EP0993417B1 - Installation for packaging products in containers closed with a cork and device for dynamic storage of corks used therein - Google Patents
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- B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
- B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
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- B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
- B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
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- B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
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- the present invention relates to improvements brought to product packaging facilities in containers closed by a cap and comprising in particular a filling machine suitable for filling containers empty receipts and a capper supplied with corks for closing of filled containers.
- thermoplastic PET for example
- PET thermoplastic
- a blower for molding the containers from the heated preforms, followed by the filler and of the aforementioned capper.
- a incident in the supply of corks requires, for the troubleshooting operation, stopping the whole installation.
- Preforms in progress heating in the oven and during blowing in the mussels are then lost; moreover, having regard to the temperatures very high and with thermal inertia, the preforms present in the oven and the blow molds may to melt and / or stick to the walls of the molds, so that the restarting of the installation must be preceded by inspection and cleaning.
- the object of the invention is therefore to propose an improvement in clean cork supply to avoid the aforementioned drawbacks and to make it shorter and less costly, in all its aspects, stopping an installation following a plug feeding incident.
- an installation as mentioned in the preamble is essentially characterized, being arranged in accordance with the invention, in that it further comprises, upstream of the capper, a dynamic storage device caps suitable for driving the plugs with a step predetermined and without discontinuity, the number of caps present simultaneously in said storage device being at least equal to the number of containers present in a predetermined portion of the installation, means of control of the supply of plugs being provided upstream of the dynamic storage device and being arranged for check a container feeding device located upstream, preferably at the entrance, of the above portion predetermined installation, thanks to which everything container engaged in the predetermined portion of the installation corresponds a plug present in the device dynamic storage of plugs feeding the capper and, in the event of a plug supply incident upstream of the dynamic storage device, we control the power supply in containers of said predetermined portion of the installation while keeping the terminal part in operation of the installation at least until the incident be acquitted.
- we control the feeding containers by interrupting the feeding of the containers upstream until the incident is acknowledged; alternately, instead of interrupting this supply, we regulate feeding corks by sliding or controlled offset from containers in particular when the offset relates to a small number (one or two for example) of plugs.
- the predetermined portion of the installation includes at least the filler and the storage device capacity of caps is at least equal to the number of containers simultaneously present between the filler inlet and the entrance to the capper.
- the invention applies to an online installation arranged for packaging of a product in containers of thermoplastic material (for example in PET) and comprising in particular, in upstream of the filler, a feed unit of preforms, a preform heating oven and a blower to produce containers from heated preforms; in this case, the above portion predetermined installation includes at least the furnace preform heating and the capacity of the device storing plugs is at least equal to the number of preforms simultaneously present in the oven.
- said predetermined portion of the installation further includes at least the snowblower and that the capacity of the device storage of the plugs is at least equal to the number of containers (preforms, blanks or finished containers) present between the inlet of the oven and the outlet of the snowblower.
- said predetermined portion of the installation further includes the filler and capper and that the capacity of the cork storage device is at least equal to the number of containers (preforms, blanks or empty or filled completed containers) present between the inlet of the oven and the inlet of the capper.
- the means supply control plugs are arranged for regulate the supply of plugs in the event of an incident in feeding of containers (preforms, blanks, or containers completed or filled), for example either by blocking feeding corks, either by causing slippage caps relative to the containers.
- the dynamic storage device of plugs can in principle be arranged anyway appropriate, however it is particularly desirable that it extends approximately vertically so that occupy a minimum surface in vertical projection and not not lead to a thoughtless increase in dimensions of the installation.
- FIG. 1 there is shown, very schematically, the arrangement of principle of an installation designed in accordance with the invention for the packaging of a product, in particular a liquid or flowing product, in containers such as bottles, flasks, cans, etc.- with a neck and closed by a cap.
- This installation includes for this purpose a filling machine 1 suitable for filling containers empty receipts (arrow 2) and to which is attached a capper 3 supplied with plugs (arrow 4) for closing of the filled containers which are then evacuated (arrow 5).
- a device 6 for dynamic storage of stoppers which is suitable for driving towards the corker the corks one after the other with a predetermined step and without discontinuity.
- the number of plugs present simultaneously in the storage device 6 is at least equal to the number containers present in a predetermined portion of installation: this predetermined portion may include at least any functional unit 7 of the installation located on the container supply line upstream of filler 1, and can also include the filler 1 herself; the predetermined portion 7 is at the very least constituted by the means for introducing the containers into filler 1, but a concrete example will be given more far with reference to figure 2.
- control means 8 Upstream, and preferably at the entrance of the device storage 6 are provided control means 8 arranged to control the supply of corks and detect any anomaly in the supply of corks (absence of a plug, tangled plugs, plugs in reverse position, ).
- the control means 8 are connected to a unit management 9 which in particular controls a device 10 for control and detection of container feeding of the predetermined portion 7 of the installation (control of operation of the transporter for example): in case incident of cork supply detected by the means 8, the unit 9 controls (for example blocks) the supply of containers until acknowledgment of the feeding incident, by controlling the device 10 appropriately.
- filler 1 continues concomitantly to operate so as to exhaust all receptacles located, when the chain is blocked at 10, in the predetermined portion 7 of the installation. All these filled containers can be capped with the stock of plugs which is present in the device dynamic storage 6.
- the aforementioned predetermined portion 7 of the installation includes the filling machine 1: the capacity of the storage device 6 is then at least equal to the number containers present simultaneously between the entry of the filler and the entrance to the capper. Detection in 8 of a plug supply anomaly causes in 10 stopping the feeding of containers at the entrance to the filler.
- thermoplastic material for example in PET
- This installation then notably includes, as illustrated in fig. 2, a preform supply unit 11, an oven 12 preform heater and a blower 13 for produce, by blowing or stretch-blowing preforms hot in molds, finished containers that are then routed to filler 1, where associated a capper 3 supplied with corks through a device 6 for dynamic storage of stoppers in accordance in the diagram of fig. 1.
- the aforementioned predetermined portion of the installation can comprise at least the preform heating furnace 12: the capacity in plugs of the storage device 6 is then at least equal the number of containers (here heated preforms) present simultaneously in the oven.
- the detection in 8 of a supply anomaly in plugs causes the preform supply to stop in 10 at the entrance to oven 12. However, all of the the installation located downstream of the shutdown device 10 continues to operate until discharged from the oven 12 from all heated preforms.
- the predetermined portion of the installation simultaneously includes the oven 12 and the blower 13 as shown schematically in 7b in FIG. 2, and that the capacity of the storage device 6 is at least equal to the number containers (preforms, blanks or finished containers) present simultaneously between the inlet of the furnace 12 and the outlet of the blower 13.
