EP0338196A1 - Apparatus for filling cans with a viscous material - Google Patents

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EP0338196A1
EP0338196A1 EP89101845A EP89101845A EP0338196A1 EP 0338196 A1 EP0338196 A1 EP 0338196A1 EP 89101845 A EP89101845 A EP 89101845A EP 89101845 A EP89101845 A EP 89101845A EP 0338196 A1 EP0338196 A1 EP 0338196A1
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Jürgen Gideon
Dieter Krieger
Erich Mengel
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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  • the invention relates to a device for filling cans with a tough plastic filling.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a device of the type mentioned, in which a special knife can be dispensed with.
  • this object is achieved by a filling container receiving the filling material, which is covered on one side with a recessed sealing plate, a plurality of filling cylinders which are guided past the filling container for receiving the filling material and are provided with a sealing flange, the filling cylinders being flat over the sealing plate rest on it so that the filling material transferred from the filling container to the filling cylinder passing by it is sheared off between the sealing plate and the respective sealing flange.
  • a preferred embodiment is characterized in that the recess is designed as an elongated hole with a length corresponding to a multiple of the diameter of the filling cylinder.
  • the sealing plate is designed to be pressed against the sealing flanges of the filling cylinders.
  • a preferred embodiment is characterized in that the filling cylinders are guided past the filling container on a circular path and the sealing flanges are essentially trapezoidal and are arranged so as to abut one another on their legs.
  • Figures 1, 3 and 5 show that the device consists of a filling container 10 and a plurality of filling cylinders 16.
  • the filling container 10 is closed at the top by a sealing plate 14 which is provided with a recess 12.
  • the filling material which is introduced under pressure into the filling container 10 by means (not shown), is introduced upwards into the filling cylinder 16, which is on a circular path (see FIGS. 2 and 4) on the Recess 12 are passed.
  • the recess 12 is in the form of a curved elongated hole, the diameter of which corresponds to the inside diameter of the cylinder, but can also be smaller than this.
  • the filling cylinders 16 are each provided with sealing flanges 18, the sealing flanges 18 resting on the sealing plate 14.
  • Fig. 5 illustrates that the elongated hole has an extent in which at least three cylinders 16 are filled at the same time, wherein pistons 20 guided in the cylinders 16 are gradually moved upwards in accordance with the filling progress.
  • FIGS. 6, 7 and 8 illustrate the passage of the cylinders 16 past the sealing plate 14.
  • Figures 1, 3 and 5 further illustrate that the filling container 10 is designed so that the sealing plate 14 is vertically movable and thus can be pressed against the sealing flanges 18 of the filling cylinder.
  • the sealing flanges 18 of the filling cylinders 16 slide on the sealing plate 14, the cylinders 16 in the region of the sealing plate 14 being filled with the filling material rising from bottom to top.
  • the cylinders 16 are completely filled when they leave the space above the recess 12.
  • lumpy parts, some of which are still in the filling container 10, but some are already in the filling cylinder 16 between the one in FIG Arrow marked edge of the recess 12 and the edge of the sealing flange 18 of the respective filling cylinder 16 approaching this sheared off.
  • This shearing action between the sealing plate 14 and the sealing flanges 18 makes it possible to dispense with the provision of a special cutting device, in particular a knife.
  • the proposed design of a filling device thus makes it possible, without the provision of a special cutting device, to reliably portion the filling material to be filled, for example, into cans, and lumpy parts without a special cutting device be casually sheared off between the sealing flanges and the sealing plate.

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Abstract

The device disclosed comprises a filling container (10) for receiving the filling material, said container being covered on one side with a sealing plate (14) provided with a recess (12), and a plurality of filling cylinders (16) provided with a sealing flange (18) which pass in front of the filling container (10) in orderto receive the filling material. As they pass in front of the filling container (10), the filling cylinders (16) are contiguous with the surface of the sealing plate (14) so that the filling material transferred from the filling containers (10) to the filling cylinders (16) is sheared off between the sealing plate (14) and the corresponding sealing flange (18).

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Vorrichtung zum Füllen von Konservendosen mit einem zähplastisch stückigem Füllgut.The invention relates to a device for filling cans with a tough plastic filling.

Bei den bekannten Vorrichtungen zum Füllen von Konser­vendosen mit einem zähplastisch stückigem Füllgut, bei­spielsweise Tierfutter, stellt sich bei dem Portionieren der in jeweils eine Konservendose abzufüllenden Menge das Problem, daß überstehende Stücke abgeschnitten wer­den müssen. Die bisher bekannten Abfüllvorrichtungen setzen zu diesem Zweck Messer ein. Derartige Messer sind jedoch bruchgefährdet und bedürfen eines regelmäßigen Nachschärfens.In the known devices for filling cans with a tough plastic filling, for example animal feed, the problem arises when portioning the amount to be filled into a cans that protruding pieces must be cut off. Known filling devices use knives for this purpose. However, such knives are prone to breakage and require regular use Resharpening.

Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, eine Vorrich­tung der eingangs genannten Art zu schaffen, bei der auf ein besonderes Messer verzichtet werden kann.The invention has for its object to provide a device of the type mentioned, in which a special knife can be dispensed with.

Erfindungsgemäß wird diese Aufgabe gelöst durch einen das Füllgut aufnehmenden Füllbehälter, der einseitig mit einer Ausnehmung versehenen Dichtplatte abgedeckt ist, eine Vielzahl von an dem Füllbehälter zur Aufnahme des Füllguts vorbeigeführte, mit einem Dichtflansch versehe­ne Füllzylinder, wobei die Füllzylinder bei dem Vorbei­führen an der Dichtplatte flächig auf dieser aufliegen, so daß das von dem Füllbehälter auf die an diesem vor­beiwandernden Füllzylinder übergebene Füllgut zwischen Dichtplatte und dem jeweiligen Dichtflansch abgeschert wird.According to the invention, this object is achieved by a filling container receiving the filling material, which is covered on one side with a recessed sealing plate, a plurality of filling cylinders which are guided past the filling container for receiving the filling material and are provided with a sealing flange, the filling cylinders being flat over the sealing plate rest on it so that the filling material transferred from the filling container to the filling cylinder passing by it is sheared off between the sealing plate and the respective sealing flange.

Eine bevorzugte Ausführungsform zeichnet sich dadurch aus, daß die Ausnehmung als Langloch mit einer einem Mehrfachen des Durchmessers des Füllzylinders entspre­chenden Länge ausgebildet ist.A preferred embodiment is characterized in that the recess is designed as an elongated hole with a length corresponding to a multiple of the diameter of the filling cylinder.

Weiter wird vorgeschlagen, daß die Dichtplatte gegen die Dichtflansche der Füllzylinder andrückbar ausgebildet ist.It is further proposed that the sealing plate is designed to be pressed against the sealing flanges of the filling cylinders.

Eine bevorzugte Ausbildung ist dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Füllzylinder auf einer Kreisbahn an dem Füllbe­hälter vorbeigeführt werden und die Dichtflansche im we­sentlichen trapezförmig ausgebildet und an ihren Schen­keln aneinander anstoßend angeordnet sind.A preferred embodiment is characterized in that the filling cylinders are guided past the filling container on a circular path and the sealing flanges are essentially trapezoidal and are arranged so as to abut one another on their legs.

Weitere Merkmale und Vorteile der Erfindung ergeben sich aus den Ansprüchen und aus der Beschreibung, in der ein Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung anhand einer Zeichnung erläutert wird. Dabei zeigt:

  • Fig. 1 eine Schnittdarstellung der Vorrichtung in der Seitenansicht,
  • Fig. 2 eine Darstellung einer Draufsicht auf die in Fig. 1 dargestellte Vorrichtung,
  • Fig. 3 eine Fig. 1 entsprechende Darstellung bei wei­tergewandertem Zylinder,
  • Fig. 4 eine Fig. 2 entsprechende Darstellung in der Position des Zylinders nach Fig. 3,
  • Fig. 5 eine vergrößerte Darstellung von Füllbehälter und Füllzylinder,
  • Fig. 6, 7 und 8 Darstellungen, die das Vorbeiwandern der Zylinder an der Dichtplatte verdeutlichen.
Further features and advantages of the invention result from the claims and from the description in which an embodiment of the invention is explained with reference to a drawing. It shows:
  • 1 is a sectional view of the device in side view,
  • FIG. 2 shows a top view of the device shown in FIG. 1, FIG.
  • 3 shows a representation corresponding to FIG. 1 when the cylinder has moved on,
  • 4 shows a representation corresponding to FIG. 2 in the position of the cylinder according to FIG. 3,
  • 5 is an enlarged view of the filling container and filling cylinder,
  • 6, 7 and 8 representations that illustrate the passage of the cylinder past the sealing plate.

Die Figuren 1, 3 und 5 zeigen, daß die Vorrichtung aus einem Füllbehälter 10 und einer Vielzahl von Füllzylin­dern 16 besteht.Figures 1, 3 and 5 show that the device consists of a filling container 10 and a plurality of filling cylinders 16.

Der Füllbehälter 10 wird oben durch eine Dichtplatte 14 abgeschlossen, die mit einer Ausnehmung 12 versehen ist.The filling container 10 is closed at the top by a sealing plate 14 which is provided with a recess 12.

