EP2121504A1 - Filling machine provided with a cleaning device - Google Patents
Filling machine provided with a cleaning deviceInfo
- Publication number
- EP2121504A1 EP2121504A1 EP08761769A EP08761769A EP2121504A1 EP 2121504 A1 EP2121504 A1 EP 2121504A1 EP 08761769 A EP08761769 A EP 08761769A EP 08761769 A EP08761769 A EP 08761769A EP 2121504 A1 EP2121504 A1 EP 2121504A1
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- Prior art keywords
- filling
- spout
- displacement
- ring
- shutter
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Classifications
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- 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
- B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
- B67C3/001—Cleaning of filling devices
- B67C3/002—Cleaning of filling devices using cups or dummies to be placed under the filling heads
- B67C3/004—Cleaning of filling devices using cups or dummies to be placed under the filling heads permanently attached to the filling machine and movable between a rest and a working position
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a filling machine equipped with a cleaning device.
- the invention more particularly relates to a rotary machine equipped with a plurality of filling spouts for filling hollow containers, such as bottles or jars, with a food product.
- Such rotary filling machines conventionally comprise a rotary carousel carrying a tank of filling material and a plurality of filling stations, each filling station comprising a filling spout connected to the tank, a support system for supporting a container made of filling material. below the filling spout, and metering means for delivering a determined amount of filler into each container.
- Such machines must be regularly cleaned with a cleaning agent, usually liquid, which is circulated in the machine in place of the filler, to remove any trace of the product, dust or other body aliens, and / or possible biological or bacteriological contaminants.
- a cleaning agent usually liquid
- These cleaning devices may comprise a plurality of movable collecting elements, such as tubes or vases, each collecting element being movable vertically between a high operating position in which the collecting element comes into sealing contact with a filling spout for recovering the cleaning agent delivered by said spout, and a lowered position retracted wherein said tube is spaced apart from said filler spout for filling containers.
- the collector elements are connected to the same annular collector movably mounted on a fixed frame to move all the collector elements between their two positions by vertical translation.
- the collector elements can come all together on cylindrical parts of the filling spouts, wiper seals being then provided to ensure sealing.
- Such recovery tubes equipped with scraper seals and coming on the spouts, provide a good seal, even when the machine comprises a large number of filling nozzles, with differences in height between the nozzles.
- their bulk may be incompatible with conventional container support systems.
- collector elements equipped at the upper end with an O-ring capable of bearing against the conical outer surface of the filling spout or against the lower annular edge surrounding the outlet orifice of the spout.
- Such sealing with an O-ring can not be suitable on a machine equipped with a large number of filling nozzles, because in practice, the differences height between the filling spouts will necessarily be greater than crushing an O-ring.
- each filling spout is equipped with a fixed collector element which surrounds the discharge orifice of the filling spout and which has a passage opening disposed below the discharge orifice of the spout. filling, and a discharge duct opening into the internal space of the collector element for the evacuation and recycling of the cleaning agent.
- the device then comprises a shutter member movable between a retracted position in which said shutter member is spaced from the filling spout to allow filling of a container placed under the filling spout, and a service position in which said shutter member sealingly closes the passage opening of the collector element for effector cleaning operations.
- Some machines are equipped with an individual displacement system for each shutter element, the displacement between the service and retracted positions then being made by rotation about an axis perpendicular to the axis of the filling spout.
- These individual displacement systems are particularly bulky, and such a rotational movement requires a significant space under and around the filling spout.
- the object of the present invention is to provide a filling machine with a cleaning device overcomes at least one of the aforementioned drawbacks, which allows in particular to have a good seal during cleaning operations, and / or a small footprint.
- the subject of the present invention is a container filling machine comprising - at least one filling station comprising a filling spout, connected to filling liquid storage means, and a cleaning device comprising, for each filling station,
- a shutter member movable between a retracted position in which said shutter element is spaced from the filling spout, to allow filling of a container placed under the filling spout, and a service position in which said element shutter is adapted to come sealingly closing the passage opening of the collecting element to perform cleaning operations, and means for moving said shutter element between its operating position and its retracted position, characterized in that that the displacement means are able to move the closure member since its position retracted towards its operating position by at least one displacement in vertical translation downwards, parallel to the longitudinal axis of the filling spout, followed by a horizontal displacement, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the filling spout, so that the closure member is substantially centered along the longitudinal axis of the filling spout.
