Global Patent Index - EP 1692072 B1

EP 1692072 B1 20080514 - CONTAINER TREATMENT DEVICE WITH A GAS CURTAIN

Title (en)

CONTAINER TREATMENT DEVICE WITH A GAS CURTAIN

Title (de)

BEH AELTERBEHANDLUNGSVORRICHTUNG MIT GASVORHANG

Title (fr)

DISPOSITIF DE TRAITEMENT DE RECIPIENTS, A RIDEAU GAZEUX

Publication

EP 1692072 B1 20080514 (DE)

Application

EP 04803735 A 20041210

Priority

  • EP 2004014090 W 20041210
  • DE 10358265 A 20031211

Abstract (en)

[origin: US7357159B2] Equipment for treating open beverage containers ( 3 ), e.g. by filling or closing, comprising: a treatment site ( 1 ), to which a container ( 3 ) can be delivered for treatment, and at which a treatment element ( 2 ) is situated that acts upon the mouth ( 6 ) of the container ( 3 ) from above, and slit nozzles ( 4 ), which are situated to the side of the treatment site ( 1 ), and discharge clean gas, and which are designed for producing a gas curtain that protects the area of the mouth ( 6 ) of the container ( 3 ). The invention is characterized in that the slit nozzles ( 4 ) are placed in, in essence, oppositely oriented jet directions whereby between the slit nozzles ( 4 ), a pressure flow is produced having flow components exiting upward and downward from the area of the slit nozzles ( 4 ) perpendicular to the plane of symmetry (S).

IPC 8 full level

B67C 3/22 (2006.01); B65B 31/02 (2006.01); B67C 3/26 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

B65B 31/025 (2013.01 - EP US); B67C 3/22 (2013.01 - EP US); B67C 2003/2691 (2013.01 - EP US); B67C 2003/2697 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2005056465 A1 20050623; AT E395300 T1 20080515; DE 10358265 A1 20050728; DE 502004007176 D1 20080626; EP 1692072 A1 20060823; EP 1692072 B1 20080514; US 2007012377 A1 20070118; US 7357159 B2 20080415

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 2004014090 W 20041210; AT 04803735 T 20041210; DE 10358265 A 20031211; DE 502004007176 T 20041210; EP 04803735 A 20041210; US 59628806 A 20060608