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EP3693333B1
EP3693333B1 EP20156041.4A EP20156041A EP3693333B1 EP 3693333 B1 EP3693333 B1 EP 3693333B1 EP 20156041 A EP20156041 A EP 20156041A EP 3693333 B1 EP3693333 B1 EP 3693333B1
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Josef Knott
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67B—APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS
    • B67B3/00—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C7/00—Concurrent cleaning, filling, and closing of bottles; Processes or devices for at least two of these operations
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67B—APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS
    • B67B1/00—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying stoppers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67B—APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS
    • B67B3/00—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps
    • B67B3/20—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps by applying and rotating preformed threaded caps
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/22—Details
    • B67C3/26—Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks
    • B67C2003/2648—Inflatable gaskets for sealingly engaging bottle necks or bodies
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/22—Details
    • B67C3/26—Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks
    • B67C2003/2688—Means for filling containers in defined atmospheric conditions
    • B67C2003/2691—Means for filling containers in defined atmospheric conditions by enclosing one container in a chamber
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/22—Details
    • B67C3/26—Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks
    • B67C2003/2688—Means for filling containers in defined atmospheric conditions
    • B67C2003/2697—Means for filling containers in defined atmospheric conditions by enclosing the container partly in a chamber
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C7/00—Concurrent cleaning, filling, and closing of bottles; Processes or devices for at least two of these operations
    • B67C7/0006—Conveying; Synchronising
    • B67C2007/0066—Devices particularly adapted for container closing

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  • the present invention relates to a device for filling a container to be filled with a filling product and for closing the filled container with a container closure.
  • Filling methods and devices for carrying out a filling method are known in which a container to be filled is sealed with a treatment chamber, a filling valve is connected to the mouth of the container to be filled and the interior of the container to be filled is flushed with a flushing gas to reduce the oxygen content. After flushing the interior of the container with the flushing gas, the interior of the container is then filled with the filling product.
  • the container to be filled can also be pre-stressed or evacuated.
  • the treatment chamber is pressurized and then the filling valve is removed from the mouth of the container already filled with the filling product.
  • the excess pressure in the treatment chamber reduces or completely prevents overflow, splashing or foaming, especially from a carbonated filling product, when the filling valve is removed from the mouth of the container filled with the filling product.
  • the treatment chamber under excess pressure communicates accordingly with the interior of the container filled with the filling product.
  • a container closure is then applied to the container in the treatment chamber, which is still under overpressure, and the container is closed accordingly.
  • the overpressure in the treatment chamber is then reduced to essentially ambient pressure and the filled and closed container is then removed from the treatment chamber.
  • Such a device and such a method are known, for example, from EP 2 937 310 A2 known.
  • Container closures for closing filled containers can be provided in the form of crown caps or screw caps or roll-on closures or corks or stoppers.
  • the containers to be closed with these types of container closures are adapted to the container closures and in particular have a correspondingly designed mouth area that is designed for closing with the respective type of container closure.
  • other types of container closures and containers to be closed with them can also be provided.
  • the WO 2019/002466 A2 describes a device and a method according to the preambles of claims 1 and 9.
  • a device for filling a container to be filled with a filling product and for closing the filled container with a container closure comprising a treatment chamber for sealingly receiving the container and a closure device that can be moved relative to the treatment chamber for applying a container closure to the container received in the treatment chamber.
  • the closure device is set up and designed to be able to process at least two different types of container closures, wherein the treatment chamber has a receiving opening for receiving the closure device, wherein the receiving opening can be sealed by the closure device, and wherein the closure device can be moved into a treatment position in which an attachment of the closure device is arranged inside the treatment chamber, and into a transfer position in which the attachment is arranged outside the treatment chamber and in which a container closure can be fed to the attachment, and wherein a container closure feed is provided outside the treatment chamber for each type of container closure and the closure device can be moved into a separate transfer position for each type of container closure.
  • the closing device is designed and constructed to be able to process at least two different types of container closures, it is possible to process container closures of different types without converting a system having the device.
  • the different types of container closures can either be applied to the same container type or to different container types.
  • the downtimes required for a device constructed in this way can be shorter than with conventional systems, or any other downtimes required can even be completely avoided.
