Device for filling a container with a fill product

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016101971-A1
Application number	US-201514880002-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 9, 2015
Priority date	Oct 9, 2014
Publication date	Apr 14, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A device for filling a container with a fill product, for example, in a beverage filling plant, is described. The device includes a housing for accommodating an electronics module for controlling an electromechanical actuator of a filler valve, an electronics module accommodated in the housing, and at least one opening provided in the housing for feeding through an electrical contacting for the electronics module from outside the housing. The opening is sealed in a fluid-tight manner by a connecting device welded to the housing for feeding through the electrical contacting.

First claim

1 . A device for filling a container with a fill product, comprising:
an electronics module that controls an electromechanical actuator of a filler valve; a housing that accommodates the electronics module; at least one opening provided in the housing through which the electronics module can be contacted from outside the housing; and a connecting device attached to the housing,
wherein the opening is sealed by the connecting device.

2 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the connecting device is electrically connected to the electronics module.

3 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the connecting device is connected mechanically to the electronics module, and the electronics module is retained in the housing by the connecting device.

4 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the connecting device and the housing are formed of the same material.

5 . The device of claim 4 , further comprising a housing for the connecting device formed of a same material as the housing that accommodates the electronics module.

6 . The device of claim 4 , wherein the material comprises a metal or a plastic.

7 . The device of claim 6 , wherein the metal comprises a stainless steel.

8 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the connecting device comprises a flange that comes into contact with an area of the housing that surrounds the opening, and the device further comprises a weld seam on the opposite side of the housing for fluid-tight sealing and mechanical accommodation of the connecting device on the housing.

9 . The device of claim 1 , further comprising an electromechanical actuator accommodated in the housing, wherein the electromechanical actuator is controlled via the electronics module.

10 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the housing forms a drive module, which is connectable to a filler valve.

11 . The device of claim 1 , further comprising at least two filling elements, each of which is provided with a drive module.

12 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the connecting device is connected to the electronics module via a flexible element.

13 . The device of claim 12 , wherein the flexible element comprises extended-length pins in the connecting device or a cable between the connecting device and the electronics module.

14 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the connecting device comprises connection pins.

15 . The device of claim 14 , wherein the electronic module is retained on the connecting device by the connection pins.

16 . A device for filling a container with a fill product, comprising:
an electronics module that controls an electromechanical actuator of a filler valve,
wherein the electronics module is in the form of a circuit board;
a housing that accommodates the electronics module;
at least one opening provided in the housing that feeds through an electrical contacting for the electronics module from outside the housing; and
a connecting device welded to the housing via a weld seam into the at least one opening,

wherein the opening is sealed by the connecting device.

17 . The device of claim 16 , wherein the connecting device comprises a socket for a plug or a plug.

18 . The device of claim 16 , wherein the electronics module is contacted electrically via connection pins of the connecting device.

19 . The device of claim 16 , further comprising an electromechanical actuator that is controlled by the electronics module.

20 . The device of claim 19 , wherein the housing forms a drive module, which is connectable to a filler valve.

Assignees

• Krones Ag

Inventors

• Doblinger Josef
• Hirschberger Anton
• Brey Christian
• Angerer Florian
• Poeschl Stefan

Classifications

• 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 · CPC title

• H05K5/0247

  Electrical details of casings, e.g. terminals, passages for cables or wiring · CPC title

• B67C3/26

  Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks · CPC title

• B67C3/28 Primary

  Flow-control devices, e.g. using valves ({B67C3/2617, B67C3/2625, B67C3/2637 take precedence}; valves in general F16K) · CPC title

• H05K5/069

  Other details of the casing, e.g. wall structure, passage for a connector, a cable, a shaft · CPC title