DE19538023A1 - Bottle filling and capping machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The machine has a exchange chamber (11) of the filling valve (6) provides selectable connection for vacuum and carbon dioxide sources respectively. A crown cork (22) feeder (21) supplies the exchange chamber, and a closure mechanism (3,4) applies the crown codes to filled bottles. Both the exchange chamber and bottle are evacuated by the vacuum source, while the crown cork is positioned in the chamber. The chamber and bottle are flushed with carbon dioxide, and the bottle is filled with carbonated drink and sealed with the crown cork.

Description

Background of the Invention Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a device for filling a bottle of carbonated drink and Closing the bottle and in particular a device for Evacuation of air from a bottle and for the introduction of Carbon dioxide in the bottle to get air in the bottle through To replace carbon dioxide, fill the bottle with one predetermined amount of carbonated drink below Pressure and then close the bottle.

Description of the prior art

In conventional devices for filling bottles with Beer is evacuated from bottles of air, and carbon dioxide is in the bottles introduced to let air through the bottles Replace carbon dioxide, and then the bottles with a predetermined amount of beer filled under pressure. After that the bottles are successively replaced by a filling valve  Device moved away in such a state that the Opening of the bottle is unsealed. At this moment ambient air flows into a headspace that is in the throat of the Bottle between the surface of the beer and the opening of the Bottle is set.

If such ambient air flows into the head space, it tends to do so Beer in the bottle with oxygen in the air to be oxidized and thus deteriorated. Around To prevent ambient air from staying in the headspace there is a known device in which clean water is injected into the bottle under high pressure in order to To produce beer foam, air is drawn from the headspace through the Foam rising in the headspace is removed, and then the bottle with a crown capsule is replaced by a Closing device, such as z. B. in the Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 48-15 688.

The above conventional process is disadvantageous in that the beer foam created by injecting clean water is generated, the bottle overflows. If the beer Bottle overflows, the bottle filler and tend to be Surrounding area, the risk of microorganism To be exposed to pollution. Because the amount of beer, what the bottle overflows, different from bottle to bottle is also the amount of beer filled from bottle to Bottle different. Another problem is that the total amount of total beer that the bottles overflows, not negligible in mass production is because the amount of beer that overflows the bottle makes you Loss causes even if it is small per bottle.

According to another device that is in Japanese Laid-Open Publication No. 61-11 5879, the Air in the head space by acting on the head space  Carbon dioxide from an injector after filling the Bottle of beer, and also by charging one Crown capsule with carbon dioxide removed from the injector, before closing the bottle with the crown capsule.

The loading of the head space and the crown capsule with Carbon dioxide is disadvantageous in that the air in the Head space and the air in the crown capsule are not complete can be replaced by carbon dioxide since the opening of the Bottle and crown capsule exposed to ambient air are. In addition, the air in the headspace and the Air in the crown capsule is not completely carbon dioxide be replaced as the one injected from the injector Carbon dioxide is accompanied by surrounding air.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-98894 discloses one Beverage filling device that has a PET (Polyethylene terephthalate) bottle with liquid under pressure fills, attaches a label to the bottle, and one Screw cap turns over the opening of the bottle. In the disclosed beverage filling device is a Liquid valve in a pressurized closed room to open the bottle with the Fill liquid, and at the same time there is air in the Bottle removed through a gas tube to pass through the liquid to be replaced. After the bottle with the liquid is filled, the screw cap on the bottle appropriate. Because the bottle is pressurized with liquid filled, labeled and sealed, the PET bottle that tends to be deformed easily sterile, filled, labeled and sealed.

When the disclosed beverage filling device is used, to fill a bottle with beer, then the air tends to in the headspace that is in the neck of the bottle between the  Surface of the filled beer and the opening of the bottle after filling the bottle is set to stay there the bottle is filled with beer while air is under pressure the bottle is replaced. Consequently, the beer tends to Bottle, oxidized by oxygen in the air and thus getting deteriorated. Because the air in the headspace left behind, kept under pressure is the amount of trapped air larger than that in the Bottles disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 48- 15 688 and 61-11 5879 are disclosed. This disadvantage has prevents the beverage filling device used in the Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 3-98894 for bottling beer is used.

