Beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage material and an aseptic bottling system for the aseptic bottling of a liquid material
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B65B-005/00
B67C-007/00
B65D-045/00
출원번호
US-0050484
(2005-02-03)
등록번호
US-9133007
(2015-09-15)
우선권정보
DE-10 2004 005 342 (2004-02-04)
발명자
/ 주소
Clüsserath, Ludwig
출원인 / 주소
KHS GmbH
대리인 / 주소
Nils H. Ljungman & Associates
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13
초록▼
Container filling plant for aseptically filling containers, which plant has a filling machine and a closing machine inside a clean room. The plant further has shields which surround the filling machine and/or the closing machine to minimize the passage of contaminants produced by the operation or re
Container filling plant for aseptically filling containers, which plant has a filling machine and a closing machine inside a clean room. The plant further has shields which surround the filling machine and/or the closing machine to minimize the passage of contaminants produced by the operation or repair of the machines into an area of the clean room outside of the shields. Air is passed through the interior of the shields to conduct contaminants through an outlet and out of the clean room.
대표청구항▼
1. An aseptic container filling plant comprising: a clean room comprising wall structures, a ceiling, and a floor;said wall structures being sealed airtight or essentially airtight with respect to the outside environment;at least one container handling machine disposed within said clean room and com
1. An aseptic container filling plant comprising: a clean room comprising wall structures, a ceiling, and a floor;said wall structures being sealed airtight or essentially airtight with respect to the outside environment;at least one container handling machine disposed within said clean room and comprising one of: a container filling machine, a container closing machine, and a container cleaning machine;at least one substantially cylindrical shield disposed to surround at least an upper portion of said at least one container handling machine about a vertical axis thereof;at least one filtering device to filter air and introduce the filtered air into said clean room to create a downward flow of filtered air, outside of said at least one shield, from said ceiling and toward said floor of said clean room;said at least one shield comprising a lower portion disposed adjacent but a distance from said floor to permit entry of the filtered air into said at least one shield;said at least one shield comprising an upper portion disposed to extend through at least one opening in said ceiling to form at least one air outlet above said at least one container handling machine; andsaid at least one shield being configured to guide an upward flow of air therethrough past said at least one container handling machine and out through said air outlet. 2. The aseptic container filling plant according to claim 1, wherein: said at least one container handling machine comprises first, second, and third container handling machines;said first container handling machine comprises a container cleaning machine, said second container handling machine comprises a container filling machine, and said third container handling machine comprises a container closing machine; andsaid at least one shield comprises first, second, and third shields, each of which is disposed about a corresponding one of said container handling machines. 3. The aseptic container filling plant according to claim 2, wherein one of (A) and (B): (A) said clean room is divided by at least one partition or wall into at least two separate sub-rooms that separately contain said filling machine and said closing machine; and(B) said clean room is divided by at least two partitions or intermediate walls into at least three separate sub-rooms that separately contain said filling machine, said closing machine, and said cleaning machine. 4. The aseptic container filling plant according to claim 3, wherein said partitions or intermediate walls comprise openings configured to permit the passage of at least one of: air and containers between sub-rooms. 5. The aseptic container filling plant according to claim 4, wherein said at least one filtering device comprises a plurality of filtering devices, one for each of said sub-rooms. 6. The aseptic container filling plant according to claim 5, wherein said plant comprises a security room separated from said clean room by at least one wall of said clean room, which security room is also supplied with filtered air by at least one of said filtering devices. 7. The aseptic container filling plant according to claim 6, wherein: said security room comprises an air outlet opening;said security room extends only along a portion of the periphery of said clean room; andat least a portion of the walls of said clean room comprise glass or a glass-like material or plastic. 8. The aseptic container filling plant according to claim 7, wherein: each of said filling machine, said closing machine, and said cleaning machine comprises a rotor configured to hold a plurality of containers, and configured to rotate about a vertical machine axis;each of said shields surrounds the vertical machine axis of its corresponding one of said filling machine, said closing machine, and said cleaning machine; andeach of said shields is in the shape of a hollow cylinder. 9. The aseptic container filling plant according to claim 8, wherein said plant comprises: an airlock room;an intermediate room disposed to connect said airlock room to said security room and to permit passage of personnel therethrough from said airlock room to said security room;at least one additional filtering device and at least one additional air outlet for at least one of: said airlock room and said intermediate room; andsaid at least one additional air outlet is disposed adjacent a floor of at least one of said airlock room and said intermediate room. 10. The aseptic container filling plant according to claim 9, wherein: said container filling plant comprises an upper room disposed above the ceiling of said clean room;the ceiling comprises a false floor of said upper room;said filtering devices and said air outlets are disposed on or in said false floor; andsaid air outlets exhaust air into said upper room. 11. The aseptic container filling plant according to claim 10, wherein: said at least one additional filtering device for said airlock room and/or said intermediate room is in communication via its air inlet with an auxiliary room to exhaust air into said auxiliary room;said container filling plant comprises an air conditioning and filtering device to supply said upper room and/or said auxiliary room with dehumidified and air conditioned air;each of said filtering devices comprises at least one motor-driven fan and a heat exchanger through which air can flow to cool or heat the air;said shields are made at least partly of a transparent material; andsaid plant is configured to fill and close beverage bottles. 12. The aseptic container filling plant according to claim 1, wherein said at least one container handling machine comprises a rotor configured to hold a plurality of containers, and configured to rotate about a vertical machine axis. 13. The aseptic container filling plant according to claim 12, wherein: said at least one shield surrounds the vertical machine axis of said at least one container handling machine; andsaid at least one shield is substantially in the shape of a hollow cylinder. 14. The aseptic container filling plant according to claim 13, wherein: said plant comprises a container cleaning machine disposed within said clean room and upstream of said container filling machine; andsaid container cleaning machine is at least partially surrounded by an additional shield that is disposed within said clean room and forms an exhaust air duct to permit an upward flow of air therethrough to said at least one air outlet. 15. The aseptic container filling plant according to claim 14, wherein: said cleaning machine comprises a rotor configured to hold a plurality of containers, and configured to rotate about a vertical machine axis;said additional shield surrounds the vertical machine axis of said cleaning machine; andsaid additional shield is substantially in the shape of a hollow cylinder. 16. The aseptic container filling plant according to claim 15, wherein said plant is configured to fill and close beverage bottles. 17. The aseptic container filling plant according to claim 1, wherein: said at least one container handling machine comprises a plurality of container handling machines; andsaid clean room is divided by at least one partition or wall into at least two separate sub-rooms, each of which contains one of said container handling machines. 18. The aseptic container filling plant according to claim 1, wherein: said plant comprises a security room separated from said clean room by at least one wall of said clean room, which security room is also supplied with filtered air by at least one of said filtering devices;said security room comprises an air outlet opening; andsaid security room extends only along a portion of the periphery of said clean room. 19. The aseptic container filling plant according to claim 1, wherein said plant comprises: an airlock room;an intermediate room disposed to connect said airlock room to a security room and to permit passage of personnel therethrough from said airlock room to said security room;at least one additional filtering device and at least one additional air outlet for at least one of: said airlock room and said intermediate room; andsaid at least one additional air outlet is disposed adjacent a floor of at least one of said airlock room and said intermediate room. 20. The aseptic container filling plant according to claim 1, wherein: said at least one container handling machine comprises a rotor and a plurality of container handling devices disposed on and about a peripheral portion of said rotor; andsaid peripheral portion of said rotor is disposed to project beyond said shield such that said container handling devices are disposed outside of said shield.
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