  • Different types of container closures are understood here to mean different types of container closures, for example crown caps or screw caps or roll-on closures or corks or stoppers. Different types of container closures can also be differently dimensioned container closures of the same type - for example screw caps of different diameters.
  • the containers to be closed with these types of container closures are adapted accordingly to the container closures and in particular have a correspondingly designed mouth area that is designed for closing with the respective type of container closure.
  • Different types of container closures can also have substantially the same dimensions and differ only in their external design.
  • different types of container closures can have a screw thread of substantially the same dimensions for application to a container with complementary threads, whereby the container closures nevertheless have different external dimensions or external structures, which accordingly require different designs and devices of the closure device in order to be able to grip the screw closures provided with the different external dimensions or external structures and to screw them onto the containers.
  • different types of container closures can be closed with a single type of container. These designs are of course not limited to screw closures.
  • one of the types of container closures is a crown cap closure and/or one of the types of container closures is a screw cap. It is therefore then possible to process containers that can be closed with a crown cap and/or containers that can be closed with a screw cap one after the other without a time-consuming changeover requiring operator intervention.
  • one of the types of container closures may be a roll-on closure, and/or one of the types of container closures may be a cork or a stopper.
  • the closure device has an attachment which is designed and configured both for applying a container closure of a first type to a container, preferably a first container type, and for applying a container closure of a second type to a container, preferably a second container type.
  • the device can close the container closures of both types without further Process conversions so that any downtime or changeover times can be reduced to a minimum or even avoided entirely.
  • the closing device is designed and configured to apply container closures both to a container of a first type and to a container of a second type.
  • a closure ring for a first type of container closure is arranged in the closure direction (stroke direction axial to the container) of the device behind a retaining ring for container closures of a second type, for example for screw caps.
  • the container closure of the second type preferably the screw cap
  • the container closure of the first type preferably a crown cap
  • the closure of the first type can be held by a magnet on the closure device and closed by the closure ring.
  • the closing device is preferably designed and constructed such that when closing a container with a closure of the first type, the closing device can move further over a container, in particular a bottle neck, than is the case with conventional crown cap closure devices.
  • the closing device can be designed such that when a container closure is taken over from a transfer unit, a closing stamp of the closing device is designed to move out so far that when the container closure is taken over, it moves close enough to the container closure of the first type so that it can be held by the integrated magnet.
  • the retaining ring can be designed such that it can receive and hold the container closure of the second type on the one hand and can close the container closure of the first type in the sense of a closing ring on the other.
  • a position of the closing stamp can be adapted to the respective container closure.
  • the closure device has a replaceable first attachment for applying a first type of container closures to a container, preferably a corresponding first container type, and has a replaceable second attachment for applying a second type of container closures to a container, preferably a corresponding second container type.
  • the closing device can be designed and configured to be able to bring the first attachment and the second attachment alternately into a working position, wherein according to a preferred development the closing device is designed and configured to carry out the change of the first and the second attachment essentially automatically.
  • More than two different attachments can also be provided to accommodate different container closure types.
  • first attachment and the second attachment can be arranged movably, preferably pivotably or displaceably, on the closing device, which can result in a simple exchange of the attachments.
  • an attachment magazine for keeping attachments ready can be provided, preferably outside the treatment chamber, wherein the closing device can preferably be moved into an exchange position in which an attachment exchange can be carried out by interaction with the attachment magazine.
  • a preferably separate actuating unit can optionally be provided, which is preferably set up and designed to be able to exchange two attachments automatically, preferably when the closing device is positioned in a predetermined change position of the change position. This is particularly important when the device is arranged in an isolator of an aseptic filling system.
  • the closing device can also be designed and constructed so that two attachments can be exchanged manually by an operating personnel.
  • the closing device is designed and configured to provide a rotary movement and/or a lifting movement of at least one component of an attachment. This makes it possible, among other things, to unscrew a screw cap and close a crown cap.
  • a lifting movement of the closing device preferably a closing stamp of the closing device, is provided by means of a lifting curve, wherein particularly preferably a compensation element is provided for compensating for different closing forces in container closures of a first type and a second type on the closing device and/or for providing a required different stroke for container closures of a first type and a second type.
  • the compensation element is designed with two different force levels.
  • a first level provides a different force compared to the second level, for example a low force if the first level is intended for processing screw caps and the second level is intended for processing crown caps.
