EP0470360B1 - Organe de bouchage pour machine à capsuler - Google Patents

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EP0470360B1
EP0470360B1 EP91110863A EP91110863A EP0470360B1 EP 0470360 B1 EP0470360 B1 EP 0470360B1 EP 91110863 A EP91110863 A EP 91110863A EP 91110863 A EP91110863 A EP 91110863A EP 0470360 B1 EP0470360 B1 EP 0470360B1
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closing element
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bottle
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Herbert Ing.-Grad. Bernhard
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67B—APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS
    • B67B3/00—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps
    • B67B3/02—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps by applying flanged caps, e.g. crown caps, and securing by deformation of flanges
    • B67B3/10—Capping heads for securing caps
    • B67B3/12—Capping heads for securing caps characterised by being movable axially relative to cap to deform flanges thereof, e.g. to press projecting flange rims inwardly
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67B—APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS
    • B67B3/00—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps
    • B67B3/02—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps by applying flanged caps, e.g. crown caps, and securing by deformation of flanges
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67B—APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS
    • B67B2201/00—Indexing codes relating to constructional features of closing machines
    • B67B2201/08—Aseptic features

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  • the invention relates to a closing element according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • a capping machine is known (DE-OS 27 22 254), which has several generic capping elements for capping bottles with crown corks, each of which has a hold-down device for placing and pressing the respective crown cork on or against the mouth of the bottle to be capped, and a deformation element for fixing the crown cap to the bottle by deforming.
  • the lower holder is slidably guided in a closing element part, namely for a relative movement between the hold-down device and the closing element part in the vertical axis of the respective closing element.
  • Each closure element is further provided at its lower end facing the bottle carrier with a centering element with a centering opening which, starting from the lower end of the closure element, has a first centering section which tapers conically upwards and then has a second centering section which is essentially cylindrical.
  • Each hold-down device forms a hold-down surface at its lower end and is provided with a holding member (permanent magnet) for holding a crown cap on this hold-down surface.
  • the closing elements of the known closing machine are further designed such that the hold-down surface for receiving a crown cap is arranged approximately in one plane with the lower end of the closing element or the centering element.
  • the crown cork is then fixed in this position in the second centering section before the crown cork is placed on the mouth of the bottle to be closed when the closing element is lowered further, which bottle is then also enclosed in the region of its mouth by the centering element, that is to say with its mouth in the second Centering section is located.
  • the crown cork is then pressed against the mouth of the bottle by the hold-down spring acting directly on the hold-down device, and the crown cork is deformed by the deformation element.
  • a closure cap or flushing bell is provided for each closure element, which can be detachably placed on the lower end of the respective closure element using appropriate locking means and, after being placed on it, closes off a washing space essentially formed by the centering opening and the deformation element of the closure element, which, in addition to the area of the hold-down device which has the hold-down area, also includes all other areas or areas which are critical with regard to cleanliness and sterility.
  • a cleaning or rinsing medium e.g. rinsing liquid
  • the disadvantage here is that the connections and the hoses there for supplying and removing the cleaning or rinsing medium are located at the lower end of the respective closing element or at the centering element there.
  • the object of the invention is to show a closing element which avoids the disadvantages of the prior art and, with the possibility of a simplified design, ensures improved functionality.
  • the hold-down device is provided on the first closing element part interacting with the hold-down spring by a predetermined free stroke in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the closing element, ie, in the direction of the vertical axis.
  • the closure held on the hold-down device only with a relatively small force which in a preferred embodiment of the invention only the weight of the hold-down device or in another embodiment of the invention only the weight of the hold-down device plus the force of a very soft auxiliary spring, ie an auxiliary spring with a corresponds to very small spring constants in comparison to the hold-down spring, comes into contact with the mouth of the bottle to be closed and this force does not initially increase according to the specified free stroke despite the further lowering of the closing element, the closure can center on the mouth of the bottle to be closed and for this purpose also move relative to the hold-down device in an axial direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the closing element, ie in the plane of the hold-down device surface.
  • the centering opening of the centering element or in the centering sections there also uses the closure to center or align the bottle to be closed with respect to the closing element. Since the force with which the hold-down presses the closure against the mouth of the bottle remains small (essentially the weight of the hold-down, if necessary plus the force of the auxiliary spring), this centering of the bottle is also possible with little force, ie gently. Only when the closure element is lowered further does the hold-down spring finally become effective for pressing the closure against the mouth of the bottle, and then the closure is deformed by the deformation element and thereby fixed to the bottle.
  • the closure element according to the invention ensures a reliable alignment or centering of the respective closure on the bottle and of the bottle provided with the closure with respect to the closure element. It is essential here, among other things, that the bottle carrier for centering the bottle provided with the closure with respect to the closure element allows a certain freedom of movement for the bottle at least in the region of its mouth in axial directions perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the closure element and that the force exerted by the hold-down device during the entire centering process (centering the cap and centering the bottle) remains essentially constant and only corresponds to the weight of the hold-down device.
  • closure element which has the features of claim 1, in addition to a gentle and early placement of the closure on the bottle to be closed, a reliable alignment or centering of the respective closure with respect to the bottle to be closed and a reliable alignment or Centering the bottle provided with the closure in relation to the closure element or its deformation element.
