EP0269507B1 - Verfahren und Anlage zum Füllen von Behältern mit einer Mischung aus mindestens zwei pastösen oder flüssigen Produkten - Google Patents

Verfahren und Anlage zum Füllen von Behältern mit einer Mischung aus mindestens zwei pastösen oder flüssigen Produkten Download PDF

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EP0269507B1
EP0269507B1 EP19870402528 EP87402528A EP0269507B1 EP 0269507 B1 EP0269507 B1 EP 0269507B1 EP 19870402528 EP19870402528 EP 19870402528 EP 87402528 A EP87402528 A EP 87402528A EP 0269507 B1 EP0269507 B1 EP 0269507B1
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  • the present invention relates to a method of filling containers with a mixture of at least two pastry and / or liquid products, method according to which a basic product is withdrawn from a first storage tank and transported step by step in a general supply line connected to the withdrawal outlet of said first storage tank, an additive product is withdrawn from a second storage tank in a proportion determined relative to the portions or doses withdrawn from the basic product, the product is mixed additive with the basic product and this mixture of products is passed through a volumetric dosing-dispenser which is provided with ejection nozzles, has an inlet valve and an ejection valve, and the inlet of which is connected to the general supply line and by means of which exact quantities of this mixture are metered before ejecting them through said nozzles into at least one container .
  • Such a process is known in the packaging industry for dairy products, in particular for mixing yogurts with jam or fruit or for flavored gelled milks.
  • the basic product is withdrawn from the first storage tank using a first pump delivering in a main pipe and the additive product is withdrawn from the second storage tank using a second pump before to be added to the main pipe immediately upstream of the mixer, the outlet of which is connected to a buffer tank in which a pneumatic overpressure is maintained on the product mixture and in which two level sensors are provided which regulate the supply of this buffer tank between a minimum level of mixing and a maximum level, the mixture of products being transferred under pressure to the various metering chambers of a metering device known for example by French patent 2,067,983, before being expelled in quantities dosed in the containers correspondents through the nozzles of a distributor known, for example, also by said French patent 2,067,983.
  • the minimum level probe in the buffer tank triggers the starting of the two pumps for supplying the basic product and the additive product respectively and the maximum level probe controls the stopping of said pumps which both work continuously during the buffer tank filling cycle.
  • the first pump frequently damages the basic product, especially when it comes to yogurt.
  • the two mixed products can partially separate in the buffer tank due to their different densities.
  • arrives at the dispenser a mixture of products which, once dosed and transferred in portions to the containers, has variable and imprecise proportions in basic product and in additive product, from one container to another.
  • this known method because it involves long pipes between the first storage tank and the buffer tank and the fact that the volume of the latter is quite large, does not allow the nature of the mixture to be changed quickly without loss of a significant amount of the first mixture when switching to a second mixture of products.
  • the basic product is stored in a tank, the additive product is introduced in portions into the supply line, upstream of a mixer, and the mixture is introduced into a metering chamber of the metering-distributor. of products which, at the outlet of the dispenser-distributor, contains, in each of the doses dispensed, a portion of additive product more or less identical to that introduced at the same time into said general supply line downstream of the mixer.
  • the object of the present invention is to remedy these drawbacks and to propose a method of the type initially mentioned which makes it possible to convey and dose the products to be mixed and the mixture of products with care and precision and to go from a mixture of products to another without significant loss of the first mixture.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a filling method of the type initially mentioned, which makes it possible to reduce the risks of sugar crystallization in the metering device of the additive product and preferably also a significant reduction in the volume of the supply line. general between the basic product storage tank and the latter's metering-dispenser.
  • the invention also relates to an installation for filling containers with a mixture of at least two pasty and / or liquid products, of the type comprising a first storage tank for a basic product, at least one other storage tank for a product.
  • additive a metering-dispenser of a mixture of a portion of basic product and a portion of additive product and comprising at least one metering chamber having a metering piston provided with a control rod, a distribution chamber connected to the metering chamber, a nozzle ejection valve, an intake valve provided upstream of the metering chamber and an ejection valve provided downstream of the distribution chamber and upstream of the ejection nozzle, a general supply line connecting the outlet of the first reservoir at the inlet of the metering-dispenser, and at least one volumetric metering unit comprising a metering cavity having a metering piston provided with a control rod, and capable of being connected, on the one hand, to the outlet from the other storage tank for the additive product and, on the other
  • the supply line comprises a pump which destroys the structure of the fragile basic products
  • a buffer tank provided between the outlet of the mixer and the inlet of the dispenser-dispenser increases the volume of the product mixture and prevents its rapid replacement by another product mixture, and further promotes separation by decantation of the products constituting the mixture.
  • the present invention also aims to remedy these disadvantages and to propose an installation in which the length of the connecting pipes between the point of ejection of the product mixture and the places of storage of the basic product is reduced as much as possible, while ensuring mixing and metering of the products with care and precision and without the possibility of sugar crystallization.
  • the additive product is introduced into the base product only during the suction stroke of the dispenser-dispenser and the base product is directly led from its storage tank to the dispenser-dispenser corresponding.
  • the additive product contained in the other volumetric dispenser is advantageously protected against any oxidation by ambient air by permanently covering the rear or upper face of the piston of said dispenser volumetric with the basic product. It is also possible to protect the additive product contained in the other volumetric metering device against any oxidation by ambient air using a membrane or non-elastic bellows sealingly surrounding the additive product, the part of the piston and of the piston rod in contact with said ambient air.
  • the composition of the mixture of products is modified by injecting into the base product another additive product different from the first additive product.
  • the additive product is injected into the base product downstream of the intake valve and upstream of the metering-distributor ejection valve, either for example in the base product contained in the general line, or for example in the basic product contained in the dispenser-dispenser.
  • the metering piston of the volumetric metering unit and the metering piston of the metering unit-distributor are connected together by a mechanical transmission, so as to execute their suction and discharge strokes in phase opposition.
  • the deformable partition separating the additive product contained in the volumetric metering device from the ambient air is constituted either by a flexible non-elastic membrane delimiting one side of the metering cavity, the metering piston being located on one side and the additive product being located on the other side of said membrane, that is, by a deformable non-elastic bellows secured on the one hand, to the metering piston and on the other hand, to the metering body, surrounding the lower end part of the piston rod and capable of being raised to enter the dosing cavity.
  • the volumetric metering device comprises a metering body which is fixed to the bottom of the first storage tank for the basic product, and has at least one metering cavity receiving without significant lateral play the metering piston, opening by its upper end in the bottom of said first tank and comprising, at its lower end, a bushel of a three-way tap capable of connecting said metering cavity, either to the storage tank for the additive product, or to the injection point of said additive product in the basic product, and that the deformable partition separating from the ambient air the additive product contained in said volumetric metering device is constituted by the basic product contained in said first tank and covering the upper face of the metering piston and a part of the latter's control rod.
  • the inlet valve provided on the general supply line can act as both the outlet valve of the first storage tank for the basic product, and the inlet valve in the metering chamber of the metering-dispenser and may be provided at the upstream end of the general supply line and in the bottom of the first storage tank.
  • the metering-dispenser advantageously comprises in a vertical cylindrical enclosure the upper end of which is integral with the bottom of the first storage container and opens into the latter, from top to bottom, the metering chamber, the distribution chamber, the pressure valve. ejection, and the ejection nozzle.
  • the downstream end of the general supply line opens into said vertical cylindrical enclosure at the junction of the upper metering chamber and the lower distribution chamber.