Summary of the invention

It is therefore an object of the present invention to: Device for filling a bottle with carbonated Drink like beer and to close the bottle To provide the air that is in the headspace of the Bottle remains, can minimize without that carbonated drink for producing foam and for To cause the bottle to overflow.

In order to achieve the above goal, according to the present Invention a device for filling a bottle with carbonated drink and to close the bottle provided, which comprises: a filling valve with a Exchange chamber, optionally with a vacuum source and a source of carbon dioxide is connectable; a Crown capsule feed unit for feeding a crown capsule into the exchange chamber; and a locking mechanism for Sealing an opening of a bottle with the crown capsule, which is fed into the exchange chamber; being the Exchange chamber and the bottle through the vacuum source  be emptied while the crown capsule in the Exchange chamber is positioned, the exchange chamber and the Bottle by fed from the carbon dioxide source Carbon dioxide is blown out, and the bottle with carbonated drink and filled with the crown capsule sealed in a carbon dioxide environment.

After the crown capsule in the exchange chamber through the Crown capsule feeder is fed, the Exchange chamber and the bottle with the vacuum source in Connected, and air in the bottle and the Crown capsule is emptied sufficiently. After that, the Exchange chamber and the bottle with carbon dioxide from the Carbon dioxide source supplied to the remaining air from the Blow out bottle, and then the bottle with carbonated drink, such as beer. After this Completion of filling carbonated beverage the bottle with the crown capsule in the carbon dioxide environment locked.

The exchange chamber is through a lower section of the Fill valve and a bottom cover that is vertically movable is designed to be openable and closable. The crown capsule will fed into the exchange chamber when the exchange chamber is open. Therefore, the crown capsule feed unit can be one have rotatable crown capsule feed disc.

A crown capsule holder is placed in the exchange chamber and has a magnet for magnetically attracting the Crown capsule on. The crown capsule holder is between one advanced position in which the crown capsule with the Opening of the bottle can be engaged, and one Crown capsule standby position, in which the crown capsule is spaced from the opening of the bottle, movable. Therefore, after the bottle is empty, and  remaining air in the bottle due to carbon dioxide is blown out, the bottle of carbonated drink, like beer, while the crown capsule is in the The capsule is on standby, and then it can Crown capsule is advanced to the bottle close.

There is also a sealing sleeve on the lower cover attached to a bottle shoulder seal for Sealing a shoulder to keep the bottle. The sealing sleeve can be moved vertically together with the bottle. The Bottle shoulder is through the bottle shoulder Sealing gasket sealed at all times while the Bottle during the steps of pre-emptying the Exchange chamber, filling the bottle and sealing the bottle is moved vertically.

The above and other goals, characteristics and advantages of present invention will become apparent from the following description evident in connection with the accompanying drawings, the preferred embodiments of the present invention exemplify.

Brief description of the drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic plan view of an apparatus for filling a bottle with fizzy drink and for closing the bottle according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the device shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary cross-sectional view of the device shown in Fig. 1;

FIG. 4 shows in an enlarged fragmentary cross-sectional view the step of feeding a crown capsule in a filling and closing process of the device shown in FIG. 1;

Fig. 5 shows the step of moving a crown capsule in a Kronenkapsel- standby position to the filling and sealing operation of the apparatus shown in Figure 1 in an enlarged fragmentary cross-sectional view.

