actuation-element that is common to said regulating valv…

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  • Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • Operations & Transport · mapped topic

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What does patent US10259697B2 cover?
A valve assembly in a product channel comprises a regulating valve, a filling valve, and an elongated actuation element that is common to both. A filling-valve element that interacts with a filling-valve seat to open and close the filling valve. The regulating valve comprises an actuation element-side regulating valve element that interacts with a regulating-valve seat to control a product quan…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Khs Gmbh
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification B67C3/206. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Apr 16 2019 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 1 related publication on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).