EP2507159B1 - Machine for filling and crimping tubular vials - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a machine providing automated filling of tubular bottles with wine, as well as the installation and crimping of a capsule on closing the upper opening of these bottles once they have been filled.
- Such bottles are made of glass, they have a generally tubular shape comprising around their mouth a thread.
- the metal cap crimped around their threaded mouth constitutes a screw cap.
- the packaging requires filling the bottles of wine, to ensure that the unfilled volume of wine is filled with inert gas, to apply on the end of each bottle a capsule without removing the inert gas, and crimp this capsule.
- FR 831 708 A discloses a machine for filling and crimping tubular bottles according to the preamble of claim 1.
- the invention thus relates to a wine packaging machine in tubular flasks sufficiently compact to be transportable in a van-type vehicle.
- the invention relates to a machine for filling and crimping tubular bottles, comprising a carousel for moving each tubular bottle sequentially from one fixed station to another in order to successively fill it, cap a capsule on its mouth and crimp this capsule, this carousel comprising through vertical holes constituting housings in which the tubular flasks are engaged vertically, the machine comprising a fixed ramp located under the carousel, each tubular flask placed in a housing having its lower end bearing on this ramp, and wherein this ramp has a crown portion shape so that each crimped bottle is removed from the carousel automatically by gravity as soon as it is moved beyond a so-called output end of this ramp, and wherein the ramp comprises a horizontal portion followed by a portion inclined relative to the horizontal to r cause a partial descent of the tubular flasks before evacuation.
- the treated bottles are extracted vertically from the carousel, which reduces the size of the machine, and this extraction does not require any additional mechanism, which significantly simplifies the machine.
- the invention also relates to a machine as defined above, further comprising a curved guide rail having a vertical end connected to the lower end of the inclined portion of the ramp and the other end opens horizontally in a station fixed output.
- the invention also relates to a machine as defined above, wherein the curved guide rail extends in a plane perpendicular to the conveying direction of the tubular flasks.
- the invention also relates to a machine as defined above, comprising a fixed member for loading tubular flasks in the carousel housings, this loading member comprising a hole for engaging the tubular flasks directly above the holes of the carousel. , and a stem having its upper end located vertically above this hole, the upper end of the stem being separated from the hole by a distance greater than the length of the tubular bottles, and wherein this upper end bears a pin or finger whose lower end is separated from the hole by a distance less than the length of the tubular flasks.
- the invention also relates to a machine as defined above, comprising a filling station, a station for conveying and encapsulating capsules at the upper end of the tubular bottles, and a station for crimping these capsules, spaced one by one. others along the carousel, as well as a fixed inerting enclosure surrounding a portion of the carousel at the capping station.
- the invention also relates to a machine as defined above, wherein the filling station comprises means for releasing towards the tube a jet of the filling product which is surrounded by a sheath of inert gas, and wherein fixed inerting chamber has an inlet end of the tubular flasks which adjoins the filling station.
- the invention also relates to a machine as defined above, in which the capping station comprises, in the inerting chamber fixed, means for blowing an inert gas to inert each capsule before capping on a bottle.
- the machine according to the invention which is generally indicated by 1 in the figure 1 , comprises a frame 2 including a support structure 3 consisting of assembled beams delimiting a parallelepipedic enclosure carrying in its internal space a horizontal support plate marked by 4.
- This support plate 4 carries on the one hand a movable conveying member which is here a carousel 7, and on the other hand a set of actuators and equipment generally marked by 6, which are intended to ensure the filling of the bottles, and the installation and crimping of a capsule on the filled bottles.
- the carousel 7 which is rotatable about a vertical axis comprises a circular ring 8 including a series of housings 9 in the form of holes vertically traversing the ring, being regularly spaced from each other.
- Each hole 9 has an internal diameter slightly greater than the external diameter of the tubular flasks to be filled, so as to form a housing inside which such a bottle can be introduced.
- FIGs 1 and 2 there is shown such a bottle, marked by 11, engaged in one of the housings 9 of the carousel 7.
- the height of the crown 8 is less than the length of the tubular flasks 11 to be filled.
- the height of the crown is about fifteen centimeters, while the total length of the tubular flasks 11 is twenty centimeters.
- the support plate 4 carries a ramp 12 having a generally crown shape which is located under the carousel 7, facing the housings 9.
- a tubular bottle 11 engaged in a housing 9 has its lower end bears on this ramp 12, and this lower end slides on the surface of this ramp when the carousel rotates.
- This ramp 12 comprises a so-called horizontal portion, marked by 13, which runs along the lower face of the ring 8 about five eighths of its circumference, and a so-called inclined portion, marked by 14, which extends the horizontal portion by extending over about one eighth of a lap in being also located opposite housing 9 of the crown 8.
