US 11,702,332 B2
Multifunctional filling valve
Valentin Becher, Neutraubling (DE); Benedikt Hengl, Neutraubling (DE); Josef Doblinger, Neutraubling (DE); Anton Huber, Neutraubling (DE); Hubert Auer, Neutraubling (DE); and Stefan Poeschl, Neutraubling (DE)
Assigned to KRONES AG, Neutraubling (DE)
Filed by KRONES AG, Neutraubling (DE)
Filed on Jul. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/926,063.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 118 937.3 (DE), filed on Jul. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0009403 A1, Jan. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. B67D 7/02 (2010.01); B67D 7/32 (2010.01)
CPC B67D 7/0294 (2013.01) [B67D 7/3281 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A filling valve for filling a container with a filling product comprising:
a valve base body, which comprises:
an outlet configured to discharge the filling product into the container;
a swirl chamber configured to receive the filling product and to be brought into a fluidic connection with the outlet; and
a main inlet that feeds into the swirl chamber and is configured to introduce at least one component of the filling product into the swirl chamber such that the filling product is swirled in the swirl chamber, wherein the swirl chamber has an annular shape and a circular cross-section; and
a valve cone, wherein the valve cone comprises a deformable material and/or is configured to be adjustable, and the swirl chamber extends substantially axially symmetrically about the valve cone.