- the containers are closed immediately after filling; if the filling has not followed the filling quickly, the containers and their contents must be discarded.
- the installation it is desirable to arrange the installation so that the aforementioned predetermined portion simultaneously includes the oven 12, the blower 13, the filler 1 and the capper 3 as shown schematically in 7 c in FIG. 2 and that the capacity of the storage device 6 is at least equal to the number of containers (preforms, blanks and finished containers empty or filled) located between the inlet of the oven 12 and the inlet of the capper 3.
- the cork storage device that comes to be described can also be arranged to ensure the management of the supply of corks in the event of an incident in feeding containers: for this purpose, the aforementioned device 10, located upstream of the portion predetermined 7 of the installation, or arranged to detect the containers being fed and transmit the information to the management unit 9 so that it controls so suitable the device 8 further arranged, for its part, to manage the supply of plugs at the device inlet storage 6: either unit 9 controls device 8 to stop the arrival of plugs in the storage 6 thanks to the use of means including one example will be given later under the mode of preferred embodiment illustrated in FIG. 4, i.e. unit 9 controls a slowing down of the supply of so as to cause the caps to slip or shift compared to the containers (especially when the offset relates to a low number) or any other equivalent action not causing the actual shutdown of the diet in caps.
- the aforementioned device 10 located upstream of the portion predetermined 7 of the installation, or arranged to detect the containers being fed and transmit the information to the management unit 9 so that it
- the dynamic cork storage system can be of any type suitable to meet the requirements mentioned above.
- the number of plugs which it is required to contain dynamically can be very high: in the last aforementioned case, the number of plugs to be held in reserve in correspondence with the number of containers present in the 7 c portion of the installation can be very large and reach for example several hundred. Under these conditions, a device for dynamic storage of plugs having a horizontal extension alone would be very bulky and therefore costly in terms of floor space occupied.
- the dynamic storage device 6 comprises means for supplying stoppers constituted in particular by a slide 14 for supplying plugs in line to each other following others from a bulk diet and a disentangling, positioning unit (opening towards up or preferably opening down) and putting in line (not shown).
- gripping means 15 grab the plugs one by one, keeping them apart each other with a predetermined step, to bring them to the next device.
- the means of gripping 15 include a rotating wheel 16 of axis vertical 17 which is peripherally provided with a multiplicity of notches 18.
- a circular arc guide 19, located at sight of the wheel 16, keeps the plugs in the respective notches 18, the guide in an arc having a about half a turn.
- the gripping means 15 supply the device dynamic storage proper or buffer reserve of caps designated as a whole by the reference 20; this device comprises a vertical central barrel 21 and a peripheral helical track 22.
- the central barrel 21 is arranged vertically and provided with a vertical rotation shaft 23. Its peripheral face is provided with a multiplicity of vertical recesses parallel 24, in the form of successive grooves, extending over its entire height.
- the fixed helical track 22 closely surrounds the barrel 21 by winding over the entire height thereof and its outer edge is provided with a retaining rim 25 and guiding the plugs.
- the conjunction of the vertical recesses 24 of the barrel 21 and helical track 22 defines a multiplicity of fugitive dwellings 26 with dual mobility rotating and sliding vertically, which are suitable for each house a cap and train the caps of a end to end of the helical runway 22.
- the number of these housings 26 is a function of the diameter of the barrel 21, of the number of vertical recesses 24 on its external face, no winding of the helical track 22 and the device height. It will be noted in particular that, for a size given in vertical projection and all things equal, the capacity of the device can be modulated by varying its height and / or the pitch of the helical track.
- the spacing pitch of the notches 18 of the wheel 16 and the spacing pitch of the vertical recesses 24 of barrel 21 are equal, and wheel 16 and barrel 21 rotate in synchronism so that all the notches 18 of the wheel 16 loaded with respective caps discharge successively in all the housings 26 defined by the recesses 24 of the barrel 21.
- gripping means 27 which can be analogous to the means 15 arranged in head of the device, and consisting of a wheel 28 with notches 29 rotating around a vertical axis 30, this wheel being accompanied by a guide 31 in an arc.
- the axes 17, 23 and 30 are driven in synchronism, not only with each other, but also with others installation organs. Therefore, there is no need to provide a specific motorization for the dynamic storage 6 and the drive is provided by a system of belts, chains or the like, designated at 32 in FIG. 3, or alternatively one implements several motor means slaved to each other, in particular when you want to cause a slip between the plug and container feeds as mentioned higher in the event of a container feeding incident.
- the arrangement of the device 20 offers the advantage to identify the locations occupied by traffic jams successive, and therefore to ensure that, all the dwellings 26 being occupied, the device effectively contains the number of plugs needed to feed everyone the containers present at a given moment in the portion determined 7 of the installation. In addition it is possible, if necessary, carry out a visual check to ensure that all the housings 26 are effectively occupied.
- this device and its control associated, it is possible to anticipate the effects of a anomaly in the supply of plugs, and to make so that a shutdown of the installation required to process this anomaly does not otherwise cause other effects unfavorable increasing the cost of the incident.
- the management unit 9 is capable of causing stopping the supply of plugs on wheel 16: at this indeed, there is either a door (such as a locking finger) at the upstream end of the guide 19, or, as shown in the FIG. 4, a section 33 of the guide that can deviate radially of the periphery of the wheel under the action of an organ drive 34 controlled by a motor 35 placed under the dependent on the management unit 9, thanks to which the plugs are ejected by the guide section 33 in position opened.
- a door such as a locking finger
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La présente invention concerne des perfectionnements apportés aux installations de conditionnement d'un produit dans des récipients fermés par un bouchon et comprenant notamment une remplisseuse propre à remplir des récipients reçus vides et une boucheuse alimentée en bouchons pour la fermeture des récipients remplis.The present invention relates to improvements brought to product packaging facilities in containers closed by a cap and comprising in particular a filling machine suitable for filling containers empty receipts and a capper supplied with corks for closing of filled containers.
Dans les installations de conditionnement telles que précitées, un incident survenant dans l'approvisionnement des bouchons à la boucheuse peut avoir de graves incidences sur la ligne principale d'acheminement des récipients, et/ou peut entraíner la perte d'un nombre conséquent de récipients à un stade quelconque, et/ou peut entraíner une perte conséquente du produit à conditionner.In packaging facilities such as above, an incident occurring in the supply cork stoppers can have serious consequences on the main container delivery line, and / or may result in the loss of a substantial number of containers at any stage, and / or may cause loss of the product to be packaged.