Fig. 6 shows in an enlarged fragmentary cross-sectional view the steps of forming an exchange chamber and feeding a bottle to the exchange chamber in the filling and closing process of the device shown in Fig. 1;

FIG. 7 shows an enlarged fragmentary cross-sectional view of the step of pre-emptying the exchange chamber in the filling and closing process of the device shown in FIG. 1;

Fig. 8 shows in an enlarged fragmentary cross-sectional view the steps of applying counter pressure to a bottle and lowering a sensor in the filling and closing process of the device shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 9 shows in an enlarged fragmentary cross-sectional view the step of filling a bottle with carbonated beverage in the filling and closing process of the device shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 10 shows in an enlarged fragmentary cross-sectional view the step of determining a surface of the level of the carbonated beverage in the filling and sealing process of the device shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 11 shows in an enlarged fragmentary cross-sectional view a completion of the filling in the filling and closing process of the device shown in Fig. 1;

FIG. 12 shows an enlarged fragmentary cross-sectional view of the step of lifting the sensor in the filling and closing process of the device shown in FIG. 1;

Fig. 13 shows in an enlarged fragmentary cross-sectional view the step of lowering the bottle containing carbonated beverage in the filling and closing process of the device shown in Fig. 1;

FIG. 14 shows an enlarged fragmentary cross-sectional view of the step of advancing a crown capsule in the filling and closing process of the device shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 15 shows an enlarged fragmentary cross-sectional view of the step of closing the bottle in the filling and closing process of the device shown in FIG. 1;

Fig. 16 shows an enlarged fragmentary cross-sectional view of the step of unloading the bottle after closing in the filling and closing operation of the device shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 17 is an enlarged fragmentary cross-sectional view of an apparatus for filling a bottle with fizzy drink and for closing the bottle according to another embodiment of the present invention; and

Fig. 18 is a perspective view of a lifting / Senkzylinders and a lower cover of the apparatus shown in Fig. 17.

Detailed description of the preferred embodiments

An apparatus for filling a bottle with a carbonated beverage and for closing the bottle according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 16. In this embodiment, the device fills a bottle with beer as a carbonated beverage.

As shown in FIG. 1, the device has a filling and closing arrangement 1 for filling the bottles 5 , which are fed one after the other along a circular path, with beer and for closing the filled bottles 5 . The device has a bottle feed star wheel 34 , which is arranged next to the filling and closing arrangement 1 , for successively feeding empty bottles 5 to the filling and closing arrangement 1, and a bottle unloading star wheel 35 , which is arranged next to the filling and closing arrangement 1 is for unloading the filled and provided with crown capsules bottles 5 from the filling and closing arrangement 1 . The device also has a crown capsule feed unit 21 , which is arranged next to the filling and closing arrangement 1 between the bottle feed star wheel 34 and the bottle unloading star wheel 35 , for successively feeding crown capsules 23 to the filling and closing arrangement 1 .

Fig. 2 shows an enlarged, fragmentary cross section, the filling and sealing assembly 1 and the Kronenkapselzuführeinheit 21st As shown in FIG. 2, the filling and closing arrangement 1 has a plurality of bottle lifters 3 , which are attached to a turntable 2 with predetermined angular spaces, for holding the bottles 5 and for moving the bottles 5 vertically. Each of the bottle lifters 3 is vertically movable by a lifter cam 4 while holding a bottle 5 thereon. The lifter cam 4 is held in contact with a cam follower 32 which is attached to the bottle lifter 3 . The filling and closing arrangement 1 also has a plurality of filling valves 6 , which are positioned above the respective bottle lifters 3 in association with them.

FIG. 3 shows an enlarged fragmentary cross section of each of the filling valves 6 . Each of the filling valves 6 has a liquid supply channel 7 which is connected to a beer tank (not shown) and accommodates therein a vertical valve stem 9 with a liquid closure seal 8 at its lower end. A sensor 36 extends vertically through the valve stem 9 and can be moved vertically by a cam follower 37 which is held in contact with a cam (not shown).

The filling valve 6 also has a gas channel 10 , which is kept in connection with the environment via a drain valve V 1 with a (not shown) vacuum pump, a back pressure valve V 2 with a (not shown) carbon dioxide source and a snore valve V 3.

The fill valve 6 has an exchange chamber 11 which is defined as a closed space in a lower portion thereof. In particular, the lower section of the filling valve 6 is open at the bottom and can be closed by a lower cover 12 , so that the exchange chamber 11 is defined in between. The lower cover 12 is connected to an air cylinder 13, along a guide rod 14 is movably supported by the lower cover 12 for selectively opening and closing the exchange chamber 11 vertically. The liquid supply channel 7 has an open end that opens into the exchange chamber 11 . At the open end of the liquid supply channel 7 , a bottle opening closure seal 16 is provided, which can seal the opening of the bottle 5 . The lower cover 12 has a closure seal 39 which seals the exchange chamber 11 when the exchange chamber 11 is closed.

