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- Thepresent invention relates to the sealing art and moreparticularly to an improved mechanism and method of p irging or removing air from a package before thepackage is heremetically sealed;
- inert gas is intended tolinc'lude any such fluid.
- an uncapped container is moved underneath a sealing hood wherein air is removed from the container as the vapor or inertgas is introduced therein through an opening in the sealing hood.
- a closure cap is applied to' the"contain'er to form a sealed package.
- the opening-in the hood for the introduction of the vapor or ihert gas therein has been a continuous slot in a so-called distributor-ring.
- Other distributor rings have utilized a plurality of spaced openings all oriented in the same direction, i.e. all positioned to direct the inert gas downwardly or all positioned to direct it upwardly. It has been found that these prior devices were not effective to give a commercially satisfactory vacuum or replacement of the air by the inert gas.
- the present invention overcomes these defects and provides an improved mechanism and method for purging air from a container in which a commercially satisfactory vacuum will be created or where an equivalent reduction in the oxygen of the headspace is obtained by the replacement of the air by an inert gas.
- Another object of the present invention is the provision of an improved mechanism and method of purging air from a container which will operate at greater speeds than present mechanisms.
- Another object of the present invention is the provision of an improved mechanism and method of purging air from a container which is inexpensive to manufacture and maintain.
- FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing the improved mechanism of the present invention in operation
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view partly in section showing the improved steam head of the present invention
- FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view of the improveddistributor-ring of the present-invention showing the position of the gas injection openings;
- FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the distributor-ring taken along line 4-4 of FIG. 3;
- FIG. 5 is a sectional view of the distributor-ring taken along line 5-5 of FIG. 3
- FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the distributor-ring taken along line 66 of FIG. 3;
- FIG. 7 is a sectional view showing the path of inert gas emitted from one opening in the distributor-ring
- FIG. 8 is a sectional view showing the path of inert gas emitted from another opening in the distributorring.
- FIG.'9 is a sectional view showing the path of the inert gas from still another opening in the distributorring.
- skirt portion 6 and sealing gasket 7 is adapted to be applied to the container to form a sealed package.
- skirt portion 6 has a continuous thread 8 adapted to cooperate with the thread 2 on the container finish 3 in order to hold the closure cap 4 in place after the sealing operation.
- closure cap and container shown in the drawings are illustrative only and that the closure cap and container with which the invention may be used may vary in structure as desired without departing from the invention.
- the container 1 is moved beneath a sealing hood 10 which has a sealing clutch 11 reciprocably mounted there- 'within.
- the sealing clutch 11 is provided with a magnet 13 adapted to hold the cap 4 in an elevated position while the purging operation is performed and a plunger friction cover 12 which is adapted to apply the closure cap 4 to the container 1 after the air has been replaced by an inert gas.
- the sealing hood 10 comprises an outer imperforate gas head 15 into which an inlet pipe 16 is mounted and a perforated distributor-ring 17 spaced from the outer wall of the gas head 15 to form a gas chamber 18.
- the perforated distributor-ring 17 has a plurality of openings or perforations 20, 21 and 22 therein which are angled with respect to each other.
- the perforations 20 are oriented or angled downwardly to direct a stream of inert gas in a downward direction against the mouth of the container 1 to displace air from the headspace in the container, as clearly shown in FIGS. 4 and 7.
- Perforations 21 as shown in FIGS. 5 and 8 are oriented upwardly to direct a stream of inert gas in an upward direction to displace air from the inner confines of the closure cap 4.
- Perforations 22 (FIGS. 6 and 9) are oriented horizontally to permit a stream of inert gas to be directed across the top of the container in a substantially horizontal direction to keep air from entering the container and the closure and to assist in moving displaced air quickly from the container and the closure.
- the perforations 20, 21 and 22 are on of the perforations may be changed, if desired.
- the upwardly oriented perforations 21 are preferably at about an angle of 15 degrees from the horizontal and the downwardly oriented perforations 20 are preferably at an angle of degrees to the horizontal. However, these angles may be changed if desired.