  • the compensation element is preloaded with a spring in a first stage and can be preloaded more strongly for the second stage with an amplification unit, which preferably has a pneumatic unit or a hydraulic unit, compared to the first stage.
  • the lifting curve can also optionally be equipped with a switchable element, preferably at at least one of the transfer points of the various container closures, in order to be able to specifically approach or specifically not approach the respective transfer points.
  • the closing device has an active lifting unit, which preferably comprises a servo drive, a hydraulic drive and/or a pneumatic drive.
  • an active lifting unit which preferably comprises a servo drive, a hydraulic drive and/or a pneumatic drive.
  • the device further comprises a filling element for sealingly applying to a container sealed with the treatment chamber and for introducing a filling product into the container, and/or a purge gas channel for introducing a purge gas into the container to be filled, and/or a clamping gas channel for introducing a clamping gas into the treatment chamber.
  • a method for filling a container to be filled with a filling product and for closing the filled container with a container closure comprising sealingly receiving the container in a treatment chamber and applying a container closure to the filled container received in the treatment chamber by means of a closing device which is moved relative to the treatment chamber.
  • the closing device automatically processes one of at least two different types of container closures for closing the container, wherein the treatment chamber has a receiving opening for receiving the closing device, wherein the receiving opening can be sealed by the closing device, and wherein the closing device is moved into a treatment position in which an attachment of the closing device is arranged inside the treatment chamber, and into a transfer position in which the attachment is arranged outside the treatment chamber and in which a container closure is fed to the attachment, and wherein a container closure feeder is provided outside the treatment chamber for each type of container closure and the closing device is moved into a separate transfer position for each type of container closure.
  • the method achieves the advantages and effects already described above for the device.
  • the closing device is provided with one of at least two different attachments to process the selected type of container closures.
  • the container sealed in the treatment chamber is filled with a filling product before closing.
  • a beverage filling plant 100 is shown schematically, in which a plurality of devices 1 for filling a container to be filled with a filling product and for closing the filled container with a container closure are arranged evenly around the circumference of a treatment carousel 101, wherein in Figure 1 some of the plurality of devices 1 are indicated by way of example.
  • the devices 1 rotate accordingly about the rotation axis 102 of the treatment carousel 101 in order to provide a continuous processing and in particular a continuous filling and a continuous closing of continuously supplied containers 120 to be filled. In this way, a flow of filled and closed containers 120 is produced.
  • the containers 120 to be filled and closed are fed to the devices 1 on the treatment carousel 101 via an infeed star 103.
  • each device 1 is given an individual container 120 when it passes the infeed star 103 so that it can be filled and closed by the device 1.
  • the filled and closed containers 120 are transferred from the devices 1 to a discharge star 104.
  • Two container closure feeders 105, 106 are arranged offset from one another downstream of the infeed star 103, as seen in the transport direction of the containers 120.
  • One of the container closure feeders is designed as a crown cap feeder 105 and the other of the container closure feeders is designed as a screw cap feeder 106.
  • the devices 1 are provided here as an example in the beverage filling system 100, whereby a beverage is poured into a beverage bottle to be filled and the beverage bottle is closed with a container closure after being filled with the beverage.
  • systems for filling other filling products for example from the food sector, the pharmaceutical sector, the hygiene sector or the mineral oil sector, are also envisaged.
  • FIGS. 2 to 4 schematically show different sections, detailed representations and states of a device 1 for filling a container 120 with a filling product and for subsequently closing the container 120 filled with the filling product with a container closure 124.
  • the device 1 comprises a treatment chamber 2, a filling device 3 and a closing device 4, which are described in detail below.
  • the treatment chamber 2 serves to provide predetermined pressure conditions and/or a predetermined atmosphere for the container 120 to be filled or its interior when the mouth 122 of the container 120 to be filled is in communication with the treatment chamber 2.
  • the filling element 3 serves to fill the interior of the container 120 to be filled with a predetermined amount of filling product in a manner known per se.
  • the closing device 4 serves to finally close the container 120 filled with the filling product with a container closure 124.
  • the treatment chamber 2 of the respective device 1 is provided to receive at least part of the container 120 to be filled in a sealing manner.
  • the treatment chamber 2 has a container receiving opening 20 at its lower end, through which the container 120 to be filled can be pushed into the treatment chamber 2 with its container mouth 122 facing forward.