A sealing sleeve 17 , which is attached to the lower cover 12 , holds a bottle shoulder guide 18 and a bottle shoulder closure seal 19 at its lower end. A compression coil spring 20 is arranged between the sealing sleeve 17 and the lower cover 12 in order to apply prestress to the closure sleeve 17 in the normal state in order to move it downwards along the guide rod 14 .

As shown in Fig. 2, the crown capsule feed unit 21 has a crown capsule feed disc 24 which is fixed to a rotatable shaft 22 and has recesses formed in an outer peripheral portion of the disc for holding the crown capsules 23 , and a crown capsule feed chute 25 for feeding a number of Crown capsules 23 to the crown capsule feed disc 24 . When the exchange chamber 11 is open, a portion of the crown capsule feed disc 24 holding a crown capsule 23 is inserted into the exchange chamber 11 .

As shown in FIGS . 2 and 3, there is a crown capsule holder 27 with a magnet 26 arranged therein in the exchange chamber 11 . The crown capsule holder 27 is connected to a cam follower 29 via a shaft 28 . While the cam follower 29 touches a cam 30 , the crown capsule holder 27 is arranged a little above the crown capsule 23 on the crown capsule feed disk 24 , so that the magnet 26 of the crown capsule holder 27 can attract a crown capsule 23 . This position is referred to as an advanced position in this description. When the cam follower 29 is disengaged from the cam 30 , the crown capsule holder 27 is guided by a guide rod 31 while holding the crown capsule 23 and moves toward the crown capsule standby position in the exchange chamber 11 .

Referring to the present embodiment will be described below to Figs. 4 to 16, a filling and sealing operation of the device to fill a bottle with carbonated drink and for closing the bottle according to. Various steps A to M of the filling and closing process described below are carried out at respective positions A to M shown in FIG. 1.

(A) The step of feeding a crown capsule

As shown in FIG. 4, the lower cover 12 is lowered by the air cylinder 13 to make the exchange chamber 12 open. The bottle lifter 3 is lowered by the lifter cam 4 (see FIG. 2), and no bottle 5 is fed to this. At this time, the crown capsule holder 27 is brought into the advanced position under the action of a cam mechanism consisting of the cam 30 and the cam follower 29 . A crown capsule 23 , which is fed from the crown capsule feed chute 25 (see FIG. 2), is fed into a position below the crown capsule holder 27 by a circular movement of the crown capsule feed disc 24 around the rotatable shaft 22 (see FIG. 2). The supplied crown capsule 23 is attracted upwards by the magnet 26 of the crown capsule holder 27 . Thereafter, the crown capsule feed disc 24 is rotated away, and the crown capsule feed unit 21 is made ready to feed a next crown capsule 23 into the exchange chamber 11 .

(B) The step of moving a crown capsule into one Crown capsule standby

As shown in FIG. 5, the crown capsule holder 27 , which holds the crown capsule 23 , is moved into the crown capsule standby position by the cam mechanism consisting of the cam 30 and the cam follower 29 .

(C) The steps of forming the exchange chamber 11 and feeding a bottle

As shown in FIG. 6, the lower cover 12 is raised by the air cylinder 13 , whereby the closed exchange chamber 11 is defined. At this time, a bottle 5 is fed from the bottle feed star wheel 34 (see FIG. 1) to the bottle lifter 3 .

(D) The step of pre-emptying the exchange chamber 11

The lifter cam 4 (see FIG. 2) is actuated to raise the bottle lifter 3 , the bottle 5 being placed thereon as shown in FIG. 7. An opening 5 a of the bottle 5 is sealed by the bottle opening closure seal 16 , and a shoulder 5 b of the bottle 5 is sealed by a bottle shoulder closure seal 19 . Now the drain valve V₁ is opened, the exchange chamber 11 , the bottle 5 and the space around the bottle shoulder 5 b and the crown capsule 23 are emptied by the vacuum pump, which is connected to the drain valve V₁ via a tube, whereby oxygen from inside the Bottle 5 and the exchange chamber 11 is removed. Therefore, the beer is prevented from deteriorating when the bottle 5 is filled with beer.