  • the outlet of the volumetric dispenser opens, either downstream of the metering-distributor inlet valve, or in the general supply line, or in a connecting line between the metering chamber and the distribution chamber of said metering-distributor .
  • the bottom of the first storage tank for the basic product can advantageously consist of a bottom block in which are provided at least one housing for the metering-distributor inlet valve, at least one housing for the upper part of the cylindrical enclosure of said metering-distributor and at least one channel forming at least part of the general supply line.
  • the volumetric metering device for the additive product has a body which is fixed to a lateral face of the bottom block of the first storage tank, comprises a metering cavity in which the metering piston separating said cavity moves in leaktight manner and a upper chamber, and part of the control rod of said piston, part disposed in this upper chamber and surrounded by a bellows tightly fixed, on the one hand, on the rear face of said piston and, on the other hand, on the metering body at the place where the latter is crossed by said control rod.
  • the volumetric metering device has a connection valve by means of which its dosing cavity can be connected alternately to the outlet of the storage tank for the additive product or to the injection point of the additive product in the basic product.
  • the alternative connection valve and the metering-distributor inlet valve are preferably combined into a single valve type valve capable of establishing a connection between the lower chamber of the metering cavity and the storage tank for the additive product and simultaneously interrupting the connection, on the one hand, between the storage tank for the basic product and the metering-dispenser and, on the other hand, between said dosing cavity and the injection point of the additive product in the basic product, that is to establish a connection, on the one hand, between the storage tank for the basic product and the metering-dispenser and, on the other hand, between said dosing cavity and the point injecting the additive product into the base product, and simultaneously interrupting the connection between the lower chamber of the metering cavity and the storage tank for said additive product.
  • the upper chamber of the metering cavity of the volumetric dispenser is permanently connected to the storage tank for the additive product and is capable of being connected to the lower chamber thereof by means of a bypass conduit and the connecting valve interposed in said bypass conduit.
  • the piston of the volumetric dispenser and the bellows are preferably made in one piece by cutting from a block of synthetic material.
  • the distribution chamber can end, at its lower end, by a frustoconical body provided with a vertical cylindrical bore receiving in leaktight manner a movable shutter rod which forms with the latter the ejection valve, crosses coaxially the enclosure vertical cylindrical, penetrates tightly into the storage tank for the basic product and is capable of being retracted towards the inside of the distribution chamber to free the passage of the ejection nozzle, constituted by said bore of said body frustoconical.
  • the movable shutter rod can also be designed so as to partially exit downwards from the vertical cylindrical enclosure, and comprise in its lower part situated at the level of the distribution chamber when it occupies its high position, a channel of ejection opening laterally, at each of its ends, on the outer face of said rod by at least one lateral orifice.
  • the movable rod acts, on the one hand, as an ejection valve, and, on the other hand, as an ejection nozzle, and is movable between, on the one hand, a low position in which it penetrates to the bottom of a container to be filled and in which the upper lateral orifice is still in the dispensing chamber while its lower lateral orifice is below the cylindrical bore of said frustoconical body and, on the other hand, a high position in which the lower lateral orifice of the rod is inside said randomization and is closed vis-à-vis the outside.
  • the closure rod does not come down from the enclosure of the metering-distributor, it may have, at the level of the distribution chamber, stirring members.
  • the metering-dispenser comprises a closure rod, it can also have an annular metering piston which slides in leaktight fashion in the metering chamber both along the closure rod and the internal face of the enclosure. cylindrical which opens into the bottom of the tank for the basic product.
  • This design makes it possible to produce a very compact filling installation and to be able to dispense with a metering-dispenser with multiple nozzles as many mixtures of different products as there are nozzles, or else to quickly change the composition of the mixture for a given nozzle. of products and this without significant loss in products.
  • Another advantage of the present invention lies in the fact that any stagnation of product (s) is avoided both in the dispenser for the additive product, in that for the mixture of products and in the multi-function valve, namely , inlet valve for the metering-dispenser and alternating connection valve on the one hand, between the storage tank for the additive product or the upper chamber of the metering unit for the additive product and the lower chamber of said metering unit, and on the other hand part, between the lower chamber or outlet of said metering device and the point of injection of the additive product into the base product.
  • the installation for filling the containers with a metered mixture of products comprises a first storage tank 1 containing a basic product or white product 2 such as a white yogurt, whether or not stirred or a fresh cottage cheese or a milk to be gelled, a general supply line 3 which connects the outlet 4 of the first reservoir 1 to the inlet 5 of a metering-dispenser 6 via a valve for example from the membrane type 7 of which the control chamber 8 is connected alternately by means of a conduit 9, either to a source of compressed air, or to a source of vacuum.
  • a basic product or white product 2 such as a white yogurt, whether or not stirred or a fresh cottage cheese or a milk to be gelled
  • a general supply line 3 which connects the outlet 4 of the first reservoir 1 to the inlet 5 of a metering-dispenser 6 via a valve for example from the membrane type 7 of which the control chamber 8 is connected alternately by means of a conduit 9, either to a source of compressed air, or to a source of vacuum
  • the installation further comprises at least a second storage tank 10 which contains an additive product 11 such as jam or an aromatic essence and the outlet 12 of which is connected via a short secondary pipe 13 to a volumetric metering device 14, the outlet of which is connected to an injection point 15 of the additive product into the base product 2 on its path between the outlet 4 of the storage tank 1 and an ejection valve of the dosing-dispenser 6.
  • this injection point 15 can be in the general line 3, or, according to FIG. 3, at the inlet of the metering chamber 16 of the metering-dispenser 6, or else elsewhere, as will see it further.
  • This metering chamber 16 can at the same time serve as a mixing chamber for the base product 2 which enters there as soon as the intake valve 7 is open and for the additive product 11 which is pushed directly into said metering chamber 16 to through the conduit 17 provided between the injection point 15, such as said chamber 16 and the outlet of the volumetric metering device 14 (see for example Figure 3).
  • the first storage tank 1 is connected, by means of a conduit 19 fixed at its upper end, to a gas source, preferably sterile, under pressure and comprises, if necessary, a minimum level probe 18a and a maximum level probe 18b which, for example, controls the supply of this reservoir 1 with the base product 2 through a connector 19a.
  • the outlet of the metering-dispenser 6 which will be described later, consists of at least one ejection nozzle 20, and preferably several, through which the metered quantities of the mixture of products are introduced into corresponding containers 21.
  • At least one additional storage tank 10 ⁇ which contains a additive product 11 ⁇ of a different nature or aroma or taste than that of the first additive product 11.
  • a stop valve S, S ⁇ is interposed between the outlet of each of the two tanks 10 and 10 ⁇ and the inlet of the volumetric metering device 14.
  • FIG. 1 there is shown in parallel to a first mixing and dosing line connected to the outlet 4 of the first storage tank 1 for the basic product 2, a second mixing and dosing line comprising the same elements as the first line, namely a general pipe 3a, a metering-dispenser 6a, a second storage tank 10a for an additive product 11a, etc.
  • This second line being identical to the first, the same elements of the latter are designated with the same references as those of the first line but supplemented with the letter "a".
  • the metering-dispenser 6 could comprise two rows of six metering chambers 16 which are supplied four by four by three different mixtures of products.