  • the container receiving opening 20 is closed in a gas-tight manner with respect to the environment - for example by means of a switchable seal 60 - so that the container receiving opening 20 of the treatment chamber 2 is closed in a gas-tight manner with respect to the environment when the container 120 is inserted.
  • the container 120 is thus received in a sealing manner with the treatment chamber 2.
  • the container 120 - such as the mouth area in the embodiment shown - but the entire container 120 can be received in the treatment chamber 2.
  • the treatment chamber 2 also has a receiving opening 22 at its upper end.
  • the closing device 4 or an attachment 40 of the closing device 4 can act on the container mouth 122 of a then filled container 120 through the receiving opening 22 in order to apply a container closure 124.
  • the receiving opening 22 can be sealed gas-tight against the environment.
  • the interior of the treatment chamber 2 is sealed gas-tight from the environment.
  • a pressure that differs from the environment can be applied accordingly and/or an atmosphere or gas mixture or a gas that differs from the ambient atmosphere can be provided in the treatment chamber 2.
  • a pressure different from the ambient pressure can be provided by introducing an overpressure, which is achieved in the treatment chamber 2 and thus also in the interior of the container 120 to be filled, which is sealed gas-tight from the ambient pressure with the treatment chamber 2, when the container mouth 122 protrudes unsealed into the treatment chamber 2 and the container interior is accordingly in communication with the treatment chamber 2.
  • an atmosphere different from the environment can be provided in the treatment chamber 2.
  • a filling product outlet 30 of the filling element 3 is provided, by means of which the filling product to be filled can be filled into the interior of the container 120 to be filled.
  • the filling element 3 has a filling product outlet seal 300 surrounding the filling product outlet 30, against which the mouth 122 of the container 120 can be pressed and by means of which a sealing connection can be established between the container interior and the filling element 3.
  • the container mouth 122 of the container 120 to be filled is sealed gas-tight with respect to the treatment chamber 2, for example by sealing the container mouth 122 with the filling element 3, the container in the treatment chamber 2
  • the pressure present in the treatment chamber 2 and the atmosphere present in the treatment chamber 2 have no influence on the pressure present in the interior of the container 120 or the gas composition present therein.
  • the filling element 3 and thus also the filling product outlet 30 can be moved in the direction of the arrow F shown, which indicates the direction of movement of the filling element, in such a way that the filling product outlet 30 is either arranged in a treatment position above the container receiving opening 20 such that a container 120 to be filled can be supplied with the filling product flowing out through the filling product outlet 30 through its container mouth 122, or the filling element 3 and the filling product outlet 30 are moved into a retracted parking position such that the closing device 4 can apply a container closure to the then filled container 120 in a manner described below.
  • the closing device 4 has an attachment 40, by means of which the actual container closure can be applied to the filled but not yet closed container 120, which is still accommodated in the treatment chamber 2.
  • the attachment 40 is designed to apply a crown cap closure to the container 120 to be closed.
  • the attachment 40 can additionally or alternatively, in addition to being designed as a crown cap capper, also be designed as a screw capper for applying a screw cap provided as a molded part, as a roll-on or roll-on capper for rolling or rolling a container closure sleeve onto an external thread of a filled container, as an attachment for applying stoppers, corks or in any other way for closing the filled container 120.
  • the container 120 can be flushed with a flushing gas, for example CO2, supplied via a flushing gas channel 80.
  • a flushing gas for example CO2
  • a vacuum channel 88 can also preferably be provided, by means of which the container 120 is subjected to a negative pressure. In this way, a flushing gas flow can pass through the container 120 and in this way displace the remaining oxygen in the container 120. Or an efficient flushing of the container 120 can be achieved by alternately applying negative pressure and flushing gas.
  • An absolute pressure of 0.5 bar to 4 bar is preferably present in the purge gas channel 80.
  • the pressure present in the container 120 must be kept at a pressure that is below the pressure in the purge gas channel 80 by switching the vacuum channel 88 if the purge gas is to be allowed to flow into the container 120.
  • a control serves to switch a purge gas valve 82 and a vacuum valve 89 so that the container 120 is purged with the purge gas in the manner described above and a predetermined purge gas concentration is accordingly achieved in the container 120. This can be used, for example, to achieve a low-oxygen atmosphere in the container 120.
  • the filling product can then be introduced into the then rinsed container 120.
