EP0341626B1 - Procédé et dispositif pour remplir de liquide des bouteilles - Google Patents

Procédé et dispositif pour remplir de liquide des bouteilles Download PDF

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EP0341626B1
EP0341626B1 EP89108237A EP89108237A EP0341626B1 EP 0341626 B1 EP0341626 B1 EP 0341626B1 EP 89108237 A EP89108237 A EP 89108237A EP 89108237 A EP89108237 A EP 89108237A EP 0341626 B1 EP0341626 B1 EP 0341626B1
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Egon Ing.Grad. Ahlers
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/22—Details
    • B67C3/28—Flow-control devices, e.g. using valves
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/06—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus using counterpressure, i.e. filling while the container is under pressure
    • B67C3/10—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus using counterpressure, i.e. filling while the container is under pressure preliminary filling with inert gases, e.g. carbon dioxide
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/22—Details
    • B67C3/26—Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks
    • B67C3/2614—Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks specially adapted for counter-pressure filling
    • B67C3/2617—Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks specially adapted for counter-pressure filling the liquid valve being opened by mechanical or electrical actuation
    • B67C3/2622—Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks specially adapted for counter-pressure filling the liquid valve being opened by mechanical or electrical actuation and the filling operation stopping when probes, e.g. electrical or optical probes, sense the wanted liquid level
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/22—Details
    • B67C3/26—Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks
    • B67C2003/2651—The liquid valve being carried by the vent tube
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/22—Details
    • B67C3/26—Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks
    • B67C2003/266—Means for centering the container with the filling head
    • B67C2003/2662—Means for centering the container with the filling head with means for detecting the presence of a container
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/22—Details
    • B67C3/26—Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks
    • B67C2003/2685—Details of probes

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  • the invention relates to a method for filling liquid contents, namely still or carbonated drinks in bottles according to the preamble of claim 1 and to a filling machine according to the preamble of claim 5.
  • a method for filling air or. oxygen-sensitive filling material (DE-AS 12 07 230), in which (method) the bottle to be filled is evacuated, then pre-stressed with an inert gas and finally filled in the filling phase with the liquid filling material from a liquid container of the filling machine, which (filling material) when it flows into the bottle, the inert gas there, together with the remaining air, is displaced into the gas space of the liquid container. From time to time, a certain amount of the air / inert gas mixture collecting in the gas space is released and replaced by pure inert gas. The vented air-inert gas mixture is then preferably used for purging the bottles in a purging phase preceding the evacuation and pre-stressing.
  • the purging gas formed by the air / inert gas mixture is fed to the respective bottle via a pipe section which projects beyond the underside of the filling element and which extends through the bottle opening into the interior of the bottle and has radial openings on its underside for the purging gas to exit.
  • the interior of the bottle is connected to the environment via the bottle opening during this rinsing (rinsing phase).
  • the air displaced by the purge gas, but also the purge gas itself, can thus flow outwards through the bottle opening.
  • a disadvantage of this known method is, among other things, that in addition to rinsing, evacuation of the bottles is also necessary, which requires a not inconsiderable outlay in terms of process technology and apparatus and reduces the filling capacity.
  • each filling element of this filling machine has an annular gas outlet opening for inert gas or steam, which encloses a discharge opening for the filling material provided in the region of the filling element axis.
  • the filling of the cans includes purging of the respective can with the inert gas or steam is also provided, with the aid of the annular gas outlet opening arranged at a distance above the can.
  • a filling result with only a small amount of residual air in the respective can is not achieved; on the contrary, it is necessary for inert gas or steam to emerge from the outlet opening when the respective can is filled, and thus a jacket of inert gas or surrounding the filling material during filling Steam is directed at the respective can.
  • this known method for filling cans is, among other things, disadvantageous the high consumption of inert or. Purge gas.
  • the object of the invention is to improve the rinsing preceding the actual filling phase in a method for filling liquid contents into bottles in such a way that the flushing time and the residual air quantity remaining in the bottle are decisively reduced with a low procedural and apparatus expenditure.
  • the object of the invention is also to demonstrate a filling machine which is suitable for carrying out the method according to the invention.
  • the inert purging gas emerges at an annular, preferably circular opening, concentrically surrounding the filling element axis, which opening in the interior of the bottle, the inner surface of the bottle base is provided opposite.