- the inclined portion 14 of the ramp 12 opens into an upper end of an exit rail marked by 16.
- the upper end of the rail 16 is oriented vertically, and its lower end is oriented horizontally to open into an outlet station 17 receiving vials filled and crimped.
- this output rail 16 has a generally curved shape describing a quarter circle, it extends in a radial plane relative to the axis of rotation of the carousel, and it has a U-shaped section.
- the flasks 11 to be filled and crimped are loaded one after the other in the housings 9 of the crown 8, by an operator located at a fixed loading station 18 which is located substantially outside the door. enclosure delimited by the parallelepipedic carrier structure 3.
- the carousel 8 is offset so that part of its crown 9 protrudes laterally from the parallelepipedal space delimited by the supporting structure 3.
- the loading station 18 is located above the crown portion protruding laterally, which allows an ergonomic layout of the operator's station, notably ensuring that the operator does not have access to the internal components of the machine.
- the supporting structure 3 is shown partially and without cladding, but in practice, it is dressed by a sheet assembly to form a nearly closed space of which only the loading station 18 and the outlet station 17 are accessible from the outside.
- an operator installed at the station 18 engages a new bottle to be filled in a housing 9 of the carousel 7 at each rotation step of this carousel, the latter being controlled in rotation in a sequential manner, that is to say step-by-step.
- Each bottle carried by carousel 7 then goes to a station 19 for cleaning and filling wine.
- the flask then leaves the inerting corridor 21 to be presented at a crimping station 23, where a crimping head surrounds the capsule to crimp it around the upper end externally threaded of the flask.
- the carousel When the crimping operation has been performed, the carousel continues to turn stepwise to route the treated bottle to the rail 16 for evacuation to the outlet station 17, which corresponds to the end of the conditioning operation.
- the station 18 for loading the tubular bottles in the carousel 7 comprises a loading member indicated by 24, which is carried by a frame, not shown, so as to be located above the portion of the carousel 7 protruding laterally from the structure parallelepipedic 3.
- this loading member 24 comprises a plate 26 by which it is rigidly secured to its carrier frame, this plate 26 carrying on its upper face a base 27, and a bracket 28 extending vertically upwards relative to the 28.
- the plate 26 carries on its underside a guide tube 29 facing downwards.
- the base 27 and the plate 26 are pierced by a vertical through hole 25, of diameter substantially greater than that of the tubular flasks to be loaded, and opening into the guide tube 29, the assembly overhanging the passageway of the housings 9 rotary carousel 7.
- the loading of a tubular bottle 11 thus consists in engaging it in the hole 25 to lower it into the housing 9 located directly above this hole.
- the lower ramp 12 has, directly above the loading station 18, a damping member or plate, marked 31, and damping the shock of the bottle 11 at the end of descent, to prevent it from breaking.
- the loading member 24 is also a polarizer ensuring that a bottle can not be loaded into the carousel 7 with its opening downwards.
- the upper end of the bracket 28 is spaced from the upper face 32 of the base 27 by a distance substantially greater than the length of the tubular flasks to be filled, and this upper end carries a finger or pin 33 located vertically above the vertical hole 25 and extending downwards.
- the distance separating the lower end of the finger 33 and the upper face 32 of the base 27 is slightly greater than the length of the tubular flasks to be filled.
- the cleaning and filling station 19 comprises two downwardly directed nozzles being located plumb with respectively two consecutive housings 9 when the carousel 7 is stationary.
- the first nozzle blows air to clean the interior of the bottle, and the second nozzle fills the bottle of wine by jointly releasing a jet of wine and a flow of inert gas such as nitrogen forming a sheath around it. wine spray.
- This nitrogen sheath limits the oxidation of the wine during filling, and ensures that the upper portion of the vial that is not filled with wine is filled essentially with nitrogen at the end of filling.
- each tubular bottle The crimping of a capsule on the upper opening of each tubular bottle is ensured in two successive operations: at station 22, a capsule is conveyed and capped on the upper opening, and at station 23, a crimping head crimps the capsule around the top opening.
- the encapsulation of the capsule is performed in the inert enclosure 21, which has a generally arcuate corridor shape surrounding a portion of the crown 8, about a quarter turn.
- This corridor 21 comprises at its entrance and exit, two swinging doors which open when an upper end of the bottle comes support them during the movement of the carousel, and close after passage of this bottle.
- This corridor 21 is overpressurized with inert gas such as nitrogen, so as to maintain an oxygen level as low as possible, nitrogen being continuously blown into this corridor.
- inert gas such as nitrogen
- the station 22 comprises a channel 34 for conveying the capsules located above the corridor 21 and opening therein by its upper face, at a capping zone marked by 36. Between each movement of a step of the carousel, a capsule, not shown, is automatically conveyed in the chute to the capping zone 36 which substantially corresponds to the lower end of the chute 34.