  • a general supply line 3 connected to the outlet 4 of the first storage tank 1 for a basic product 2, and from which are derived in parallel three bypass lines each associated with at least a second tank storage 10 or 10a each containing a different additive product 11 or 11a, to a volumetric dispenser 14 delivering the corresponding additive product into the bypass line upstream of the mixer, and to a group of four dosing chambers 16 of the dispenser-dispenser 6
  • each volumetric dispenser 14 can be associated with an additional reservoir 10 ⁇ or 10 ⁇ a containing yet another additive product 11 ⁇ or 11 ⁇ a.
  • the different lines also include the shut-off valves and check valve necessary to prevent inadvertent mixing between products.
  • each dispenser 14 are controlled at the start and at the end of the suction stroke of the dispenser-dispenser 6 so that these volumetric dispensers 14 do not inject into the bypass line a determined quantity of the additive product only during the suction stroke of the doser-distributor pistons 6.
  • any volumetric dispenser 14 whether of a known type or not, is put into service intermittently so that it expels a metered quantity or portion of the additive product 11 towards the injection point 15 of the latter in the basic product 2, point such as the metering chamber 16, only during the suction stroke of the piston 22 of the metering-dispenser 6.
  • FIG. 2 schematically represents a set of several metering-distributors 6 and metering units 14 for four different additive products 11, each of the metering-distributors 6 being connected to a common storage tank 1 for the basic product 2 and to one of the dosers 14 in identical number (for example twelve) to that of the dispenser-distributors 6 and connected in groups, for example, of three, or individually to the reservoir 10 containing an additive product of a different nature or aroma than additive products from other tanks.
  • the sealed storage tank 10 or 10 ⁇ of the additive product 11 or 11 ⁇ is associated with a metering device volumetric 14 which comprises a metering body 23 fixed to the bottom 24 of the storage tank 1 for the basic product 2.
  • a metering device volumetric 14 which comprises a metering body 23 fixed to the bottom 24 of the storage tank 1 for the basic product 2.
  • this metering body 23 is provided at least one metering cavity 25 the lower part of which can be connected through the plug '' a three-way valve 26, which acts as an alternative connection valve, i.e.
  • a metering piston 27 is mounted in a sliding manner and without appreciable lateral play in the vertical cylindrical metering cavity 25 which opens into the bottom 24 of the reservoir 1. The upper part of the metering piston 27 can therefore, if necessary, enter the reservoir 1 and in any case is covered by the basic product 2 contained in said reservoir 1.
  • This upper part of the metering piston 27 is integral with a control rod 28 arranged vertically in the reservoir 1 and connected to a control mechanism not shown and situated outside the reservoir 1, using a plate 29 and a connecting rod 30 sealingly passing through a sterile airlock 31.
  • the metering-dispenser 6 shown diagrammatically in FIGS. 3, 4 and 12 is described in French patent 2,067,983 and will only be described below within the limits of the requirements for the intelligence of the invention.
  • This metering-distributor 6 comprises in particular, in its metering body 32, the lower metering chamber 16 which, on the one hand, is capable of being connected, through the diaphragm admission valve 7 pneumatically controlled for example, to the very short section of the general pipe 3 connected directly to the bottom of the tank 1, and which, on the other hand, is connected, at its outlet, by a connecting pipe 33, to a distribution chamber 34 and to the ejection nozzle 20 of the metering-dispenser 6, an ejection valve, for example 35, with a pneumatically controlled membrane, being capable of blocking the nozzle 20 which is placed above and, if necessary, in the container to be filled 21.
  • the upper side of the metering chamber 16 of the metering body 32 is delimited by a flexible non-elastic membrane 36 in the form of a skirt which surrounds the metering piston 22 provided in the upper chamber 60 of the metering unit 6 above the membrane 36.
  • the upper chamber 60 permanently connected to a source of empty, is crossed tightly by a piston rod 37 whose upper end bears against a member of a control mechanism shown schematically in Figure 4.
  • the movements of the metering pistons 22 and 27 of the metering-dispenser 6, d on the one hand, and of the volumetric metering device 14, on the other hand, are synchronized in phase opposition, so that the volumetric metering device 14 ejects its additive product 11 into the conduit 17 only during the upward stroke, it is i.e. suction of the piston 22 of the metering-distributor 6.
  • the metering chamber 25 of the volumetric metering device 14 is also connected cyclically, by means of the bushel of the three-way tap 26 or any other equivalent system of the valve, ie at the outlet of the reservoir 10 for the additive product 11, either to the conduit 17 going to the metering-distributor 6.
  • the connections between the metering chamber 16 and, on the one hand, the general line 3 or the reservoir 1 and , on the other hand, the metering cavity 25 are interrupted by the intake valve 7 and the tap 26 respectively.
  • the ejection valve 35 is open during the ejection stroke of the piston 22 of the metering-dispenser 6.
  • the two vertical movements, opposite in terms of their directions, of the two metering pistons 22 and 27 are perfectly synchronized with regard to their sinusoidal cyclic speeds. Due to the kinematic connection between the two pistons 22, 27, it is possible to achieve perfect, constant and precise proportionality between each dose of additive product and each dose of product mixture.
  • a variant of the embodiment shown in FIG. 3 consists in the fact that the ejection conduit 17 ⁇ coming from the metering cavity 25 (see conduit 17 ⁇ in dashed lines) of the metering device 14 for the additive product 11 does not open into the metering chamber 16 of the metering-dispenser 6, but in the connecting duct 33 between the metering chamber 16 and the distribution chamber 34 of the metering-dispenser 6.
  • This embodiment is particularly advantageous when the additive product comprises pieces of fruit, for example, especially since, thanks to this variant, the metering of the additive product can be very near the ejection nozzle 20 of the dispenser-dispenser 6.
  • the volumetric metering device 14 for the additive product 11 has substantially the same structure as the metering part of the metering-dispenser 6.
  • the piston 27 of the metering unit 14 is provided with a kind of membrane 55 which is flexible and non-elastic and which has the form of a semi-turned cap covering the front face and the lateral face of said piston 27 and is tightly fixed, around its periphery, to the metering body 23.
  • the control rod 28 and the piston 27 are never in contact with the additive product 11 passing through the metering cavity 25 of the metering device 14 and the latter is kept perfectly sealed from the outside.
  • the secondary conduit 13 connected to the outlet of the reservoir 10 for the additive product 11 opens into the metering cavity 25 through an inlet valve 26a for example of the type with a pneumatically controlled membrane and the outlet conduit 17 from said cavity 25 leads, according to the example of FIG.
  • the bottom 24 of the reservoir 1 is shown, for the convenience of the drawing, at a relatively great distance from the inlet valve 7 of the metering-dispenser 6 and the outlet duct 17 of the metering unit 14, said bottom 24 of the reservoir 1 is actually very close to these members 7, 17 in order to produce a very compact assembly.
  • control rods 37 and 28 of the metering pistons 22 and 27 respectively cooperate with a control unit, these control units being actuated synchronously and in opposite phases and can be kinematically connected by a control mechanism 62 as shown schematically in Figure 4.
  • This control mechanism 62 comprises outside of a gearbox 63 driven by a motor, on each side face, a horizontal control bar 64, 65 against which bears, without being integral with it, the upper end of the corresponding piston rod 37 or 28 of the metering-distributor 6 and of the volumetric metering unit 14 respectively.
  • the ends of each horizontal bar 64 or 65 are each associated with one of the rotary discs of a pair of discs 66 or 67.