  • the purge gas emerges from the annular opening as a relatively sharp jet and largely strikes the inner surface of the bottle base in a region surrounding the filler element axis, so that at least a considerable amount of purge gas runs radially outward along the inner surface of the bottle base and towards the bottle circumference then flows upwards before the purge gas escapes at the bottle opening together with the entrained or displaced air. Angles or corners of the interior of the bottle in the "bottle bottom-bottle peripheral wall" area are also detected by the purge gas.
  • the annular opening for the discharge of the purge gas is formed in that the tube piece concentrically surrounds a rod-shaped element at a distance, so that an annular gas channel with the ring-shaped opening is formed between this rod-shaped element and the inner surface of the tube piece is.
  • the lower end of the rod-shaped element is approximately flush with the lower end of the pipe section, ie the rod-shaped element protrudes as little as possible or as little as possible beyond the annular opening in order to form a vortex that emerges at the annular opening Avoid purge gas.
  • the rod-shaped element can be an element without any further function.
  • the rod-shaped element can preferably also be a probe that controls the liquid valve of the filling element, for example a conductivity probe, an opto-electrical probe, etc.
  • the liquid valve of the filling element it is expedient to design the liquid valve of the filling element as a "foot valve". In the sense of the invention, this means that the valve body of the liquid valve, which closes the discharge opening of the filling element when the liquid valve is closed and releases it for opening the liquid valve, is provided directly on the discharge opening in such a way that the filling element in the flow direction after the liquid valve or its valve body is practical there are no liquid channels.
  • the length with which the rod-shaped element designed as a probe extends over the underside of the Feeding the pipe section serving the purge gas is short, which ensures an optimal purge effect.
  • the gas channel formed in the tube piece is preferably also used for other purposes, ie as a return gas channel during the filling phase and, if appropriate, as a clamping gas channel during a tensioning of the respective bottle prior to the actual filling phase.
  • Fig. 1 shows a filling element 1, which is designed as a filling tube-less filling element for counter-pressure filling and is arranged together with several similar filling elements 1 on the circumference of a rotor 2 rotating around a vertical axis (e.g. liquid ring channel) of a bottle filling machine, which is otherwise not shown in detail.
  • a liquid channel 4 is formed, which in the embodiment shown in the lower part of the filling element 1 or the housing 3 is formed as an annular channel surrounding the filling element axis VA (section 4 'of the liquid channel 4) and in which the usual , Liquid valve, not shown, is provided.
  • the section 4 On the underside of the filling element 1 or the housing 3, the section 4 'forms the annular dispensing opening 5 which likewise surrounds the filling element axis VA and via which the liquid filling material 6 flows into the bottle 7 to be filled when the liquid valve is open.
  • a tube piece 8 which has its axis aligned with the filling element axis VA and is open on its underside, which has a circular outer and inner cross section and a rod-shaped element 9, which is also a circular one Has outer cross-section and is arranged with its axis coaxially with the filling element axis VA, concentrically encloses such that an annular gas channel 10 is formed between the outer surface of the rod-shaped element 9 and the inner surface of the pipe section 8.
  • the gas channel 10 opens in the interior of the housing 3 into a channel 11 which leads to a control valve device 12, via which the channel 11 and thus also the gas channel 10 are not only connected to a tension gas and / or return gas channel formed in the rotor 2, but also can also be charged with a purge gas, ie with an inert gas-air mixture, preferably CO2 being used as the inert gas.
  • a purge gas ie with an inert gas-air mixture, preferably CO2 being used as the inert gas.
  • the length of the rod-shaped element 9 is adapted to the length of the pipe section 8 such that the lower end of the rod-shaped element 9 is approximately flush with the lower, open end of the pipe section 8, the latter in the housing 3 from the section 4 'of the liquid channel 4 and is enclosed by the discharge opening 5.
  • the filling element 1 also has a known centering bell 13 with an annular seal 14, the latter enclosing the pipe section 8 concentrically and with such a distance that an annular channel 14 'is formed between the seal 14 and the outer surface of the pipe section 8, which in the flow direction of the liquid Filling material 6 follows the discharge opening 5 and forms the continuation of the liquid channel 4 when the bottle 7 is filled.
  • this upright bottle 7 is first raised from below against the filling element 1 to such an extent that the pipe section 8 and the element 9 extend through the bottle opening or mouth into the interior 15 of the bottle 7, the bottle 7, however, is still arranged at a distance from the seal 14.
  • the interior 15 is flushed with a flushing gas or inert gas, for example with CO2, for which by appropriate control of the control valve device 12 this purge gas is supplied via the channel 11 to the gas channel 10 and from the latter on the underside of the pipe section 8, ie at the annular opening 16 formed there between this pipe section 8 and the element 9 into the interior 15 emerges as a purge gas stream, as indicated by the arrows 17.