- the capsule then stops at the lower end of the chute 34, at the same time as a jet of nitrogen is applied to it to inerter, by means of one or more nitrogen blowing nozzles located in the encapsulation area 36.
- each capsule is immobilized with its opening pointing downwards, and having the lowest point of its circular lower edge located substantially at below the upper edge of the tubular flasks.
- the crimping head surrounds the upper end of the vial with the cap that carries, and crimped the cylindrical wall portion of this capsule around the threaded upper end of the tubular flask.
- the flasks Once the flasks have been filled with wine and crimped, at stations 19, 22, and 23, they are evacuated to the outlet station 17.
- the ramp portion 14 which is located in the vicinity of the station 17 allows tubular flasks to gradually descend housing 9 they occupy in the carousel 7, as schematically illustrated in figure 7 .
- the highest end of the oblique portion 14 of the ramp 12 is located at the same height as the horizontal portion 13 of this ramp 12, that is to say about one centimeter below the lower face 33 of the 8.
- the lowest end of this oblique portion 14, which corresponds to the output end of the ramp 12, is in turn spaced from the lower face 33 by a distance substantially equal to half the length of the tubular flasks 11.
- the lower end of the oblique portion 14 of the ramp 12 opens at the upper end of the guide rail 16.
- a tubular bottle 11 moved by the carousel 7 reaches the lower end of the oblique portion 14, it engages in the curved rail 16 is already at least half of its housing 9, without having acquired vertical speed.
- the lower end of the oblique portion 14 is separated from the underside of the crown 8 by a distance that is approximately almost half the length of the tubular bottle. But other values can be adopted, as they reduce the vertical speed of the bottle during its evacuation by limiting the vertical movement necessary for its complete release of the housing it occupies.
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L'invention concerne une machine assurant de manière automatisée le remplissage de flacons tubulaires avec du vin, ainsi que la pose et le sertissage d'une capsule sur fermant l'ouverture supérieure de ces flacons une fois qu'ils ont été remplis.The invention relates to a machine providing automated filling of tubular bottles with wine, as well as the installation and crimping of a capsule on closing the upper opening of these bottles once they have been filled.
Le conditionnement de vin dans des flacons tubulaires ayant un volume compris entre cinquante et cent millilitres permet de commercialiser ou de faire déguster des échantillons de vin à un coût compétitif.The packaging of wine in tubular flasks with a volume of between fifty and one hundred milliliters makes it possible to market or to sample wine samples at a competitive cost.
De tels flacons sont fabriqués en verre, ils ont une forme généralement tubulaire comprenant autour de leur embouchure un filetage. La capsule métallique sertie autour de leur embouchure filetée constitue un bouchon métallique dévissable.Such bottles are made of glass, they have a generally tubular shape comprising around their mouth a thread. The metal cap crimped around their threaded mouth constitutes a screw cap.
Pour limiter l'oxydation du vin que contiennent de tels flacons, il est nécessaire de faire en sorte que le faible volume de ces flacons qui n'est pas rempli de vin contienne un gaz inerte tel que de l'azote, ce qui complique le conditionnement.In order to limit the oxidation of the wine contained in such flasks, it is necessary to ensure that the small volume of these flasks which is not filled with wine contains an inert gas such as nitrogen, which complicates the conditioning.
Ainsi, le conditionnement nécessite de remplir les flacons de vin, d'assurer que le volume non rempli de vin soit empli de gaz inerte, d'appliquer sur l'extrémité de chaque flacon une capsule sans chasser le gaz inerte, et de sertir cette capsule.Thus, the packaging requires filling the bottles of wine, to ensure that the unfilled volume of wine is filled with inert gas, to apply on the end of each bottle a capsule without removing the inert gas, and crimp this capsule.
Par ailleurs, la nécessité pour certains vins de réaliser leur conditionnement au château pour mentionner l'appellation correspondante sur le flacon, constitue une contrainte supplémentaire au procédé mis en oeuvre pour le conditionnement.Furthermore, the need for certain wines to make their packaging at the château to mention the corresponding name on the bottle, is an additional constraint to the process used for packaging.
L'invention a ainsi pour objet une machine de conditionnement de vin en flacons tubulaires suffisamment compacte pour être transportable dans un véhicule de type camionnette.The invention thus relates to a wine packaging machine in tubular flasks sufficiently compact to be transportable in a van-type vehicle.