  • a negative pressure can be provided in the container 120, into which the filling product, which is then under positive pressure relative to it, is introduced, or the container 120 is pre-pressurized with a pressurizing gas to a pressure above the saturation pressure of the filling product and the filling product is introduced into the pre-pressurized container 120.
  • the treatment chamber 2 is pressure-tightly sealed against the container 120 by pressing on the filling element 3, the treatment chamber 2 is pre-pressurized with a pressurized gas via a pressurized gas line 84.
  • the control system controls this pressurization of the treatment chamber 2 with the pressurized gas accordingly by switching a pressurized gas valve 86.
  • the purge gas channel 80 is preferably under an absolute pressure of 0.5 bar to 4 bar, preferably an absolute pressure of 1.4 bar to 1.9 bar, and the tensioning gas channel 84 is under an absolute pressure of 2 bar to 11 bar, preferably an absolute pressure of 5 bar to 9 bar.
  • the purge gas channel 80 is under an absolute pressure of approximately 1.7 bar and the clamping gas channel 84 is under an absolute pressure of approximately 7 bar.
  • the clamping gas channel 84 is under a higher pressure than the purge gas channel 80.
  • the filling element 3 can be lifted off the mouth 122 of the container 120.
  • the interior of the container 120 and the filling product present therein are subjected to the pre-tension pressure of the treatment chamber 2 because the treatment chamber 2 is then in communication with the container 120.
  • the foaming of the filling product can be reduced or avoided by releasing the gas bound in the filling product - for example CO2 - when the filling element 3 is lifted off.
  • the filling element 3 is retracted in the filling element movement direction F and the closing device 4 - as in Figure 3 shown schematically - lowered into a treatment position in order to apply a closure to the mouth 122 of the then filled container 120.
  • the container 120 or the container interior is in communication the whole time with the container treatment chamber 2, which in turn is under the pre-tension pressure.
  • the treatment chamber 2 is relieved to a lower pressure by opening the purge gas channel 80 by means of the purge gas valve 82. Since the purge gas channel 80 is at a low pressure, for example in a preferred embodiment at an absolute pressure of 1.7 bar, the gas present in the treatment chamber 2 under a high pressure, for example in this embodiment at an absolute pressure of 7 bar, flows back into the purge gas channel 80 when the purge gas valve 82 is opened. Accordingly - depending on the pressure conditions - at least part of the clamping gas present in the treatment chamber 2 will flow back into the purge gas channel 80.
  • the treatment chamber 2 is in communication with the filling element 3 even when it is retracted and, in particular, via the filling product outlet 30, also with the purge gas channel 80 and the vacuum channel 88.
  • a complete relief of the treatment chamber 2 to ambient pressure into the purge gas channel 80 can be achieved, for example, by connecting the treatment chamber 2 to the vacuum channel 88.
  • a relief of the treatment chamber 2 to ambient pressure can also or additionally be achieved via a relief channel 800 which is in communication with the environment.
  • the pre-tension pressure remaining in the treatment chamber 2 can be further relieved by withdrawing the filling element 3 and/or the closing device 4 from the treatment chamber 2, preferably to ambient pressure.
  • the purge gas valve 82 is closed again and then the attachment 40 is moved out of the treatment chamber 2.
  • the resulting increase in the free volume in the treatment chamber 2 also relieves the pre-tension pressure still present in the treatment chamber 2. This retraction can be carried out until the pressure is relieved to ambient pressure.
  • the filled and sealed container can then be removed from the treatment chamber 2.
  • the respective processes are controlled via the control system, which in turn switches the respective valves, for example the clamping gas valve 86 and/or the purge gas valve 82 and/or the vacuum valve 89 and/or the relief valve 802.
  • the container 120 which has then been filled and closed with the container closure 124, can be Figure 4 schematically indicated, from the treatment chamber 2.
  • the pressure gas which has flowed back into the flushing gas channel 80 and now functions as the flushing gas is reused accordingly.
  • the pressure gas which has flowed back is temporarily stored in the flushing gas channel 80.
  • the volume of the flushing gas channel 80 is designed accordingly and can be expanded, for example, by means of an intermediate pressure accumulator.
  • Fresh purge gas can be supplied from a purge gas source 820 - for example a purge gas tank. However, by using the clamping gas flowing back into the purge gas channel 80 as purge gas, the consumption of fresh purge gas can be reduced.