- the shutter member in a retracted position is disposed above the passage opening, next to the filling spout, and its displacement between its two positions is effected by combining a movement vertical and a horizontal movement.
- a displacement requires little space under the filling spout, and can in particular be achieved without being hindered by the bottle support systems.
- This combination of simple movements makes it possible in particular in the case of a machine equipped with a plurality of filling spouts, to use simple common displacement means for moving all the shutter elements between their positions.
- the horizontal displacement is followed by a displacement in vertical translation upwardly substantially along the longitudinal axis of the filling spout to bring the closure member into the service position.
- the machine comprises a plurality of filling stations, and said closure elements are arranged between the filling spouts in their high retracted position; the shutter elements are preferably moved simultaneously between their retracted position and their service position by common means of travel.
- the machine is of rotary type, said filling stations being arranged at regular angular gaps under a rotary support, the closure elements are mounted on a ring assembled under said rotary support via translational displacement means. vertically and in rotation, said horizontal displacement consisting of a rotation about the axis of rotation of said rotary support, on an angle corresponding to a half step between two successive filling spouts.
- the closure elements may be mounted at regular angular gaps on a support consisting of an annular plate, in one or more parts or sectors, assembled to the ring, for example inside the cylindrical wall of the ring, said support being provided with openings between the closure elements to allow the passage of the filling spouts equipped with their collector element in the retracted position of the closure elements.
- the crown internally carries said closure elements and is provided with at least two mounting lugs extending radially outwards, each leg being assembled by a vertical jack on a carriage, which is slidably mounted. on a horizontal guide rail integral with the rotary support, at least one jack mounted between the tank and a carriage ensuring the rotational movement of the ring.
- the above-mentioned filler liquid storage means are part of integral of the machine and consist of a rotating storage tank, for example annular, the aforementioned rotary support being formed by the bottom wall of the tank, the filling nozzles being mounted directly on the bottom wall.
- the filling stations are assembled to a rotary support in the form of an annular plate, and are connected via a spider-type distribution system, known per se, to a remote storage tank.
- the machine advantageously comprises means for centering the ring in the retracted position and in the service position, these centering means being formed for example of abutments on the guide rail and / or pads integral with the tank which cooperate with the mounting tabs.
- Each filling station may comprise container support means comprising at least one holding element adapted to cooperate with the neck of a container, for example a clamp-type holding element, able to grip the containers by their neck, said shutter member passing between said holding member and the collector member.
- container support means comprising at least one holding element adapted to cooperate with the neck of a container, for example a clamp-type holding element, able to grip the containers by their neck, said shutter member passing between said holding member and the collector member.
- each closure member is formed of an inflatable deformable membrane as described below.
- each element is formed of a deformable membrane stretched on an annular support. In the service position, said annular support is disposed horizontally above the passage orifice of the collecting element, so that the membrane is stretched against the lower edge defining the passage opening.
- FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a rotary filling machine according to the invention, equipped with a cleaning device
- FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of the ring of closure elements of the cleaning device of Figure 1;
- FIG. 3 represents an enlarged view of the detail A of FIG. 2
- FIG. 4 represents an enlarged partial sectional view of the crown of FIG. 2, in a radial sectional plane passing through the supply channel of a closure element in an uninflated or undeformed state;
- FIG. 5 is a partial schematic sectional view of a filling spout and its associated closure member in the service position and in the inflated state;
- FIGS. 6A and 6B show two partial perspective views of the machine of FIG. 1, illustrating the shut-off elements in the retracted position, the tank not being represented in FIG. 6A;
- FIGS. 7A and 7B show two views similar to those of FIGS. 6A and 6B, illustrating the shutter elements in an intermediate low position, between a first low position and a second low position;
- FIGS. 8A and 8B show two views similar to those of FIGS. 6A and 6B, illustrating the shut-off elements in the operating position;
- FIG. 9 shows a schematic sectional view of a filling station with its closure member in the retracted position
- FIG. 10 shows a view similar to Figure 9, with the shutter element in an intermediate low position.