A cet effet, l'invention a pour objet une machine de remplissage et de sertissage de flacons tubulaires, comprenant un carrousel pour déplacer chaque flacon tubulaire séquentiellement d'un poste fixe à un autre afin de successivement le remplir, encapuchonner une capsule sur son embouchure et sertir cette capsule, ce carrousel comprenant des trous verticaux traversants constituant des logements dans lesquels les flacons tubulaires sont engagés verticalement, la machine comprenant une rampe fixe située sous le carrousel, chaque flacon tubulaire placé dans un logement ayant son extrémité inférieure en appui sur cette rampe, et dans lequel cette rampe a une forme de portion de couronne pour que chaque flacon serti soit évacué du carrousel automatiquement par effet de gravité dès qu'il est déplacé au delà d'une extrémité dite de sortie de cette rampe, et dans laquelle la rampe comprend une portion horizontale suivie d'une portion inclinée par rapport à l'horizontale pour provoquer une descente partielle des flacons tubulaires avant évacuation.For this purpose, the invention relates to a machine for filling and crimping tubular bottles, comprising a carousel for moving each tubular bottle sequentially from one fixed station to another in order to successively fill it, cap a capsule on its mouth and crimp this capsule, this carousel comprising through vertical holes constituting housings in which the tubular flasks are engaged vertically, the machine comprising a fixed ramp located under the carousel, each tubular flask placed in a housing having its lower end bearing on this ramp, and wherein this ramp has a crown portion shape so that each crimped bottle is removed from the carousel automatically by gravity as soon as it is moved beyond a so-called output end of this ramp, and wherein the ramp comprises a horizontal portion followed by a portion inclined relative to the horizontal to r cause a partial descent of the tubular flasks before evacuation.
Avec cette architecture, les flacons traités sont extraits verticalement du carrousel, ce qui réduit l'encombrement de la machine, et cette extraction ne nécessite aucun mécanisme additionnel, ce qui simplifie significativement la machine.With this architecture, the treated bottles are extracted vertically from the carousel, which reduces the size of the machine, and this extraction does not require any additional mechanism, which significantly simplifies the machine.
L'invention concerne également une machine telle que définie ci-dessus, comprenant en outre un rail de guidage courbe ayant une extrémité verticale raccordée à l'extrémité inférieure de la portion inclinée de la rampe et dont l'autre extrémité débouche horizontalement dans un poste de sortie fixe.The invention also relates to a machine as defined above, further comprising a curved guide rail having a vertical end connected to the lower end of the inclined portion of the ramp and the other end opens horizontally in a station fixed output.
L'invention concerne également une machine telle que définie ci-dessus, dans laquelle le rail de guidage courbe s'étend selon un plan perpendiculaire à la direction de convoyage des flacons tubulaires.The invention also relates to a machine as defined above, wherein the curved guide rail extends in a plane perpendicular to the conveying direction of the tubular flasks.
L'invention concerne également une machine telle que définie ci-dessus, comportant un organe fixe de chargement de flacons tubulaires dans les logements du carrousel, cet organe de chargement comprenant un trou d'engagement des flacons tubulaires à l'aplomb des trous du carrousel, et une potence ayant son extrémité supérieure située à l'aplomb de ce trou, l'extrémité supérieure de la potence étant séparée du trou par une distance supérieure à la longueur des flacons tubulaires, et dans lequel cette extrémité supérieure porte un ergot ou doigt dont l'extrémité inférieure est séparée du trou par une distance inférieure à la longueur des flacons tubulaires.The invention also relates to a machine as defined above, comprising a fixed member for loading tubular flasks in the carousel housings, this loading member comprising a hole for engaging the tubular flasks directly above the holes of the carousel. , and a stem having its upper end located vertically above this hole, the upper end of the stem being separated from the hole by a distance greater than the length of the tubular bottles, and wherein this upper end bears a pin or finger whose lower end is separated from the hole by a distance less than the length of the tubular flasks.
L'invention concerne également une machine telle que définie ci-dessus, comprenant un poste de remplissage, un poste d'acheminement et d'encapuchonnage de capsules en extrémité supérieure des flacons tubulaires, et un poste de sertissage de ces capsules, espacés les uns des autres le long du carrousel, ainsi qu'une enceinte d'inertage fixe entourant une portion du carrousel au niveau du poste d'encapuchonnage.The invention also relates to a machine as defined above, comprising a filling station, a station for conveying and encapsulating capsules at the upper end of the tubular bottles, and a station for crimping these capsules, spaced one by one. others along the carousel, as well as a fixed inerting enclosure surrounding a portion of the carousel at the capping station.
L'invention concerne également une machine telle que définie ci-dessus, dans laquelle le poste de remplissage comprend des moyens pour libérer en direction du tube un jet du produit de remplissage qui est entouré d'une gaine de gaz inerte, et dans lequel l'enceinte d'inertage fixe comporte une extrémité d'entrée des flacons tubulaires qui jouxte le poste de remplissage.The invention also relates to a machine as defined above, wherein the filling station comprises means for releasing towards the tube a jet of the filling product which is surrounded by a sheath of inert gas, and wherein fixed inerting chamber has an inlet end of the tubular flasks which adjoins the filling station.
