EP0919516A2 - Machine pour appliquer des bouchons d'étancheités - Google Patents

Machine pour appliquer des bouchons d'étancheités Download PDF

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EP0919516A2
EP0919516A2 EP98500244A EP98500244A EP0919516A2 EP 0919516 A2 EP0919516 A2 EP 0919516A2 EP 98500244 A EP98500244 A EP 98500244A EP 98500244 A EP98500244 A EP 98500244A EP 0919516 A2 EP0919516 A2 EP 0919516A2
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Andrés Méndez Rutllan
José Antunez Jiménez
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Repsol Butano SA
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67B—APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS
    • B67B3/00—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps
    • B67B3/02—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps by applying flanged caps, e.g. crown caps, and securing by deformation of flanges
    • B67B3/06—Feeding caps to capping heads
    • B67B3/062—Feeding caps to capping heads from a magazine
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
    • F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
    • F17C2209/00—Vessel construction, in particular methods of manufacturing
    • F17C2209/23—Manufacturing of particular parts or at special locations
    • F17C2209/234—Manufacturing of particular parts or at special locations of closing end pieces, e.g. caps
    • F17C2209/236—Apparatus therefore

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  • the present invention relates to a sealing cap installing machine which provides essentially novel features and substantial advantages in respect to known means used for this same purpose in the current state of the art.
  • the invention advocates the development of a machine for installing caps on certain types of containers - particularly sealing caps of the type applicable to containers for gas under pressure - by exerting a suitable pressure on the cap, the extremely simple design of the machine allowing for automated feeding of the sealing caps onto the containers which are transported by a conveyor belt or similar device.
  • the field of application of the inventive machine lies in the product filling industry, and, more in particular, in the gas filling of containers designed for that specific purpose.
  • the container valve usually incorporates a fast fitting enveloping protective cap adapted for automatic installation by means of a machine of a special design.
  • a cap installing machine of the above type comprises a cap storage bin from which the caps are guided along an appropriate channel and in the required direction toward the channel's lower end, to be individually collected by one of the consecutively passing containers; when the container reaches a pre-defined position, a bell-shaped part descends and applies a pushing action on the cap, resulting in the cap becoming secured under pressure over the container valve.
  • the present invention refers to a cap - particularly a sealing cap - installing machine suitable for the above application which enables the installation of said sealing caps in a continuous manner as the containers reach a pre-defined work position.
  • the inventive machine has been conceived following general principles similar to those of the previously mentioned cap installing machine, although fitted with the appropriate mechanisms for the new application.
  • the inventive machine incorporates, in a conventional manner, a sealing cap storage bin from where the caps are driven toward the collecting area through a slanting feed channel along which the caps descend by gravity down to the channel's lower end, where pushing means act on the inferior cap to lodge it inside a collecting means associated to a cylinder, preferably pneumatic, where it is retained, the collecting means being subject thereafter to a 180° rotation in the horizontal plane in order to place the collected cap over the container valve, to which it becomes coupled by virtue of the downward pushing effect of the means associated to the collecting device, normally consisting of a pneumatic cylinder. Said rotation causes a second collecting means to become positioned over the new inferior cap to thereby receive a cap and start a new cycle.
  • the container on which the sealing cap is about to be installed stops while the coupling operation is in course, using a break means activated laterally by a preferably pneumatic cylinder which, upon biasing the container, not only retains the container but also ensures that it is correctly positioned for receiving the sealing cap.
  • FIG. 1 showing a schematic elevation view of a machine fabricated according to the invention.
  • the machine comprises a general metal structure (1) on which are coupled the means required for the correct operation of the assembly, including a vertical cylinder (2) the shank of which is located under the lower end of a channel (3) for feeding the sealing caps about to be installed.
  • the sealing cap collecting means is composed of an assembly (4) which rotates on a horizontal plane and which is fitted with at least two pneumatically operated vertical cylinders incorporating a lodging (6, 6') at the lower end thereof for receiving the cap to be installed.
  • Figures 1 and 2 also show a product container (7) located in the cap receiving position to where it has been carried by a conveyor belt (not shown), being retained in said position by means of a brake driven by a pneumatic cylinder (9).
  • the assembly also includes a cabinet for housing the various adjustment and control elements, including starting means and emergency buttons, not shown in view that these are conventional means.
  • the assembly furthermore incorporates container, cylinder and sealing cap position detectors (sensors, end-of-run devices, etc.), not shown, for driving the various functions (braking, sealing cap installation, etc.) based on the presence or absence of a container in the corresponding position.
  • the braking element (8) Upon detecting the arrival of a container (7) at the work position foreseen, the braking element (8) is activated by the cylinder (9), pushing the container sideways and holding it against the opposite wall of the channel along which it is being drawn.
  • the shape and arrangement of the braking element (8) side arms further ensures that the vertical position of the container (7) is maintained while the cap is being installed on the outlet valve.
  • the cylinder (2) pushes the cap located on the upper end of its associated shank, so that the cap is inserted in the lodging (6) associated to the cylinder (5) located over the cylinder (2), the cap being retained by friction inside said receiving lodging, after which the assembly (4) rotates the lodging means until the cylinder (5) and its lower receiving zone (6) are positioned over the container (7), and thus the cylinder (5') proceeds to occupy the position in which the cylinder (5) was previously located, positioning the lodging (6') over the cylinder (2), which is now ready to receive a new cap when it is again activated.
  • cylinder (5) is activated and extends its shank and causes the cap to be installed inside its lodging (6) and over the container (7) valve, becoming secured under pressure.
  • brake (8) withdraws by retraction of cylinder (9) and the container is then carried by the conveyor belt toward the zone provided for its storage and/or subsequent-handling.
  • this would be detected by conventional sensor means (not shown) fitted on the machine, as a result of which the container would be deviated along another route for subsequent rehandling.
  • Figure 3 shows a side elevation of the machine which helps to provide a better understanding of the distribution and relative position of the various elements in the machine, also providing an idea of its simplicity and relatively small size.
  • the embodiment illustrated shows the collecting means as formed by two cylinders (5, 5'). This is merely an illustrative arrangement, however, since such means could incorporate a larger number of cylinders, in which case the extent of the rotation angle would be relative to the number of cylinders used.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Closing Of Containers (AREA)
  • Closures For Containers (AREA)
  • Sealing Of Jars (AREA)
  • Filling Or Discharging Of Gas Storage Vessels (AREA)
  • Sealing Battery Cases Or Jackets (AREA)
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EP98500244A 1997-11-27 1998-11-11 Machine pour appliquer des bouchons d'étancheités Expired - Lifetime EP0919516B1 (fr)

