US 11,807,510 B2
Beverage processing system and method for filling a beverage into containers
Ute Winter, Wenzenbach (DE); Patrick Engelhard, Elsendorf (DE); Valentin Becher, Donaustauf (DE); and Eva Beierle, Regensburg (DE)
Assigned to KRONES AG, Neutraubling (DE)
Appl. No. 17/274,768
Filed by KRONES AG, Neutraubling (DE)
PCT Filed May 28, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/063864
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 9, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/057784, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 216 138.0 (DE), filed on Sep. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0048750 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. B67C 3/02 (2006.01); B67C 3/00 (2006.01); G01N 1/22 (2006.01)
CPC B67C 3/023 (2013.01) [B67C 3/007 (2013.01); G01N 2001/2229 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A beverage processing system for filling a beverage into containers, wherein the containers include at least one of plastic bottles, glass bottles, cans or tubes, the beverage processing system comprising:
a filler with several filling valves for filling said beverage into said containers, where said filling valves are each configured having a filling device for filling at least two components of said beverage into one of said containers, where said filling valves are each formed with a mixing device for mixing said beverage from the at least two components,
a capper for closing said containers filled with said beverage, and
a conveyor for transporting said containers at least from said filler to said capper,
wherein
said beverage processing system comprises at least one gas analysis device for quality control of said mixed beverage filled into said containers, and
said at least one gas analysis device each comprises a gas suctioning device for suctioning gas from a head region of said containers filled with said beverage and an analyzer for analyzing said suctioned gas, wherein said at least one gas analysis device each further comprises an evaluation unit for evaluating the analysis of the suctioned gas, wherein the evaluation unit is configured to draw conclusions from the analysis of the suctioned gas about the mixing ratios of the beverage filled, wherein the evaluation unit is configured to store curve functions and/or measurement curves with which a respective concentration of a substance in the filled beverage is determined from a concentration of a substance in the suctioned gas, and wherein the evaluation unit is further configured to draw conclusions about the quality of the beverage filled into the respective container based on the analyzed composition of the suctioned gas and the stored curve functions and/or measurement curves.