C'est le cas, en particulier, dans les installations de conditionnement de produit dans des récipients en matière thermoplastique (PET par exemple) qui inclut en ligne une alimentation en préformes, un four de chauffage des préformes et une souffleuse pour le moulage des récipients à partir des préformes chauffées, suivie de la remplisseuse et de la boucheuse précitées. Dans ce type d'installation, un incident survenant dans l'approvisionnement en bouchons nécessite, pour l'opération de dépannage, l'arrêt de l'ensemble de l'installation. Les préformes en cours de chauffage dans le four et en cours de soufflage dans les moules sont alors perdues ; en outre, eu égard aux températures très élevées et aux inerties thermiques, les préformes présentes dans le four et les moules de soufflage risquent de fondre et/ou de coller aux parois des moules, de sorte que la remise en fonctionnement de l'installation doit être précédée d'une inspection et d'un nettoyage.This is the case, in particular, in installations for packaging product in material containers thermoplastic (PET for example) which includes online preform feed, preform heating oven and a blower for molding the containers from the heated preforms, followed by the filler and of the aforementioned capper. In this type of installation, a incident in the supply of corks requires, for the troubleshooting operation, stopping the whole installation. Preforms in progress heating in the oven and during blowing in the mussels are then lost; moreover, having regard to the temperatures very high and with thermal inertia, the preforms present in the oven and the blow molds may to melt and / or stick to the walls of the molds, so that the restarting of the installation must be preceded by inspection and cleaning.
En outre, pour les installations de conditionnement en milieu aseptique ou de conditionnement de produits volatils par exemple, il est préférable que le bouchage intervienne dès la fin du remplissage du récipient ; sinon le caractère aseptique du produit ne peut plus être assuré ou le produit volatil se disperse : les récipients et leur contenu ne peuvent pas être utilisés et sont perdus.In addition, for packaging facilities in an aseptic or product packaging environment volatile for example, it is better that the capping intervenes as soon as the container is filled; if not the aseptic nature of the product can no longer be guaranteed or the volatile product disperses: the containers and their content cannot be used and is lost.
Or, il s'avère en pratique que de nombreux incidents dans l'alimentaiton en bouchons surviennent en aval de la boucheuse (par exemple deux bouchons coincés l'un dans l'autre, mauvais positionnement, ...). Ces incidents pourraient donc être détectés bien avant que le bouchon non utilisable parvienne sur le dispositif de bouchage proprement dit et il deviendrait alors possible d'anticiper l'incident au niveau du fonctionnement du reste de l'installation et d'éviter des pertes en produit de remplissage et/ou en récipient, voire un endommagement de l'installation.However, it turns out in practice that many incidents in the feed in plugs occur downstream of the capper (for example two stoppers stuck one in the other, bad positioning, ...). These incidents could therefore be detected long before the plug is not can be used on the closure device properly said and it would then become possible to anticipate the incident regarding the functioning of the rest of the installation and to avoid filling product losses and / or in a container, or even damage to the installation.
L'invention a donc pour but de proposer un perfectionnement dans l'alimentation en bouchons propre à éviter les inconvénients précités et à rendre moins long et moins coûteux, dans tous ses aspects, l'arrêt d'une installation à la suite d'un incident d'alimentation en bouchon.The object of the invention is therefore to propose an improvement in clean cork supply to avoid the aforementioned drawbacks and to make it shorter and less costly, in all its aspects, stopping an installation following a plug feeding incident.
A cette fin, une installation telle que mentionnée au préambule se caractérise essentiellement, étant agencée conformément à l'invention, en ce qu'elle comprend en outre, en amont de la boucheuse, un dispositif de stockage dynamique des bouchons propre à entraíner les bouchons avec un pas prédéterminé et sans discontinuité, le nombre des bouchons présents simultanément dans ledit dispositif de stockage étant au moins égal au nombre des récipients présents dans une portion prédéterminée de l'installation, des moyens de contrôle de l'alimentation en bouchons étant prévus en amont du dispositif de stockage dynamique et étant agencés pour contrôler un dispositif d'alimentation en récipients situé en amont, de préférence à l'entrée, de la susdite portion prédéterminée de l'installation, ce grâce à quoi à tout récipient engagé dans la portion prédéterminée de l'installation correspond un bouchon présent dans le dispositif de stockage dynamique de bouchons alimentant la boucheuse et, en cas d'incident d'alimentation en bouchons en amont du dispositif de stockage dynamique, on contrôle l'alimentation en récipients de ladite portion prédéterminée de l'installation tout en maintenant en fonctionnement la partie terminale de l'installation au moins jusqu'à ce que l'incident soit acquitté.To this end, an installation as mentioned in the preamble is essentially characterized, being arranged in accordance with the invention, in that it further comprises, upstream of the capper, a dynamic storage device caps suitable for driving the plugs with a step predetermined and without discontinuity, the number of caps present simultaneously in said storage device being at least equal to the number of containers present in a predetermined portion of the installation, means of control of the supply of plugs being provided upstream of the dynamic storage device and being arranged for check a container feeding device located upstream, preferably at the entrance, of the above portion predetermined installation, thanks to which everything container engaged in the predetermined portion of the installation corresponds a plug present in the device dynamic storage of plugs feeding the capper and, in the event of a plug supply incident upstream of the dynamic storage device, we control the power supply in containers of said predetermined portion of the installation while keeping the terminal part in operation of the installation at least until the incident be acquitted.
On constitue ainsi, en amont du dispositif de bouchage, un réservoir tampon de bouchons qui sont individualisés et en nombre connu, de sorte qu'on réduit considérablement à ce niveau les risques d'incident dans la fourniture des bouchons jusqu'au dispositif de bouchage et que, en cas d'incident en amont de ce réservoir tampon, on est en mesure de pouvoir continuer à traiter tous les récipients présents dans ladite partie prédéterminée de l'installation. De préférence, on contrôle l'alimentation des récipients en interrompant l'alimentation des récipients en amont jusqu'à l'acquittement de l'incident ; alternativement, au lieu d'interrompre cette alimentation, on régule l'alimentation en bouchons en effectuant un glissement ou décalage contrôlé par rapport aux récipients notamment lorsque le décalage porte sur un nombre faible (un ou deux par exemple) de bouchons.One thus constitutes, upstream of the device for capping, a buffer tank of corks which are individualized and in known number, so that we considerably reduce at this level the risks of incident in the supply of stoppers to the stopping device and that in the event of an incident upstream of this buffer tank, is able to continue processing all containers present in said predetermined part of the installation. Preferably, we control the feeding containers by interrupting the feeding of the containers upstream until the incident is acknowledged; alternately, instead of interrupting this supply, we regulate feeding corks by sliding or controlled offset from containers in particular when the offset relates to a small number (one or two for example) of plugs.