(E) The step of pressurizing the bottle 5 and lowering the sensor 36

As shown in Fig. 8, the drain valve V₁ is closed, the snore valve V₃ is closed, and the back pressure valve V₂ is opened. From the carbon dioxide source, carbon dioxide (CO₂) is supplied into the bottle 5 and the exchange chamber 11 to blow out remaining air therefrom, and a positive pressure is formed in the bottle 5 and the exchange chamber 11 . In preparation for filling the bottle 5 with beer, the sensor 36 is lowered into a predetermined position in the bottle 5 by the cam follower 37 , which is actuated by the cam (not shown). Steps (D) and (E) can be repeated twice.

(F) The step of filling bottle 5 with beer

When the back pressure in the bottle 5 and the exchange chamber 11 reaches a predetermined level, the liquid seal 8 is raised and beer is supplied into the bottle 5 through the liquid supply channel 7 as shown in FIG. 9. The beer is introduced into the bottle 5 , while it flows in helical paths along the inner wall of the bottle 5 under the action of helical guide vanes 9 a, which are arranged on the outer surface of the valve stem 9 . As bottle 5 is filled with beer, blow-out gas consisting of carbon dioxide is increasingly discharged from bottle 5 .

(G) The step of determining a beer level in the bottle

As shown in FIG. 10, the sensor 36 outputs a signal to a controller (not shown) when the surface of the beer in the bottle 5 contacts the lower end of the sensor 36 , thereby lowering the valve stem 9 . When the liquid seal 8 closes the liquid supply channel 7 , the filling process with beer is completed.

(H) The end of filling

Even after the liquid valve has been closed, that is, even after the liquid seal 8 has closed the liquid supply channel 7 , a certain amount of beer remaining on the inner surface of the bottle shoulder 5b drops onto the surface of the beer in the bottle, so that the level of the Beer is raised up a certain distance from the lower end of sensor 36 , as shown in FIG. 11.

(I) The step of lifting sensor 36

After the completion of the beer filling, the sensor 36 is lifted out of the bottle 5 by the cam follower 37 and the cam (not shown) as shown in FIG .

(J) The step of lowering the bottle 5

As shown in FIG. 13, the bottle lifter 3 is lowered by the lifter cam 4 (see FIG. 2) in order to lower the bottle 5 , so that the crown capsule 23 can be supplied to the bottle 5 in a position above the opening 5 a. As the bottle 5 is lowered, the sealing sleeve is also 17 lowered together with the flask 5 under the bias of the compression coil spring 20, and thereby the shoulder of the bottle-sealing gasket seal 19 which is held by the sealing sleeve 17 to continue the bottle shoulder 5 b from. At the same time, the snore valve V₃ is opened to release the pressure in the bottle 5 to the extent that the exchange chamber 11 can maintain a positive pressure therein.

(K) The step of advancing the crown capsule 23

As Fig. 14 shows the crown capsule holder is moved toward the advanced position 27 when the cam follower 29 the cam 30 contacts, so that the crown cap 23 over the bottle opening 5 is positioned a.

(L) The step of closing the bottle 5

The lifter cam 4 (cf. FIG. 2) is actuated to raise the bottle lifter 3 , the bottle opening 5 a is pressed against the crown capsule 23 and thus closed with the crown capsule 23 , as shown in FIG. 15. At this time, the bottle opening 5 a can be closed with the crown capsule 23 in a temporary closure type under a compressive force of about 9810 Newtons (100 kgf), so that the inside of the bottle 5 can be temporarily closed, or it can be closed in a complete manner a pressure force of about 3434 Newton (350 kgf) can be closed, so that the inside of the bottle 5 can be finally closed. If the bottle opening 5 a is closed with the crown capsule 23 in the temporary closure type, then the bottle opening 5 a should be closed with the crown capsule 23 with the complete closure type after the bottle 5 has been unloaded from the device shown in FIG. 1.

