EP0429318A1 - Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Überführen von Deckeln oder dgl. in eine Maschine zum sterilen Konditionieren von Behältern - Google Patents

Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Überführen von Deckeln oder dgl. in eine Maschine zum sterilen Konditionieren von Behältern Download PDF

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EP0429318A1
EP0429318A1 EP90403017A EP90403017A EP0429318A1 EP 0429318 A1 EP0429318 A1 EP 0429318A1 EP 90403017 A EP90403017 A EP 90403017A EP 90403017 A EP90403017 A EP 90403017A EP 0429318 A1 EP0429318 A1 EP 0429318A1
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Edgar Dardaine
Laurent Le Naour
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B55/00—Preserving, protecting or purifying packages or package contents in association with packaging
    • B65B55/02—Sterilising, e.g. of complete packages
    • B65B55/025—Packaging in aseptic tunnels
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B7/00—Closing containers or receptacles after filling
    • B65B7/16—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons
    • B65B7/28—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons by applying separate preformed closures, e.g. lids, covers
    • B65B7/2807—Feeding closures

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  • the present invention essentially relates to a process for transferring any lids or lids in a sterile packaging machine for also any containers and such as for example cups.
  • lids or lids in a container packaging machine, which essentially consist of gripping the lids so that they can then be conveyed to the machine in a sterile enclosure where they are deposited then heat-sealed on said containers which may contain any product or foodstuff.
  • the subject of the invention is a process for transferring lids, lids or the like in a machine for sterile packaging of any containers, of the type consisting in gripping the lids and then routing them to the machine where they are deposited in sterile atmosphere, on the containers containing a product or any foodstuff and which must be closed by said lids, characterized in that, to convey the lids to the machine, each latch is clamped with a first clamp, so it is moved in the direction of the machine, we take up the cover with a second clamp opposite the first clamp, we release the cover of the first clamp which we return to its initial position so that it can grasp a second cover at the same time as the clip is clamped, using a third clip the seal that is on hold and already gripped by the second clip, this second clip is opened, the d them lids respectively gripped by the first and third pliers in the direction of the machine, then we resume these two lids with two pliers opposite the first and third pliers, and so on.
  • each cover is deposited in the packaging machine on a receptacle under which a container is pushed to be closed, and a preliminary and punctual welding of the cover on the container is carried out while releasing this cover from the receptacle by pushing on the top of the cover, after which the seal is carried out on the container.
  • the invention also relates to a device for implementing the method meeting the above characteristics, and characterized in that it comprises at least two elongated gripper-carrying members which are substantially parallel and which penetrate at one end into a sterile packaging enclosure. of receptacles, one of these members being able to be driven, in its longitudinal direction, with a reciprocating movement relative to the other clamp holder member which remains fixed in translation.
  • each clamp-holder member is constituted by two parallel and rotary rods each comprising a succession of plates or the like which are opposite one another between the two clamp-holder members.
  • the end of the aforesaid clamps or rods members is connected to a frame comprising a magazine for lids, a transfer system by suction cups or analogs of the lids of the store towards the movable gripper-carrying member and of means for actuating said transfer system and said movable gripper-holding member.
  • the two clamp-carrying members form between the aforementioned frame and the container packaging enclosure a gateway under which is arranged a system for sterilizing the lids during their journey, and which is surrounded by a tunnel connecting waterproof the frame to the conditioning enclosure.
  • At least one bar is provided supporting at least one receptacle for the lids and actuated vertically by a carriage carrying the support member - mobile clamps.
  • the aforementioned bar can be actuated by means of at least one lever or the like and is interposed between means for pushing the containers and a head for prior and punctual welding of the lids on the containers.
  • a device essentially consists of a frame 1 with horizontal beams 2 supporting a plurality of clamp-carrying members, capable of conveying lids O to a machine for packaging containers or cups R comprising in particular means for conveying, filling and heat-sealing these containers which have not been shown since they are not part of the present invention, and which operate in a sterile enclosure E.
  • the horizontal frame 1 with its clamp-carrying members forms a sort of gateway for the lids O, this gateway being supported at one end by a frame 3 resting on the ground, and at its other end by the machine or enclosure E for conditioning sterile R containers.
  • the chassis 1 supports, by means of crosspieces 4 connecting the beams 2, several pairs of clamp-carrying members, three according to the example shown, and which are identified respectively and generally in P1, P2 and P3.
  • These pairs of clamp holder members have an identical structure and, for simplicity, their structure will be described below with reference only to the pair of clamp holder members P1 which is clearly visible in FIG. 3.
  • One 5 of the two clip-holding members of the pair P1 is constituted by two parallel and rotary rods 6 which each comprise a succession of plates 7. It is understood that the rotation in one direction or the other of the rods 6 may cause the opening or closing of the clamp constituted by two facing plates 7, that is to say the gripping or the loosening of a cover O.
  • the other clamp-carrying member 8 of the pair P1 also consists of two parallel and rotating rods 9 each comprising a succession of plates 10 opposite the plates 7, as can be seen in FIG. 3.
  • the lids can be transferred from one clamp 5 to the other 8 or vice versa by actuating these clamps.
  • the clamp holder 5, constituted by the two rods 6, is secured to a carriage marked at 11 in FIG. 4, and mounted to slide on the crosspieces 4 of the chassis 1.
  • the clamp holder 5 may be animated, in its longitudinal direction, with an alternating movement which will be described in detail below with regard to operation.
