Device and method for filling products

Abstract

A method and the device used to fill a container with a product. The product includes a first liquid component and at least a second component. The product is fed to the container to be filled via at least one filling pipe and at least one filling valve. The filling pipe is divided between the receptacle and the filling valve into pipe sections by at least one throttle valve. The pipe section between the filling valve and a throttle valve arranged adjacent to the filling valve is dimensioned so that the internal volume of this part of the filling pipe essentially corresponds to a filling volume of a container to be filled.

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         16 . A device for filling a container, comprising: a receptacle for storing a product which consists of a first liquid component and at least a second component; at least one filling valve; at least one filling pipe that connects the filling valve to the receptacle; and at least one throttle valve arranged in a region of the filling pipe between the receptacle and the filling valve, the filling pipe between the filling valve and the throttle valve arranged adjacent to the filling valve being dimensioned so that an internal volume of this part of the filling pipe substantially corresponds to a filling volume of the container to be filled. 
     
     
         17 . The device according to  claim 16 , wherein at least two throttle valves are arranged in the region of the filling pipe. 
     
     
         18 . The device according to  claim 17 , wherein the filling pipe between two adjacent throttle valves is dimensioned so that the internal volume of this part of the filling pipe substantially corresponds to the filling volume of the container to be filled. 
     
     
         19 . The device according to  claim 16 , wherein the filling pipe extends between the throttle valve and the filling valve with a vertical directional component. 
     
     
         20 . The device according to  claim 16 , wherein the filling pipe extends substantially perpendicularly beneath the receptacle. 
     
     
         21 . The device according to  claim 16 , wherein the receptacle is designed for a purely gravimetric filling. 
     
     
         22 . The device according to  claim 16 , wherein the filling pipe has an internal diameter about 1.3 times an average particle size of solid constituents contained in the product. 
     
     
         23 . A method for filling a container with a product stored inside a receptacle, wherein the product consists of a first liquid component and at least a second component, the method comprising the steps of: feeding the product to the container to be filled via at least one filling pipe and at least one filling valve; dividing the filling pipe between the receptacle and the filling valve into pipe sections by at least one throttle valve; and dimensioning the pipe section between the filling valve and the throttle valve arranged adjacent to the filling valve so that an internal volume of this part of the filling pipe substantially corresponds to a filling volume of the container to be filled. 
     
     
         24 . The method according to  claim 23 , including dividing the filling pipe into pipe sections by at least two throttle valves. 
     
     
         25 . The method according to  claim 24 , including dimensioning the filling pipe between two adjacent throttle valves so that the internal volume of this part of the filling pipe substantially corresponds to the filling volume of the container to be filled. 
     
     
         26 . The method according to  claim 23 , wherein the filling pipe extends between the throttle valve and the filling valve with a vertical directional component. 
     
     
         27 . The method according to  claim 23 , wherein the filling pipe extends substantially perpendicularly beneath the receptacle 
     
     
         28 . The method according to  claim 23 , wherein the receptacle is designed for performing a purely gravimetric filling. 
     
     
         29 . The method according to  claim 23 , wherein the filling pipe has an internal diameter about 1.3 times an average particle size of solid constituents contained in the product. 
     
     
         30 . The method according to  claim 23 , including moving the product inside the receptacle by a conveying apparatus.