(M) The step of unloading the bottle 5

As, FIG. 16, the bottle jack 3 is lowered by the lifter cam 4 (see. Fig. 2) after the closing of the bottle and the lower cover 12 is lowered by the air cylinder 13 so that the sealing of the exchange chamber is canceled. 11 Thereafter, the filled bottle 5 , which is provided with a crown capsule, is unloaded from the bottle lifter 3 of the filling and closing arrangement 1 through the bottle discharge star wheel 35 (cf. FIG. 1).

According to the above embodiment, as described above, after the crown capsule 23 is inserted into the exchange chamber 11 through the crown capsule feed unit 21 , the exchange chamber 11 and the inside of the bottle 5 are communicated with the vacuum pump, and air is sufficiently discharged from the bottle 5 and the crown capsule 23 discharged. Subsequently, the exchange chamber 11 and the inside of the bottle 5 are supplied with carbon dioxide from the carbon dioxide source, and the bottle 5 is filled with beer. When the filling of the beer is completed, the bottle 5 is closed with the crown capsule 23 in the carbon dioxide environment.

The exchange chamber 11 is designed to be openable and closable by the lower section of the filling valve 6 and the lower cover 12 , which is vertically movable. When the exchange chamber 11 is opened, the crown capsule 23 is inserted into the exchange chamber 11 through the crown capsule feed unit 21 . Therefore, the crown capsule feed unit 21 may have the crown capsule feed disc 24 rotatable.

Furthermore, the crown capsule holder 27 with the magnet 26 is arranged in the exchange chamber 11 and is movable between the advanced position, in which the crown capsule 23 can engage with the bottle opening 5 a, and the crown capsule standby position, in which the crown capsule 23 moves away from the Bottle opening 5 a is spaced. Therefore, the bottle 5 can be emptied and supplied with carbon dioxide to blow out remaining air from the bottle 5 while the crown capsule 23 is in the crown capsule standby position, and the bottle 5 can be filled with beer. The crown capsule 23 can subsequently be advanced in order to close the bottle 5 .

In addition, the bottle shoulder 5 b is sealed at all times by the bottle shoulder closure seal 19 , while the bottle 5 is moved vertically to the steps of pre-emptying the exchange chamber 11 , filling the bottle 5 and closing the bottle 5 since the lower cover 12 the sealing sleeve 17 , which holds the bottle shoulder closure seal 19 , supports and is vertically movable together with the bottle 5 .

Fig. 17 shows in an enlarged fragmentary cross-section of a filling and sealing assembly 1 and a Kronenkapselzuführeinheit 21 of a device for filling a bottle with fizzy drink and for closing the bottle according to another embodiment of the present invention. As Fig. 17 shows, in this embodiment, a lifting / lowering cylinder 13 a is provided which is slidably mounted on a filling valve 6 as an air cylinder for vertically moving a lower cover 12. An air chamber 41 is defined between the lifting / lowering cylinder 13 a and the filling valve 6 . The air chamber 41 is connected to a compressed air source (not shown) via an air supply valve V₄.

As shown in Fig. 18, the lifting / lowering cylinder 13 a is connected to the lower cover 12 by a pair of spaced rods 42 . As shown in FIG. 17, a compression coil spring 43 is interposed between the lower cover 12 and the fill valve 6 to normally bias the lower cover to move it downward along a guide rod 14 .

When the air supply valve V₄ is opened to introduce pressurized air from the compressed air source into the air chamber 41 , the lifting / lowering cylinder 13 a and the lower cover 12 are raised. When the air chamber 41 is vented to the environment, the lower cover 12 is lowered by gravity and under the bias of the compression coil spring 43 . The other details of the device shown in FIG. 17 are identical to those of the device shown in FIGS. 1 to 16.