  • the other clamp holder 8 is integral with the crosspieces 4 and remains fixed in translation.
  • the clamp holder 5 is movable relative to the other clamp holder 8 fixed on the frame 1, it being understood that the two rods 6, 9 constituting each clamp holder can be rotated in one direction or the other.
  • the three pairs of clamp-holding members P1, P2, P3 operate in the same way and penetrate at one end into the sterile enclosure E of the packaging machine, as seen on the right-hand side of FIGS. 1 and 2.
  • the other end of these clamp-carrying members is functionally connected to the frame 3 which will now be described.
  • the two rods 6 of the clamp-carrying member 5 can be driven in rotation by a jack shown diagrammatically in V1 in FIG. 2, and which is integral with the chassis 1, while the two rods 9 of the other clamp holder 8, which are, as said above, fixed in translation can be controlled in rotation by another jack V2.
  • the cylinders V1 and V2 respectively control the opening and closing of the clamps 5 and 8.
  • the frame 3 essentially comprises a store 12 of stacked lids O, a slide 13 the displacement of which allows rotation in one direction or the other of suction cups 14 capable of gripping the lids O in the magazine 12 and of transferring them to the gripper-carrying members, and a motorcycle group -reducer M allowing the actuation of the slide 13, and also the reciprocating and synchronous movement of the gripper holder member 5, and obviously also of the movable gripper holder member of the other pairs of gripper holder members P2 and P3.
  • the geared motor group M controls the rotation of an annular cam track 15 which, by means of a succession of articulated links L, allows horizontal translation and in a reciprocating movement, of the carriage 11, that is to say of the clamp-holder member 5 consisting of two parallel and rotary rods 6. Also, the geared motor group M controls, via an eccentric marked at 16 in FIG. 1, a set of levers Q capable of causing the vertical and reciprocating movement of the slide 13 carrying the suction cups 14.
  • a system for sterilizing the lids O retained by the clip-holding members this system being able to be constituted for example by a source of ultraviolet radiation or by a spray of peroxide. of hydrogen in a tunnel identified in T surrounding the gateway for the lids O and sealingly connecting the frame 3 to the sterile enclosure E.
  • a receptacle capable of receiving, by gravity the lids O, when at the end of the journey, they are released by the plates 7 of the clamp holder 5.
  • the or rather the receptacles 16 are supported by a bar or the like 17 actuated vertically by the carriage 11 supporting the clamp-carrying member 5 and which, as said above, can be subjected to an alternating movement by virtue of the path cam 15 driven by the gear motor group M.
  • the vertical displacement of the bar 17 supporting the receptacles 16 can be achieved by levers 18 articulated at 18a on the frame 1 and at 18b on said bar, the end of these levers being able to be actuated by cams or the like 19 integral with the carriage 11.
  • pushers 20a are provided for pushing the containers R above the bar 20 of the conveyor which transports them into the sterile enclosure E.
  • each receptacle 16 has a substantially cylindrical shape and comprises on the one hand two opposite slots 22 allowing the passage of the welding head 21, and on the other hand lugs 23 of temporary retention d 'a cover O released by the end of the clamp holder member 5 remaining in the sterile enclosure E of the container packaging machine.
  • the magazine 12 comprises two lines of three stacks of lids each stacked, so that the movable clamp-holder member 5 can simultaneously grasp two lids such as A (FIG. 6), and therein will be the same for the other pairs P2, P3 of clip-holding members.
  • the pairs of clamp-holding members P1, P2, P3 penetrate the sterile enclosure E along an increasing length, so as to deposit lids O in pairs (which lids have have been sterilized during their journey in the tunnel T to the sterile enclosure E) as the support plates 20 of the containers R advance in the sterile enclosure E.
  • the suction cups 14 firstly enter two lids O in the magazine 12 and then present them in front of two clamps of the clamp holder member 5 (each clamp being constituted by two plates 7 facing each other), which clamps will grip these two lids as seen in A in Figure 6.
  • the gripping of the lids can only be done after movement of the clamp holder member 5 along arrow F, towards the frame 3, so as to be able to thus grasp the seals released by the suction cups 14.
  • the clip-holding member 5 is moved along the arrow H, as can still be seen in FIG. 6, so that after the two caps A have been released by the clips of the device 5, these two caps can be again pinched or taken up by two clamps of the member 8 which is fixed in translation.
  • the member 5 moves back or returns to its initial position along the arrow I to grasp from the suction cups 14 two other lids identified at B. It should be noted here that by pinching the two lids B, the following two clamps of the member 5 will simultaneously pinch the two lids A waiting and already gripped by the clamps of member 8.
  • the clamps of the member 8 are then closed to retain the four lids A, B, while the clamps of the member 5 are open.
  • the member 5 can again move back or return to the frame 3 along the arrow K to enter from the suction cups 4 two other lids such as C and the sequence of operations above begins again.
  • the lid O provisionally fixed on the container will pass under a heat-sealing head (not shown) which will permanently close the containers.
  • pairs of clamp-holding members P2, P3 will carry out the same sequence of operations as described above with respect to the pair of clamp-holding members P1, which means, if we refer in FIG. 2, that six containers carried by a plate such as 20 will have received all six a cover O after having passed under the ends of the three pairs of clip-holding members P1, P2, P3 which, each will allow the removal of two covers in a sterile atmosphere in the packaging enclosure E.

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EP90403017A 1989-11-21 1990-10-25 Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Überführen von Deckeln oder dgl. in eine Maschine zum sterilen Konditionieren von Behältern Expired - Lifetime EP0429318B1 (de)

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FR8915263A FR2654702B1 (fr) 1989-11-21 1989-11-21 Procede et dispositif de transfert d'opercules, couvercles ou analogues dans une machine de conditionnement sterile de recipients.
FR8915263 1989-11-21

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US5123229A (en) 1992-06-23
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