Device for treating containers

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10759643-B2
Application number	US-201615579919-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 31, 2016
Priority date	Oct 30, 2015
Publication date	Sep 1, 2020
Grant date	Sep 1, 2020

Abstract

A device for treating containers, for example, for filling and closing containers in filling plants is described. The device includes an isolator chamber in which the treatment of the containers takes place, and an outlet disposed beneath the isolator chamber for discharging fluids, wherein the outlet has a housing for receiving ejected containers and a suction device for extracting gases from the isolator chamber.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A device for treating containers, comprising:
an isolator chamber in which treatment of the containers takes place;
an outlet configured to discharge fluids and connected to a floor of the isolator chamber, wherein the outlet comprises a housing configured to receive ejected containers;
a suction device configured to extract gases from the isolator chamber and connected to the outlet; and
a cleaning-in-place system configured to recycle a cleaning medium, clean the isolator chamber with the cleaning medium and circulate the cleaning medium, wherein the cleaning-in-place system is disposed downstream of the outlet in a direction of flow of the cleaning medium,
wherein the outlet comprises an outlet valve disposed downstream of the connection of the suction device to the outlet in the direction of flow of the cleaning medium, the outlet valve configured to close the outlet during intervals between cleaning of the isolator chamber, and
wherein the housing comprises:
an inlet aperture disposed on an upper face of the housing that communicates with the isolator chamber,
an outlet aperture disposed in a lower area of the housing configured to discharge fluid,
a container guide disposed in the housing at least between the inlet aperture and the outlet aperture, and
a removal aperture, for removing a container, configured to be opened or closed.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the housing is integrated with the isolator chamber.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the container guide comprises a perforated metal plate or a plurality of rods.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the container guide and/or a floor of the housing is inclined relative to a vertical axis of the housing.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the inlet aperture comprises an inlet closing device configured to interrupt communication between the housing and the isolator chamber.

6. A device for treating containers, comprising:
an isolator chamber in which treatment of the containers takes place;
an outlet configured to discharge fluids and connected with a floor of the isolator chamber,
a suction device configured to extract gases from the isolator chamber and connected to the outlet; and
a cleaning-in-place system configured to recycle a cleaning medium, clean the isolator chamber with the cleaning medium and circulate the cleaning medium, wherein the cleaning-in-place system is disposed downstream of the outlet in a direction of flow of the cleaning medium,
wherein the outlet comprises:
an outlet valve disposed downstream of the connection of the suction device to the outlet in the direction of flow of the cleaning medium, the outlet valve configured to close the outlet during intervals between cleaning of the isolator chamber, and
at least one housing configured to receive ejected containers,
wherein each of the at least one housing comprises:
an inlet aperture disposed on an upper face of the respective housing that communicates with the isolator chamber,
an outlet aperture disposed in a lower area of the respective housing configured to discharge fluid,
a container guide disposed in the respective housing at least between the inlet aperture and the outlet aperture, and
a removal aperture, for removing a container, configured to be opened or closed.

7. The device of claim 6 , further comprising a filler configured to fill the containers and a closer configured to close the filled containers that are disposed in the isolator chamber.

8. The device of claim 7 , wherein the filler and the closer are disposed together in the isolator chamber.

9. The device of claim 7 , wherein the isolator chamber is divided into a filler chamber to accommodate the filler and a closer chamber to accommodate the closer.

10. The device of claim 6 , further comprising a preform blowing device configured to stretch blow mold plastic preforms.

11. The device of claim 6 , wherein the at least one housing comprises two housings.

Assignees

• Krones Ag

Inventors

• Soellner Juergen
• Braun Franz
• Mueller Holger
• Landler Bruno

Classifications

• B65B2210/06

  Sterilising or cleaning machinery or conduits · CPC title

• B65B55/027

  Packaging in aseptic chambers · CPC title

• B67C7/0073

  Sterilising, aseptic filling and closing (B67C3/2642 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B67C2003/2694

  by enclosing a set of containers in a chamber · CPC title

• B67C2007/0066

  Devices particularly adapted for container closing · CPC title