Dans une mise en oeuvre possible, de l'invention, la portion prédéterminée de l'installation comprend au moins la remplisseuse et la capacité du dispositif de stockage de bouchons est au moins égale au nombre des récipients simultanément présents entre l'entrée de la remplisseuse et l'entrée de la boucheuse.In a possible implementation of the invention, the predetermined portion of the installation includes at least the filler and the storage device capacity of caps is at least equal to the number of containers simultaneously present between the filler inlet and the entrance to the capper.
Dans une autre mise en oeuvre, l'invention s'applique à une installation en ligne agencée pour le conditionnement d'un produit dans des récipients en matériau thermoplastique (par exemple en PET) et comprenant notamment, en amont de la remplisseuse, une unité d'alimentation de préformes, un four de chauffage des préformes et une souffleuse pour produire des récipients à partir des préformes chauffées ; dans ce cas, la susdite portion prédéterminée de l'installation comprend au moins le four de chauffage des préformes et la capacité du dispositif de stockage des bouchons est au moins égale au nombre des préformes simultanément présentes dans le four.In another implementation, the invention applies to an online installation arranged for packaging of a product in containers of thermoplastic material (for example in PET) and comprising in particular, in upstream of the filler, a feed unit of preforms, a preform heating oven and a blower to produce containers from heated preforms; in this case, the above portion predetermined installation includes at least the furnace preform heating and the capacity of the device storing plugs is at least equal to the number of preforms simultaneously present in the oven.
Il peut, en outre, être très souhaitable que ladite portion prédéterminée de l'installation comprenne en outre au moins la souffleuse et que la capacité du dispositif de stockage des bouchons soit au moins égale au nombre des récipients (préformes, ébauches ou récipients achevés) présents entre l'entrée du four et la sortie de la souffleuse.Furthermore, it may be very desirable that said predetermined portion of the installation further includes at least the snowblower and that the capacity of the device storage of the plugs is at least equal to the number of containers (preforms, blanks or finished containers) present between the inlet of the oven and the outlet of the snowblower.
Finalement, au moins pour certains domaines d'application (conditionnement aseptique par exemple), il peut être intéressant que ladite portion prédéterminée de l'installation comprenne en outre la remplisseuse et la boucheuse et que la capacité du dispositif de stockage des bouchons soit au moins égale au nombre des récipients (préformes, ébauches ou récipients achevés vides ou remplis) présents entre l'entrée du four et l'entrée de la boucheuse.Finally, at least for certain fields of application (aseptic conditioning for example), it can be interesting that said predetermined portion of the installation further includes the filler and capper and that the capacity of the cork storage device is at least equal to the number of containers (preforms, blanks or empty or filled completed containers) present between the inlet of the oven and the inlet of the capper.
On recueille ainsi l'avantage considérable d'éviter une perte de récipients remplis mais non bouchés (remplissage aseptique), une perte de récipients en cours de fabrication (souffleuse/remplisseuse en ligne), un nettoyage des unités chaudes (four, moules de soufflage), et finalement l'acquittement de l'incident peut être effectué sans arrêt de l'installation : aussitôt après acquittement, l'alimentation en récipients peut redémarrer normalement.There is thus the considerable advantage of avoiding loss of filled but not capped containers (filling aseptic), loss of containers during manufacturing (in-line blower / filler), cleaning hot units (oven, blow molds), and finally the acknowledgment of the incident can be made without installation shutdown: immediately after acknowledgment, the feeding of containers may restart normally.
Dans un mode de réalisation perfectionné, les moyens de contrôle de l'alimentation en bouchons sont agencés pour réguler l'alimentation en bouchons en cas d'incident dans l'alimentation des récipients (préformes, ébauches, ou récipients achevés ou remplis), par exemple soit en bloquant l'alimentation en bouchons, soit en provoquant un glissement des bouchons par rapport aux récipients.In an improved embodiment, the means supply control plugs are arranged for regulate the supply of plugs in the event of an incident in feeding of containers (preforms, blanks, or containers completed or filled), for example either by blocking feeding corks, either by causing slippage caps relative to the containers.
Bien que le dispositif de stockage dynamique de bouchons puisse en principe être agencé de toute manière appropriée, il est toutefois particulièrement souhaitable qu'il s'étende approximativement verticalement de façon à occuper une surface minimale en projection verticale et à ne pas entraíner un accroissement inconsidéré des dimensions générales de l'installation.Although the dynamic storage device of plugs can in principle be arranged anyway appropriate, however it is particularly desirable that it extends approximately vertically so that occupy a minimum surface in vertical projection and not not lead to a thoughtless increase in dimensions of the installation.
Selon un autre de ses aspects, l'invention se rapporte également à un agencement particulier intéressant d'un dispositif de stockage dynamique d'un nombre prédéterminé de bouchons destinés à la fermeture au défilé de récipients remplis, ce dispositif étant destiné à être utilisé notamment dans une installation telle que précitée au paragraphe précédent et comportant :
- des moyens d'alimentation en bouchons prépositionnés et disposés les uns à la suite des autres,
- des moyens transporteurs déplaçant les bouchons sur une trajectoire ayant une longueur fonction du susdit nombre prédéterminé de bouchons,
- et des moyens de prélèvement situés à la sortie desdits moyens transporteurs pour saisir les bouchons un à un.
- means for supplying prepositioned plugs arranged one after the other,
- transport means moving the plugs on a trajectory having a length which depends on the aforementioned predetermined number of plugs,
- and sampling means located at the outlet of said conveyor means for gripping the plugs one by one.
Un tel dispositif, agencé selon l'invention, se caractérise essentiellement en ce que les moyens transporteurs comprennent :
- un barillet tournant autour d'un axe vertical et possédant, sur sa face périphérique, une multiplicité d'évidements verticaux parallèles, et
- une piste hélicoïdale fixe entourant étroitement le barillet sur toute la hauteur de celui-ci et propre à supporter des bouchons par ailleurs partiellement engagés individuellement dans les susdits évidements respectifs du barillet de manière à être entraínés sur la trajectoire hélicoïdale définie par la piste lorsque le barillet tourne,
- le nombre de tours de la piste hélicoïdale et le nombre des évidements verticaux constitués sur la périphérie du barillet définissant le susdit nombre prédéterminé de bouchons présents simultanément dans le dispositif.
