Method, as well as treatment station and treatment head for treating the interior of kegs, and seal for use in a treatment station of this type

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PATENT NO 11053108
APP PUB NO 20200239296A1
SERIAL NO

15764519

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A treatment head for treating a keg's interior includes a treatment-head housing against which the keg is sealed by having the keg fitting pressed thereon and a lifter that is immovable relative to the treatment-head housing. In response to axial relative movement with the keg fitting, the lifter opens the keg fitting when the keg is sealed against the pressure element, thereby establishing a return gas-path through the treatment head, through a deformable seal and into the keg's interior. This relative movement is carried out against a resetting force. The deformable sleeve is a sleeve-shaped seal that surrounds a space that surrounds at least a portion of an axial extent of the treatment-head housing. A top end of the sleeve connects to the treatment-head housing and a bottom end of the sleeve connects to the pressure element.

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KHS GMBHJUCHOSTRASSE 20 DORTMUND 44143

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Eckes, Sebastian Sprendlingen, DE 7 2
Krulitsch, Dieter-Rudolf Bad Kreuznach, DE 61 327

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