Filling adapter (aeration line)

Abstract

A filling adapter for a container to be filled with media, in particular for the filling of containers on assembly lines for the production of motor vehicles where the filling adapter is equipped with a hose pack, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic lines. The filling adapter has a barrel and a ball piece and is operatively connected to two media lines in a hose pack, wherein the media are redistributed in the adapter head, in which a filling valve and a vacuum valve are arranged, which are each connected to the barrel, and wherein an aeration line branches off from a vacuum line in the hose pack by means of a check valve and is connected to the ball piece.

Claims

1. A filling adapter for the initial filling of containers with operating substances on assembly lines for the production of motor vehicles, wherein the filling adapter is equipped with a hose pack including electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic lines, wherein the filling adapter comprises a barrel and a ball piece and is operatively connected to two media lines in the hose pack, wherein the operating substances are redistributed in an adapter head, in which a filling valve and a vacuum valve are arranged, which are each connected to the barrel, and wherein an aeration line branches off from a vacuum line in the hose pack by moans of a check valve and is connected to the ball piece.

2. The filling adapter according to claim 1, wherein the vacuum valve is opened and the check valve remains closed during evacuation, such that the vacuum is pulled over the barrel.

3. The filling adapter according to claim 1, wherein the aeration pressure is applied to the vacuum line in the hose pack during aeration, wherein the vacuum valve remains closed and the check valve opens, such that the aeration pressure flows via the ball piece into the container.

Description

DRAWINGS

(1) The drawings described herein are for illustrative purposes only of selected embodiments and not all possible implementations, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure.

(2) FIG. 1 shows a stylized representation of the fundamental switching configuration of the components.

(3) FIG. 2 shows a cross section of the components that are significant for the present disclosure and their arrangement relative to one another.

(4) Corresponding reference numerals indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

(5) Example embodiments will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings.

(6) The hose pack 1, the construction of which is well-known and so it is not shown in detail here, contains two media lines 3, 5, wherein the media are redistributed in an adapter head 7. Two valves 9, 11 are mounted in the adapter head 7, a filling valve 9 and a vacuum valve 11. These two valves are connected to a barrel 13. An aeration line 15 branches off from the vacuum line 5 in the hose pack 1 and is connected to a ball piece 17.

(7) During evacuation, the vacuum valve 11 is opened. The check valve 17 remains closed. The vacuum is pulled over the barrel 13.

(8) During aeration, the aeration pressure is applied to the vacuum line in the hose pack 1. The vacuum valve 11 remains closed. The check valve 17 opens. The aeration pressure flows into the container 19 via the ball piece 17.

(9) The foregoing description of the embodiments has been provided for purposes of illustration and description. It is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the disclosure. Individual elements or features of a particular embodiment are generally not limited to that particular embodiment, but, where applicable, are interchangeable and can be used in a selected embodiment, even if not specifically shown or described. The same may also be varied in many ways. Such variations are not to be regarded as a departure from the disclosure, and all such modifications are intended to be included within the scope of the disclosure.