- the perforations 20, 21 and 22 are wide enough to eject a stream of inert gas to give optimum results.
- the perforations are circular and are about oneeighth of an inch in diameter.
- the perforations have been shown as being circular, it is also within the scope of the invention to make the perforations of any shape, such as oval, square, rectangular, etc.
- the downwardly oriented perforations 20 will direct a stream of inert gas against the head space in the container to displace air therefrom.
- the upwardly oriented perforations 21 (FIG. 8) will simultaneously direct inert gas against the undersurface of the closure cap and displace air therefrom and the horizontally oriented perforations 22 (FIG. 9) will simultaneously direct inert gas in the area between the cap and the container to assist in moving displaced air quickly from the container and the closure cap and to keep air from reentering the container and the closure cap.
- the sealing clutch 11 is lowered and the closure cap 4'is applied to the container 1.
- the present invention provides an improved mechanism and method of displacing air from glass containers packaged with a commercially acceptable reduction of oxygen and in order to permit greater efliciency in operation.
- a sealing head comprising closure applying means, a substantially annular and uninterrupted distributor ring, a plurality of spaced radially positioned openings in said ring, said openings being substantially on thesame elevational plane, a number of said openings being oriented in a downward direction, openings adjacent said downwardly oriented openings being oriented in an upward direction and openings adjacent said upwardly oriented openings being horizontally oriented.
- a sealing head comprising closure applying means, a substantially annular and uninterrupted distributor ring in said sealing head, a plurality of spaced radially positioned openings in said ring, said openings being substanstantially on the same elevational plane and spacedat an angle of about 10 degrees from each other, said openings being arranged so one of said openings is horizontally oriented, an opening adjacent said horizontally oriented opening being oriented in a downward direction at an angle of about 10 degrees, an opening on the other side of said horizontally oriented opening being oriented in an upward direction at an angle of about 15 degrees.
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April 19, 1966 s. R. SMITH ETAL 3,246,447
AIR PURGING' MECHANISM Filed Feb. 25, 1963 l 4 UIIIE L5 LI 'IIII. 'III) IIIIIIIII 3,246,447 Patented Apr. 19, 1966 3.24 .441, f, AIR PURGING MECHANISM Sheldon R. Smith and Orin L. Pflieger, Lancaster, Ohio,
assignors to Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation, Lancaster, Ohio, a corporation of Delaware Filed Feb. 25, 1963, Ser. No. 260,382
2 Claims. (CI. 53-88) Thepresent invention relates to the sealing art and moreparticularly to an improved mechanism and method of p irging or removing air from a package before thepackage is heremetically sealed;
'In order to lengthen the storage life of food products and to prevent deterioration of the packaged food by oxygen, it isdesirable to remove the air from the packages prior to their being sealed. For example where closure caps are applied to containers, airis removed ifrom the space between the top of the product and the closure cap. This is done either by removing substantially allof the air by forming a partial vacuum or it may be done by displacing the air with a gas which is inert with respect to the packaged product. tion ofa vacuumis preferably done by replacing the 1 air jwith 'a; condensable vaporsuch as steam so that a The formava cuum is formedwhen the steam cools and condenses.
-Thus itis seenthat both the formation of a vacuum or Y the introductionof an inert gas requires the injection of a gaseous fluid into the container top to displace the air. Where the" following description describes the injection of a n'inertgas, it is clear that the injection of a confdensable" vapor such as steam is advantageously per-" f'ormed using the samemechanism and method.
For "convenience in description, the application will be described withreferenceto an inert gas.
-it will bee-"understood that the present invention is adapted to be iisedwithiany fiuid'which will displace air, such as stear'nancL similar'fluids; and that theme of the term However,
inert gas is intended tolinc'lude any such fluid.
In practice, an uncapped container is moved underneath a sealing hood wherein air is removed from the container as the vapor or inertgas is introduced therein through an opening in the sealing hood. When all the air is displaced by the vapor or inert gas, a closure cap is applied to' the"contain'er to form a sealed package.