- a barrel rotating around a vertical axis and having, on its peripheral face, a multiplicity of parallel vertical recesses, and
- a fixed helical track closely surrounding the barrel over its entire height and suitable for supporting plugs which are also partially partially engaged individually in the aforesaid respective recesses of the barrel so as to be entrained on the helical path defined by the track when the barrel turned,
- the number of turns of the helical track and the number of vertical recesses formed on the periphery of the barrel defining the above-mentioned predetermined number of plugs present simultaneously in the device.
On conçoit que, grâce aux dispositions de l'invention, il est possible de constituer un réservoir tampon de bouchons ayant une capacité qui peut être très élevée, en fonction du diamètre du barillet et du nombre des évidements verticaux présents sur la périphérie de celui-ci, et surtout, pour un diamètre donné du barillet, fonction de la hauteur de celui-ci. En particulier, il est possible de constituer un réservoir d'une contenance très élevée bien que n'occupant peu de place en projection verticale et donc peu encombrant. Sa structure est simple et fait appel à des pièces mécaniques courantes. Son entraínement, qui doit être synchronisé avec celui du dispositif de bouchage et du reste de l'installation, peut ne pas nécessiter une motorisation spécifique et peut être obtenu par un renvoi de mouvement traditionnel (chaíne, courroie,...).It is understood that, thanks to the provisions of the invention, it is possible to build a buffer tank of caps with a capacity which can be very high, depending on the barrel diameter and the number of recesses vertical present on the periphery thereof, and above all, for a given diameter of the barrel, function of the height of it. In particular, it is possible to constitute a very high capacity reservoir that occupying little space in vertical projection and therefore compact. Its structure is simple and uses common mechanical parts. His training, which must be synchronized with that of the corking device and the rest of the installation, may not require a motorization specific and can be obtained by a movement reference traditional (chain, belt, ...).
L'invention sera mieux comprise à la lecture de la description détaillée qui suit de certains modes de réalisation préférés donnés uniquement à titre d'exemples non limitatifs. Dans cette description, on se réfère aux dessins annexés sur lesquels :
- la figure 1 est un schéma très simplifié d'une installation de remplissage/bouchage agencée conformément à l'invention en mettant en oeuvre un dispositif de stockage dynamique de bouchons ;
- la figure 2 est un schéma très simplifié d'une installation de chauffage/soufflage/remplissage/bouchage agencée conformément à l'invention en mettant en oeuvre un dispositif de stockage dynamique de bouchons ; et
- les figures 3 et 4 sont des vues respectivement de côté et de dessus d'un dispositif de stockage dynamique de bouchons agencé conformément à l'invention.
- Figure 1 is a very simplified diagram of a filling / capping installation arranged in accordance with the invention using a device for dynamic storage of plugs;
- FIG. 2 is a very simplified diagram of a heating / blowing / filling / capping installation arranged in accordance with the invention by implementing a device for dynamic storage of plugs; and
- Figures 3 and 4 are respectively side and top views of a dynamic plug storage device arranged according to the invention.
En se reportant tout d'abord à la figure 1, il y est
représenté, de façon très schématique, l'agencement de
principe d'une installation conçue conformément à l'invention
pour le conditionnement d'un produit, notamment d'un
produit liquide ou coulant, dans des récipients -tels que
bouteilles, flacons, bidons, etc.- présentant un col et
fermés par un bouchon. Cette installation comprend notamment
à cet effet une remplisseuse 1 propre à remplir des récipients
reçus vides (flèche 2) et à laquelle est adjointe une
boucheuse 3 alimentée en bouchons (flèche 4) pour la
fermeture des récipients remplis qui sont ensuite évacués
(flèche 5).Referring first to Figure 1, there is
shown, very schematically, the arrangement of
principle of an installation designed in accordance with the invention
for the packaging of a product, in particular a
liquid or flowing product, in containers such as
bottles, flasks, cans, etc.- with a neck and
closed by a cap. This installation includes
for this purpose a
En amont de la boucheuse 3 est prévu selon l'invention
un dispositif 6 de stockage dynamique des bouchons qui
est propre à entraíner vers la boucheuse les bouchons les
uns à la suite des autres avec un pas prédéterminé et sans
discontinuité. Le nombre des bouchons présents simultanément
dans le dispositif de stockage 6 est au moins égal au nombre
des récipients présents dans une portion prédéterminée de
l'installation : cette portion prédéterminée peut comprendre
au moins toute unité fonctionnelle 7 de l'installation
située sur la ligne d'alimentation en récipients en amont de
la remplisseuse 1, et peut inclure également la remplisseuse
1 elle-même ; la portion prédéterminée 7 est à tout le moins
constituée par les moyens d'introduction des récipients dans
la remplisseuse 1, mais un exemple concret sera donné plus
loin en référence à la figure 2.Upstream of the
En amont, et de préférence à l'entrée du dispositif
de stockage 6 sont prévus des moyens de contrôle 8 agencés
pour contrôler l'alimentation en bouchons et détecter toute
anomalie dans l'approvisionnement en bouchons (absence d'un
bouchon, bouchons emmêlés, bouchons en position renversée,...).
Les moyens de contrôle 8 sont reliés à une unité
de gestion 9 qui notamment commande un dispositif 10 de
contrôle et de détection d'alimentation en récipients de la
portion prédéterminée 7 de l'installation (commande de
fonctionnement du transporteur par exemple) : en cas
d'incident d'alimentation en bouchons détecté par les moyens
8, l'unité 9 contrôle (par exemple bloque) l'alimentation en
récipients jusqu'à acquittement de l'incident d'alimentation,
en commandant le dispositif 10 de façon appropriée.Upstream, and preferably at the entrance of the
Dans cet agencement, à tout récipient introduit dans
la portion prédéterminée 7 de l'installation (quel que soit
le type du récipient : récipient achevé prêt à être rempli,
ou préforme destinée à la fabrication d'un récipient devant
ensuite être rempli, ou encore ébauche d'un récipient en
cours de fabrication et devant ensuite être rempli) correspond
de façon certaine un bouchon présent dans le dispositif
de stockage dynamique de bouchons 6 alimentant la boucheuse
3.In this arrangement, to any container introduced into
the
En cas d'incident, la remplisseuse 1 continue
concomittamment à fonctionner de manière à épuiser tous les
récipients situés, au moment du blocage de la chaíne en 10,
dans la portion prédéterminée 7 de l'installation. Tous ces
récipients remplis peuvent être bouchés avec le stock de
bouchons qui se trouve présent dans le dispositif de
stockage dynamique 6.In the event of an incident,
L'arrêt de l'alimentation en récipients pour remédier au défaut d'alimentation en bouchons s'effectue donc sans perte du produit à conditionner, sans perte de récipients, et sans risque d'endommagement de l'installation comme cela sera exposé plus loin.Stopping the feeding of containers for remedy the plug supply fault therefore without loss of the product to be packaged, without loss of containers, and without risk of damage to the installation as will be discussed later.
