DE1938447A1 - Device for cleaning and / or filling cylindrical barrels - Google Patents

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1938 447 PATENT Attorney DIPL.-ING, HANS WERNER GRAF

FERNRUF 77 62 05 SCHWINDSTRASSE 8 6000 FRANKFURT AM _f <3. _en July 25, 1969

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C. A. Neubecker 6050 Offenbach a.M., Frankfurter Strasse 100-104

Device for cleaning and / or filling cylindrical barrels.

The invention relates to a device for cleaning and / or filling metallic, essentially cylindrical Barrels, in particular beer barrels, which have a bunghole firmly in each of the two bottoms or end walls have built-in shut-off device.

'■ s. To such provided with bung holes on both floors To be able to clean and / or fill barrels is, according to the invention, a receptacle or support for placing the barrel Proposed in the upright position, with two heads for making the connection to the two shut-off devices of the two bung holes are present and at least

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one of these heads and / or the fitting pad relative to one another are designed to be movable to establish or release the connection. Next "are on the heads neck or similar. Like. Provided for the optional supply and / or discharge of liquid or gaseous media, with the help of which cleaning with cold or hot water, lye, rinsing, steaming can be done.

To such upright cylindrical metal drums from below through the bunghole shut-off device in the sub-floor To be able to fill, it is further proposed that an additional device for cooling the sub-floor is preferred to be provided for shock freezing, which can be connected upstream of the filling station.

In this way undesirable foaming of the e.g. Avoided carbonated beer when pouring. As is well known, such a beer tends to foam, especially when the beer has not cooled down to around freezing point and the keg to be filled is from a previous one The damping process is still hot.

If the barrels are to be subjected to an injection to improve the cleaning effect, which one mechanical cleaning effect, then it is advisable to

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to carry out the spraying with rotating spray heads in such a way that one after the other, practically the entire The inside of the vessel is acted upon. If there is no rotating Spray heads are available, then the respective fitting support can be rotatably mounted and directly or indirectly with the help of known mechanical, hydraulic or electrical drives set up in rotation be.

It can be used to improve the cleaning effect be to accomplish the emptying of the pass inside with the help of negative pressure. For this purpose, the head can be used to Establishing the connection to the bunghole shut-off device in the sub-floor be sealed against this e.g. with the help of a sealing bellows or a sleeve and with a Que: -5 associated with creating negative pressure will.

According to the invention, therefore, a work station for cleaning the inside of metallic passports is in an upright position Set up in such a way that the respective bunghole shut-off element in the topsoil one after the other with the supply lines of different Media such as cold water, warm water, cold liquor, warm liquor, steam, inert gas, etc. is connected, and that Bunghole shut-off device in the sub-floor allows the medium present inside the pass to be discharged under negative pressure and / or

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causes in free run.

It is useful for every medium provided for internal cleaning a work station is provided and these work stations are in a manner known per se in the longitudinal direction arranged one behind the other or on at least one circular path. Also bring well-known transport facilities the passer in charge of the work cycle from one station to the next station.

One of these indoor cleaning stations is also useful known per se external cleaning station for the lying and preferably rotating passport upstream to which a turning station, also known per se, for transferring the lying barrel in the correct position with subsequent High tipping device connects.

The one interior cleaning station or several interior cleaning stations combined to form a passport cleaning machine are expedient, preferably with upstream external cleaning turning and tilting station with one or more subsequent filling stations, if necessary with a Cooling station for the sub-floor combined into a single machine.

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A common transport device is expediently assigned to the existing workstations, which is the upright Barrels transported from one workstation to the next.

In a schematic embodiment, the cleaning and filling of upright, substantially cylindrical Barrels shown with bung holes in both bottoms. Show it:

Fig. 1 the entire cleaning and filling machine in side view and ■

Fig. 2 is a work station provided with connection heads for both bung holes, partly in longitudinal section, for Part in view.

On the machine shown in Fig. 1, known in the arrangement of the workstations in the longitudinal direction, the cylindrical metal barrels are rolled up and then treated on the individual workstations in a specific work cycle. The outside cleaning is carried out with the help of brush bars on station 1, with the cylindrical barrel rotating on a trestle at right angles to the machine's longitudinal axis. At station 2, the barrel is rotated with a known rotating device with its axis in the longitudinal or working axis of the machine. Station 3 also takes place in

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known way the boiling of the barrels, so that now the bung holes in the two pass bottoms are up or down. The first internal cleaning station is the station 4. This is injected through the upper bung and cold water respectively through the lower bunghole this water and the residual beer under vacuum "-Va- Ψ uum suction filtered. Cleaning with caustic takes place on station 5 · This caustic is injected through the upper bunghole and sucked off through the lower bunghole, again under vacuum. In station 6, hot water is injected at the top and sucked off at the bottom in the same way. At station 7, water vapor is blown in through the upper bunghole, which escapes at the lower bunghole through the open outlet valve, with no suction taking place. Station 8 is used to check the tightness of the valves in the two bung holes. For this purpose, the inside of the barrel is pressurized by a medium, preferably under GO «pressure. The pressure medium is first admitted through the open lower bunghole valve and the tightness of the valve key in the upper bunghole is checked and then, conversely, the pressure medium is admitted through the opened valve in the upper bunghole and then the lower bunghole valve is checked for tightness. The station 9 can be used for various tasks . It is possible to re-dampen the valves in the bung holes on this. But it is particularly useful there below or in the

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Area of the lower barrel bottom. a device for deep freezing or to grow shock freezing »and there at the same time that Fill in; .des. Beer by opening the lower bunghole valve to undertake. The beer flowing in then reaches the floor and near the floor on cool walls, which means that the Otherwise foaming is prevented during normal filling the steaming carried out on the previous station 7 ^ t. - * stay hot to keep the sterility inside, because when the beer in the passport reaches a certain level it no longer has the tendency to foam, so that the rest of the rinsing process is also largely foam-free he follows.