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ES009702474A ES2148054B1 (es) 1997-11-27 1997-11-27 Maquina colocadora de tapones-precinto.
ES9702474 1997-11-27

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EP0919516A3 EP0919516A3 (fr) 2002-07-24
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EP2199010A2 (fr) * 2008-12-17 2010-06-23 Aygaz Anonim Sirketi Système automatique pour garniture d'étanchéité
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GB2174674A (en) * 1984-05-03 1986-11-12 Shell Int Research Apparatus for positioning a label on a gas cylinder with optional cap-fixing
FR2658587A1 (fr) * 1990-02-19 1991-08-23 Siraga Ind Fse Installation pour la manutention de chapeaux de bouteilles a gaz, avant et apres le remplissage de ces bouteilles.
EP0521581A1 (fr) * 1991-07-04 1993-01-07 Shell Internationale Researchmaatschappij B.V. Dispositif automatique pour placer et prévisser des capuchons de bouteilles de gaz, en particulier pour des bouteilles de gaz de pétrole de lignéfié
EP0780191A1 (fr) * 1995-12-22 1997-06-25 Repsol Butano, S.A. Machine pour monter des joints, utilisée de préférence pour récipients à gaz pressurisé

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GR1005223B (el) * 2004-12-27 2006-05-18 Soukos Robots Αβεε Ρομποτικο συστημα τοποθετησης βαλβιδων σε βαρελιαεμφιαλωσης μπυρας, αναψυκτικων και αλλων υγρων.
EP2199010A2 (fr) * 2008-12-17 2010-06-23 Aygaz Anonim Sirketi Système automatique pour garniture d'étanchéité
EP2199010A3 (fr) * 2008-12-17 2011-12-28 Aygaz Anonim Sirketi Système automatique pour garniture d'étanchéité
CN106081198A (zh) * 2016-08-16 2016-11-09 付淑珍 一种具有自动上料装置的化妆品盒自动盒盖装置
CN107879300A (zh) * 2017-11-09 2018-04-06 安徽普生源生物科技有限公司 一种医疗用瓶装药液封盖装置

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