Selon une première possibilité d'agencement de
l'installation, la portion prédéterminée précitée 7 de
l'installation comprend la remplisseuse 1 : la capacité du
dispositif de stockage 6 est alors au moins égale au nombre
des récipients présents simultanément entre l'entrée de la
remplisseuse et l'entrée de la boucheuse. La détection en 8
d'une anomalie d'alimentation en bouchons provoque en 10
l'arrêt de l'alimentation en récipients à l'entrée de la
remplisseuse.According to a first possibility of arrangement of
the installation, the aforementioned
Les dispositions qui viennent d'être décrites
trouvent une application particulièrement intéressante dans
une installation agencée pour le conditionnement d'un
produit dans des récipients en matériau thermoplastique (par
exemple en PET) qui inclut en ligne toutes les opérations de
fabrication du récipient et le remplissage/bouchage. Cette
installation comprend alors notamment, comme illustré à la
fig. 2, une unité 11 d'alimentation en préformes, un four 12
de chauffage des préformes et une souffleuse 13 pour
produire, par soufflage ou étirage-soufflage des préformes
chaudes dans des moules, des récipients achevés qui sont
ensuite acheminés vers la remplisseuse 1, à laquelle est
associée une boucheuse 3 alimentée en bouchons à travers un
dispositif 6 de stockage dynamique de bouchons conformément
au schéma de la fig. 1.The provisions which have just been described
find a particularly interesting application in
an installation arranged for the packaging of a
produced in containers of thermoplastic material (for
example in PET) which includes all online operations
container manufacturing and filling / capping. This
installation then notably includes, as illustrated in
fig. 2, a
Dans ce cas, la portion prédéterminée précitée de
l'installation, désignée par la référence 7a sur la figure
2, peut comprendre au moins le four de chauffage des
préformes 12 : la capacité en bouchons du dispositif de
stockage 6 est alors au moins égale au nombre des récipients
(ici des préformes chauffées) présentes simultanément dans
le four.In this case, the aforementioned predetermined portion of the installation, designated by the reference 7 a in FIG. 2, can comprise at least the preform heating furnace 12: the capacity in plugs of the
La détection en 8 d'une anomalie d'alimentation en
bouchons provoque en 10 l'arrêt d'alimentation en préformes
à l'entrée du four 12. Toutefois, toute la partie de
l'installation située en aval du dispositif d'arrêt 10
continue à fonctionner jusqu'à évacuation hors du four 12 de
toutes les préformes chauffées.The detection in 8 of a supply anomaly in
plugs causes the preform supply to stop in 10
at the entrance to
On évite ainsi que des préformes soient immobilisées dans le four et soient surchauffées avec le risque de fusion et de calcination du matériau plastique ; on écarte la contrainte de nettoyage qui en résulte ; on évite également la perte d'un nombre important de préformes, car toutes les préformes introduites dans le four sont ensuite transformées en récipients, remplies et bouchées.This prevents preforms from being immobilized in the oven and are overheated with the risk of melting and calcining the plastic material; we spread the resulting cleaning stress; we also avoid the loss of a significant number of preforms, because all preforms introduced into the oven are then transformed in containers, filled and closed.
Toutefois, un risque analogue existe également au
sein de la souffleuse dans laquelle le matériau plastique
chaud risque d'adhérer à la paroi des moules en cas de
contact prolongé. Il est donc prudent de faire en sorte que
la portion prédéterminée de l'installation inclue simultanément
le four 12 et la souffleuse 13 comme schématisé en 7b
sur la figure 2, et que la capacité du dispositif de
stockage 6 soit au moins égale au nombre des récipients
(préformes, ébauches ou récipients achevés) présents
simultanément entre l'entrée du four 12 et la sortie de la
souffleuse 13.However, a similar risk also exists within the blower in which the hot plastic material may adhere to the wall of the molds in the event of prolonged contact. It is therefore prudent to ensure that the predetermined portion of the installation simultaneously includes the
Enfin, au moins pour certaines applications (remplissage
aseptique ou produits volatils par exemple), il est
nécessaire que les récipients soient fermés immédiatement
après leur remplissage ; si le bouchage n'a pas suivi
rapidement le remplissage, les récipients et leur contenu
doivent être mis au rebut. Pour éviter cette perte, il est
souhaitable d'agencer l'installation de manière que la
portion prédéterminée précitée inclue simultanément le four
12, la souffleuse 13, la remplisseuse 1 et la boucheuse 3
comme schématisé en 7c à la figure 2 et que la capacité du
dispositif de stockage 6 soit au moins égale au nombre des
récipients (préformes, ébauches et récipients achevés vides
ou remplis) situés entre l'entrée du four 12 et l'entrée de
la boucheuse 3.Finally, at least for certain applications (aseptic filling or volatile products for example), it is necessary that the containers are closed immediately after filling; if the filling has not followed the filling quickly, the containers and their contents must be discarded. To avoid this loss, it is desirable to arrange the installation so that the aforementioned predetermined portion simultaneously includes the
Le dispositif de stockage des bouchons qui vient
d'être décrit peut également être agencé pour assurer la
gestion de l'alimentation en bouchons en cas d'incident dans
l'alimentation en récipients : à cet effet, il convient que
le dispositif 10 précité, situé en amont de la portion
prédéterminée 7 de l'installation, soit agencé pour détecter
les récipients alimentés et transmettre les informations à
l'unité de gestion 9 afin que celle-ci contrôle de façon
appropriée le dispositif 8 agencé en outre, de son côté,
pour gérer l'alimentation en bouchons à l'entrée du dispositif
de stockage 6 : soit l'unité 9 commande le dispositif 8
pour arrêter l'arrivée des bouchons dans le dispositif de
stockage 6 grâce à la mise en oeuvre de moyens dont un
exemple sera donné plus loin dans le cadre du mode de
réalisation préféré illustré à la fig. 4, soit l'unité 9
commande un ralentissement de l'alimentation en bouchons de
manière à provoquer un glissement ou décalage des bouchons
par rapport aux récipients (notamment lorsque le décalage
porte sur un nombre faible) ou toute autre action équivalente
n'entraínant pas l'arrêt proprement dit de l'alimentation
en bouchons.The cork storage device that comes
to be described can also be arranged to ensure the
management of the supply of corks in the event of an incident in
feeding containers: for this purpose,
the
Le dispositif de stockage dynamique des bouchons peut être de tout type propre à satisfaire aux exigences mentionnées plus haut.The dynamic cork storage system can be of any type suitable to meet the requirements mentioned above.