L'invention concerne également une machine telle que définie ci-dessus, dans laquelle le poste d'encapuchonnage comprend, dans l'enceinte d'inertage fixe, des moyens de soufflage d'un gaz inerte pour inerter chaque capsule avant encapuchonnage sur un flacon.The invention also relates to a machine as defined above, in which the capping station comprises, in the inerting chamber fixed, means for blowing an inert gas to inert each capsule before capping on a bottle.
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figure 1 est une vue en perspective montrant la machine de remplissage selon l'invention dans son ensemble avec sa structure porteuse ;Thefigure 1 is a perspective view showing the filling machine according to the invention as a whole with its supporting structure; -
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figure 2 est une vue en perspective de la machine de remplissage selon l'invention dans son ensemble sans sa structure porteuse ;Thefigure 2 is a perspective view of the filling machine according to the invention as a whole without its supporting structure; -
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figure 3 est une vue en perspective montrant l'organe de chargement de flacons équipant le poste d'introduction représenté seul ;Thefigure 3 is a perspective view showing the vial loading member equipping the introduction station shown alone; -
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figure 4 est une vue en perspective montrant le poste de chargement des flacons tubulaires lors de l'engagement d'un flacon ;Thefigure 4 is a perspective view showing the loading station of the tubular vials during the engagement of a vial; -
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figure 5 est une vue latérale en coupe du poste d'encapuchonnage des capsules dans la machine selon l'invention ;Thefigure 5 is a sectional side view of the encapsulation station of the capsules in the machine according to the invention; -
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figure 6 est une vue de dessus montrant le couloir d'inertage et le carrousel de la machine selon l'invention ;Thefigure 6 is a top view showing the inerting corridor and the carousel of the machine according to the invention; -
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figure 7 est une vue latérale montrant la descente des flacons tubulaires au niveau de la portion inclinée de la rampe dans la machine selon l'invention ;Thefigure 7 is a side view showing the descent of the tubular flasks at the inclined portion of the ramp in the machine according to the invention; -
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figure 8 est une vue de dessus de la machine selon l'invention montrant le carrousel ainsi que le rail de guidage et le poste de sortie fixe.Thefigure 8 is a top view of the machine according to the invention showing the carousel and the guide rail and the stationary output station.
La machine selon l'invention, qui est généralement repérée par 1 dans la
Cette plaque support 4 porte d'une part un organe mobile de convoyage qui est ici un carrousel 7, et d'autre part un ensemble d'actionneurs et d'équipements repéré généralement par 6, qui sont destinés à assurer le remplissage des flacons, ainsi que la pose et le sertissage d'une capsule sur les flacons remplis.This
Le carrousel 7 qui est mobile en rotation autour d'un axe vertical, comporte une couronne circulaire 8 incluant une série de logements 9 se présentant sous forme de trous traversant verticalement cette couronne, en étant régulièrement espacés les uns des autres.The
Chaque trou 9 a un diamètre interne légèrement supérieur au diamètre externe des flacons tubulaires à remplir, de manière à constituer un logement à l'intérieur duquel un tel flacon peut être introduit. Dans les
La hauteur de la couronne 8 est inférieure à la longueur des flacons tubulaires 11 à remplir. A titre d'exemple, la hauteur de la couronne vaut environ quinze centimètres, alors que la longueur totale des flacons tubulaires 11 est de vingt centimètres.The height of the
Complémentairement à ce carrousel rotatif 7, la plaque support 4 porte une rampe 12 ayant une forme générale de couronne qui est située sous le carrousel 7, en vis-à-vis des logements 9. Un flacon tubulaire 11 engagé dans un logement 9 a ainsi son extrémité inférieure en appui sur cette rampe 12, et cette extrémité inférieure glisse sur la surface de cette rampe lorsque le carrousel tourne.In addition to this
Cette rampe 12 comporte une portion dite horizontale, repérée par 13, qui longe la face inférieure de la couronne 8 sur environ cinq huitièmes de sa circonférence, et une portion dite inclinée, repérée par 14, qui prolonge la portion horizontale en s'étendant sur environ un huitième de tour en étant elle aussi située en vis-à-vis des logements 9 de la couronne 8.This
La portion inclinée 14 de la rampe 12 débouche dans une extrémité supérieure d'un rail de sortie repéré par 16. L'extrémité supérieure du rail 16 est orientée verticalement, et son extrémité inférieure est orientée horizontalement pour déboucher dans un poste de sortie 17 recevant les flacons remplis et sertis.The
Comme visible dans la