With the arrangement of the present invention, as above described carbon dioxide in the exchange chamber and the Bottle introduced to remaining air from these blow out after the exchange chamber and the interior of the Bottle was emptied in such a state that the crown capsule is placed in the exchange chamber. Below is the carbonated drink bottle filled and then with the crown capsule in one Sealed carbon dioxide environment. Therefore after the Emptying process and the carbon dioxide blowing process air in the Bottle and crown capsule completely by carbon dioxide replaced, and then the carbonated bottle Beverage filled and with the crown capsule in the Sealed carbon dioxide atmosphere. Consequently, any residual air in the headspace in the bottle is minimized.  

In the event that the device of the present invention is used to fill a bottle with beer and the Bottle containing beer with a crown capsule too seal, it is not necessary to put the beer foam in the Bottle to generate air remaining in the headspace to remove the bottle. Accordingly, the device of the present invention does not address the problems of microorganics Pollution, the irregularity of the net volume of the Beer in the bottle and the loss of beer caused by that overflowing beer is caused.

Although certain preferred embodiments of the present Invention should have been shown and described in detail be understood that various changes and Adjustments can be made without changing the scope of the appended claims.

Claims (8)

1. Device for filling a bottle with carbonated drink and for closing the bottle, with:
a filling valve ( 6 ) which has an exchange chamber ( 11 ) which can optionally be connected to a vacuum source and a carbon dioxide source;
a crown capsule feed unit ( 21 ) for feeding a crown capsule ( 23 ) into the exchange chamber ( 11 );
and a closing mechanism ( 3 , 4 ) for closing an opening of a bottle with the crown capsule ( 23 ) which is fed into the exchange chamber ( 11 );
wherein the exchange chamber (11) and the bottle (5) to be emptied by the vacuum source, while the crown cap (23) is positioned in the transfer chamber (11), the exchange chamber (11) and the bottle are blown with carbon dioxide (5) is supplied from the carbon dioxide source, and the bottle ( 5 ) is filled with carbonated beverage and sealed with the crown capsule ( 23 ) in a carbon dioxide environment. 2. Device according to claim 1, wherein the exchange chamber ( 11 ) is designed to be openable and closable by a lower section of the filling valve ( 6 ) and a lower cover ( 12 ), so that the crown capsule ( 23 ) is fed into the exchange chamber ( 11 ) when the exchange chamber ( 11 ) is open. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the crown capsule feed unit ( 21 ) includes a crown capsule feed disc ( 24 ) attached to a rotatable shaft ( 22 ) for holding crown capsules and a crown capsule feed chute ( 25 ) for feeding a number of crown capsules ( 23 ) the crown capsule feed disc ( 24 ). 4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein a portion of the crown capsule feed disc ( 24 ) holding a crown capsule is inserted into the exchange chamber ( 11 ) by rotating the crown capsule feed disc ( 24 ) when the exchange chamber ( 11 ) is open. 5. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a crown capsule holder ( 27 ) disposed in the exchange chamber ( 11 ) and a magnet ( 26 ) for magnetically attracting the crown capsule ( 23 ), the crown capsule holder ( 27 ) between an advanced position , in which the crown capsule ( 23 ) can engage with the opening of the bottle ( 5 ), and a crown capsule standby position is movable, in which the crown capsule ( 23 ) is spaced from the opening of the bottle ( 5 ). 6. The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising a sealing sleeve ( 17 ) attached to the lower cover ( 12 ), the sealing sleeve ( 17 ) holding a bottle shoulder seal ( 19 ) for sealing a shoulder of the bottle ( 5 ) and is vertically movable together with the bottle ( 5 ). 7. The device according to claim 2, wherein the lower cover ( 12 ) is vertically movable by an air cylinder ( 13 ) which is fixed to the filling valve ( 6 ). 8. The device according to claim 2, wherein the lower cover ( 12 ) by a lifting / lowering cylinder ( 13 a) which is slidably attached to a filling valve ( 6 ), is vertically movable, and the lifting / lowering cylinder ( 13 a) by supplying air into an air chamber ( 41 ), which is fixed between the lifting / lowering cylinder ( 13 a) and the filling valve ( 6 ), is actuated.