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Filling element, method and filling system for filling containers

  • US 9,193,574 B2
  • Filed: 05/17/2011
  • Issued: 11/24/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2010
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus comprising a filling element for free-jet filling of containers with a liquid charge, said filling element comprising a filling-element housing comprising a liquid channel formed therein, a liquid valve provided upstream of a dispensing opening, and an actuator device for actuating said liquid valve for controlled discharge of said liquid charge via said dispensing opening into a container arranged with a container opening thereof spaced below said dispensing opening, wherein, in an open state thereof, said liquid valve, when completely open, forms an gap through which said liquid charge flows, said gap having a gap width of at least four millimeters, and wherein said actuating device for said liquid valve is configured to cause said liquid valve to reach said completely open state only after more than one hundred milliseconds from actuation thereof.

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