Patents Assigned to Alfill Engineering GmbH & Co. KG
  • Patent number: 6668877
    Abstract: A filling system having a discharge unit to fill still beverages under an open ambience into containers. The filling system has an annular nozzle from which blows a sterile gas in the direction of filling. The nozzle is mounted on the filling system concentrically with the discharge unit such that sterile gas encircles beverages being discharged from the discharge unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Alfill Engineering GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Jorn Richard Fehland, Jens H. Popplau
  • Patent number: 6484762
    Abstract: A filling system that fills beverages into containers and includes a valve for controlling the feed of filling material and mounted a distance above the discharge aperture to define a discharge surface between the valve and the discharge aperture. The filling system also includes a post-dripping precluding device preventing post-dripping of the filling material when the valve is closed. The post-dripping precluding device enhances the drop detachment of the filling material from the discharge surface of the discharge zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: Alfill Engineering GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jörn Richard Fehland, Jens H. Pöpplau
  • Publication number: 20020134457
    Abstract: A filling system comprising a discharge unit to fill still beverages under an open ambience into containers is characterized in that an annular nozzle blowing a sterile gas in the direction of filling is mounted on the filling system concentrically with said discharge unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2002
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Applicant: Alfill Engineering GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jorn Richard Fehland, Jens H. Popplau
  • Patent number: 6393800
    Abstract: An apparatus for sealing beverage containers with sealing caps, wherein the apparatus includes a transfer unit to transfer the caps from a single-track cap conveyor onto the bottles and a bottle conveyor on which the bottles are moved in several tracks in parallel rows. The transfer unit accepts the number of caps at the cap conveyor that are required to outfit a row of containers, and moves the caps into target positions above the row of containers. The caps in the target positions are gripped from above by cap carriers and deposited by the cap carriers onto the containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Alfill Engineering GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Dieter Schwenke
  • Publication number: 20020046781
    Abstract: The invention relates to a filling system filling beverages into containers and comprising a valve controlling the feed of filling material and mounted a distance above the discharge aperture in order that there shall remain a discharge surface between the valve and the discharge aperture, further comprising a post-dripping precluding device preventing post-dripping of the filling material when the valve is closed, and it is characterized in that the post-dripping precluding device enhances the drop detachment of the filling material from the discharge surface of the discharge zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Applicant: Alfill Engineering GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jorn Richard Fehland, Jens H. Popplau