  • each pair of discs 66 or 67 are arranged in a horizontal plane parallel to that of the control bars 64 or 65 whose ends are articulated, each on an eccentric support stud 70 or 71 of one of the two rotating discs associated with a bar 64 or 65 and driven in continuous rotation.
  • the pins 70 or 71 associated with a control bar 64 or 65 are also arranged in the same horizontal planes.
  • the support pins 71 associated with the bar 65 cooperating with the piston rod 28 of the dispenser 14 for the additive product 11 are offset in rotation by an angle equal to 180 ° relative to the support studs 70 of the bar 64 cooperating with the piston rod 37 of the dispenser -distributor 6.
  • the piston 22 of the metering-distributor 6 is in the low position corresponding to the start of its so-called upward suction stroke while the piston 27 of the volumetric metering device 14 is in the high position corresponding to the start of its so-called downward stroke d 'ejection.
  • the stroke of the piston 22 of the metering-distributor 6 is greater than that of the piston 27 of the volumetric metering unit 14, the distance between the support pins 70 and the axis of the corresponding rotation shaft 68 is greater than that between the support pins 71 and the corresponding shaft 69.
  • FIG. 5 is a very compact version of the invention.
  • both the dispenser 14 for the additive product 11 and the dispenser-dispenser 6 which here already receives a metered mixture of the base product 2 and the additive product 11 as well as the ejection nozzle 20 are integral with the bottom 24 of the storage tank 1 for the basic product 2, said bottom being here materialized by a kind of thick plate or block.
  • the general supply line 3 is extremely short and comprises, at its upstream end, at the bottom block 24 of the storage tank 1, an intake valve 38 constituted for example by a horizontal drawer housed in a recess in the block of bottom 24 and cyclically establishing a connection between the reservoir 1 and the supply line 3 during the suction stroke of the metering-dispenser 6, this valve 38 acting as an inlet valve for the basic product 2 in the dosage 16.
  • This dispenser-distributor 6 integrates both, in a vertical cylindrical enclosure 39, fixed by its upper end in an appropriate housing of the bottom block 24, from top to bottom, the metering chamber 16, the distribution chamber 34, the ejection valve 35 and the ejector nozzle 20.
  • the metering device 14 for the additive product 11 is connected through the three-way valve 26 and the conduit 17 extremely short to the main line 3 downstream of the intake valve 38 and upstream of the metering chamber 16.
  • the piston 27 of the metering device 14 is constantly covered by the basic product 2, since the upper part of the cavity metering cylinder 25 opens onto the upper face of the bottom 24 of the tank 1 for the basic product 2.
  • the lower or downstream end of the general pipe 3 which is very short opens into the vertical enclosure 39 at mid-height of that -this and at the junction of the upper metering chamber 16 and the lower distribution chamber 34 of the metering-distributor 6.
  • the ejection valve 35 is, in the case of the left dispenser-distributor 6, constituted by a vertical cylindrical bore 40 formed in the frustoconical body 41 forming both the lower end of the distribution chamber 34 and the nozzle ejection 20, and by a closure rod 42 sealingly penetrating said bore 40 and capable of being retracted towards the inside of the distribution chamber 34 to release the passage formed by bore 40.
  • This rod obturation 42 passes coaxially through the cylindrical enclosure 39 and enters in a sealed manner in the tank 1 where it is connected by a linkage 43 to a control mechanism not shown.
  • the closure rod 42 has stirring members 44 inclined outward and downward.
  • the metering piston 22 is in this case produced in the form of an annular piston sliding in leaktight manner in the metering chamber 16 both along the shutter rod 42 and the internal face of the enclosure 39, the upper face of said piston 22 being covered by the base product 2 because the enclosure 39 also opens into the bottom 24 of the reservoir 1.
  • the piston annular 22 is connected, at its upper face, to a tubular control rod 37 which enters the reservoir 1 like the rod 28 of the piston 27 and is connected to a control mechanism which controls the suction stroke of the piston 22 during the ejection or downward stroke of the piston 27 for the additive product 11.
  • the downward or ejection stroke of the piston 22 stops slightly above the mouth of the general line 3 in the enclosure 39 (see position of the piston 22 in dotted lines).
  • FIGS. 6 to 11 also constitutes a very compact version of the filling and dosing installation.
  • the dotted line on the left side of FIG. 6 is indicated, the general pipe 3 as if it were arranged behind the plane of FIG. 6; it is actually in front of this plane, as shown in Figure 8.
  • the intake valve 7, the main line 3, the upper half of the metering-dispenser 6 and part of the connecting conduit between the volumetric metering device and the injection point 15 of the additive product in the base product 2 are provided in a block which constitutes the bottom 24 of the storage tank 1 for the base product.
  • the installation comprises a storage tank 1 which contains a basic product 2 and which is here arranged transversely and above the path of the successive rows 45 of containers 21.
  • a storage tank 1 which contains a basic product 2 and which is here arranged transversely and above the path of the successive rows 45 of containers 21.
  • In the bottom block 24 of this tank 1 is provided with at least one general supply line 3 and preferably there are as many general pipes 3 as there are metering-distributors 6, each general pipe 3 connecting an outlet 4 of the tank 1 to the inlet 5 of a metering-dispenser 6.
  • a transverse housing 46 which has a bowl 46a of semi-cylindrical shape extended upward by parallel vertical walls 46b so as to open into the storage tank and delimit by their upper end the outlet opening 4 of the reservoir 1, and which receives a cylindrical body or slide 47 forming part of the intake valve 7 of the metering-dispenser 6.
  • This intake valve 7 comprises, in this case, at the bottom of the bowl 46a at least one pair of distribution orifices 3a and 3b to which the upper or upstream end of the general pipe 3 is connected, these two distribution orifices 3a and 3b being separated from each other by a small partition 3c and intended to be connected through the cylindrical body 47, one (3a) at the bottom of the tank 1 and the other (3b) to the metering chamber 25 of the metering device 14 for the additive product.
  • the body 47 produced as a horizontal drawer is capable of sealingly covering the dispensing orifices 3a and 3b and of moving axially and comprises for each general pipe 3 a vertical passage 48 capable of aligning with the orifice 3a and a bent passage 49 capable of coming to align with the orifice 3b and the axes of which are situated in the same vertical plane perpendicular to the horizontal axis of the drawer 47 as the axis of the vertical passage 48.
  • the vertical part 49a of the bent passage 49 is juxtaposed with the vertical passage 48 and can lead to the bottom of the semi-cylindrical bowl 46a, either in the dispensing orifice 3b (Fig 9, 10) of the general pipe 3, or in the orifice 50a (FIG. 7, 8) of a conduit 50 which goes towards the lower chamber 25a of the metering cavity 25 of the metering device 14 for the additive product and which serves for said lower chamber 25a as an inlet conduit, the orifice 50a being situated next to orifice 3b on the path of horizontal displacement of the vertical part 49a of the bent passage 49, path parallel to the horizontal axis 53 of the cylindrical slide 47.
  • the horizontal part 49b of the bent passage 49 is disposed above the vertical part 49a of the latter and can lead, opposite the semi-cylindrical wall 46a, either into the orifice 51a (Fig 9, 10) of a conduit 51 which is connected to the lower chamber 25a of the metering cavity 25 of the volumetric metering device 14 for the additive product and which serves as a conduit for outlet in a similar manner to the conduit 17 or 17 ⁇ , or in the orifice 52a of a conduit 52 which is permanently connected to the outlet 13 of the reservoir (not shown) for the additive product in Figures 7, 8).
