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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Volker Till, Hofheim am Taunus, DE;
Assignee:
GEA Till GmbH & Co., Kriftel, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67C / ; B67C / ; B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
141 90 ; 141-1 ; 141 92 ; 141 94 ; 141113 ;
Abstract
In the filling of a keg with a beverage via a filling head, the filling head is sterilized immediately prior to initiating the flow of the beverage into the keg via the head and a fitting on the keg. Complete sterilization is achieved by ensuring that the temperature of the normally coldest portion of the filling head will be raised to a sufficiently high level and maintained at least at this level until a predetermined number of Pasteur units has been reached.