  • a flushing gas or inert gas for example with CO2
  • the air present there is displaced or flushed out, ie this air and the flushing gas can be formed at the annular gap formed between the mouth of the bottle 7 and the underside of the seal 14, which for example has a width of 6 mm, emerge to the outside, as indicated by the arrow 18 in FIG. 1.
  • the purging gas is supplied to the interior 15 in the area of the filling element axis VA (arrows 17), it is possible that this purging gas flows through the entire interior 15 of the bottle 7 and entrains or flushes out existing air without causing any significant mixing of the in the purge gas entering the interior 15 (arrows 17) and the purge gas or purge gas / air mixture flowing from the interior 15 to the mouth of the bottle 7.
  • the purge time is relatively short, which for example in the case of so-called “Euro bottles” is only one second, and thus with low purge gas consumption a particularly intensive flushing of the interior 15 of the bottle 7 is possible, ie despite an extremely short flushing time only an extremely small amount of residual air remains in the interior 15.
  • this is obviously due to the fact that by using the between the Pipe piece and the rod-shaped element 9 formed gas channel 10, to which the purging gas is supplied, for example, at a pressure of about 2.7 bar, this purging gas emerges at the narrow opening 16 as a relatively sharp jet, which is nevertheless in the direction due to the annular design of the opening 16 perpendicular to the filling element axis VA a relatively large has osse expansion and especially evenly distributed around the filling element axis VA, so that this purge gas jet to The majority also strikes the inner surface of the bottom of the bottle, in an almost uniform distribution in a region of this inner surface of the bottom surrounding the filling element axis VA.
  • the purging gas can then flow uniformly radially outwards and from there upwards on this inner surface of the floor, whereby the entire interior 15 is covered by the purging gas.
  • the liquid valve provided in the liquid channel 4 is opened so that the liquid filling material 6 flows into the interior 15 of the bottle 7.
  • the pipe section 8 or its partial length arranged in the interior of the housing 3 has a section 8 'in the region of the discharge opening 5, on which the outer diameter of the pipe section is facing downward increases conically and which is surrounded by a correspondingly shaped surface 19 of the housing 3 concentrically surrounding the filling element axis VA.
  • the liquid valve provided in the liquid channel 4 is closed in the usual manner after the level 20 of the liquid filling material 6 flowing into the bottle 7 has reached the lower end of the pipe section 8 that determines the filling height.
  • the closing of the liquid valve can also be probe-controlled, for which purpose, for example, the rod-shaped element 9 is designed as a probe and in this case, with a probe section (for example when the probe is designed as a conductivity probe with a probe contact), projects slightly beyond the underside of the tube piece 8, as is the case here is indicated in Fig. 1 with broken lines at 9 '.
  • the rod-shaped element 9 is designed as a probe and in this case, with a probe section (for example when the probe is designed as a conductivity probe with a probe contact), projects slightly beyond the underside of the tube piece 8, as is the case here is indicated in Fig. 1 with broken lines at 9 '.
  • the aim should be that the axial length of the section 9 ′ projecting beyond the underside of the tube piece 8 is as small as possible, in such a way that the probe forming the rod-shaped element 9 responds at a level of the mirror 20 which (level) lies just so far below the open end of the pipe section 8 that even after the section 4 'of the liquid channel 4 has been emptied, the mirror 20 which the liquid filling material in the bottle 7 has reached, still has a sufficient distance from the lower end of the pipe section 8 so that the filling material 6 does not get into the gas channel 10. It is expedient to design the projecting section 9 'in a flow-favorable manner.
  • Fig. 2 shows a similar representation as Fig. 1, a filling element 1 a, which is characterized by a particularly simple, inexpensive and robust construction and differs from the filling element 1 first of all in that the filling element 1 a has a filling tube 22.
  • This filling tube 22, which concentrically surrounds the filling element axis VA, is fastened directly to the rotor 2 of the bottle filling machine, stands over the underside of the rotor 2 and forms the discharge opening for the liquid at its lower end Product.
  • the filling tube 22 is connected to a hose 21 for supplying the liquid filling material.
  • the filling element 1 a has a pipe section 23 corresponding to the pipe section 8, which is surrounded concentrically by the filling pipe 22 and forms an annular liquid channel 24 between its outer surface and the inner surface of the filling pipe 22, which is connected to the hose 21.