  • the transverse semi-cylindrical cup 46a of the transverse housing 46 therefore comprises, next to the dispensing orifice 3a, the dispensing orifice 3b which both simultaneously connect the general pipe 3, when the vertical passage 48 coincides with the orifice 3a and the bent passage 49 with the orifice 3b, on the one hand, to the reservoir 1 for the basic product 2 and, on the other hand, to the outlet duct 51 of the metering device 14 (right side of FIG.
  • the axes orifices 3a and 3b being located in the same vertical plane and perpendicular to the axis 53 of the semi-cylindrical bowl 46a and of the cylindrical slide 47 whose diameter is, apart from sliding play, identical to that of the bowl 46a or at the distance between the two vertical extension walls 46b of the transverse housing 46.
  • the point of injection 15 of the additive product 11 into the base product 2 is located in the general pipe 3, immediately t below the orifices 3a and 3b and their partition 3c, the vertical passage 48 and the bent passage 49 being in this case used as injection nozzles for the base product 2 and the additive product 11 respectively in the general conduct 3.
  • the intake valve 7 fulfills in this embodiment not only the function of an outlet valve of the storage tank 1 and an intake valve for the metering-dispenser 6, but also the function of a inlet valve and an outlet valve of the metering device 14 for the additive product so that the lower chamber 25a of the metering cavity 25 of this metering device 14 can be connected alternately either via the secondary line 13 to the storage tank of the additive product (Fig 7, 8) or to the metering-dispenser 6 via the general line 3 (Fig 9, 10).
  • the metering cavity 25 comprises a cylindrical portion 25b in which the metering piston 27 moves in leaktight manner which is provided with a seal 27a and divides this metering cavity 25 into a lower chamber. 25a, the end part of which is widened with respect to the cylindrical part 25b, and in an upper chamber 25c, the end part of which also widens with respect to the cylindrical part 25b of the metering cavity 25.
  • the upper chamber 25c is permanently connected to the storage tank for the additive product via the secondary pipe 13.
  • the upper or rear face of the metering piston 27 is constantly covered by the additive product.
  • the rear face of the piston 27 is integral with the control rod 28 which passes through the upper chamber 25c and the end part thereof widened in the passage chamber 54 before passing in leaktight manner to the outside through the metering body 23 which, in this case also is arranged either very close to the bottom block 24 of the storage tank 1 and, preferably, is integral and fixed on a lateral face of said bottom block 24.
  • the part of the control rod 28 which is located in the upper chamber 25c and in the passage chamber 54 is surrounded by a bellows 55 whose maximum diameter is less than the diameter of the chamber 25c and which is arranged in said chambers 25c and 54 and fixed in a sealed manner, d on the one hand, on the upper or rear face of the metering piston 27 and, on the other hand, on the metering body 23 at the place where said rod 28 leaves said metering body 23. It is thus certain that the additive product being in the rooms 25c and 54 above or behind the piston 27 and around the control rod 28, that is to say the bellows 55, is separated from the ambient air and protected against any oxidation, crystallization or external pollution.
  • the conduit 52 permanently connected to the outlet of the storage tank 10 for the additive product 11 or to the secondary conduit 13 of said tank, opens into the passage 54 or upper end of the metering cavity 25 and constitutes, in cooperation with the bent passage of the drawer 47 in the appropriate position and with the inlet conduit 50, a bypass or bridging conduit by which the upper end of the metering cavity 25, that is to say the upper chamber 25c and the passage chamber 54 can be cyclically connected to the lower end of said cavity 25, that is to say to the lower chamber 25a of that which constitutes the real dosing chamber.
  • this position of the cylindrical slide 47 corresponds to the closed position of the intake valve 7 so that as soon as the ejection valve 35 of the metering-distributor 6 is opened, a metered amount of the mixture of products ( base and additive) can be expelled from the latter and be introduced into a container 21 (see left side of FIG. 6) by the descent of the annular metering piston 22 along the closure rod 42 to above the mouth of the general pipe 3 in the vertical cylindrical enclosure 39 at the junction of the upper metering chamber 16 and the lower distribution chamber 34 delimited by said enclosure 39. In this case, the annular piston 22 reaches the position indicated for the dispenser-distributor 6 on the right of FIG.
  • a low position in which its lower end is engaged at the bottom of a container 21 plays not only a role as a shutter element of the ejection valve 35, but also the role ejection nozzle thanks to the ejection channel 56, to the ejection orifices 57 and to the upper radial holes 59.
  • a similar arrangement is moreover indicated schematically on the shutter rod 42 of the dispenser-dispenser on the right of the figure 5.
  • the vertical passage 48 of the valve drawer 47 intake 7 establishes communication between the storage tank 1 for the basic product and the general line 3 (or the inlet of the metering-dispenser 6) and the bent passage 49 of said drawer 47 connects the outlet of the metering unit 14 for the additive product (line 51) to the general line 3 (or the inlet of the metering chamber 16 of the metering-dispenser 6).
  • the bent passage 49 of the slide valve 47 of the intake valve 7 constitutes, in cooperation with the orifices 50a, 52a or 51a, 3b, an alternative connection valve 26, on the one hand, between the storage tank for the additive product or the upper chamber 25c of the metering device 14 for the additive product and the lower chamber 25a of said metering device 14, and, on the other hand, between the lower chamber 25a of the metering cavity 25, or outlet duct 51 of said metering device 14 and the injection point 15 (general line 3) of the additive product into the base product 2.
  • piston 27 of the metering device 14 performs its downward stroke for expelling the additive product while the annular piston 22 performs its upward suction stroke, the movements of these pistons 22, 27 being synchronous, but in opposite directions to each other.
  • the closure rod 42 (FIG. 6, dispenser 6 on the right) can also be full over its entire length and, by its lower end, serve obturator to the vertical cylindrical bore 40 of the frustoconical body 41 of the ejection valve 35 provided at the lower end of the distribution chamber 34 of the metering-dispenser 6.
  • the frustoconical body 41 provided with its cylindrical bore 40 fulfills the function of the fixed ejection nozzle 20.
  • the closure rod 42 has, if necessary, stirring members 44 such as more or less oblique fins s.
  • the metering piston 27 and the bellows 55 including its fixing flange 55a on the metering body 23 at the place of passage of the control rod 28 out of the passage chamber 54 and the upper chamber 25c are produced from the same block of synthetic material such as polytetrafluoroethylene. As can be seen in FIG.
  • the bellows 55 made of the same material as the piston 27 by boring the block of material has a diameter slightly greater than that of the control rod 28, bore followed by a tapping of successive superimposed annular grooves 55b, the section of which along a radial plane is an isosceles triangle, the base of which rests against said rod 8 the apices or bottoms of these annular grooves being located on a cylindrical casing whose diameter is less than the diameter of the piston 25.
  • the radial section of these outer grooves 55c also being in the form of an isosceles triangle, the base of which is situated on the cylindrical envelope imaginary surrounding the bellows 55, the wall 55d of cylindrical accordion shape alternately separates an internal groove 55b from an adjacent superimposed external groove 55c.
  • the upper end of the bellows 55 ends with the fixing flange 55a which comprises a tubular part 55e connected to the upper end of the wall 55d of the bellows 55, and an annular fixing disc 55f, the inside diameter of the tubular part. of the fixing flange 55a being equal to the outside diameter of the control rod 28.