Cependant, on conçoit que le nombre des bouchons qu'il est amené à contenir dynamiquement peut être très élevé : dans le dernier cas précité, le nombre des bouchons à tenir en réserve en correspondance avec le nombre des récipients présents dans la portion 7c de l'installation peut être très important et atteindre par exemple plusieurs centaines. Dans ces conditions, un dispositif de stockage dynamique de bouchons ayant une extension horizontale seule serait très encombrant et donc coûteux en surface occupée au sol.However, it can be seen that the number of plugs which it is required to contain dynamically can be very high: in the last aforementioned case, the number of plugs to be held in reserve in correspondence with the number of containers present in the 7 c portion of the installation can be very large and reach for example several hundred. Under these conditions, a device for dynamic storage of plugs having a horizontal extension alone would be very bulky and therefore costly in terms of floor space occupied.
Il est donc indispensable, pour ne pas accroítre inconsidérément le développement horizontal de l'installation, de concevoir un dispositif de stockage à extension verticale et de relativement faible surface en projection verticale. L'invention propose un tel dispositif qui est représenté sur les figures 3 et 4.It is therefore essential, in order not to increase thoughtlessly the horizontal development of the installation, to design an extension storage device vertical and of relatively small surface in projection vertical. The invention provides such a device which is shown in Figures 3 and 4.
Le dispositif de stockage dynamique 6 comprend des
moyens d'alimentation en bouchons constitués notamment par
un toboggan 14 d'amenée des bouchons en file les uns à la
suite des autres en provenance d'une alimentation en vrac et
d'une unité de démêlage, de positionnement (ouverture vers
le haut ou de préférence ouverture vers le bas) et de mise
en file (non montrées).The
En bas du toboggan, des moyens de préhension 15
saisissent les bouchons un par un, en les maintenant écartés
les uns des autres d'un pas prédéterminé, pour les amener au
dispositif suivant. Dans l'exemple représenté, les moyens de
préhension 15 comprennent une roue tournante 16 d'axe
vertical 17 qui est munie périphériquement d'une multiplicité
d'encoches 18. Un guide en arc de cercle 19, situé en
regard de la roue 16, maintient les bouchons dans les
encoches 18 respectives, le guide en arc de cercle ayant une
étendue d'environ un demi-tour.At the bottom of the slide, gripping
Les moyens de préhension 15 alimentent le dispositif
de stockage dynamique proprement dit ou réserve tampon de
bouchons désigné dans son ensemble par la référence 20 ; ce
dispositif comporte un barillet central vertical 21 et une
piste hélicoïdale périphérique 22.The gripping means 15 supply the device
dynamic storage proper or buffer reserve of
caps designated as a whole by the
Le barillet central 21 est disposé verticalement et
pourvu d'un arbre vertical de rotation 23. Sa face périphérique
est pourvue d'une multiplicité d'évidements verticaux
parallèles 24, en forme de gorges successives, s'étendant
sur toute sa hauteur.The
La piste hélicoïdale fixe 22 entoure étroitement le
barillet 21 en s'enroulant sur toute la hauteur de celui-ci
et son bord externe est pourvu d'un rebord 25 retenant et
guidant les bouchons.The fixed
La conjonction des évidements verticaux 24 du
barillet 21 et de la piste hélocoïdale 22 définit une
multiplicité de logements fugitifs 26 à double mobilité
tournante et glissante verticalement, qui sont propres à
abriter chacun un bouchon et à entraíner les bouchons d'une
extrémité à l'autre de la piste hélicoïdale 22. Le nombre de
ces logements 26 est fonction du diamètre du barillet 21, du
nombre des évidements verticaux 24 sur sa face externe, du
pas d'enroulement de la piste hélicoïdale 22 et de la
hauteur du dispositif. On notera notamment que, pour un
encombrement donné en projection verticale et toutes choses
égales par ailleurs, la capacité du dispositif peut être
modulée en faisant varier sa hauteur et/ou le pas de la
piste hélicoïdale.The conjunction of the
Dans le cas représenté, le déplacement des bouchons
sur la piste hélicoïdale inclinée 22 sous l'action d'entraínement
du barillet tournant 21 s'effectue dans le sens
descendant. De ce fait l'amenée des bouchons s'effectue à la
partie haute du dispositif comme illustré sur les figures 3
et 4.In the case shown, the displacement of the plugs
on the inclined
Enfin on remarquera, comme visible à la figure 4,
que l'extrémité du guide 19 précité s'étend, au-delà du
contour de la roue 16, jusqu'à l'intérieur de la piste
hélicoïdale 22 en regard du début du rebord 25 de celle-ci,
de manière qu'à cet endroit les bouchons soient forcés à
s'engager entre le guide 19 et le rebord 25 afin de quitter
la roue 16 et de s'engager sur la piste 22.Finally we will notice, as visible in figure 4,
that the end of the
De préférence le pas d'espacement des encoches 18 de
la roue 16 et le pas d'espacement des évidements verticaux
24 du barillet 21 sont égaux, et la roue 16 et le barillet
21 tournent en synchronisme de façon que toutes les encoches
18 de la roue 16 chargées en bouchons respectifs se déchargent
successivement dans tous les logements 26 définis par
les évidements 24 du barillet 21.Preferably the spacing pitch of the
Une fois parvenus à la base de la piste hélicoïdale
22, les bouchons sont saisis par des moyens de préhension
27, qui peuvent être analogues aux moyens 15 disposés en
tête du dispositif, et constitués d'une roue 28 à encoches
29 tournant autour d'un axe vertical 30, cette roue étant
accompagnée d'un guide 31 en arc de cercle.Once you reach the base of the
Les axes 17, 23 et 30 sont entraínés en synchronisme,
non seulement entre eux, mais aussi avec les autres
organes de l'installation. De ce fait, il n'est pas besoin
de prévoir une motorisation spécifique pour le dispositif de
stockage dynamique 6 et l'entraínement est procuré par un
système de courroies, chaínes ou analogues, désignées en 32
sur la figure 3, ou alternativement on met en oeuvre
plusieurs moyens moteurs asservis entre eux notamment
lorsqu'on souhaite provoquer un glissement entre les
alimentations en bouchons et en récipients comme mentionné
plus haut en cas d'incident d'alimentation en récipients.The
L'agencement du dispositif 20 offre l'avantage
d'individualiser les emplacements occupés par les bouchons
successifs, et donc d'assurer que, tous les logements 26
étant occupés, le dispositif renferme effectivement le
nombre de bouchons nécessaires pour l'alimentation de tous
les récipients présents à un instant donné dans la portion
déterminée 7 de l'installation. En outre il est possible, si
nécessaire, d'effectuer un contrôle visuel pour s'assurer
que tous les logements 26 sont effectivement occupés.The arrangement of the
Grâce à ce dispositif et à la commande qui lui est associé, il est possible d'anticiper les effets d'une anomalie de l'approvisionnement en bouchons, et de faire en sorte qu'un arrêt de l'installation nécessaire pour traiter cette anomalie ne provoque pas par ailleurs d'autres effets défavorables accroissant le coût de l'incident.Thanks to this device and its control associated, it is possible to anticipate the effects of a anomaly in the supply of plugs, and to make so that a shutdown of the installation required to process this anomaly does not otherwise cause other effects unfavorable increasing the cost of the incident.