  • the pipe section 23 lying coaxially with the filling element axis VA encloses a rod-shaped element 25 corresponding to the element 9, which is designed as a probe and, with its lower end 26, which has a probe contact, projects only very slightly beyond the underside of the pipe section 23 open there.
  • the pipe section 23 is arranged at the upper end of the filling pipe 22 so as to be displaceable in the direction of the filling element axis VA by a certain amount, as indicated by the double arrow A in FIG. 2. Furthermore, the tube piece 23 and the rod-shaped element 25 are mechanically firmly connected to one another at their sections projecting above the upper end of the filling tube 22. There, the gas channel 27, which corresponds to the gas channel 10 and is formed between the inner surface of the tube piece 23 and the outer surface of the rod-shaped element 25, is connected to a hose 27 ', which leads to a control valve arrangement, for example corresponding to the control valve arrangement 12.
  • the gas channel 27 for purging the respective bottle 7 can also be acted upon by the purging gas, which emerges from the gas channel 27 at the lower end of the tube piece 23 at the annular opening 28 provided there and corresponding to the opening 16.
  • the gas channel 27 also serves as a return gas channel in the case of the filling element 1a.
  • a seal 29 surrounding the filling tube 22 is provided directly on the underside of the rotor 2, the mouth of the respective bottle 7 from the frustoconical underside thereof has a distance during the rinsing phase and against the underside of which the mouth of the bottle 7 lies tightly during the actual filling phase.
  • the filling element 1 a has a liquid valve 30, which is formed by a valve body 31 fastened to the lower end of the pipe section 23, which projects radially beyond the other outer surface of the pipe section 23 and is frustoconical on its upper and lower sides is trained.
  • the valve body 31 is partially inside the filling tube 22, lies with its peripheral surface sealingly against the inner surface of the filling tube 22 and covers openings 32 with a peripheral surface which are in the vicinity of the lower end of the filling tube 22 in the wall thereof are provided at uniform intervals around the filling element axis VA and form the dispensing opening.
  • the valve body 31 is prestressed into the upper, closed position or rest position by a compression spring 33 which interacts with the tube piece 27 or with the rod-shaped element 25.
  • magnet assembly 34 By a provided on the top of the filling tube 22 magnet assembly 34 is to open the liquid valve 30 of the valve body 31 together with the pipe section 23 and the rod-shaped element 22 from its rest position against the action of the compression spring 33 moves down a predetermined stroke, so that the Valve body 31 opens the openings 32 and thereby opens the liquid valve 30.
  • valve body 31 is provided directly at the discharge opening of the filling element 1 a, in such a way that when the liquid valve 30 is closed, there is no section of the liquid channel 24 in the flow direction behind this liquid valve which would have to be emptied or out of which after the liquid valve 30 had been closed after the liquid valve 30 has been closed, liquid filling material could flow or drip into the respective bottle 7, that is to say the level of the mirror 20 of the liquid filling material in the bottle 7 no longer changes after the probe forming the rod-shaped element 25 has responded changed, it is possible to keep the length with which the rod-shaped element 25 protrudes beyond the lower, open end of the pipe section 23 extremely small, so that ideal with respect to the purging or to the purge gas stream emerging from the opening 28 Relationships result, although the rod-shaped element is designed as a probe.
  • this foot valve which would then also allow the formation of the rod-shaped element 9 as a probe with an extremely small axial length of the section 9 ', could be formed in that the pipe section 8 together with the rod-shaped element 9 in the direction of Filler element axis VA in the housing 3 is displaceable by a certain stroke and a valve body is provided in the area of the discharge opening 5 on the pipe section 8, which, when the liquid valve is closed, bears sealingly against a surface delimiting the portion 4 'of the liquid valve in the area of the discharge opening 5 towards the outside .