  • the fixing flange 55a is tightly mounted on the metering body 23 and thus prevents any leakage of fluid from the outside to the inside and vice versa of the metering device 14.
  • the lower end 28a of the control rod 28 is threaded and is screwed into a blind thread 27b of the piston 27.
  • the profile of the internal grooves 55b and the external grooves 55c is not necessarily triangular with pointed vertices or bottoms; it is also possible to round more or less strongly the profile of these peaks or bottoms.
  • the operating mode of the installation is self-explanatory:
  • the basic product 2 flows by itself when it is sufficiently liquid or is pushed under the effect of the overpressure prevailing in the tank 1 in the main line 3 towards the metering-distributor 6 per volume unit corresponding to the volume of either a dose of base product 2 or a dose of the mixture of base products 2 and additive 11 aspirated during a suction stroke in chamber 16 of the metering-dispenser 6.
  • each step of advance of the product or mixture of products in the main line 3, which corresponds to the suction period of the metering-dispenser 6, is injected either in the main line 3, or in the metering chamber 16, or in the connecting duct 33, a quantity or portion of additive product 11 which is corresponding to the volume of additive product 11 contained in the volume of the mixture of products dosed in a chamber 16 of the dispenser-distributor 6, or is added to the volume of the base product 2 dosed in said chamber 16, the successive doses or portions of the additive product 11 being dosed in the dosing cavity 25 of the metering device 14.
  • the base product 2 and the additive product 11 are mixed either in the general line 3, or in the metering chamber 16, or in the connection conduit 33, or even in the distribution chamber 34, before d '' be ejected in proportional mixture by the ejection nozzle 20.

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  1. Verfahren zum Füllen von Behältern mit einer Mischung aus mindestens zwei pastösen und/oder flüssigen Produkten, gemäß dem aus einem ersten Vorratsbehälter (1) ein Grundprodukt (2) entnommen wird, das schrittweise in einer allgemeinen Versorgungsleitung (3) transportiert wird, welche mit dem Entnahme-Ausgang (4) des ersten Vorratsbehälters (1) verbunden ist, aus einem zweiten Vorratsbehälter (10) ein Zusatzprodukt (11) in einem festgelegten Verhältnis zu den Anteilen oder Dosierungen des entnommenen Grundprodukts (2) entnommen wird, das Zusatzprodukt (11) mit dem Grundprodukt (2) gemischt wird und diese Produktmischung durch einen volumetrischen Dosierapparat-Verteiler (6) läuft, der mit Ausstoßdüsen (20) bestückt ist, ein Einlaß- (7,38) und ein Ausstoßventil (35) hat und dessen Einlaß mit der allgemeinen Versorgungsleitung (3) verbunden ist und mit dessen Hilfe die genauen Mengen der Mischung vor deren Ausstoß quer zu den Düsen (20) in mindestens einen Behälter (21) dosiert werden,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet,
    daß in den beiden Vorratsbehältern (1,10) über den Produkten (2,11) eine Atmosphäre, gegebenenfalls steril, mit Oberdruck vorgesehen ist, um den Eintritt eines verunreinigten Gases in die Behälter (1,10) zu verhindern und das Grundprodukt (2) in die Versorgungsleitung (3) zu drücken,
    in das Grundprodukt (2) das Zusatzprodukt (11) in festgelegten Mengen im Hinblick auf die entnommenen Dosierungen des Grundprodukts (2) so eingeführt wird, daß während des Einführens einer Menge des Zusatzprodukts (11) in das Grundprodukt (2) im Dosierapparat-Verteiler (6) eine Dosierung des Mischprodukts verwirklicht wird, die eine Menge des Zusatzprodukts (11) enthält, welche identisch mit derjenigen ist, die gerade in das Grundprodukt (2) eingeführt wurde,
    und aus dem Dosierapparat-Verteiler (6) und quer zu dessen mindestens einer Ausstoßdüse (20) in einen entsprechenden Behälter (21) jede Mischprodukt-Dosierung mit konstanten und genauen Verhältnissen jeder der Produkte (2,11) geleitet wird, während das Zusatzprodukt (11) in einem anderen volumetrischen Dosierapparat (14) dosiert wird, wobei es vollständig gegen jede Oxydation durch die Umgebungsluft geschützt wird.
  2. Verfahren nach Anspruch 2,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet,
    daß das Zusatzprodukt (11) in das Grundprodukt (2) nur während des Ansaughubes des Dosierapparat-Verteilers (6) eingeleitet wird.
  3. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet,
    daß das Grundprodukt (2) direkt von seinem Vorratsbehälter (1) zum entsprechenden Dosierapparat-Verteiler (6) geleitet wird.
  4. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet,
    daß das in dem anderen volumetrischen Dosierapparat enthaltene Zusatzprodukt (11) gegen jede Oxydation durch die Umgebungsluft geschützt wird, indem dauernd die hintere oder obere Fläche des Kolbens (27) des volumetrischen Dosierapparats (14) mit dem Grundprodukt (2) abgedeckt wird.
  5. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet,
    daß das in dem anderen volumetrischen Dosierapparat (14) enthaltene Zusatzprodukt (11) gegen jede Oxydation durch die Umgebungsluft geschützt wird mit Hilfe einer Membran oder eines unelastischen Faltenbalges (55), der den Abschnitt des Kolbens (27) und der Kolbenstange (28) gegenüber dem Zusatzprodukt (11) dicht umgibt, der in Kontakt mit der Umgebungsluft steht.
  6. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet,
    daß die Zusammensetzung des Mischprodukts geändert wird, indem in das Grundprodukt (2) ein von dem ersten Zusatzprodukt (11) unterschiedliches Zusatzprodukt (11' ) eingeleitet wird.
  7. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet,
    daß das Zusatzprodukt (11) in das Grundprodukt (2) nach dem Ans-augventil (7,38) und vor dem Ausstoßventil (35) des Dosierapparat-Verteilers (6) injiziert wird.
  8. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet,
    daß zwischen dem Boden (24) des ersten Vorratsbehälters (1) des Grundprodukts (2) und dem Eintritt in den Dosierapparat-Verteiler ein einziges Ventil (7,26,47) verwendet wird, das eine zyklische Verbindung zwischen dem ersten Vorratsbehölter (1), der allgemeinen Versorgungsleitung (3) oder dem Dosierapparat-Verteiler (6) und dem Ausgang des volumetrischen Dosierapparates (14) für das Zusatzprodukt (11) bildet.
  9. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 8,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet,
    daß das Zusatzprodukt (11) in das in der allgemeinen Versorgungsleitung (3) enthaltene Grundprodukt (2) injiziert wird.
  10. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 8,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet,
    daß das Zusatzprodukt (11) in das im Dosierapparat-Verteiler (6) enthaltene Grundprodukt (2) injiziert wird.