Les flacons 11 devant être remplis et sertis sont chargés l'un après l'autre dans les logements 9 de la couronne 8, par un opérateur situé au niveau d'un poste fixe de chargement 18 qui est situé sensiblement à l'extérieur de l'enceinte délimitée par la structure porteuse parallélépipédique 3.The
Concrètement, le carrousel 8 est déporté pour qu'une partie de sa couronne 9 dépasse latéralement de l'espace parallélépipédique délimité par la structure porteuse 3. Le poste de chargement 18 est situé au dessus de la portion de couronne dépassant latéralement, ce qui permet un aménagement ergonomique du poste de l'opérateur, assurant notamment que l'opérateur n'a pas accès aux composants internes de la machine.Specifically, the
Dans l'exemple de la
En fonctionnement, un opérateur installé au poste 18 engage un nouveau flacon à remplir dans un logement 9 du carrousel 7 à chaque pas de rotation de ce carrousel, celui-ci étant piloté en rotation de manière séquentielle, c'est-à-dire pas-à-pas. Chaque flacon porté par le carrousel 7 passe ensuite à un poste 19 de nettoyage et de remplissage de vin.In operation, an operator installed at the
Lorsqu'un flacon 11 a été rempli de vin au poste 19, le déplacement subséquent d'un pas de rotation du carrousel 7 engage immédiatement ce flacon dans une enceinte ou couloir d'inertage, repérée par 21. Une capsule est ensuite encapuchonnée autour de l'extrémité supérieure de ce flacon, dans le couloir 21, cette opération étant ainsi assurée sous atmosphère inerte, à un poste repéré par 22.When a
Le flacon sort ensuite du couloir d'inertage 21 pour être présenté à un poste de sertissage 23, où une tête de sertissage vient entourer la capsule pour la sertir autour de l'extrémité supérieure extérieurement filetée du flacon.The flask then leaves the
Lorsque l'opération de sertissage a été effectuée, le carrousel continue de tourner pas-à-pas pour acheminer le flacon traité vers le rail 16 en vue de son évacuation vers le poste de sortie 17, ce qui correspond à la fin de l'opération de conditionnement.When the crimping operation has been performed, the carousel continues to turn stepwise to route the treated bottle to the
Comme visible dans les
Comme visible dans la
L'embase 27 et la platine 26 sont percées d'un trou vertical traversant 25, de diamètre sensiblement supérieur à celui des flacons tubulaires à charger, et débouchant dans le tube de guidage 29, l'ensemble surplombant le chemin de passage des logements 9 du carrousel rotatif 7.The
Le chargement d'un flacon tubulaire 11 consiste ainsi à l'engager dans le trou 25 pour le faire descendre dans le logement 9 situé à l'aplomb de ce trou. Comme visible dans la
Une fois que le flacon tubulaire 11 est en appui sur la face supérieure de l'organe d'amortissement 31, son extrémité supérieure est dégagée du tube de guidage 29, de sorte que le carrousel 7 peut être commandé pour avancer d'un pas en rotation afin de procéder au chargement du flacon suivant.Once the
L'organe de chargement 24 constitue en outre un détrompeur assurant qu'un flacon ne peut pas être chargé dans le carrousel 7 avec son ouverture vers le bas. A cet effet, l'extrémité supérieure de la potence 28 est espacée de la face supérieure 32 de l'embase 27 d'une distance sensiblement supérieure à la longueur des flacons tubulaires à remplir, et cette extrémité supérieure porte un doigt ou ergot 33 situé à l'aplomb du trou vertical 25 et s'étendant vers le bas.The
La distance séparant l'extrémité inférieure du doigt 33 et la face supérieure 32 de l'embase 27 est légèrement supérieure à la longueur des flacons tubulaires à remplir.The distance separating the lower end of the
Dans ces conditions, la seule possibilité pour engager un flacon tubulaire 11 dans le trou vertical de l'embase 27 consiste à engager l'embouchure de ce flacon tubulaire autour du doigt 33, pour pouvoir placer l'extrémité inférieure de ce flacon au dessus du trou 25.Under these conditions, the only possibility to engage a
Concrètement, un opérateur qui tenterait d'engager le flacon dans le trou 25 en plaçant son extrémité borgne en haut serait contraint par la présence du doigt 33 à orienter ce flacon de manière trop oblique pour permettre sa descente dans le trou de guidage 25 qui s'étend verticalement.Specifically, an operator who tries to engage the bottle in the
Le poste de nettoyage et de remplissage 19 comprend deux buses orientées vers le bas en étant situées à l'aplomb respectivement de deux logements 9 consécutifs lorsque le carrousel 7 est immobile.The cleaning and filling
La première buse souffle de l'air pour nettoyer l'intérieur du flacon, et la seconde buse remplit le flacon de vin en libérant conjointement un jet de vin et un flux de gaz inerte tel que de l'azote formant une gaine autour de ce jet de vin. Cette gaine d'azote limite l'oxydation du vin durant le remplissage, et assure que la portion supérieure du flacon qui n'est pas remplie de vin soit remplie essentiellement d'azote en fin de remplissage.The first nozzle blows air to clean the interior of the bottle, and the second nozzle fills the bottle of wine by jointly releasing a jet of wine and a flow of inert gas such as nitrogen forming a sheath around it. wine spray. This nitrogen sheath limits the oxidation of the wine during filling, and ensures that the upper portion of the vial that is not filled with wine is filled essentially with nitrogen at the end of filling.
