EP0010322B1 - A metering device - Google Patents
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- EP0010322B1 EP0010322B1 EP19790200555 EP79200555A EP0010322B1 EP 0010322 B1 EP0010322 B1 EP 0010322B1 EP 19790200555 EP19790200555 EP 19790200555 EP 79200555 A EP79200555 A EP 79200555A EP 0010322 B1 EP0010322 B1 EP 0010322B1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
- B65B3/00—Packaging plastic material, semiliquids, liquids or mixed solids and liquids, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, or jars
- B65B3/26—Methods or devices for controlling the quantity of the material fed or filled
- B65B3/30—Methods or devices for controlling the quantity of the material fed or filled by volumetric measurement
- B65B3/32—Methods or devices for controlling the quantity of the material fed or filled by volumetric measurement by pistons co-operating with measuring chambers
- B65B3/323—Methods or devices for controlling the quantity of the material fed or filled by volumetric measurement by pistons co-operating with measuring chambers with measuring chambers travelling in an endless path
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- This invention concerns a device for the delivery of metered quantities of an, at least partially liquid, product, comprising a hopper, a metering cylinder, a plunger reciprocating within the cylinder and a connecting element with a shut-off valve located in between the hopper and the cylinder, said element having the form of a housing, with a port towards the hopper, towards the cylinder and towards the location for product to be delivered, the connections in between said ports being controlled by a valve which is displaceable into several positions within the chamber of the housing the innerwall of the metering cylinder extending to within the valve housing.
- a device is known from GB-A-1 225 903.
- the valve in this known device consists of a hollow rotatable plug with a large opening in its periphery.
- the hollow portion of the valve forms a permanent connection to the hopper whilst the metering cylinder is in permanent connection with the location for the product to be delivered.
- the connection with the location of delivery is opened and closed by means of a separate plunger. It is possible that by starting the device a quantity of gas (mostly being air) may assemble below the head of the plunger reciprocating in the metering cylinder. The presence of said gas or air may cause an incorrect metering to take place, so that a regular check and even a possible dismounting of the respective device is required.
- the present invention aims to provide a construction such, that an occurrence of the above mentioned phenomenon is obviated.
- a bubble of gas or air being present below the plunger during the lowermost position of the latter can flow through the axial recess in the plug to the hopper from which said bubble may then ascend towards the surface of the liquid.
- the present invention relates in particular to a metering device the valve of which comprises a rotatable plug with a transverse bore for establishing a connection between the metering cylinder and the location of delivery of the product.
- the valve is preferably provided with a circumferentially extending groove located between the axial recess and the transverse bore. This enables the valve to be rotated from one end position to another end position at the moment that the metering plunger is in its lowermost position without the risk of obstruction by the plunger head.
- US-A-2 666 564 discloses a same type of device with a metering cylinder and a valve comprising a solid tapering rotatable plug with a circumferentially extending groove connected with a transverse bore. The purpose of this groove is to establish a permanent communication between the bore and the metering cylinder.
- a device of this type comprises a number of metering units all of them being of analogous construction, their operation also being identical.
- the present Specification is therefore limited to a single unit being composed of a metering cylinder 1 and a plunger 2.
- Said plunger 2 is connected with a roll 3 protruding beyond the cylinder 1, said roll serving to reciprocate said plunger in between its lowermost invariable position (shown in Figure 1) and an adjustable uppermost position, depending upon the quantity of product to be metered, such as for instance soup, jams or suchlike partially liquid products.
- the cylinder 1 is positioned at short distance adjacent a hopper 4 for storing said products.
- a connecting element in the form of a valve housing 5 is located below the cylinder 1 and the hopper 4.
- the wall of said housing comprises three orifices constituting a port 6 towards the hopper 4, a port 7 towards the cylinder 1 and a port 8 towards the location for delivering the liquid or partially liquid product (see Figure 3).
- the housing 5 comprises a cylindrical chamber in which a correspondingly shaped valve 9 is disposed.
- This valve 9 comprises a transverse bore 10 constituting a connection between the metering cylinder 1 and the location for the delivery of products, to wit in between the ports 7 and 8.
- the valve 9 is along its periphery further provided with an axially extending recess 11. Said recess 11 forms the connection between the ports 6 and 7 during the sucking stage of the relative device, when liquid product is fed to the cylinder 1 from the hopper 4.
- the inner wall of the metering cylinder 1 extends to within the valve housing, whilst the surface of the head 12 of the plunger 2 extends within the valve 9 at the end of the metering stroke. From this it follows that the latter metering cylinder 1 will hardly exhibit any "dead" space during the lowermost position of the plunger 2. The recess 11 further maintains a connection with the hopper 4. The latter is favourable relative to the operation of the device, which will be described hereinafter with respect to Figures 3a-f.
- the valve 9 further comprises a circumferentially extending cavity 13 in between the axial recess 11 and the transverse bore 10 (see Figure 1). This enables a rotation of the valve 9 in the lowermost position of the plunger 2.