  11. Anlage zum Füllen mindestens eines Behälters mit einer Mischung von mindestens zwei pastösen und/oder flüssigen Produkten mit einem ersten Vorratsbehälter (1) für ein Grundprodukt (2), mit wenigstens einem weiteren Vorratsbehälter (10,10', 10a,10'a) für ein Zusatzprodukt (11,11' ,11a,11'a), einem Dosierapparat-Verteiler (6) für eine Mischung aus einem Grundprodukt-Anteil (2) und einem Zusatzprodukt-Anteil (11) und mit mindestens einer Dosierkammer (16) aus einem Dosierkolben (22) mit einer Steuerstange (37), einer mit der Dosierkammer (16) verbundenen Verteilerkammer (34), einer Ausstoßdüse (20), einem Ansaugventil (7) vor der Dosierkammer (16) und einem Ausstoßventil (35) nach der Verteilerkammer (34) und vor der Ausstoßdüse (20), einer allgemeinen Versorgungsleitung (3), die den Ausgang des ersten Vorratsbehälters (1) mit dem Eingang des Dosierapparat-Verteilers (6) verbindet, und mit mindestens einem volumetrischen Dosierapparat (14) mit einem einen Dosier-Hohlraum (25) bildenden, mit einer Steuerstange (28) versehenen Dosierkolben (27), wobei der Dosierapparat geeignet ist, einerseits mit dem Ausgang des weiteren Vorratsbehälters (10,10',10a,10'a) für das Zusatzprodukt (11,11',11a,11'a) und andererseits mit einem Injektionspunkt (15) verbunden zu werden, der auf dem Transportweg des Grundprodukts (2) zwischen dem Ausgang des ersten Vorratsbehälters (1) und dem Ausstoßventil (35) des Dosierapparat-Verteilers (6) liegt,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet,
    daß das obere Ende der Vorratsbehälter (1 und 10,10',10a,10'a) mit einer Druckgasquelle verbunden ist,
    daß das Ansaugventil (7,38) in der Dosierkammer (16) des Dosierapparat-Verteilers (6) dem einen Ende der allgemeinen Versorgungsleitung (3) zugeordnet ist,
    daß an der Stelle des Dosierkolbens (27) des anderen volumetrischen Dosierapparates (14) das Zusatzprodukt (11,11',11a, 11'a) von der Umgebungsluft durch eine verformbare Trennwand (2,55) getrennt ist und
    daß der Kolben (27) des volumetrischen Dosierapparates (14) und der Kolben (22) des Dosierapparat-Verteilers mit Steuereinheiten (62) verbunden sind, die zyklisch und in entgegengesetzten Phasen betätigt werden, so daß der Kolben (27) des volumetrischen Dosierapparates (14) eine Dosierung des Zusatzproduktes (11) ausstößt, während der Kolben (22) des Dosierapparat-Verteilers (6) seinen Saughub bewirkt.
  12. Anlage zum Füllen nach Anspruch 11,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet,
    daß sie für jeden volumetrischen Dosierapparat (14) vom Zusatzprodukt (11,11',11a,11'a) mindestens zwei Vorratsbehälter (10,10',10a,10'a) mit einem unterschiedlichen Zusatzprodukt (11,11',11a,11'a) aufweist, mindestens zwei Verbindungsleitungen (13,13',13a,13'a) zwischen dem Eingang des volumetrischen Dosierapparates (14) und dem Ausgang des einen oder des anderen der beiden Vorratsbehälter vorgesehen sind sowie mindestens zwei Absperrventile (S,S',Sa,S'a), die jeweils an einem der beiden Verbindungsleitungen angebracht sind.
  13. Anlage zum Füllen nach Anspruch 11,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet,
    daß der Dosierkolben (27) des volumetrischen Dosierapparates (14) und der Dosierkolben (22) des Dosierapparat-Verteilers (6) miteinander durch eine mechanische Kraftübertragung (62a, 71) verbunden sind.
  14. Anlage zum Füllen nach Anspruch 11,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet,
    daß die das im volumetrischen Dosierapparat (14) enthaltene Zusatzprodukt (11) von der Umgebungsluft trennende verformbare Trennwand von einer biegsamen, unelastischen Membran (55) gebildet wird, die eine Seite des Dosierapparat-Hohlraumes (25) abschließt, wobei der Dosierkolben (27) auf der einen Seite und das Zusatzprodukt (11) auf der anderen Seite dieser Membran (55) angeordnet ist.
  15. Anlage zum Füllen nach Anspruch 11,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet,
    daß die das im volumetrischen Dosierapparat (14) enthaltene Zusatzprodukt (11) von der Umgebungsluft trennende verformbare Trennwand von einem verformbaren,- unelastischen Faltenbalg (55) gebildet wird, der einstückig einerseits mit dem Dosierkolben (27) und andererseits mit dem Dosierapparat-Gehäuse (23) ist, das den unteren Endabschnitt der Kolbenstange(28) umgibt und geeignet ist, den Dosierapparat-Hohlraum (25) zu durchdringen.
  16. Anlage zum Füllen nach Anspruch 11,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet,
    daß der volumetrische Dosierapparat (14) ein Dosierapparat-Gehäuse (23) aufweist, das am Boden (24) des ersten Vorratsbehälters (1) des Grundprodukts (2) befestigt ist und mindestens einen Dosierapparat-Hohlraum (25) aufweist, der ohne bemerkenswertes seitliches Spiel den Dosierkolben (27) aufnimmt, der mit seinem oberen Ende in den Boden (24) des ersten Vorratsbehälters (1) einmündet und an seinem unteren Ende ein Ventil für wechselweise Verbindung (26) aufweist, das geeignet ist, den Dosierapparat-Hohlraum (25) mit dem Vorratsbehälter (10) des Zusatzproduktes (11) bzw. mit dem Injizierpunkt (15) des Zusatzproduktes (11) in das Grundprodukt (2) zu verbinden, und
    daß die verformbare Trennwand, die das in dem volumetrischen Dosierapparat (14) enthaltene Zusatzprodukt (11) von der Umgebungsluft trennt, von dem im ersten Vorratsbehälter (1) enthaltenen Grundprodukt (2) gebildet wird, indem es die obere Fläche des Dosierkolbens (27) und einen Abschnitt von deren Steuerstange (28) abdeckt.
  17. Anlage zum Füllen nach Anspruch 11,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet,
    daß das Ansaugventil (7,38) des Dosierapparat-Verteilers (6) in der allgemeinen Versorgungsleitung (3) gleichzeitig als Ausgangsventil des ersten Vorratsbehälters (1) für das Grundprodukt (2) und als Ansaugventil in die Dosierkammer (16) des Dosierapparat-Verteilers (6) dient.
  18. Anlage zum Füllen nach Anspruch 11,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet,
    daß das Ansaugventil (7,38) in die Dosierkammer (16) des Dosierapparat-Verteilers (6) am oberen Ende der allgemeinen Versorgungsleitung (3) und im Boden des ersten Vorratsbehälters (1) angeordnet ist.
  19. Anlage zum Füllen nach Anspruch 11,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet,
    daß der Dosierapparat-Verteiler (6) in einer zylindrischen vertikalen Hülle (39), deren oberes Ende einteilig mit dem Boden (24) des ersten Vorratsbehälters (1) ist und in diesen mündet, von oben nach unten die Dosierkammer (16), die Verteilerkammer (34), das Ausstoßventil (35) und die Ausstoßdüse (20) aufweist und daß das untere Ende der allgemeinen Versorgungsleitung (3) in die zylindrische vertikale Hülle (39) an der Verbindung der oberen Dosierkammer (16) und der unteren Verteilerkammer (34) einmündet.
  20. Anlage zum Füllen nach Anspruch 11,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet,
    daß der Ausgang des volumetrischen Dosierapparats (14) entweder in die Dosierkammer (16) hinter dem Ansaugventil (7,38) des Dosierapparat-Verteilers (6) oder in die allgemeine Versorgungsleitung (3) oder in eine Verbindungsleitung (33) zwischen der Dosierkammer (16) und der Verteilerkammer (34) des Dosierapparat-Verteilers (6) einmündet.