In Pig. 2 the design of the connections for the bunghole c is shown in the scheme at a work station, in which the bunghole valves are covered and tightly connected from the outside when heads are attached. In this case, in the exemplary embodiment, a fixed upper head is provided which has a device for opening the valve in the upper bunghole and tightly grips the bunghole edge. At the same time, this head has at least one pipe socket which is connected to the supply lines for various media, such as cold water, hot water, cold caustic, hot caustic, steam, inert gas.

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The head 12 for establishing the connection to the shut-off element has a sealing bellows in the bunghole of the door bottom and a pipe connection end that optionally leads to the outside, ■ with a vacuum source for suction is used to the beer supply is connected during the filling process or is connected to a ^ pressure medium, e.g. to check the tightness of the shut-off device in the upper bunghole. For example the upper braids 11 are stationary and the lower heads are arranged so that they can move in height. The reverse can also be done will. In any case, the conveying device indicated in FIG. 1 is only used to transport the barrels from one to the next workstation, but also to manufacture the connection of the respective heads 11 and 12 with the associated bung holes.

t The conveyor consists of a known manner all workstations bridging support 13, which executes a rectangular movement with the help of lifting rods. The push rod 14 is for the lifting and lowering movement and the push rod 15 for the reciprocating movement of the support 13 is hinged to an electric motor 16 each, whose Speed through a gear mounted directly on the motor housing to the speed required to move the conveyor Speed is brought.

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All auxiliary equipment necessary for generating, feeding and discharging the various media are required are not shown, nor are the means for controlling the System, which can be done by mechanical means, by hydraulic or electric motors and according to programs, in particular runs electronically.

Claims

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Claims (9)

- ίο - Claims ..: .... 1. Device for cleaning and / or pulling metallic, essentially cylindrical beer barrels, which in each of the two floors or end walls a sheet pile p have a hole with a permanently installed shut-off device, marked by a receptacle or support for placing the barrel in the upright position, two associated Heads (11, 12) for establishing the connection to the two shut-off devices of the two bung holes, with at least one of these heads and / or the fitting support can be moved relative to one another for establishing or releasing the connection are set up, and on the heads nozzle or the like. are provided for optional supply and / or discharge of liquid or gaseous media. 2. Apparatus according to claim 1 for pulling metallic essentially cylindrical passages in an upright position from below through the bunghole shut-off device in the sub-floor, characterized in that an additional device for cooling the sub-floor, preferably is provided for shock freezing, which can be connected upstream of the filling station. 3. Device according to claim 1, for cleaning metallic passports in an upright position, thereby ge 109808/014 5 indicates that the fitting support is rotatably mounted and directly or indirectly with the help of known mechanical, hydraulic or electric drives set in rotation can be. 4. ¥ 0rrichtung according to claim 1 or 3> characterized in that the head (12) for making the connection to the bunghole shut-off device in the sub-floor opposite this e.g. with the help of a sealing bellows or a sleeve is sealed and can be associated with a source for creating negative pressure. 5 »¥ device for cleaning metallic barrels in an upright position, characterized in that a workstation according to one of claims 1, 3 or 4 va? - is used, the bunghole shut-off device in the topsoil one after the other with the supply lines of various media, such as Cold water, warm water, cold liquor, warm liquor, steam, inert gas etc. is connected, and the bunghole shut-off organ in the Underbody, the discharge of the medium present inside the pass effected under negative pressure and / or in free discharge. 6. A device for cleaning metallic passports in an upright position, characterized in that a work station according to one of claims 1, 3 or 4 is provided for each interior cleaning medium, which in on f09808 / 0U5 "known way in the longitudinal direction one behind the other or are arranged on at least one circular path and also known transport devices, the upright barrels in the work cycle from one station to the next. 7. Device for cleaning metallic barrels in an upright position, characterized in that an interior cleaning station according to claim 5 or a plurality of interior cleaning stations according to claim 6 at least one known external cleaning station for the lying and preferably rotating barrel is connected to which a turning station, also known per se, for transferring the lying barrels into the correct position with subsequent High tipping device connects. 8. Device for cleaning and filling metallic Barrels in an upright position, characterized in that one or more internal cleaning stations internal cleaning stations combined in a barrel cleaning machine, preferably with an upstream external cleaning turning and tilting station with one or more subsequent ones Filling stations, optionally combined with a cooling station for the sub-floor to form a single machine are. 10.9808 / 0 145 9. Apparatus according to claim 8, characterized in that the existing workstations have a common Transport device is assigned, which the upright passport from one to the next work station transported. 109808/0145