Le sertissage d'une capsule sur l'ouverture supérieure de chaque flacon tubulaire est assuré en deux opérations successives : au poste 22, une capsule est acheminée et encapuchonnée sur l'ouverture supérieure, et au poste 23, une tête de sertissage vient sertir la capsule autour de l'ouverture supérieure.The crimping of a capsule on the upper opening of each tubular bottle is ensured in two successive operations: at
L'encapuchonnage de la capsule est réalisé dans l'enceinte inerte 21, qui a une forme générale de couloir en arc de cercle entourant une portion de la couronne 8, sur environ un quart de tour. Ce couloir 21 comprend à son entrée et à sa sortie, deux portes battantes qui s'ouvrent lorsqu'une extrémité supérieure de flacon vient en appui sur elles durant le déplacement du carrousel, et se ferment après passage de ce flacon.The encapsulation of the capsule is performed in the
Ce couloir 21 est surpressurisé avec du gaz inerte tel que de l'azote, de manière à maintenir un taux d'oxygène le plus bas possible, de l'azote étant continuellement insufflé dans ce couloir.This
Comme représenté schématiquement en
La capsule s'immobilise alors en extrémité inférieure de la goulotte 34, en même temps qu'un jet d'azote lui est appliqué de manière à l'inerter, au moyen d'une ou plusieurs buses de soufflage d'azote situées dans la zone d'encapsulage 36.The capsule then stops at the lower end of the
Compte tenu de la forme de la goulotte 34 et de moyens d'arrêt qui équipent son extrémité inférieure, chaque capsule s'immobilise avec son ouverture orientée vers le bas, et en ayant le point le plus bas de son bord inférieur circulaire situé sensiblement au dessous du bord supérieur des flacons tubulaires.Given the shape of the
A ce stade, lorsque le carrousel est commandé pour être déplacé d'un pas, le flacon 11 situé immédiatement en amont de la capsule immobilisée en extrémité inférieure de la goulotte 34 vient buter contre la face interne cylindrique de la capsule. Ce mouvement a pour effet de décrocher cette capsule de la goulotte 34, et de l'engager autour de l'extrémité supérieure du flacon pour l'encapuchonner.At this stage, when the carousel is controlled to be moved one step, the
Lorsque le flacon tubulaire encapuchonné atteint le poste de sertissage 23, après être sortie du couloir inerté 21, la tête de sertissage vient entourer l'extrémité supérieure du flacon avec la capsule qui porte, et sertit la portion de paroi cylindrique de cette capsule autour de l'extrémité supérieure filetée du flacon tubulaire.When the encapsulated tubular bottle reaches the crimping
Une fois que les flacons ont été remplis de vin et sertis, aux postes 19, 22, et 23, ils sont évacués vers le poste de sortie 17. A cet effet, la portion de rampe 14 qui est située au voisinage du poste 17 permet aux flacons tubulaires de descendre progressivement des logements 9 qu'ils occupent dans le carrousel 7, comme illustré schématiquement en
L'extrémité la plus haute de la portion oblique 14 de la rampe 12 est située à même hauteur que la portion horizontale 13 de cette rampe 12, c'est-à-dire à environ un centimètre au dessous de la face inférieure 33 de la couronne 8. L'extrémité la plus basse de cette portion oblique 14, qui correspond à l'extrémité de sortie de la rampe 12, est quant à elle espacée de la face inférieure 33 d'une distance valant sensiblement la moitié de la longueur des flacons tubulaires 11.The highest end of the
L'extrémité inférieure de la portion oblique 14 de la rampe 12 débouche au niveau de l'extrémité supérieure du rail de guidage 16. Lorsqu'un flacon tubulaire 11 déplacé par le carrousel 7 atteint l'extrémité inférieure de la portion oblique 14, il s'engage dans le rail incurvé 16 en étant déjà au moins à moitié descendu de son logement 9, sans avoir acquis de vitesse verticale.The lower end of the
Dans ces conditions, le dégagement complet du flacon vis-à-vis de son logement 9 nécessite qu'il tombe verticalement sur seulement la moitié de sa longueur, ce qui permet de limiter la vitesse du flacon lors de son évacuation dans le rail de guidage 16.Under these conditions, the complete disengagement of the bottle from its
Dans l'exemple des figures, l'extrémité inférieure de la portion oblique 14 est séparée de la face inférieure de la couronne 8 par une distance valant à peu près la moitié de la longueur du flacon tubulaire. Mais d'autres valeurs peuvent être adoptées, dès lors qu'elles permettent de réduire la vitesse verticale du flacon lors de son évacuation en limitant le déplacement vertical nécessaire à son dégagement complet du logement qu'il occupe.In the example of the figures, the lower end of the
L'invention apporte notamment les avantages suivants :
- Grâce à la rampe 12 avec son extrémité de sortie, les flacons sont évacués verticalement du carrousel, ce qui permet de réduire significativement l'encombrement latéral de la machine tout en assurant une évacuation des flacons sans mécanisme mobile additionnel. L'inclinaison de la rampe au niveau de son extrémité de sortie permet de limiter la vitesse de chute des flacons lors de leur évacuation.
