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Patent No.:

US 10703516 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020

Filed:

Dec. 04, 2015

Method for filling packs with varying products in a filling machine

Applicant:

Sig Technology Ag, Neuhausen am Rheinfall, CH;

Inventors:

Hans-Willi Mainz, Heinsberg, DE;

Sabine Knauff, Linnich, DE;

Assignee:

SIG Technology AG, Neuhausen am Rheinfall, CH;

Attorney:

The Webb Law Firm

Primary Examiner:

Chelsea E Stinson

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 3/00 (2006.01); B65B 3/02 (2006.01); B65B 37/02 (2006.01); B65B 43/14 (2006.01); B65B 43/26 (2006.01); B65B 43/50 (2006.01); B65B 55/02 (2006.01); B65B 55/06 (2006.01); B65B 55/10 (2006.01); B65B 65/00 (2006.01); B65B 3/06 (2006.01); B65B 57/16 (2006.01); B65B 57/14 (2006.01); B65B 65/08 (2006.01); B65B 43/52 (2006.01); B65B 59/02 (2006.01); B65B 51/14 (2006.01); B65B 57/12 (2006.01); B65B 25/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 3/025 (2013.01); B65B 3/06 (2013.01); B65B 25/22 (2013.01); B65B 37/02 (2013.01); B65B 43/145 (2013.01); B65B 43/265 (2013.01); B65B 43/50 (2013.01); B65B 43/52 (2013.01); B65B 51/144 (2013.01); B65B 55/027 (2013.01); B65B 55/06 (2013.01); B65B 55/10 (2013.01); B65B 57/12 (2013.01); B65B 57/145 (2013.01); B65B 57/16 (2013.01); B65B 59/02 (2013.01); B65B 65/003 (2013.01); B65B 65/08 (2013.01); B65B 2210/08 (2013.01); B65B 2220/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for filling packages with changing products in a filling machine is disclosed. Packages are successively transported through a filling machine, and the packages are each successively filled with a first product in a sterile environment via a filling outlet connected to a product tank. To empty the product tank, at least one outlet means is brought into an emptying position, and a residue of the first product is discharged at least partially from the sterile environment, via the outlet means located in the emptying position. The outlet means is removed from the emptying position following the emptying of the product tank. Packages are subsequently each successively filled with a second product in a sterile environment, via a filling outlet connected to a product tank.

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