Patent ID: 8137480

Claim:
A device for flushing at least one can with inert gas, comprising: an upper housing connected in a stationary manner to a table top and gripping around part of a top of an inner and outer edge of a perforated disc, said perforated disc being rotatable about an axis of rotation and arranged above a turnstile and coaxially therewith at a predetermined distance from the table top, wherein said perforated disc and turnstile are configured to execute the same rotational movements about said axis of rotation; a lifting device for lifting and lowering said can; and a channel bound by an upper wall formed by said stationary upper housing and a lower wall formed by said rotatable perforated disc, said channel having an inert gas feed pipe and a gas discharge pipe, wherein the lower wall has at least one passage through which a filling opening of the can can be introduced into the channel for the purpose of flushing, and wherein the lower wall can be moved parallel relative to the upper wall.