  21. Anlage zum Füllen nach Anspruch 11,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet,
    daß der Boden des ersten Vorratbehälters (1) für das Grundprodukt (2) durch einen Bodenblock (24) gebildet wird, in dem mindestens eine Aufnahme (46) für das Ansaugventil (7,38) des Dosierapparat-Verteilers (6), mindestens eine Aufnahme für den oberen Abschnitt der zylindrischen Hülle (39) dieses Dosierapparat-Verteilers (6) und mindestens ein Kanal vorgesehen sind, der zumindest einen Abschnitt der allgemeinen Versorgungsleitung (3) bildet.
  22. Anlage zum Füllen nach den Ansprüchen 11 und 21,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet,
    daß der volumetrische Dosierapparat (14) für das Zusatzprodukt (11) ein Gehäuse (23) hat, das an einer Seitenfläche des Bodenblockes (24) des ersten Vorratsbehälters (1) fest angebracht ist, mit einem Dosierapparat-Hohlraum (25), in welchem sich der Kosierkolben (27) abdichtend verschiebt, wobei er diesen Hohlraum (25) in eine untere Kammer (25a) und eine obere Kammer (25c) trennt, und
    daß ein in dieser oberen Kammer (25c) angeordneter Abschnitt der Steuerstange (28) dieses Kolbens (27) von einem Faltenbalg (55) umgeben ist, der einerseits an der hinteren Fläche des Kolbens (27) und andererseits an dem Dosierapparat-Gehäuse (23) an der Stelle abgedichtet befestigt ist, wo letzteres von der Steuerstange (28) durchquert wird.
  23. Anlage zum Füllen nach Anspruch 11,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet,
    daß der volumetrische Dosierapparat (14) ein abwechselndes Verbindungsventil (26) aufweist, mit dessen Hilfe sein Dosierapparat-Hohlraum (25,25a) abwechselnd mit dem Ausgang des Vorratsbehälters (10) für das Zusatzprodukt (11) oder mit dem Injizierpunkt (15) des Zusatzprodukts (11) in das Grundprodukt (2) verbunden werden kann, und
    daßjdieses abwechselnde Verbindungsventil (26) und das Ansaugventil (7) des Dosierapparat-Verteilers (6) in einem einzigen Ventil (7,26) des Typs eines Schiebers vereinigt sind, der geeignet ist, um entweder eine Verbindung zwischen der unteren Kammer (25a) des Dosierapparat-Hohlraums (25) und dem Vorratsbehälter (10) für das Zusatzprodukt (11) herzustellen und zugleich die Verbindung einerseits zwischen dem Vorratsbehälter (1) für das Grundprodukt (2) und dem Dosierapparat-Verteiler (6) und andererseits zwischen dem Dosierapparat-Hohlraum (25,25a) und dem Injizierpunkt (15) des Zusatzprodukts (11) in das Grundprodukt (2) zu unterbrechen oder um eine Verbindung einerseits zwischen dem Vorratsbehälter (1) für das Grundprodukt (2) und dem Dosierapparat-Verteiler (6) und andererseits zwischen dem Dosierapparat-Hohlraum (25,25a) und dem Injizierpunkt (15) des Zusatzprodukts (11) im Grundprodukt (2) herzustellen und zugleich die Verbindung zwischen der unteren Kammer (25a) des Dosierapparat-Hohlraumes (25) und dem Vorratsbehälter (10) für das Zusatzprodukt (11) zu unterbrechen.
  24. Anlage zum Füllen nach Anspruch 23,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet,
    daß die obere Kammer (25c) des Dosierapparat-Hohlraumes (25) im volumetrischen Dosierapparat (14) dauernd mit dem Vorratsbehälter (10) für das Zusatzprodukt (11) verbunden und geeignet ist, mit der unteren Kammer (25a) dieses Hohlraumes (25) mittels einer Umgehungsleitung (50,52) und eines in diese Umgehungsleitung (50,52) zwischengeschalteten abwechselnden Verbindungsventils (26) verbunden zu werden.
  25. Anlage zum Füllen nach Anspruch 15 oder 22,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet,
    daß der Kolben (27) des volumetrischen Dosierapparates (14) und der Faltenbalg (55) aus einem einzigen Teil durch Stanzen aus einem Block aus Kunststoffmaterial hergestellt werden.
  26. Anlage zum Füllen nach Anspruch 19,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet,
    daß die Verteilerkammer (34) an ihrem unteren Ende von einem kegelstumpfartigen Körper (41) begrenzt wird, der mit einer zylindrischen vertikalen Bohrung (40) zur dichten Aufnahme einer Verschlußstange (42) ausgestattet ist, die hiermit das Injizierventil (35) bildet, die zylindrische vertikale Hülle (39) koaxial durchquert, abgedichtet in den Vorratsbehälter (1) für das Grundprodukt (2) eindringt und geeignet ist, in das Innere der Verteilerkammer (34) zurückgezogen zu werden, um den Weg für das Ausstoßventil (35) freizugeben, der durch diese Bohrung (40) des kegelstumpfförmigen Körpers (41) gebildet wird.
  27. Anlage zum Füllen nach Anspruch 19,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet,
    daß die Verteilerkammer (34) an ihrem unteren Ende von einem kegelstumpfartigen Körper (41) begrenzt wird, der mit einer zylindrischen vertikalen Bohrung (40) zur dichten Aufnahme einer Verschlußstange (42) ausgestattet ist, die die zylindrische vertikale Hülle (39) koaxial durchquert, abgedichtet in den Vorratsbehälter (1) für das Grundprodukt (2) eindringt, mit einem Injizierkanal (56) in ihrem unteren, auf dem Niveau der Verteilerkammer (34) gelegenen Abschnitt, wenn dieser seine obere Lage innehat, wobei der Kanal an jedem Ende seitlich an der Außenfläche der Stange (42) mit mindestens einer Öffnung oder seitlichen Bohrung (57,59) mündet, und
    daß diese bewegliche Stange (42) einerseits als Ausstoßventil (35) im Zusammenwirken mit der Bohrung (40) und andererseits als Ausstoßdüse (20) mittels des Injizierkanals (56) und seiner Öffnungen oder seitlichen Bohrungen (57,59) dient und beweglich zwischen einerseits einer tiefen Lage, in welcher sie in den Boden eines Behälters zum Füllen (21) eindringt und in der die obere seitliche Bohrung (59) sich noch in der Verteilerkammer (34) befindet, während sich seine untere seitliche Öffnung (57) unterhalb der zylindrischen Bohrung (40) des kegelstumpfartigen Körpers (41) befindet, und andererseits einer hohen Lage, in welcher die untere seitliche Öffnung (57) der Stange(42) sich im Innern der Bohrung (40) befindet und gegenüber außen abgeschlossen ist.
  28. Anlage zum Füllen nach Anspruch 26,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet,
    daß die Verschlußstange(42) auf dem Niveau der Verteilerkammer (34) Mischorgane darstellt.
  29. Anlage zum Füllen nach Anspruch 26 oder 27,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet,
    daß der Dosierapparat-Verteiler (6) einen ringförmigen Dosierkolben (22) aufweist, der abgedichtet in der Dosierkammer (16) gleichzeitig längs der Verschlußstange (42) und der Innenfläche der zylindrischen Hülle (39) verschiebbar gleitet, die in den Boden (24) des Behälters für das Grundprodukt (2) mündet.
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