- the figures illustrate a rotary filling machine 1 equipped with a cleaning device according to the invention, which is more particularly suitable for filling plastic bottles, for example polyethylene terephthalate, with a liquid such as water, milk or fruit juice.
- a cleaning device according to the invention, which is more particularly suitable for filling plastic bottles, for example polyethylene terephthalate, with a liquid such as water, milk or fruit juice.
- the invention can be applied to the filling of any type of container with any type of product.
- the rotary machine 1 comprises a carousel 11 intended to be rotatably mounted on a fixed frame (not shown) around a vertical axis of rotation.
- the carousel carries a tank 2 of cylindrical filling liquid, and a plurality of filling stations 3 arranged at regular angular gaps around the axis of rotation.
- Each filling station 3 comprises a filling nozzle 32 or with a discharge port 321 in fluid communication with the filling tank, and means 31 for supporting a container B, here a bottle, for the maintenance of a container under the filling spout.
- the carousel is formed by an annular tank 2, and the spouts are mounted vertically, directly under a rotary support 21 here constituted by the bottom wall of the filling tank, with their discharge port 321 facing towards the bottom.
- Each filling spout 32 having a longitudinal axis C, comprises a cylindrical upper portion 322, equipped with a flange 322a for its sealing connection to the tank, on the contour of a circular opening of its bottom wall, this upper part extending by a frustoconical lower portion 323 defined by the discharge port 321 circular.
- Each filling spout 32 is equipped with a collector element 4, integral with the spout, which surrounds the spout at its discharge orifice, and which has a circular passage opening 41 disposed directly above the discharge orifice 321 along the longitudinal axis C of the filling spout 32.
- This passage orifice is of greater diameter than the discharge port to allow passage of the neck of a bottle during filling operations.
- Each collector element 4 comprises a lateral discharge conduit 42 opening into the interior space of the collector element.
- the ducts 42 for evacuation will advantageously be arranged radially with respect to the axis of the tank and connected, for example by flexible ducts, to a manifold mounted under the bottom wall of the tank and connected to the tank by an equipped circuit.
- the filling spout and its collector member are formed in one piece having the exterior shape of a single cylinder, the cylindrical wall of the upper portion 322 of the spout extends beyond its portion frustoconical 323 to form a skirt constituting said collector element, the lower edge 43, here of circular shape, of each of the collector elements 4 defining said passage opening 41.
- each bottle support means 31 comprises a holding element 311, constituted here by a clamp, capable of grasping the bottle B below its collar which is situated at the base of its neck, a base 312 for supporting the bottle by its bottom, and an intermediate shim 313 against the cylindrical wall of the bottle.
- the clamp comprises for example two opposite levers 311a pivotally mounted on a base 311b.
- the levers are elastically biased by springs in a clamping position of the bottles, and are able to move elastically for the introduction or the release of a bottle.
- the clamp is assembled by its base at the free end of a rod 314a mounted on the ring 34 above.
- a vertical rod 315 mounted on the base of the clamp carries said base 312 at its lower end, as well as the intermediate shim 313.
- Dosing means known per se, are associated with each filling spout for delivering a determined quantity of product into each bottle brought under the filling spout.
- dosing means for example of weight type, comprise a valve 33, mounted in the filling spout and controlled in opening and closing by a jack (not shown), this jack being arranged in the upper part of the tank and controlled by a weighing system 134 associated with the rod 134a.
- the machine according to the invention may be equipped with other metering means, for example volumetric type, flow meter, or allowing the detection of the level of filling of the container.
- the machine will also comprise a system for supplying empty bottles, such as a belt conveyor, and an evacuation system, constituted for example by a downstream portion of the above-mentioned belt conveyor, making it possible to evacuate the filled bottles.
- a system for supplying empty bottles such as a belt conveyor
- an evacuation system constituted for example by a downstream portion of the above-mentioned belt conveyor, making it possible to evacuate the filled bottles.
- the cleaning device comprises a plurality of movable shutter elements 5, able to close off the through holes 41 of the collector elements.
- these closure elements 5 comprise circular deformable membranes 51 carried by the same ring gear 6, said ring being movably mounted on the tank 2.
