US 12,286,337 B2
Apparatus and method for filling containers
Michael Neubauer, Grassau (DE)
Assigned to KRONES AG, Neutraubling (DE)
Appl. No. 18/008,645
Filed by KRONES AG, Neutraubling (DE)
PCT Filed Jun. 16, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/066315
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 6, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/255130, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 116 266.9 (DE), filed on Jun. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0219802 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. B67D 1/08 (2006.01); B67D 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC B67D 1/0894 (2013.01) [B67D 3/009 (2013.01); B67D 2210/00073 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for filling containers comprising: a carrier on which a container to be filled can be placed and fixed, wherein the carrier is pivotable with respect to a pivot axis which extends at an angle different from 0° with respect to a longitudinal direction of the container to be filled; a first filling device positioned above the container to fill the container in a first pivot position of the container with respect to the pivot axis, wherein the container is fillable via a mouth of the container; and a rinsing device positioned to rinse the container through its mouth in a second pivot position of the container with respect to the pivot axis, the second pivot position being different from the first pivot position, wherein in the second position, the container is positioned above at least a rinsing nozzle of the rinsing device, and the mouth of the container projects downward toward the rinsing nozzle, wherein the container is rinseable through the mouth of the container while in the second pivot position.