Global Patent Index - EP 3705450 B1

EP 3705450 B1 20220803 - AN APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR FILLING A CONTAINER

Title (en)

AN APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR FILLING A CONTAINER

Title (de)

VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM BEFÜLLEN EINES BEHÄLTERS

Title (fr)

APPAREIL ET PROCÉDÉ DE REMPLISSAGE D'UN CONTENANT

Publication

EP 3705450 B1 20220803 (EN)

Application

EP 19305271 A 20190308

Priority

EP 19305271 A 20190308

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP3705450A1] An apparatus (1) for filling a container (2) includes a shutter (8) movable along an axis (A) for closing or opening, in a variable manner, an outflow passage of the valve (5) itself, designed to control the filling of the container (2) with a pourable product under pressure, a position sensor for measuring the position of the shutter (8) along the axis (A), a pressure sensor (28) for measuring the pressure of the pourable product, and a control unit (27) having a memory holding a predetermined dataset, which contains flowrate values as a function of the pressure of the pourable product and the position of the shutter (8), and estimating flowrate from the dataset as a function of the measured position of the shutter (8) and the measured pressure of the pourable product to control the position of the shutter (8).

IPC 8 full level

B67C 3/28 (2006.01); B67C 3/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B67C 3/007 (2013.01); B67C 3/287 (2013.01)

Citation (opposition)

Opponent : KRONES AG

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 3705450 A1 20200909; EP 3705450 B1 20220803; WO 2020182419 A1 20200917

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 19305271 A 20190308; EP 2020054071 W 20200217