Patent ID: 8931526
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: B65B,B67C

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for filling containers with a liquid filling material, said apparatus comprising a filling element for a filling machine, said filling element comprising a filling element housing having a liquid channel configured therein, said liquid channel forming at least one discharge opening for said liquid filling material, said liquid channel being connected to a source of said liquid filling material, a liquid valve disposed along said liquid channel for controlled discharge of said filling material through a discharge opening thereof, and a gas barrier that, when said liquid valve is closed, prevents said filling material from continuing to flow or drip from a first section of said liquid channel, said first section being disposed downstream from said liquid valve, said gas barrier being formed from at least one rod-shaped element that extends from said first section into a one of a second section of said liquid channel and said discharge opening, said gas barrier forming a flow channel having a reduced cross-section in said second section of said liquid channel, said reduced cross-section being a cross section that is not occupied by said rod-shaped element and that forms said flow channel of said gas barrier, wherein said reduced cross-section is between 3% and 10% of the cross-section of said first section.