Par ailleurs, en cas d'incident d'alimentation en
récipients, l'unité de gestion 9 est apte à provoquer
l'arrêt de l'alimentation en bouchons sur la roue 16 : à cet
effet, on prévoit soit une porte (tel un doigt de blocage)
à l'extrémité amont du guide 19, soit, comme représenté à la
figure 4, un tronçon 33 de guide pouvant s'écarter radialement
de la périphérie de la roue sous l'action d'un organe
d'entraínement 34 commandé par un moteur 35 placé sous la
dépendante de l'unité de gestion 9, ce grâce à quoi les
bouchons sont éjectés par le tronçon de guide 33 en position
ouverte.In addition, in the event of a power supply incident
containers, the
Comme il va de soi et comme il résulte déjà de ce qui précède, l'invention ne se limite nullement à ceux de ses modes d'application et de réalisation qui ont été plus particulièrement envisagés ; elle en embrasse au contraire toutes les variantes.As it goes without saying and as it already results from this above, the invention is in no way limited to those of its modes of application and embodiments which have been more particularly envisaged; on the contrary, she embraces all variants.
Claims (11)
- An installation for packaging a product in containers closed with a stopper and including in particular a filling machine (1) suitable for filling containers received empty and a stopping machine (3) supplied with stoppers for the closing of the filled containers,
characterised in that it includes in addition, upstream of the stopping machine (3), a device (6) for the dynamic storage of stoppers suitable to drive the stoppers continuously and with a pre-specified pitch, the number of stoppers simultaneously present in said dynamic storage device (6) being at least equal to the number of containers present in a pre-specified part (7) of the installation, means (8) of control of the supply of stoppers being provided upstream of the dynamic storage device (6) and being arranged to control a device (10) for the supply of containers located upstream of aforesaid pre-specified part (7) of the installation,
by means of which arrangement for every container engaged in the pre-specified part of the installation there corresponds a stopper present in the device (6) for the dynamic storage of stoppers supplying the stopping machine (3), and, in the event of an incident in the supply of stoppers upstream of the dynamic storage device (6), the supply of containers from said pre-specified part (7) of the installation is controlled (9, 10) while maintaining in operation the terminal part of the installation at least until the incident is over. - An in line installation according to claim 1, characterised in that the pre-specified part (7) of the installation includes at least the filling machine (1) and in that the capacity of the device (6) for the dynamic storage of stoppers is at least equal to the number of containers simultaneously present between the inlet of the filling machine (1) and the inlet of the stopping machine (3).
- An in line installation according to claim 1, arranged for the packaging of a product in thermoplastic material containers and including in particular, upstream of the filling machine (1), a unit for the supply of preforms (11), an oven (12) for heating the preforms and a blower (13) for producing containers from the heated preforms,
characterised in that aforesaid pre-specified part (7) of the installation includes at least the oven (12) for heating the preforms and in that the capacity of the device (6) for the dynamic storage of stoppers is at least equal to the number of preforms simultaneously present in the oven (12). - An installation according to claim 3, characterised in that said pre-specified part (7) of the installation includes in addition at least the blower (13) and in that the capacity of the device (6) for the dynamic storage of stoppers is at least equal to the number of containers (preforms, rough cuts or finished containers) present between the inlet of the oven (12) and the outlet of the blower (3).
- An installation according to claim 4, characterised in that said pre-specified part (7) of the installation includes in addition the filling machine (1) and the stopping machine (3) and in that the capacity of the device (6) for the dynamic storage of stoppers is at least equal to the number of containers (preforms or finished containers) present between the inlet of the oven (12) and the outlet of the stopping machine (3).
- An installation according to any one of the previous claims,
characterised in that the device (6) for the dynamic storage of stoppers extends approximately vertically. - An installation according to any one of the previous claims,
characterised in that it comprises in addition means for regulating the supply of stoppers in the event of an incident in the supply of containers. - An installation according to claim 7, characterised in that the means for regulating the supply of stoppers are arranged to block (9, 33) the supply of stoppers.
- An installation according to claim 7, characterised in that the means (9, 33) for regulating the supply of stoppers are arranged to cause a controlled sliding of the stoppers relative to the containers.
- A device for the dynamic storage of a pre-specified number of stoppers intended for the closing as they pass of filled containers, this device being intended to be used in particular in an installation according to claim 6 and comprising :characterised in that the conveyor means include:means (15) for the supply of stoppers pre-positioned and placed one after the other with a pre-specified pitch,conveyor means (20 ; 22, 24, 26) moving the stoppers on a trajectory having a length a function of aforesaid pre-specified number of stoppers,and removal means (27) located at the outlet of said conveyor means for grabbing the stoppers one by one,a cylinder (21) rotating around a vertical axis (23) and having, on its peripheral surface, a multiplicity of vertical parallel cavities (24), anda fixed helicoidal track (22) tightly surrounding the cylinder (21) over all its height and suitable to support stoppers otherwise partially engaged individually in aforesaid respective cavities of the cylinder so as to be driven on the helicoidal trajectory defined by the track when the cylinder rotates,the number of turns of the helicoidal track and the number of vertical cavities formed on the periphery of the cylinder defining the aforesaid pre-specified number of stoppers present simultaneously in the device.
- A device according to claim 10, characterised in that the supply means (15) comprise a rotating wheel (16) which has peripheral notches (18) spaced with the same pitch as the vertical cavities (24) of the cylinder (21) and which is suitable to grab the stoppers presented in line and to deliver them onto the end of the helicoidal track (22) respectively into the successive vertical cavities (24) of the cylinder.
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