Durch die Ausnehmung 12 in der Dichtplatte 14 wird das Füllgut, das unter Druck durch (nicht gezeigte) Mittel in den Füllbehälter 10 eingebracht wird, nach oben in Füllzylinder 16 eingeführt, die auf einer Kreisbahn (vgl. Fig. 2 und 4) an der Ausnehmung 12 vorbeigeführt werden. Die Ausnehmung 12 ist dabei in Form eines gebo­genen Langlochs ausgebildet, wobei dessen Durchmesser dem Innendurchmesser der Zylinder entspricht, aber auch kleiner als dieses sein kann.Through the recess 12 in the sealing plate 14, the filling material, which is introduced under pressure into the filling container 10 by means (not shown), is introduced upwards into the filling cylinder 16, which is on a circular path (see FIGS. 2 and 4) on the Recess 12 are passed. The recess 12 is in the form of a curved elongated hole, the diameter of which corresponds to the inside diameter of the cylinder, but can also be smaller than this.

Die Füllzylinder 16 sind jeweils mit Dichtflanschen 18 versehen, wobei die Dichtflansche 18 auf der Dichtplatte 14 aufliegen.The filling cylinders 16 are each provided with sealing flanges 18, the sealing flanges 18 resting on the sealing plate 14.

Fig. 5 verdeutlicht, daß das Langloch eine Erstreckung hat, bei der jeweils mindestens drei Zylinder 16 gleich­zeitig gefüllt werden, wobei in den Zylindern 16 geführ­te Kolben 20 allmählich dem Füllfortschritt entsprechend nach oben bewegt werden.Fig. 5 illustrates that the elongated hole has an extent in which at least three cylinders 16 are filled at the same time, wherein pistons 20 guided in the cylinders 16 are gradually moved upwards in accordance with the filling progress.

Die Figuren 6, 7 und 8 verdeutlichen das Vorbeiführen der Zylinder 16 an der Dichtplatte 14.FIGS. 6, 7 and 8 illustrate the passage of the cylinders 16 past the sealing plate 14.

Die Figuren 1, 3 und 5 verdeutlichen weiter, daß der Füllbehälter 10 so ausgebildet ist, daß die Dichtplatte 14 vertikal beweglich ist und somit gegen die Dichtflan­sche 18 der Füllzylinder angedrückt werden kann.Figures 1, 3 and 5 further illustrate that the filling container 10 is designed so that the sealing plate 14 is vertically movable and thus can be pressed against the sealing flanges 18 of the filling cylinder.

Bei dem Füllvorgang gleiten die Dichtflansche 18 der Füllzylinder 16 auf der Dichtplatte 14, wobei die Zylin­der 16 im Bereich der Dichtplatte 14 mit dem Füllgut von unten nach oben ansteigend gefüllt werden. Dabei ist si­ chergestellt, daß die Zylinder 16 vollständig gefüllt sind, wenn diese den Raum oberhalb der Ausnehmung 12 verlassen. In dem Bereich, in dem der Dichtflansch 18 eines Füllzylinders 16 das Ende der Ausnehmung 12 er­reicht, werden stückige Teile, die zum Teil noch in dem Füllbehälter 10, zum Teil aber schon in dem Füllzylinder 16 sind, zwischen der in Fig. 3 mit einem Pfeil gekenn­zeichneten Kante der Ausnehmung 12 und der sich an diese annähernden Kante des Dichtflansches 18 des jeweiligen Füllzylinders 16 abgeschert. Diese Scherwirkung zwischen Dichtplatte 14 und Dichtflanschen 18 ermöglicht es, auf die Vorsehung einer besonderen Schneideinrichtung, ins­besondere also eines Messers, zu verzichten.During the filling process, the sealing flanges 18 of the filling cylinders 16 slide on the sealing plate 14, the cylinders 16 in the region of the sealing plate 14 being filled with the filling material rising from bottom to top. Here is si that the cylinders 16 are completely filled when they leave the space above the recess 12. In the area in which the sealing flange 18 of a filling cylinder 16 reaches the end of the recess 12, lumpy parts, some of which are still in the filling container 10, but some are already in the filling cylinder 16, between the one in FIG Arrow marked edge of the recess 12 and the edge of the sealing flange 18 of the respective filling cylinder 16 approaching this sheared off. This shearing action between the sealing plate 14 and the sealing flanges 18 makes it possible to dispense with the provision of a special cutting device, in particular a knife.

