EP 4223400 A1 20230809 - APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FILLING LIQUID IN A CONTAINER AND FOR ENRICHING WITH A GAS
Title (en)
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FILLING LIQUID IN A CONTAINER AND FOR ENRICHING WITH A GAS
Title (de)
GERÄT UND VERFAHREN ZUM EINFÜLLEN VON FLÜSSIGKEIT IN EINEN BEHÄLTER UND ZUR ANREICHERUNG MIT EINEM GAS
Title (fr)
APPAREIL ET PROCÉDÉ DE REMPLISSAGE DE LIQUIDE DANS UN RÉCIPIENT ET D'ENRICHISSEMENT AVEC UN GAZ
Publication
Application
Priority
EP 22155359 A 20220207
Abstract (en)
The present invention refers to an apparatus (1) for filling a liquid into a removable container (100) and for enriching said liquid inside said removable container (100) with gas, e.g. by carbonating. The invention further refers to a method for filling liquid into a container (100) and/or enriching the liquid with a gas. The apparatus comprises a filling head (10) with a cover plate (11) for closing an opening (101) of the container (100), having a liquid inlet port (14), a gas outlet port (12) and a gas inlet port (13), and a seal (19) for sealing the cover plate (11) with respect to the opening (101) of the container (100). The seal comprises a first surface (21) fixed to the cover plate (11) and a second surface (20) elastically movable relative to the cover plate (11). The apparatus (1) further comprises a suction pump connected to the gas outlet port (12), a pressure supply unit connectable to the gas inlet port (13), a tank to be filled with liquid and connectable to the liquid inlet port (14), and a control unit configured to operate the suction pump to lower a gas pressure inside said removable container (100) below a gas pressure acting on the liquid inside the tank.
IPC 8 full level
B01F 23/2361 (2022.01); B01F 35/71 (2022.01)
CPC (source: EP)
B01F 23/2361 (2022.01); B01F 35/718 (2022.01)
Citation (applicant)
- US 10752483 B1 20200825 - PITTAWAY CLYDE [GB], et al
- US 5992684 A 19991130 - RUSSELL LARRY L [US]
Citation (search report)
- [A] WO 2013124236 A1 20130829 - EUROP S R L K [IT]
- [A] US 4676283 A 19870630 - CALDWELL MICHAEL C [US]
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
Designated extension state (EPC)
BA ME
Designated validation state (EPC)
KH MA MD TN
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 4223400 A1 20230809; CN 118613322 A 20240906; WO 2023147954 A1 20230810
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 22155359 A 20220207; CN 202380019168 A 20230106; EP 2023050218 W 20230106