Patent ID: 9242280
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: B08B,B67C

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for processing liquid products, said apparatus comprising a first system component, a second system component, a first-system-component first valve unit, a first-system-component second valve unit, a second-system-component first valve unit, a second-system-component second valve unit, and a treatment system for cleaning or rinsing product-carrying regions of said first and second system components, wherein said treatment system comprises a first circuit, wherein said first circuit comprises a first ring line, wherein said first circuit comprises a first source for providing a first treatment medium, wherein said first treatment medium comprises liquid cleaning-or-rinsing medium, wherein said first ring line is connected to said first source, wherein said first treatment medium traverses a path along said first ring line, wherein said first circuit begins at a first point, wherein said first circuit ends at a second point, wherein said first point is at said first source, wherein said second point is at said first source, wherein said first-system-component first valve unit, which is on said first ring line, enables controlled tapping of said first treatment medium for treating said first system component from said first ring line, wherein said second-system-component first valve unit, which is on said first ring line, enables controlled tapping of said first treatment medium for treating said second system component from said first ring line, wherein said first-system-component second valve unit, which is on said first ring line, enables controlled feeding back of said first treatment medium to said first ring line after said first treatment medium has been used to treat said first system component, wherein said second-system-component second valve unit, which is on said first ring line, enables controlled feeding back of said first treatment medium to said first ring line after said first treatment medium has been used to treat said second system component, wherein said second-system-component second valve unit is downstream from said second-system-component first valve unit along said first circuit, wherein said first-system-component second valve unit is downstream from said first-system-component first valve unit along said first ring line, wherein said first-system-component first valve unit and said first-system-component second valve unit are configured such that said first circuit remains uninterrupted in a course between said first-system-component first valve unit and said first-system-component second valve unit during tapping and feeding-back of said first treatment medium, and wherein said second-system-component first valve unit and said second-system-component second valve unit are configured such that said first circuit remains uninterrupted in a course between said second-system-component first valve unit and said second-system-component second valve unit during tapping and feeding back of said first treatment medium.