- the left-hand end of the valve 9 is further provided with a collar 14 fitting in a groove 15 of the valve housing 5. In view of the latter the valve 9 may be simply retained by a cover 16. Due to the provision of a complementary recess at a suitable location along the circumference of the collar 14, the body of the valve 9 may be easily drawn out of the housing 5, when being in an inoperative position.
- the operation of the metering device according to the invention substantially corresponds to that as, for example, described in U.S. Patent Specification No. 2,666,564 as mentioned hereinbefore, wherein a roll 3 cooperates with a cam path 17, as diagrammatically illustrated in Figures 3a-f.
- stage A Figure 3a
- the plunger is ascending and liquid product is sucked from the hopper 4, through the ports 6 and 7 and the recess 11.
- stage B Figure 3b
- the plunger 2 has achieved its uppermost position, so that the valve 9 can be displaced (that is to say be rotated) for closing off the connection between the hopper 4 and the cylinder 1 and for opening the connection between the cylinder 1 and the location of delivery, in this case a tin 18.
- stage C ( Figure 3c) merges into stage D ( Figure 3 d ) during which the plunger moves downwards whilst the desired quantity of product is pressed towards the location of delivery.
- stage E ( Figure 3e)
- the surface of the head 12 of the plunger 2 penetrates to within the valve 9, said valve 9 being subsequently turned towards its initial position, see Figure 1.
- the small dead space is further very useful in the situation of a so-called emergency-stop, i.e. a sudden disconnection of the machine. - Due to this small space only a reduced quantity of product is contained in said space. This small quantity can easily be taken up in the container to be filled (tin or glass jar), without an overflow of the container. A pollution of the filling station will thus be prevented.
- the device in accordance with the present invention is especially adapted to being employed in foodstuff-producing industries, for instance in factories for the preparation of tinned soups or for jams in jars.
- the plunger filler may be used for processing, for example, so-called "filled” soups, to wit soups consisting mostly of liquid substances, the remains of said soup (consisting for instance of pieces of vegetables or meat, minced meat balls and the like) being entrained in the flow.
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Description
- This invention concerns a device for the delivery of metered quantities of an, at least partially liquid, product, comprising a hopper, a metering cylinder, a plunger reciprocating within the cylinder and a connecting element with a shut-off valve located in between the hopper and the cylinder, said element having the form of a housing, with a port towards the hopper, towards the cylinder and towards the location for product to be delivered, the connections in between said ports being controlled by a valve which is displaceable into several positions within the chamber of the housing the innerwall of the metering cylinder extending to within the valve housing. Such a device is known from GB-A-1 225 903.
- The valve in this known device consists of a hollow rotatable plug with a large opening in its periphery. The hollow portion of the valve forms a permanent connection to the hopper whilst the metering cylinder is in permanent connection with the location for the product to be delivered. The connection with the location of delivery is opened and closed by means of a separate plunger. It is possible that by starting the device a quantity of gas (mostly being air) may assemble below the head of the plunger reciprocating in the metering cylinder. The presence of said gas or air may cause an incorrect metering to take place, so that a regular check and even a possible dismounting of the respective device is required.
- The present invention aims to provide a construction such, that an occurrence of the above mentioned phenomenon is obviated.
- This is attained according to the invention in that:
- - the head of the plunger extends to within an axial recess of the valve at the end of the metering stroke;
- - the axial recess of the valve is extends along its periphery, said recess alone providing a straight connection between the ports towards the hopper and the cylinder, in the suction position of the valve.
- In view of these features a bubble of gas or air being present below the plunger during the lowermost position of the latter, can flow through the axial recess in the plug to the hopper from which said bubble may then ascend towards the surface of the liquid.
- The present invention relates in particular to a metering device the valve of which comprises a rotatable plug with a transverse bore for establishing a connection between the metering cylinder and the location of delivery of the product. In that case the valve is preferably provided with a circumferentially extending groove located between the axial recess and the transverse bore. This enables the valve to be rotated from one end position to another end position at the moment that the metering plunger is in its lowermost position without the risk of obstruction by the plunger head.
- In this connection it is observed that US-A-2 666 564 discloses a same type of device with a metering cylinder and a valve comprising a solid tapering rotatable plug with a circumferentially extending groove connected with a transverse bore. The purpose of this groove is to establish a permanent communication between the bore and the metering cylinder.
- An embodiment of the most important portion of the present metering device in accordance with the invention and some operational stages of same, will now be illustrated with respect to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
- Figure 1 shows a vertical section of the metering device;
- Figure 2 is a section according to line II-II of the lowermost part of the device in Figure 1;
- Figures 3a-f diagrammatically show five operational stages of the device as shown in Figures 1 and 2.
