EP0232985A1 - Appareils de remplissage - Google Patents

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EP0232985A1
EP0232985A1 EP87300357A EP87300357A EP0232985A1 EP 0232985 A1 EP0232985 A1 EP 0232985A1 EP 87300357 A EP87300357 A EP 87300357A EP 87300357 A EP87300357 A EP 87300357A EP 0232985 A1 EP0232985 A1 EP 0232985A1
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tunnel
filling
container
filling chamber
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John Corrugated Products Ltd. Haggart
Kevin Corrugated Products Ltd. Williams
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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
    • B65B55/00—Preserving, protecting or purifying packages or package contents in association with packaging
    • B65B55/02—Sterilising, e.g. of complete packages
    • B65B55/022—Sterilising, e.g. of complete packages of flexible containers having a filling and dispensing spout, e.g. containers of the "bag-in-box"-type

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  • the present invention concerns improvements in or relating to filling apparatus, especially but not exclusively apparatus for filling bags with liquid in an aseptic manner.
  • apparatus for filling containers comprising a filling chamber containing container filling means, container alignment and sterilisation means leading to the filling chamber, the container alignment and sterilisation means being housed in the tunnels through which containers or parts thereof pass.
  • the filling apparatus comprises a base plate 18 above which are mounted a bag alignment and sterilising tunnel and a filling chamber 22 to which a supply of sterile product is supplied by means of a line 24.
  • the line 24 terminates in a filling head which does not form part of the present invention and will not be described in detail. It includes a filling nozzle 23 which is adapted to co-operate with the opening 14 in a bag so that the bag may be filled with a measured quantity of sterile product.
  • the filling chamber may include also means for removing caps or other closures which cover the openings in each bag up to the moment of filling thereby ensuring that the sterile interior of the bag remains uncontaminated during its passage from the container 16 to the filling chamber 22. Bag holding means are also provided in the chamber said holding means may be provided by the bag closure removal apparatus. After filling, sterile caps or closures may be re-applied to the openings 14.
  • the base plate 18 terminates in a discharge chute 19 and it will be realised therefore that when the bag holding means are released the weight of the filled bags descending down the chute pulls along the line of unfilled bags from the container through the tunnel into the filling chamber.
  • the means for moving the bags to be filled into the filling position is located outside the sterile zone and no additional mechanical means operating within the sterile zone, and therefore possibly introducing contamination, are required.
  • the nozzle 23 is withdrawn from the bag.
  • the bag neck is closed off, by replacement of the same closure which had been removed prior to filling.
  • the bag is then released from the filling chamber.
  • the nozzle is sterilised by directing superheated steam or sterilising solution thereon from a steam jet 27.
  • the line of bags is indexed until the next opening 14 comes into the filling position, the indexing movement being caused by the filled bag or bags being propelled through the machine from the downstream end, as a result of the said filled bags descending down the discharge chute.
  • An enclosure 30 is provided at one end of the base plate 18 and tunnel 20. It is of sufficient size to enclose a container 16 of bags to be filled and surrounds the inlet to the tunnel.
  • the enclosure has outlet units 33 at its base.
  • the chamber 22, tunnel 20 and enclosures 30 are maintained at a pressure slightly above ambient pressure, this elevated pressure being any pressure which is sufficient to ensure continual egress of gas from the chamber 22, and the tunnel 20 and enclosure 30 thus permitting no possible ingress of contaminated air.
  • the filling chamber, enclosure and tunnel may be supplied with an inert gas, for example nitrogen, but certainly if air is supplied then it is preconditioned in a sterilising and pressurising unit 31 to ensure that it is sterile.
  • drying means (32) may be provided in the tunnel and in a further modification the superheated steam sterilising sprays 26 may be replaced by sprays of a germicidal liquid.
  • the system may include an alternative means of propulsion, for example a driven conveyor.
  • the bases of the tunnel sides may have inwardly directed flanges to define a slot along which the necks 12 may travel.
  • the invention provides filling apparatus where the method employed is based on intermittent bag movement. This factor is utilised, in the invention, to permit a germicidal treatment to be effected at stations prior to the filling chamber, where the neck is temporarily stationary. A sterile tunnel is provided to ensure that, once sterilised, the neck and, if appropriate closure, cannot be re-contaminated prior to entering the sterile filling chamber.

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EP87300357A 1986-02-01 1987-01-16 Appareils de remplissage Withdrawn EP0232985A1 (fr)

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GB868602506A GB8602506D0 (en) 1986-02-01 1986-02-01 Filling apparatus
GB8602506 1986-02-01

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Cited By (4)

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DE8711114U1 (de) * 1987-08-15 1988-07-14 Paul Kunz GmbH, 5419 Döttesfeld Reinigungsvorrichtung für automatische Füllmaschinen zum Befüllen von Beuteln aus flexiblem Kunststoffmaterial
EP0694477A1 (fr) * 1994-07-27 1996-01-31 ROSSI & CATELLI S.P.A. Machine pour remplir et sceller des récipients dans un environnement stérile
WO2006085031A1 (fr) * 2005-02-11 2006-08-17 Smurfit Kappa Bag In Box Procede et installation de conditionnement en poche souple de produits liquides
FR2882028A1 (fr) * 2005-02-11 2006-08-18 Smurfit Bag In Box Sa Procede de conditionnement en poche souple de produit liquide ou semi-liquide, alimentaire ou autre, aseptique ou non

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WO1982003832A1 (fr) * 1981-05-07 1982-11-11 Scholle William R Appareil et procede de remplissage aseptique de conteneurs flexibles
GB2112735A (en) * 1982-01-18 1983-07-27 A C I Australia Ltd A machine and method for filling a container

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1982003832A1 (fr) * 1981-05-07 1982-11-11 Scholle William R Appareil et procede de remplissage aseptique de conteneurs flexibles
GB2112735A (en) * 1982-01-18 1983-07-27 A C I Australia Ltd A machine and method for filling a container

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE8711114U1 (de) * 1987-08-15 1988-07-14 Paul Kunz GmbH, 5419 Döttesfeld Reinigungsvorrichtung für automatische Füllmaschinen zum Befüllen von Beuteln aus flexiblem Kunststoffmaterial
EP0694477A1 (fr) * 1994-07-27 1996-01-31 ROSSI & CATELLI S.P.A. Machine pour remplir et sceller des récipients dans un environnement stérile
WO2006085031A1 (fr) * 2005-02-11 2006-08-17 Smurfit Kappa Bag In Box Procede et installation de conditionnement en poche souple de produits liquides
FR2882028A1 (fr) * 2005-02-11 2006-08-18 Smurfit Bag In Box Sa Procede de conditionnement en poche souple de produit liquide ou semi-liquide, alimentaire ou autre, aseptique ou non

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