Patent ID: 11866208
Assignee: ALI GROUP S.R.L.—CARPIGIANI
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  A | IPC B

Claim 11:
12. A method, comprising:
providing a food container comprising a neck and a cap to cover the neck;
providing a filling apparatus for filling the food container with a base product, comprising:
a filling device for filling the food container with the base product, wherein the filling device is configured to remove the cap and to fill the food container with the base product through the neck,
a user interface, configured to start the filling device and an electronic generating unit configured to generate a unique identification code for the food container, and
a support for supporting the food container;

positioning the food container on the support of the filling apparatus;
starting the filling device through the user interface;
removing the cap from the food container and filling the food container with the filling device;
providing the unique identification code on the food container;
providing a machine for making liquid or semi-liquid food products, the machine comprising a processing container for processing the base product, a stirrer mounted in the processing container and a thermal system for thermally treating the food products;
filling the base product from the food container into the processing container;
performing at least one of stirring and thermally treating the food product in the processing container to make a finished liquid or semi-liquid food product;
scanning a label paired with the filled food container;
checking the food container against a database to determine whether the food container was made after a predetermined date, and
allowing or preventing starting of the machine as a function of the checking the food container.