- The drawings disclose a metering device which could be part of a complete device of the type as described in the aforementioned U.S. Patent Specification No. 2,666,564. A device of this type comprises a number of metering units all of them being of analogous construction, their operation also being identical. The present Specification is therefore limited to a single unit being composed of a
metering cylinder 1 and aplunger 2. Saidplunger 2 is connected with aroll 3 protruding beyond thecylinder 1, said roll serving to reciprocate said plunger in between its lowermost invariable position (shown in Figure 1) and an adjustable uppermost position, depending upon the quantity of product to be metered, such as for instance soup, jams or suchlike partially liquid products. As can be seen in Figure 2 thecylinder 1 is positioned at short distance adjacent a hopper 4 for storing said products. A connecting element in the form of avalve housing 5 is located below thecylinder 1 and the hopper 4. The wall of said housing comprises three orifices constituting aport 6 towards the hopper 4, aport 7 towards thecylinder 1 and aport 8 towards the location for delivering the liquid or partially liquid product (see Figure 3). Thehousing 5 comprises a cylindrical chamber in which a correspondinglyshaped valve 9 is disposed. Thisvalve 9 comprises atransverse bore 10 constituting a connection between themetering cylinder 1 and the location for the delivery of products, to wit in between theports valve 9 is along its periphery further provided with an axially extendingrecess 11. Said recess 11 forms the connection between theports cylinder 1 from the hopper 4. - As can be seen in Figures 1 and 2, the inner wall of the
metering cylinder 1 extends to within the valve housing, whilst the surface of thehead 12 of theplunger 2 extends within thevalve 9 at the end of the metering stroke. From this it follows that the latter meteringcylinder 1 will hardly exhibit any "dead" space during the lowermost position of theplunger 2. Therecess 11 further maintains a connection with the hopper 4. The latter is favourable relative to the operation of the device, which will be described hereinafter with respect to Figures 3a-f. - The
valve 9 further comprises a circumferentially extendingcavity 13 in between theaxial recess 11 and the transverse bore 10 (see Figure 1). This enables a rotation of thevalve 9 in the lowermost position of theplunger 2. As can be seen in Figure 2 the left-hand end of thevalve 9 is further provided with acollar 14 fitting in agroove 15 of thevalve housing 5. In view of the latter thevalve 9 may be simply retained by acover 16. Due to the provision of a complementary recess at a suitable location along the circumference of thecollar 14, the body of thevalve 9 may be easily drawn out of thehousing 5, when being in an inoperative position. - The operation of the metering device according to the invention substantially corresponds to that as, for example, described in U.S. Patent Specification No. 2,666,564 as mentioned hereinbefore, wherein a
roll 3 cooperates with acam path 17, as diagrammatically illustrated in Figures 3a-f. During stage A (Figure 3a) the plunger is ascending and liquid product is sucked from the hopper 4, through theports recess 11. In stage B (Figure 3b) theplunger 2 has achieved its uppermost position, so that thevalve 9 can be displaced (that is to say be rotated) for closing off the connection between the hopper 4 and thecylinder 1 and for opening the connection between thecylinder 1 and the location of delivery, in this case atin 18. - This stage C (Figure 3c) merges into stage D (Figure 3d) during which the plunger moves downwards whilst the desired quantity of product is pressed towards the location of delivery. Finally
plunger 2 is in its lowermost position, to wit in operational stage E (Figure 3e), whereby the surface of thehead 12 of theplunger 2 penetrates to within thevalve 9, saidvalve 9 being subsequently turned towards its initial position, see Figure 1. As a result of the location of the small "dead" space below theplunger 2 and in view of the fact that the head of the plunger in its lowermost position, will press the product and the eventual bubble of gas or air back to within the valve, said bubble assembling below theplunger 2, may escape in the direction of the hopper 4. This avoids the presence of gas or air in a subsequent operational stage, which could hamper an accurate filling of the aimed metered portion into thetin 18. The small dead space is further very useful in the situation of a so-called emergency-stop, i.e. a sudden disconnection of the machine.-Due to this small space only a reduced quantity of product is contained in said space. This small quantity can easily be taken up in the container to be filled (tin or glass jar), without an overflow of the container. A pollution of the filling station will thus be prevented. - The device in accordance with the present invention is especially adapted to being employed in foodstuff-producing industries, for instance in factories for the preparation of tinned soups or for jams in jars. The plunger filler may be used for processing, for example, so-called "filled" soups, to wit soups consisting mostly of liquid substances, the remains of said soup (consisting for instance of pieces of vegetables or meat, minced meat balls and the like) being entrained in the flow.
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NL7809929A NL7809929A (en) | 1978-10-02 | 1978-10-02 | DOSING DEVICE. |
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DE3943436A1 (en) * | 1989-01-06 | 1990-07-19 | Unisabi Sa | DEVICE FOR DOSING PASTE-LIKE PRODUCTS, ESPECIALLY FOR DOSING MEAT EMULSIONS OR EMULSIONS OF OTHER PROTEINS |
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DE3220144A1 (en) * | 1982-05-28 | 1983-12-08 | H. Strunck GmbH + Co Maschinenfabrik, 5000 Köln | Devices for metering and drawing off quantities of liquid |
DE3443557A1 (en) * | 1984-11-29 | 1986-05-28 | Lieder Maschinenbau GmbH & Co KG, 3033 Schwarmstedt | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING A FLOWABLE PRODUCT |
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