- the ring comprises a vertical cylindrical wall 61, with a diameter greater than that of the circle described by the filling spouts during the rotation of the tank, this cylindrical wall carrying a support 62, in the form of horizontal annular plate, which extends inwards from the lower edge of the wall cylindrical, as well as lugs 63 extending radially outwardly.
- the membranes are mounted at regular angular gaps on the upper surface 62a of the support plate, at a pitch spacing between membranes corresponding to that of the filling spouts, and in a circle corresponding to that described by said filling spouts.
- the support plate has between the membranes cutouts defining openings 64 of sufficient size to allow the passage of the beaks vertically, as described below.
- the support plate thus has an alternation of membranes for cleaning operations and openings for filling operations.
- the inner circular edge 62b of the support plate has an alternation of concave portions and convex portions delimiting respectively said openings 64 and areas for mounting the membranes on the upper surface 62a of the support plate.
- the support plate may have a circular inner edge, said openings being formed by circular cuts through the support plate.
- each membrane is sealingly mounted in a circular recess 621 of the support plate, and is held in the latter by means of an annular mounting flange 65 fixed to the support plate by means of screws. 66, for example three in number.
- the membrane forms with the bottom of the recess a deformation chamber 67.
- the membrane is provided with a peripheral bead 511 which comes to housed in a corresponding annular groove 621a of the recess.
- said groove is defined by an annular rib 621b provided on the bottom of the recess, the membrane thus being stretched on this annular rib away from the bottom of the recess.
- the deformation chamber 67 may be supplied with pressurized fluid through a feed channel 68 opening onto the bottom of the recess.
- Each feed channel consists of a first vertical bore 681 formed from the center of the recess and opening into a second horizontal bore 682 formed from the outer edge 62c circular of the annular plate. This second bore is closed at the end by a suitable plug 69, and a third vertical bore 683 formed in the thickness of the cylindrical wall 61 from its upper edge 61a opens into the second bore, the fluid supply being carried out from this edge. superior of the crown.
- the ring is formed of several sectors of cylinder assembled to each other and each carrying an annular sector of the support plate.
- the machine comprises fifteen filling stations, the ring is formed of three sectors assembled to each other by the three mounting lugs, each ring sector carrying an annular sector on which five membranes are mounted.
- the upper edge of each crown sector is provided with an annular groove 611 into which the vertical bores 683 of the supply channels of the chambers open. The throat is closed sealed manner by a cover 70 equipped with a seal.
- each supply channel opens at the periphery of the recess and a groove formed on the underside of the support plate, near its outer edge 62c - circular.
- Each membrane is made of an elastomeric material, for example of silicone type EPDM nitrile EPT or EPDM. Its diameter and that of its recess 621 are greater than that of the diameter of the collector elements. When the chamber is pressurized, the membrane swells and deforms outwards as shown in FIG.
- the ring is mounted under the tank, parallel to its bottom wall, and centered along the axis of rotation of the tank, via its mounting tabs 63, with a system of displacement in rotation and in vertical translation interposed between its legs and tank.
- the diameter of the ring is less than that of the tank, and its mounting tabs extend beyond the outer wall 22, cylindrical, of the tank.
- Each leg of the crown is connected via a jack 81 vertical, called up / down, on a carriage 82, the latter being slidably mounted on a guide rail 83 in a fixed arc horizontally to the tank, the rotational movement of the ring relative to the tank, and around the axis of the latter, being made with at least one jack 84, said rotation, acting on one of the carriages.
- the guide rail 83 is fixed, parallel and at a distance from the outer wall of the tank, between two brackets 831 assembled by one of their branches to the bottom wall of the tank constituting the rotary support 21 mentioned above.
- the carriage generally consists of a rectangular platen carrying a diabolo-shaped four-wheeled wheel 832 arranged in a top pair and a lower pair, the platen being mounted by placing the rail between the two pairs of wheels.
- the raising / lowering cylinder 81 is fixed vertically by its cylinder on the other face of the plate, while its free end is assembled to the mounting lug.
- the cylinder of the rotation cylinder is pivotally assembled to the end of an arm fixed to the bottom wall of the tank, to deport the cylinder body outwards, and its free end is pivotally assembled. to the carriage, for example on the upper edge of the plate.
