EP0051890B1 - Anlage zum Füllen von Flaschen - Google Patents

Anlage zum Füllen von Flaschen Download PDF

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EP0051890B1
EP0051890B1 EP81201191A EP81201191A EP0051890B1 EP 0051890 B1 EP0051890 B1 EP 0051890B1 EP 81201191 A EP81201191 A EP 81201191A EP 81201191 A EP81201191 A EP 81201191A EP 0051890 B1 EP0051890 B1 EP 0051890B1
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József Willerding
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/001—Cleaning of filling devices
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/06—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus using counterpressure, i.e. filling while the container is under pressure
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/22—Details
    • B67C3/26—Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/22—Details
    • B67C3/26—Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks
    • B67C3/2637—Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks comprising a liquid valve opened by relative movement between the container and the filling head

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  • the invention relates to an apparatus for filling bottles with a liquid, comprising a rotatable filling tank and a number of filling values mounted in a carousel formation along the outer wall of said tank, each valve having a central gaspipe, the tank having a closing lid at its top and an internal stationary horizontal partition wall situated above the liquid level in said tank, dividing the tank in an upper and lower portion, the gas pipe of each value communicating with the upper portion of the tank.
  • An apparatus of this kind is known from GB-A-940.040 and operates with a different degree of vacuum in the upper and lower portion of the filling tank.
  • a bottle filler is sometimes also referred to as an isobarometric filler.
  • the closure plate will completely shut off the partition wall and a protective gas f.i. nitrogen or CO 2 can be supplied beneath the partition plate.
  • a protective gas f.i. nitrogen or CO 2
  • the return gas from the bottles is discharged through the upper portion of the tank and the required slight overpressure can be controlled by means of the adjustable gas discharge passage situated in the closing lid of the tank.
  • the closure plate is lifted by raising the pipe for the supply of the protective gas and the nozzles of the spray member can reach each place of the apparatus to be cleaned.
  • the closing lid of the tank is provided with a relatively rotatable central assembly block comprising the spray member, the adjustable gas discharge passage and the vertically displaceable pipe for the supply of a protective gas.
  • This assembly block remains stationary whilst the (emptied) filling tank is rotating in order to enable the nozzles of the spray member to reach every corner of the apparatus.
  • the present invention relates in particular to an apparatus in which the filling valves are mounted outside the liquid tank whilst the gas pipe of each valve has a connection in the wall of the filling tank at a common level above the partition wall and in which one of the nozzles of the spray member mounted in the assembly block is arranged such that during rotation of the tank, said nozzle is periodically passing opposite each connection.
  • Such an arrangement still further facilitates the cleaning operation of the apparatus.
  • the apparatus shows a filling tank comprising a bottom 1 and an outer wall 2.
  • the tank 2 cooperates with a number of filling valves 3 which are not directly arranged in the bottom 1, but at some distance from the filling tank on a separate mounting plate 22.
  • the apparatus may comprise a carousel of twelve, sixteen or twenty of such valves 3.
  • Each filling valve 3 comprises a fixed housing 4 and a continuous gas pipe 6 extending at its lower end into the neck of the bottle to be filled.
  • Each valve 3 is connected to the central tank 2 via a liquid tube 23 near the bottom and a gas connection 24 at the top.
  • the interior of the tank 2 is provided with a horizontal partition wall 25 above the level of the liquid in the lower portion of said tank.
  • the partition wall may have a flat or slightly conical shape.
  • the partition wall comprises a closure plate 26 provided with a supply pipe 27 for a protective gas e.g. nitrogen or carbondioxide.
  • a liquid level control 28 and a spray member 29 with nozzles 30 both also extend with some clearance through the closure plate 26.
  • the top surface of the filling tank 2 is closed by a loose lid 31 which can be sealed by means of clamping units 32.
  • Lid 31 is provided with a relatively rotatable central assembly block 33 in which the spray member 29 and an adjustable gas discharge passage 34 are secured. The latter element is used to discharge the air returned from the bottles through the gaspipe 6 during filling. The quantity of protective gas applied is also controlled thereby.
  • the protective gas supply pipe 27 is slidably guided through the block 33 but is secured to the plate 26. This pipe therefore also acts as an actuating means for lifting and lowering the closure plate 26.
  • Fig. 1 shows the situation in which the closure plate closes the wall 25 while fig. 2 shows the closure plate open by means of a spacer 35 inserted on top of the block 33. In this position the spray members 29 together with the nozzles 30 can operate to clean the interior of the filling tank 2. Before this cleaning operation is carried out, the filling liquid has been discharged from the tank 2.
  • the advantage of the partition wall 25 consists in that the return air from the filling valves flowing back into the tank 2 via the connection 24 (figs. 1 and 2) can not cause any turbulence or exert any other adverse -influence (e.g. oxidation or infection) on the liquid for filling collected in the lower position of the tank 2. Furthermore, the quantity of protective gas required above the liquid for filling is substantially reduced due to the smaller volume of the lower portion of the tank.
  • Fig. 2 additionally shows how the connections 24 of the gas pipes in the wall of the rotating tank 2 are cleaned by means of the stationary spray nozzle 30'.
  • the cleaning liquid is fed to the spray member 29 via a conduit 36 while the liquid in the tank 2 for filling the bottles is fed from below via a central supply pipe 37. It should further be noted that the tank 2 and the filling valves 3 are slowly rotating during the normal filling operation as well as during cleaning. In both circumstances the block 33 with the elements 27-30 and the plate 26 are stationary.

