B - Operations – Transporting – 67 – C
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
67
C
B67C 3/06 (2006.01) B67C 3/10 (2006.01) B67C 3/26 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2080062
A method of and apparatus for packaging a beverage in a container 1 having a primary chamber and a relatively smaller secondary chamber which communicates with the primary chamber by way of a restricted orifice has the exterior of the container maintained at atmospheric pressure. The container such as a can 1 to be charged with beer is engaged within a filling head block 24 through nozzles 35 from which beer 9 is to flow into the can 1 from a bowl 8. Prior to filling the can 1 is pressurised through the head 24 with nitrogen gas to greater than atmospheric pressure and subsequently evacuated to atmospheric pressure by control of valves 32, 33. Such pressurisation and evacuation may be repeated sequentially to dilute the atmospheric oxygen content within the primary and secondary chambers of the can 1 where the oxygen has negligible effect on the beer which is to be sold in the can. A gas exchange conduit 40 extends between the bowl headspace 12 and the can 1. Conduit 40 has a port 41 of a gas control valve 55 which port 41 is closable by movement of lever 60. A beer flow valve 37/46 controls flow of beer 9 from the bowl through nozzles 35. During pressurisation of the can 1 with nitrogen gas the lever 60 is adjusted to maintain closed the part 41 of the gas flow valve and the beer flow valve 37/46 to ensure that high pressure gas in the can 1 cannot flow by way of the gas exchange conduit 40 into the bowl headspace 12 and again flow through the nozzles 35 into the beer 9 in the bowl 8.
Jones Michael Edward
Kenward Andrew Jones
Guinness Brewing Worlwide Limited
Guinness Limited
Robic
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