Patent ID: 8480390
Filing Date: 2013-07-09
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
1. A device for producing and filling containers, comprising: an extruder; a mold alignable with said extruder and receiving a tube of plasticized plastic material from said extruder; a filling device including several function channels separate from one another and a filling mandrel having a central functional channel delivering filling material out an outlet on an end section of said filling channel to a container formed in said mold, said filling mandrel being movable into selected operating positions by longitudinal displacement thereof; and a protective cover being movable into and out of a functional position, having a first functional space and a second functional space offset relative to one another in a direction of the longitudinal displacement of said filling mandrel and having a media carrying connection in the functional position thereof for at least one of cleaning, sterilizing and drying of said filling device and the respective function channels thereof, said filling mandrel interacting with said protective cover with a longitudinal section thereof in at least one of said functional spaces in the functional position of said protective cover, said first functional space receiving said end section of said filling mandrel.