- Thanks to the
ramp 12 with its outlet end, the flasks are removed vertically from the carousel, which significantly reduces the lateral size of the machine while ensuring evacuation of the bottles without additional mobile mechanism. The inclination of the ramp at its outlet end limits the rate of fall of the bottles during their evacuation.
La mise en oeuvre d'un remplissage des flacons avec un jet de liquide entouré d'une gaine de gaz inerte, associée à un couloir d'inertage dont l'entrée jouxte le poste de remplissage assure que le taux d'oxygène dans le volume mort des flacons remplis est extrêmement faible lorsqu'ils sont dans le couloir d'inertage.The implementation of a filling of the flasks with a jet of liquid surrounded by an inert gas sheath, associated with an inerting corridor whose inlet adjoins the filling station ensures that the oxygen content in the volume Filled vials are extremely dead when they are in the inerting lane.
Complémentairement, l'inertage de chaque capsule avant encapuchonnage sur l'embouchure des flacons permet d'atteindre un taux d'oxygène extrêmement faible dans le volume mort une fois que la capsule a été sertie.Complementarily, the inerting of each capsule before capping on the mouth of the vials makes it possible to reach an extremely low oxygen level in the dead volume once the capsule has been crimped.
Claims (7)
- A machine (1) for filling and crimping tubular vials (11), including a carousel (7) for moving each tubular vial (11) sequentially from one fixed station to another in order successively to fill it, cap its mouth with a capsule and crimp that capsule, this carousel (7) including vertical through-holes (9) constituting housings in which the tubular vials (11) are vertically engaged, the machine (1) including a fixed ramp (12) situated under the carousel (7), each tubular vial (11) placed in a housing (9) having its lower end bearing on this ramp (12), and wherein this ramp (12) has the shape of a portion of a ring so that each crimped vial (11) is evacuated from the carousel automatically by the effect of gravity as soon as it is moved beyond an outlet end of this ramp (12), characterized in that the ramp (12) includes a horizontal portion (13) followed by a portion (14) inclined relative to the horizontal to cause partial descent of the tubular vials (11) before evacuation.
- The machine as claimed in claim 1, further including a curved guide rail (16) having a vertical end connected to the lower end of the inclined portion (14) of the ramp (12) and the other end of which discharges horizontally into a fixed outlet station (17).
- The machine as claimed in claim 2, wherein the curved guide rail (16) lies in a plane perpendicular to the direction of conveying the tubular vials (11).
- The machine as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, including a fixed member (24) for loading tubular vials (11) into the housings (9) of the carousel (7), this loading member (24) including a hole (25) for engagement of the tubular vials (11) in vertical alignment with the holes (9) of the carousel (7), and a boom (28) having its upper end situated in vertical alignment with this hole (25), the upper end of the boom being separated from the hole (25) by a distance greater than the length of the tubular vials (11), and wherein this upper end carries a lug or finger (33) the lower end of which is separated from the hole (25) by a distance less than the length of the tubular vials (11).
- The machine as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, including a filling station (19), a station (22) for routing capsules and capping the upper end of the tubular vials (11) with them, and a station (23) for crimping these capsules, spaced from each other along the carrousel (7), and a fixed inert atmosphere enclosure (21) around a portion of the carrousel (7) at the level of the capping station (22).
- The machine as claimed in claim 5, wherein the filling station includes means for releasing in the direction of the vial a jet of the filling product that is surrounded by a sheath of inert gas, and wherein the fixed inert atmosphere enclosure (21) has a tubular vial inlet end that is juxtaposed to the filling station (19).
- The machine as claimed in claim 5 or 6, wherein the capping station (23) includes, in the fixed inert atmosphere enclosure, means for blowing an inert gas for inerting each capsule before capping a vial with it.
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