  • the purge gas channel 80 is designed such that the entire returning clamping gas volume can be accommodated in the purge gas channel 80 without returning clamping gas entering the purge gas source 820 in order to exclude possible contamination here.
  • the attachment 40 is in a working position in which the attachment 40 can be used to close a container 120 with a container closure 124 of the "crown cap" type.
  • Figure 5 is a device 1 of the beverage filling plant 100 made of Figure 1 , which is located at the level of the crown cap feeder 105, is shown in a schematic side view.
  • the closing device 4 is set up and designed in the present case to be able to process different types of container closures for closing different types of containers.
  • One of the types of container closures can be a crown cap closure, another type of container closure can be a screw closure.
  • the attachment 40 is designed as a first attachment for applying crown caps.
  • the first attachment 40 is replaceably attached to a capping stamp 41 of the capping device 4 in the working position.
  • the closing device 4 further comprises a second attachment 40', which is designed to apply screw caps.
  • the second attachment 40' is stored in an attachment magazine 43.
  • the closing device 4, in particular the closing stamp 41, can be moved into an exchange position in which an attachment exchange can be carried out by interaction with the attachment magazine 43.
  • the closing device 4 is to be moved from the above-described treatment position, in which the active attachment 40, 40' is located inside the treatment chamber 2, to the exchange position, in which the attachment 40 to be replaced is positioned above the attachment magazine 43, as seen in the direction of movement B of the closing device 4.
  • the attachment magazine 43 can thus be moved under the attachment 40 and the attachment 40 can then be transferred to the attachment magazine 43.
  • the new attachment 40' to be attached can then be attached to the closing device 4 or to its closing stamp 41.
  • Figure 6 is a schematic detailed view of the device 1 from Figure 5 shown.
  • the closing device 4 has been moved from the exchange position in the direction of movement B down to the attachment magazine 43, so that the attachment 40 can be deposited as described above.
  • the closing device 4 shown is now designed and set up for processing screw caps. After the attachment magazine 43 has been inserted into the Figure 5 shown position, the closing device 4 can be retracted into the treatment chamber 2 and used analogously to the manner described above for closing containers 120, wherein the containers 120 are then closed accordingly with screw caps.
  • a rotary movement of the closing device 4, which is deactivated during crown cap closing, is activated so that the screw caps can be screwed onto the containers 120.
  • the closing device 4 In order to be able to take over a new container closure from the respective container closure feed 105, 106, the closing device 4 must be raised accordingly in the direction of movement B until the respective attachment 40, 40' is positioned at the height of the respective container closure feed 105, 106.

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  1. Dispositif (1) pour le remplissage d'un récipient (120) à remplir avec un produit de remplissage et pour la fermeture du récipient (120) rempli avec une fermeture de récipient (124), comprenant
    une chambre de traitement (2) pour la réception étanchéifiante du récipient (120) et
    un dispositif de fermeture (4) déplaçable par rapport à la chambre de traitement (2) pour l'application d'une fermeture de récipient (124) sur le récipient (120) reçu dans la chambre de traitement (2), dans lequel
    le dispositif de fermeture (4) est conçu et réalisé pour pouvoir traiter au moins deux types différents de fermetures de récipient (124), et la chambre de traitement (2) présente une ouverture de réception (22) pour la réception du dispositif de fermeture (4), dans lequel l'ouverture de réception (22) peut être fermée de manière étanche par le dispositif de fermeture (4), dans lequel
    le dispositif de fermeture (4) est déplaçable dans une position de traitement, dans laquelle un embout (40, 40') du dispositif de fermeture (4) est disposé à l'intérieur de la chambre de traitement (2), et dans une position de transfert, dans laquelle l'embout (40, 40') est disposé à l'extérieur de la chambre de traitement (2) et dans laquelle une fermeture de récipient peut être amenée à l'embout (40, 40'),
    caractérisé en ce
    qu'à l'extérieur de la chambre de traitement (2), il est prévu respectivement une amenée de fermeture de récipient (105, 106) pour chaque type de fermeture de récipient et le dispositif de fermeture (4) est déplaçable dans une position de transfert séparée pour chaque type de fermeture de récipient (124).