An exa'r'riple of suchfa mechanism is the one shown in United States Patent No; 2,510,568 dated June 6, 1950.
Heretoforethe opening-in the hood for the introduction of the vapor or ihert gas therein has been a continuous slot in a so-called distributor-ring. Other distributor rings have utilized a plurality of spaced openings all oriented in the same direction, i.e. all positioned to direct the inert gas downwardly or all positioned to direct it upwardly. It has been found that these prior devices were not effective to give a commercially satisfactory vacuum or replacement of the air by the inert gas.
The present invention overcomes these defects and provides an improved mechanism and method for purging air from a container in which a commercially satisfactory vacuum will be created or where an equivalent reduction in the oxygen of the headspace is obtained by the replacement of the air by an inert gas.
Another object of the present invention is the provision of an improved mechanism and method of purging air from a container which will operate at greater speeds than present mechanisms.
Another object of the present invention is the provision of an improved mechanism and method of purging air from a container which is inexpensive to manufacture and maintain.
Other and further objects of the invention will be obvious upon an understanding of the illustrative embodiment about to be described, or will be indicated in the appended claims, and various advantages not referred to herein will occur to one skilled in the art upon employment of the invention in practice.
A preferred embodiment of the invention has been chosen for purposes of illustration and description and is shown in the accompanying, drawings, forming a part of the specification, wherein:
FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing the improved mechanism of the present invention in operation;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view partly in section showing the improved steam head of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view of the improveddistributor-ring of the present-invention showing the position of the gas injection openings;
FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the distributor-ring taken along line 4-4 of FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is a sectional view of the distributor-ring taken along line 5-5 of FIG. 3
FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the distributor-ring taken along line 66 of FIG. 3;
FIG. 7 is a sectional view showing the path of inert gas emitted from one opening in the distributor-ring;
"FIG. 8 is a sectional view showing the path of inert gas emitted from another opening in the distributorring; and
FIG.'9 is a sectional view showing the path of the inert gas from still another opening in the distributorring.
It will, of course, be understood that the closure cap and container shown in the drawings are illustrative only and that the closure cap and container with which the invention may be used may vary in structure as desired without departing from the invention.
The container 1 is moved beneath a sealing hood 10 which has a sealing clutch 11 reciprocably mounted there- 'within. The sealing clutch 11 is provided with a magnet 13 adapted to hold the cap 4 in an elevated position while the purging operation is performed and a plunger friction cover 12 which is adapted to apply the closure cap 4 to the container 1 after the air has been replaced by an inert gas.
The sealing hood 10 comprises an outer imperforate gas head 15 into which an inlet pipe 16 is mounted and a perforated distributor-ring 17 spaced from the outer wall of the gas head 15 to form a gas chamber 18.
The perforated distributor-ring 17 has a plurality of openings or perforations 20, 21 and 22 therein which are angled with respect to each other. The perforations 20 are oriented or angled downwardly to direct a stream of inert gas in a downward direction against the mouth of the container 1 to displace air from the headspace in the container, as clearly shown in FIGS. 4 and 7. Perforations 21 as shown in FIGS. 5 and 8, are oriented upwardly to direct a stream of inert gas in an upward direction to displace air from the inner confines of the closure cap 4. Perforations 22 (FIGS. 6 and 9) are oriented horizontally to permit a stream of inert gas to be directed across the top of the container in a substantially horizontal direction to keep air from entering the container and the closure and to assist in moving displaced air quickly from the container and the closure.
In the preferred embodiment of the invention as shown in the drawings, the perforations 20, 21 and 22 are on of the perforations may be changed, if desired.
The upwardly oriented perforations 21 are preferably at about an angle of 15 degrees from the horizontal and the downwardly oriented perforations 20 are preferably at an angle of degrees to the horizontal. However, these angles may be changed if desired.