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  1. Procédé pour embouteiller un produit liquide sous contre-pression, en utilisant un élément de remplissage comportant une soupape à liquide et une ouverture de distribution à travers de laquelle le produit liquide s écoule, dans une phase de remplissage, alors que la soupape à liquide est ouverte, à travers son goulot dans la bouteille à remplir, l'ouverture de distribution entourant une tubulure, le procédé comprenant, dans une phase de balayage qui précède dans le temps la phase de remplissage, l'application à l'espace intérieur de la bouteille d'un gaz inerte de balayage, au moyen de la tubulure s'étendant à travers le goulot de la bouteille dans l'espace intérieur de celle-ci, dans le but de refouler autant que possible des gaz nuisibles à la boisson, le gaz de balayage sortant d'une ouverture d'un canal de gaz prévue à l'extrémité inférieure de la tubulure, procédé caractérisé en ce que l'on amène le gaz de balayage, comportant de préférence une importante fraction de CO₂, à l'espace intérieur (15) de la bouteille à travers une ouverture (16, 28) de forme annulaire qui entoure concentriquement l'axe (VA) de l'élément de remplissage.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que, pendant la phase de balayage, on fait communiquer l'espace intérieur (15) de la bouteille (7) avec l'atmosphère dans la zone du goulot de la bouteille, à travers une fente annulaire formée entre la bouteille et une surface (14, 29) de l'élément (1, 1a) de remplissage située au-dessus d'elle, et dont la largeur est d'environ 6 mm.
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que la durée de la phase de balayage est d'environ une seconde.
  4. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que l'on amène le gaz de balayage au canal (10, 27) de gaz formé dans la tubulure sous une pression d'environ 2,7 bars.
  5. Soutireuse pour embouteiller un produit liquide sous contre-pression, comprenant plusieurs éléments de remplissage possédant chacun une soupape à liquide avec un obturateur déplaçable en va-et-vient entre une position de fermeture de la soupape et une position d'ouverture de la soupape à liquide, ainsi qu'une ouverture de distribution prévue dans la zone de l'axe (VA) de l'élément de remplissage, à travers de laquelle, dans une phase de remplissage, alors que la soupape à liquide est ouverte, le produit liquide s'écoule à travers son goulot dans la bouteille à remplir et qui entoure une tubulure (8, 23) faisant saillie vers le bas sur l'élément (1, la) de remplissage et introduisible dans la bouteille à remplir, la tubulure présentant à son extrémité inférieure, éloignée de l'élément de remplissage, dans la zone de l'axe (VA) de l'élément de remplissage une ouverture d'un canal (10, 27) de gaz ménagé dans cette tubulure, canal qui peut être raccordé par un dispositif distributeur (12) à une source de gaz comprimé inerte de balayage, caractérisée en ce que l'ouverture (16, 28) est réalisée en forme d'anneau et entoure concentriquement l'axe (VA) de l'élément de remplissage.
  6. Soutireuse selon la revendication 5, caractérisée en ce que la tubulure (8, 23) est disposée avec son axe sur l'axe (VA) de l'élément de remplissage en entourant concentriquement et à distance un élément (9, 25) en forme de tige, dont l'axe est situé également sur l'axe (VA) de l'élément de remplissage, de manière qu'un canal (10, 27) de gaz, de forme annulaire, soit formé entre l'élément (9, 25) en forme de tige et la tubulure (8, 23).
  7. Soutireuse selon la revendication 6, caractérisée en ce que l'extrémité inférieure de l'élément (9, 25) en forme de tige est sensiblement alignée avec l'extrémité inférieure de la tubulure (8, 23).
  8. Soutireuse selon une des revendications 5 à 7, caractérisée en ce que la soupape (30) à liquide est réalisée comme une soupape de base avec un obturateur (31) disposé directement dans la zone de l'ouverture de distribution (32).
  9. Soutireuse selon la revendication 8, caractérisée en ce que l'obturateur (31) est disposé ou formé sur la tubulure (23) et en ce que la tubulure (23) est déplaçable en direction de l'axe (VA) de l'élément de remplissage pour l'ouverture et la fermeture de la soupape (30) à liquide.
  10. Soutireuse selon une des revendications 5 à 9, caractérisée en ce que, au cas où l'élément (1) de remplissage est réalisé sans tube de remplissage, l'ouverture de distribution (5) est formée sur le côté inférieur d'un corps (3) de l'élément (1) de remplissage et en ce que la tubulure (8) fait saillie de l'ouverture de distribution (5) au-delà du côté inférieur de l'élément (1) de remplissage.
  11. Soutireuse selon une des revendications 5 à 10, caractérisée en ce que, en cas de réalisation de l'élément (1a) de remplissage avec un tube (22) de remplissage, ce tube (22) de remplissage entoure concentriquement la tubulure (23) et la tubulure (23) fait saillie, par une partie de sa longueur, de l'extrémité inférieure ouverte du tube (22) de remplissage, extrémité qui présente ou forme l'ouverture de distribution.
  12. Soutireuse selon la revendication 11, caractérisée en ce que l'ouverture de distribution est constituée par un grand nombre d'orifices individuels (32) ménagés dans la paroi du tube (22) de remplissage.
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