  2. Dispositif (1) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'un des types de fermetures de récipient (124) est un bouchon couronne et/ou l'un des types de fermetures de récipient est une fermeture à vis et/ou l'un des types de fermetures de récipient est une fermeture à enroulement et/ou l'un des types de fermetures de récipient est un bouchon en liège ou une capsule.
  3. Dispositif (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de fermeture (4) présente un embout (40) qui est réalisé et conçu pour l'application à la fois d'une fermeture de récipient (124) d'un premier type et d'une fermeture de récipient d'un second type.
  4. Dispositif (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de fermeture (4) est réalisé et conçu pour appliquer des fermetures de récipient (124) à la fois sur un récipient (120) d'un premier type et sur un récipient d'un second type.
  5. Dispositif (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de fermeture (4) présente un premier embout interchangeable (40) pour l'application d'un premier type de fermetures de récipient (124) sur un récipient (120), de préférence d'un premier type de récipient correspondant, et présente un second embout interchangeable (40') pour l'application d'un second type de fermetures de récipient sur un récipient (120), de préférence d'un second type de récipient correspondant.
  6. Dispositif (1) selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de fermeture (4) est réalisé et conçu pour pouvoir amener alternativement le premier embout (40) et le second embout (40') dans une position de travail.
  7. Dispositif (1) selon la revendication 5 ou 6, caractérisé en ce que le premier embout (40) et le second embout (40') sont disposés de manière déplaçable, de préférence de manière pivotante ou coulissante, sur le dispositif de fermeture (4), et/ou en ce que, de préférence à l'extérieur de la chambre de traitement (2), un magasin d'embouts (43) est prévu pour la mise à disposition d'embouts (40, 40'), dans lequel le dispositif de fermeture (4) est déplaçable par rapport au magasin d'embouts (43) dans une position d'échange dans laquelle un échange d'embouts peut être effectué par interaction avec le magasin d'embouts (43).
  8. Dispositif (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'un organe de remplissage (3) est prévu pour l'application étanchéifiante sur un récipient (120) rendu étanche avec la chambre de traitement (2) ainsi que pour l'introduction d'un produit de remplissage dans le récipient (120), dans lequel un canal de gaz de rinçage (80) est prévu pour l'introduction d'un un gaz de rinçage dans le récipient (120) à remplir, et/ou un canal de gaz de serrage (84) est prévu pour l'introduction d'un gaz de serrage dans la chambre de traitement (2).
  9. Procédé pour le remplissage d'un récipient (120) à remplir avec un produit de remplissage et pour la fermeture du récipient (120) rempli avec une fermeture de récipient (124), comprenant
    la réception étanche du récipient (120) dans une chambre de traitement (2) et l'application d'une fermeture de récipient (124) sur le récipient (120) rempli, reçu dans la chambre de traitement (2), à l'aide d'un dispositif de fermeture (4), qui est déplacé par rapport à la chambre de traitement (2), dans lequel
    le dispositif de fermeture (4) traite automatiquement l'un d'au moins deux types différents de fermetures de récipient (124) pour la fermeture du récipient (120), et la chambre de traitement (2) présente une ouverture de réception (22) pour la réception du dispositif de fermeture (4), dans lequel l'ouverture de réception (22) peut être fermée de manière étanche par le dispositif de fermeture (4), dans lequel
    le dispositif de fermeture (4) est déplacé dans une position de traitement, dans laquelle un embout (40, 40') du dispositif de fermeture (4) est disposé à l'intérieur de la chambre de traitement (2), et dans une position de transfert, dans laquelle l'embout (40, 40') est disposé à l'extérieur de la chambre de traitement (2) et dans laquelle une fermeture de récipient peut être amenée à l'embout (40, 40'),
    caractérisé en ce
    qu'à l'extérieur de la chambre de traitement (2), il est prévu respectivement une amenée de fermeture de récipient (105, 106) pour chaque type de fermeture de récipient et le dispositif de fermeture (4) est déplacé dans une position de transfert séparée pour chaque type de fermeture de récipient (124).
  10. Procédé selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de fermeture (4) est pourvu de l'un d'au moins deux embouts différents (40, 40') pour traiter le type de fermeture de récipient (124) choisi.
  11. Procédé selon la revendication 9 ou 10, caractérisé en ce qu'avant la fermeture, le récipient (120) reçu de manière étanche dans la chambre de traitement (2) est rempli d'un produit de remplissage.
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