The perforations 20, 21 and 22 are wide enough to eject a stream of inert gas to give optimum results. Preferably the perforations are circular and are about oneeighth of an inch in diameter. Furthermore, While in the preferred embodiment the perforations have been shown as being circular, it is also within the scope of the invention to make the perforations of any shape, such as oval, square, rectangular, etc.
Furthermore, in the embodiment shown in the drawings there are thirty-six perforations 20, 21, 22 all spaced about 10 degrees from each other, i.e. there are twelve upwardly oriented perforations 20, twelve downwardly oriented perforations 21, and twelve horizontally oriented perforations 22. However, it will be understood that the total number of perforations and the number of perforations in any particular direction may be varied, if desired.
As shown in FIG. 7 and as mentioned above the downwardly oriented perforations 20 will direct a stream of inert gas against the head space in the container to displace air therefrom. The upwardly oriented perforations 21 (FIG. 8) will simultaneously direct inert gas against the undersurface of the closure cap and displace air therefrom and the horizontally oriented perforations 22 (FIG. 9) will simultaneously direct inert gas in the area between the cap and the container to assist in moving displaced air quickly from the container and the closure cap and to keep air from reentering the container and the closure cap.
The simultaneous injection of the inert gas in many directions will displace the air in a lesser amount of time and will permit a more eflicient operation. With this structure a reduced amount of oxygen equivalent to a vacuum of about 28 to 29 inches has been achieved with the sealing rate of about 20 seals per minute.
After the air is replaced with an inert gas, the sealing clutch 11 is lowered and the closure cap 4'is applied to the container 1.
While the terms horizontal, downward and upward have been used herein, it will be understood that such terms are relative and apply only with respect to the reference plane as shown in the drawings. 1
It will be seen from the above that the present invention provides an improved mechanism and method of displacing air from glass containers packaged with a commercially acceptable reduction of oxygen and in order to permit greater efliciency in operation.
As various changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement of the parts herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention and without sacrificing any of its advantages, it is to be understood that all matter herein is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.
Having thus described our invention, we claim:
1. A sealing head comprising closure applying means, a substantially annular and uninterrupted distributor ring, a plurality of spaced radially positioned openings in said ring, said openings being substantially on thesame elevational plane, a number of said openings being oriented in a downward direction, openings adjacent said downwardly oriented openings being oriented in an upward direction and openings adjacent said upwardly oriented openings being horizontally oriented.
2. A sealing head comprising closure applying means, a substantially annular and uninterrupted distributor ring in said sealing head, a plurality of spaced radially positioned openings in said ring, said openings being substanstantially on the same elevational plane and spacedat an angle of about 10 degrees from each other, said openings being arranged so one of said openings is horizontally oriented, an opening adjacent said horizontally oriented opening being oriented in a downward direction at an angle of about 10 degrees, an opening on the other side of said horizontally oriented opening being oriented in an upward direction at an angle of about 15 degrees.
References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,322,250 6/1943 Murch 53 -1 12 2,692,715 10/1954 Doudera 53110 2,693,305 11/1954 Boyd et al 53-42 X 3,040,492 6/1962 Stover et al. 5388 TRAVIS S. MCGEHEE, Primary Examiner.
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1. A SEALING HEAD COMPRISING CLOSURE APPLYING MEANS, A SUBSTANTIALLY ANNULAR AND UNINTERRUPTED DISTRIBUTOR RING, A PLURALITY OF SPACED RADIALLY POSITIONED OPENINGS IN SAID RING, SAID OPENINGS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY ON THE SAME ELEVATIONAL PLANE, A NUMBER OF SAID OPENINGS BEING ORIENTED IN A DOWNWARD DIRECTION, OPENINGS ADJACENT SAID DOWNWARDLY ORIENTED OPENINGS BEING ORIENTED IN AN UPWARD DIRECTION AND OPENINGS ADJACENT SAID UPWARDLY ORIENTED OPENINGS BEING HORIZONTALLY ORIENTED.
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