Product tank and device for filling a container with a filling product

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11952207-B2
Application number	US-202117539547-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 1, 2021
Priority date	Dec 2, 2020
Publication date	Apr 9, 2024
Grant date	Apr 9, 2024

Abstract

A product tank for receiving a liquid product, and a device for filling containers with a filling product, for example in a beverage filling plant, wherein the product tank includes: an outlet for discharge of the product from the product tank along a discharge direction; and a flow guide device which is arranged in the interior of the product tank and is configured to create a cross-flow oriented towards the discharge direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A product tank for receiving a liquid product, comprising:
an outlet configured to discharge the liquid product from the product tank along a discharge direction; and
a flow guide device that is arranged in an interior of the product tank and is configured to create a cross-flow oriented towards the discharge direction, wherein the flow guide device comprises at least one guide plate that covers part of a cross-section of the product tank and is fixed to an inner wall of the product tank, and the product tank comprises a cylindrical interior defining an axial direction, and
wherein the at least one guide plate is arranged in a lower region of the product tank and is spaced from the outlet in the axial direction of the product tank, and the at least one guide plate covers about one-quarter of the cross-section of the product tank, or
wherein the at least one guide plate is arcuate and is mounted such that at least in portions, the at least one guide plate runs on the inner wall of the product tank and protrudes into the interior of the product tank perpendicularly to the axial direction.

2. The product tank of claim 1 , wherein the at least one guide plate is flush on the inner wall of the product tank.

3. The product tank of claim 1 , wherein the at least one guide plate is welded to the inner wall of the product tank.

4. The product tank of claim 1 , wherein:
the at least one guide plate is arcuate and is mounted such that at least in portions, the at least one guide plate runs on the inner wall of the product tank and protrudes into the interior of the product tank perpendicularly to the axial direction, and
the at least one arcuate guide plate is arranged at a position of the outlet in the axial direction of the product tank.

5. The product tank of claim 4 , wherein:
the at least one arcuate guide plate comprises two arcuate guide plates,
the two arcuate guide plates are formed and mounted such that the two arcuate guide plates run at a same position in the axial direction on the inner wall of the product tank and protrude into the interior of the product tank perpendicularly to the axial direction, and
the two arcuate guide plates are arranged in the axial direction at a position of the outlet to delimit the outlet.

6. The product tank of claim 1 , further comprising an outlet cover arranged in the product tank at a distance from the outlet in the discharge direction and covers the product tank at the distance from the outlet in the discharge direction.

7. The product tank of claim 1 , wherein:
the at least one guide plate is arcuate and is mounted such that at least in portions, the at least one guide plate runs on the inner wall of the product tank and protrudes into the interior of the product tank perpendicularly to the axial direction, and
the at least one arcuate guide plate comprises two parallel curved edges.

8. A device for filling a container with a filling product comprising:
a product tank for receiving the filling product, comprising:
an outlet configured to discharge the filling product from the product tank along a discharge direction, and
a flow guide device that is arranged in an interior of the product tank and is configured to create a cross-flow oriented towards the discharge direction, wherein the flow guide device comprises at least one guide plate that covers part of a cross-section of the product tank and is fixed to an inner wall of the product tank, and the product tank comprises a cylindrical interior defining an axial direction, and
wherein the at least one guide plate is arranged in a lower region of the product tank and is spaced from the outlet in the axial direction of the product tank, and the at least one guide plate covers about one-quarter of the cross-section of the product tank, or
wherein the at least one guide plate is arcuate and is mounted such that at least in portions, the at least one guide plate runs on the inner wall of the product tank and protrudes into the interior of the product tank perpendicularly to the axial direction; and

a mixer configured to mix the filling product from at least two components.

9. The device of claim 8 , further comprising one or more filler valves configured to fill the container with the filling product, wherein the product tank is configured to contain the filling product mixed in the mixer as a buffer.

10. The device of claim 9 , further comprising a buffer tank.

11. The device of claim 10 , wherein the one or more filler valves is connected without buffering to the buffer tank, and/or the mixer is connected without buffering to the buffer tank.

12. The device of claim 8 , wherein:
the at least one guide plate is arcuate and is mounted such that at least in portions, the at least one guide plate runs on the inner wall of the product tank and protrudes into the interior of the product tank perpendicularly to the axial direction, and
the at least one arcuate guide plate comprises two parallel curved edges.

Assignees

• Krones Ag

Inventors

• Ehrismann Tobias
• Laumer Christina
• Grauham Michael
• Richter Volker

Classifications

• B65D88/54 Primary

  characterised by means facilitating filling or emptying · CPC title

• B67C3/22 Primary

  Details · CPC title

• B67D7/74

  Devices for mixing two or more different liquids to be transferred (coin-freed apparatus G07F13/06) · CPC title

• B67D7/78

  Arrangements of storage tanks, reservoirs or pipe-lines · CPC title

• B67C3/06 Primary

  using counterpressure, i.e. filling while the container is under pressure · CPC title