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  • Filling Of Jars Or Cans And Processes For Cleaning And Sealing Jars (AREA)
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Claims (3)

1. Vorrichtung zum Füllen von Flaschen mit einer Flüssigkeit mit einem drehbaren Fülltank (2) und einer Anzahl von Füllventilen (3), die in einer Rundlauf-Anordnung entlang der Außenwand des genannten Tanks befestigt sind, wobei jedes Ventil ein zentrales Gasrohr (6) aufweist, der Tank (2) an seiner Oberseite mit einem Verschlußdeckel (31) und einer oberhalb des Flüssigkeitsspiegels im genannten Tank angeordneten, den Tank in einen oberen und unteren Teil aufteilenden inneren stationären horizontalen Trennwand (25) versehen ist, und das Gasrohr (6) jedes Ventils (3) mit dem oberen Teil des Tanks in Verbindung steht, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Trennwand (25) eine Schließplatte (26) aufweist, die an einem vertikal bewegbaren Rohr (27) zur Zufuhr eines Schutzgases in den unteren Teil des Tanks (2) befestigt ist, und der genannte Tank im Inneren einen Sprühteil (29) mit Düsen (30) zum Reinigen des oberen und unteren Teils des Tanks aufweist, wobei der obere Teil des Tanks mit einem in seinem Verschlußdeckel (31) angeordneten verstellbaren Gasauslaßkanal (34) versehen ist.
2. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Verschlußdeckel (31) des Tanks (2) mit einem relativ drehbaren zentralen Zusammenbaublock (33) versehen ist, der den Sprühteil (29), den verstellbaren Gasauslaßkanal (34) und das vertikal bewegbare Rohr (27) zur Zufuhr eines Schutzgases umfaßt.
3. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Füllventile (3) außerhalb des Flüssigkeitstanks (2) befestigt sind, während das Gasrohr (6) jedes Ventils einen Anschluß (24) in der Wand des Fülltanks (2) auf einem gemeinsamen Niveau oberhalb der Trennwand (25) aufweist, und daß eine der Düsen (30') des in dem Zusammenbaublock (33) befestigten Sprühteils (29) derart angeordnet ist, daß während der Rotation des Tanks die genannte Düse sich periodisch gegenüber jedem Anschluß (24) vorbeibewegt.
EP81201191A 1980-11-10 1981-10-28 Anlage zum Füllen von Flaschen Expired EP0051890B1 (de)

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ATE8489T1 (de) 1984-08-15
EP0051890A3 (en) 1982-10-13
ES8207482A1 (es) 1982-10-01

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