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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 1992
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Wilhelm Weiss, Lappersdorf, DE;
Assignee:
Krones AG Hermann Kronseder Maschinenfabrik, Neutraubling, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
141 39 ; 141-6 ; 141 40 ; 141 44 ; 141 47 ; 141 50 ; 141198 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for filling bottles or other containers under the influence of counterpressure by of a filling unit, pressurized gas is led into the bottle after terminating the inflow of liquid, with the pressurized gas valve and liquid valve being closed and with a bypass of the gas return tube, and the liquid that thereby remains above the lower open tip of the gas return tube is expelled into a space having a lower pressure than exists in the bottle.