- the centering means further comprise three vertical studs 87 mounted by their collar on the bottom wall of the tank, and which are inserted into cylindrical housings 631 (FIGS. 2 and 7) provided on the upper face of the legs of the casing. crown, in order to wedge in rotation the crown in its retracted high position. These pads also serve vertical stops during the rise of the crown to its retracted high position.
- the up / down jacks are firstly controlled to perform a vertical translational movement towards the bottom of the crown. from the retracted high position to a first low position, in which the membranes are arranged below the spouts, and in particular the lower edges 43 of their collector element 4.
- the ring is then moved in rotation clockwise on an angle corresponding to a half-step between two successive beaks, to bring the crown into a second low position in which the membranes are arranged under the beaks.
- Figures 7A to 7B illustrate an intermediate position of the ring during its rotational movement between the first and second low positions. As illustrated in FIG.
- each membrane is substantially centered along the longitudinal axis C (FIG. 5) of a spout, the carriages being in abutment against left stops 88 of the rail, which constitute another part of the abovementioned centering means (FIG. Figures 8A and 8B).
- the up / down jacks are then retracted to slightly raise the crown of this second low position to a service position, illustrated in FIGS. 5, 8A and 8B, in which the lower edges 43 are arranged below the surface. top of the mounting flange.
- This service position is defined for a theoretical position of the membranes in which they are arranged just below the lower edges of the collecting elements. However, depending on possible play of a few tenths of a millimeter between the nozzles, some membranes may possibly be in contact with the lower edges of collector elements.
- Three other pads 89 serving as a vertical cleaning stop are also mounted on the bottom wall of the tank to abut by their free end against the upper face of the tabs when the ring is in the service position. These studs 89 can also be inserted partially into the cylindrical housings 631 of the legs of the crown for the centering in rotation of the crown in the service position.
- a fluid under pressure can be injected into the deformation chambers, in order to inflate the membranes so that they bear against the lower edges 43 of the collector elements 4, as illustrated in FIG. 5, and that they thus come to seal the passage orifices.
- the theoretical distance between the lower edges of the collector elements and the membranes in the non-inflated state in the service position of the ring is between 1 and 3 millimeters (mm), for example of the order 2 mm, the height differences between the nozzles being at most +/- 1 mm.
- the pressure in the chamber will be between 0.5 and 6 bar, and the vertical deformation of the membrane is between 3 and 7 mm in the absence of spout vis-a-vis. This vertical deformation is greater than the differences in height between the filling spouts, and is defined so that the membranes all bear against the collector elements of the nozzles, the back pressure in the chamber ensuring a sufficient bearing force to obtain a good seal.
- the membranes are deflated by bringing the deformation chambers to atmospheric pressure, by placing the supply channels in communication with the outside, and the ring is returned to its retracted high position by performing the previously described sequence in the opposite direction: downward movement by vertical translation from the service position to the second low position, counterclockwise rotation of a half step to the first lower position, and upward displacement by vertical translation in the retracted high position.
- the crown is held in the retracted high position and rotates with the tank.
- a cleaning agent is loaded into the filling liquid tank and the tank is preferably stopped in rotation.
- the crown is then brought into the operating position by actuating the cylinders and the deformation chambers are pressurized to inflate the membranes and thus seal all the collector elements.
- the flap valves are controlled in the open position to circulate the cleaning agent in the beaks and recover it through the exhaust pipes 42.
- the discharge tubes are connected to the tank via a collector for the recycling of the cleaning agent.
- the membranes will be kept under pressure for the duration of the washing operation with a cleaning agent.
- the displacement of the crown to its service position is by vertical translation downwards and rotation of a half-step, without additional vertical translation upwards.
- the operating position corresponds to the second low position above, the membrane then being able to deform sufficiently during the pressurization of the chamber to come to press against the collector elements and ensure a tight closure of the latter.
- the membranes may have an annular shape, and be mounted in annular recesses able to be supplied with fluid under pressure.
- the membrane may have a circular shape, but with a circular central portion of low elasticity, surrounded by an annular portion of greater elasticity, so that, during pressurization, the annular portion of the membrane centered along the circular edge of the collector element deforms more than the central part.
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