DEVICE FOR TREATING BEVERAGES HAVING WALL ELEMENTS MADE OF PLASTIC

• US 20150320100A1
• Filed: 12/10/2013
• Published: 11/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Krones AG (Krones)
• Original Assignee: Jan Karsten Munzer, Johann Huttner
• Inventors: Huettner, Johann, Seger, Martin, Muenzer, Jan
• Application Number:
  US14/650,122
• Publication Number:
  US 20150320100A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 2/46 by heating
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 2/48 by irradiation or electric treatment
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2002/00 Food compositions, function of food ingredients or processes for food or foodstuffs
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 2/20 of plastics

Abstract

A device is provided for treating beverages having at least one conduit for passing a flowable medium and having at least one wall element. The wall element is made from a plastic and at least one cavity is formed in the wall element.

Claims

1. A device for treating beverages, comprising:

at least one conduit for passing a flowable medium and with at least one wall element; and

the wall element includes a plastic and in that at least one cavity is formed in the wall element.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1,

wherein

the wall element includes a plastic cross-linked by irradiation.

3. The device as claimed in claim 1,

wherein

an insulating body for sound insulation and/or for thermal insulation is provided in the wall element.

4. The device as claimed in claim 1,

wherein

the plastic is selected from a group of plastics consisting of polypropylene homopolymer (PP-H), high density polyethylene (PE-HD), polyethylene with a high molecular weight (PE-HMW), polyoxymethylene copolymer (POM-C), polysulfone (PSU), polyvinylidene fluoride (PDVF), polytetrafluorethylene (PTFE), polycarbonate (PC), polypropylene with 30% glass fibre (PP GF 30), polyvinylidene fluoride with 20% glass fibre (PVDF GF20) and the like.

5. The device as claimed in claim 1,

wherein

the wall element is formed to be seamless on the surface thereof.

6. The device as claimed in claim 1,

wherein

the wall element is formed to be in multiple parts.

7. The device as claimed in claim 1,

wherein

the device is selected from a group of devices consisting of pasteurisation units, heating units for liquids, cooling units for liquids, cleaning units and the like.

8. The device as claimed in claim 1,

wherein

the wall element is produced using a method that is selected from a group of methods including vacuum forming, high pressure forming, sintering, rotational sintering, twin-sheet forming and the like.

9. The device as claimed in claim 1,

wherein

the wall element is a workpiece that is post-processed after the production thereof.

10. The use of a plastic hollow body for a wall element of a device for treating flowable media and/or a device for treating containers.