Dabei stellt die in Richtung auf die mit den Zylindern 16 verbundenen Dichtflansche 18 bewegliche Lagerung der Dichtplatte 14 sicher, daß diese plan aneinander anlie­gen, so daß eine optimale Scherwirkung erzielt wird.The bearing 18 of the sealing plate 14, which is movable in the direction of the sealing flanges 18 connected to the cylinders 16, ensures that they lie flat against one another, so that an optimal shearing effect is achieved.

Der weitere Vorschlag, die Füllzylinder 16 auf einer Kreisbahn (vgl. Fig. 6, 7 und 8) an der Dichtplatte 14 vorbeizuführen und dabei die einzelnen Dichtflansche 18 im wesentlichen trapezförmig auszubilden und unmittelbar aneinander anstoßend anzuordnen, stellt sicher, daß das Füllgut nicht zwischen die einzelnen Dichtflansche 14 eindringen kann.The further proposal to pass the filling cylinder 16 on a circular path (see FIGS. 6, 7 and 8) past the sealing plate 14 and thereby to form the individual sealing flanges 18 essentially trapezoidal and to arrange them abutting one another, ensures that the filling material does not lie between the individual sealing flanges 14 can penetrate.

Die vorgeschlagene Ausbildung einer Füllvorrichtung er­möglicht es somit, ohne Vorsehung einer besonderen Schneideinrichtung das beispielsweise in Konservendosen abzufüllende Füllgut zuverlässig zu portionieren, wobei stückige Teile ohne besondere Schneideinrichtung zuver­ lässig zwischen den Dichtflanschen und der Dichtplatte abgeschert werden.The proposed design of a filling device thus makes it possible, without the provision of a special cutting device, to reliably portion the filling material to be filled, for example, into cans, and lumpy parts without a special cutting device be casually sheared off between the sealing flanges and the sealing plate.

Die in der vorstehenden Beschreibung, in der Zeichnung sowie in den Ansprüchen offenbarten Merkmale der Erfin­dung können sowohl einzeln ausl auch in beliebigen Kom­binationen für die Verwirklichung der Erfindung in ihren verschiedenen Ausführungsformen wesentlich sein.The features of the invention disclosed in the above description, in the drawing and in the claims can be essential both individually and in any combination for realizing the invention in its various embodiments.

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1. Vorrichtung zum Füllen von Konservendosen mit einem zähplastisch stückigen Füllgut, gekennzeichnet durch
- einen das Füllgut aufnehmenden Füllbehälter (10), der einseitig mit einer Ausnehmung (12) versehenen Dichtplatte (14) abgedeckt ist,
- eine Vielzahl von an dem Füllbehälter (10) zur Auf­nahme des Füllguts vorbeigeführte, mit einem Dicht­flansch (18) versehene Füllzylinder (16), wobei
- die Füllzylinder (16) bei dem Vorbeiführen an der Dichtplatte (14) flächig auf dieser aufliegen, so daß das von dem Füllbehälter (10) auf die an diesem vorbei­wandernden Füllzylinder (16) übergebene Füllgut zwischen Dichtplatte (14) und dem jeweiligen Dichtflansch (18) abgeschert wird.1. Device for filling cans with a tough plastic filling, characterized by
a filling container (10) receiving the filling material, which is covered on one side with a recess (12) provided with a sealing plate (14),
- A multiplicity of filling cylinders (16) guided past the filling container (10) for receiving the filling material and provided with a sealing flange (18)
- The filling cylinders (16) rest flat on the sealing plate (14) when passing them, so that the filling container (10) passes the filling cylinder (16) passing this filling material between the sealing plate (14) and the respective sealing flange ( 18) is sheared off. 2. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeich­net, daß die Ausnehmung (12) als Langloch mit einer ei­nem Mehrfachen des Durchmessers des Füllzylinders (16) entsprechenden Länge ausgebildet ist.2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the recess (12) is designed as an elongated hole with a length corresponding to a multiple of the diameter of the filling cylinder (16). 3. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1 und Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Dichtplatte (14) gegen die Dichtflansche (18) der Füllzylinder (16) andrückbar aus­gebildet ist.3. Apparatus according to claim 1 and claim 2, characterized in that the sealing plate (14) against the Sealing flanges (18) of the filling cylinder (16) is designed to be pressed on. 4. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Füllzylinder (16) auf einer Kreisbahn an dem Füllbehälter (10) vorbeigeführt werden und die Dichtflansche (18) im wesentlichen tra­pezförmig ausgebildet und an ihren Schenkeln aneinander anstoßend angeordnet sind.4. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the filling cylinder (16) are guided on a circular path past the filling container (10) and the sealing flanges (18) are essentially trapezoidal and are arranged abutting one another on their legs.
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