Patent ID: 11932433
Assignee: FERRUM PACKAGING AG
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A gassing device for gassing a container, comprising:
a rotatable gassing rotor with a container receptacle configured to receive the container and with a feeding area configured to feed a gas via a feed opening into the gassing rotor, the container receptacle comprising a gassing nozzle flow-connected to the feed opening of the feeding area via a channel to gas the container; and
a stationary gas supply with a stationary supply opening arranged on the feeding area such that the supply opening is capable of being flow-connected to the feed opening,
the gassing rotor configured to be supplied with the gas from the gas supply in an operating state by moving the feed opening to the stationary supply opening by rotating the gassing rotor, the feed opening flow-connected to the supply opening, the feeding area connected without contact to the gas supply by a labyrinth seal, so that the gassing rotor is rotatable relative to the gas supply in the operating state; and
a cleaning system arranged on the labyrinth seal to clean the labyrinth seal such that a cleaning fluid is capable of being supplied to the labyrinth seal in the operating state.