  • Another important advantage of the invention is that when a bottle is closed, the closure is placed on the bottle early, ie shortly after the closing element has been lowered from its starting position. In this way, loss of product through foaming can also be effectively prevented.
  • the hold-down spring in principle be designed such that it acts as a soft auxiliary spring during the free stroke , d. H. acts as an auxiliary spring with the small spring constant.
  • a flushing bell is provided for a CIP cleaning for each closing element, which can be placed on the lower end of this closing element, so as to create a closed flushing space which receives at least the deformation element and the hold-down surface in a manner known per se.
  • a channel is provided in the interior of the holding-down device, which is preferably designed as a continuous rod-like element or as a continuous guide bar with holding-down head, which opens through an opening into the washing-up space closed by the washing-up bell and up to the area of the end of the rod-like element or the guide rod, which is remote from the hold-down surface, and there a connection for supplying or removing the cleaning or.
  • Has flushing medium This makes it possible to provide at least this connection and the hose connected to it at a large distance above the lower end of the closing element.
  • this hold-down device has a bore extending in the axial direction of the hold-down device, specifically for a probe that is used for a wide variety of control and monitoring purposes can be used.
  • This probe is, for example, an electrical, opto-electrical or electro-acoustic, that is, an ultrasound probe.
  • FIGS. 1 to 3 1 is a closing element of a rotating machine of the rotating type, of which only one machine part 2 rotating around a vertical machine axis is indicated in the figures.
  • a plurality of closing elements 2 are provided distributed around the machine axis at uniform angular intervals and are each displaceably arranged in a housing guide in the vertical direction (longitudinal axis L), as indicated by the double arrow A in FIG. 1.
  • the housing part 6 In the area of the upper end of the housing part 6 there are two freely rotatable cam rollers 7 and 8 are provided which cooperate with a lifting curve 9 which does not rotate with the machine part 2 for the upward and downward movement of the closing element 1 (arrow A).
  • the housing part 6 is essentially tubular or sleeve-shaped and has a section 6 ′ with an enlarged internal cross section in the lower region.
  • two inner housing parts 10 and 11 are provided so as to be displaceable in the direction of the longitudinal axis L, specifically one which is directly enclosed by the outer housing part 6 or by section 6 'and has an outer surface sleeve-like housing part 10 which slides against the inner surface of section 6 'and a housing part 11 which is also surrounded by the housing part 10, that is to say with its outer surface abuts against the inner surface of the housing part 10 and is also designed like a sleeve.
  • the housing part 10 which is secured against slipping out of the housing part 6 'by cooperation of a collar provided on the outer surface of this housing part with a sleeve 12 inserted into the lower, open end of the section 6', has a ring projecting beyond the underside of the housing part 6 ' - Or hollow cylindrical projection 13 which is arranged coaxially with the longitudinal axis L.
  • a ring 14 is held in the interior of the sleeve-like projection 13, which forms the deformation element for the crown corks 15 used for closing the bottles 4, which is common in crown capping machines.
  • a sleeve-like centering element 16 projecting downward above this projection is fastened with a recess or centering opening 17, the latter being formed symmetrically to an axis arranged coaxially with the longitudinal axis L.
  • the centering opening 17 forms a centering section 17 '(centering cone) which is open on the underside of the centering element and widens conically towards this underside as well as an adjoining, essentially circular cylindrical centering section 17'', followed by a third centering section 17 '''with a reduced cross-section in the vertical direction and then the ring 14.
  • the projection 13 has an inside diameter that is smaller than the inside diameter of the housing part 10, a contact surface for the lower end face of the housing part 11 that surrounds the longitudinal axis L is formed on the housing part 10 (at the transition area to the projection 13).
  • the contact surface 18 encloses an opening 19 through which the ring-shaped part of the lower end face of the housing part 11 lying further inside is freely accessible from the inside of the projection 13.
  • a rod 21 is freely displaceable in the direction of the longitudinal axis L or in the vertical direction.
  • the rod 21 lies with its axis coaxial with the longitudinal axis L and is part of a hold-down device 26.
  • the rod 21 In the starting position shown in FIG. 1 and in position "a" in FIG. 2, which corresponds to the uppermost stroke position of the closing element 1 the rod 21 with a radially projecting collar 22 against the top of the plate 20 facing away from the housing parts 10 and 11.
  • the upper end of the latter lies against the upper end face of the housing part 10 and presses it against the stop formed by the sleeve 12 in the starting position of the closing element 1 shown in FIG. 1, for example.
  • the lower end of the compression spring 25 bears against the upper end face of the housing part 11.
  • the rod 21 is provided with a stamp-like hold-down head 26 ', which is essentially circular-cylindrical, with an enlarged outer diameter compared to the diameter of the rod 21.
  • the hold-down head 26 ' is provided with a permanent magnet 28 in the region of its lower circular disk-shaped end face or hold-down surface 27.
  • annular stop 29 is formed, which in a manner described in more detail with a counter-stop on the housing part 11, i. H. in the illustrated embodiment cooperates with the lower end face of this housing part 11 and at the starting position of the closing element 1 is at a distance from this counter surface which corresponds to a free stroke x1.
  • this stroke x1 is selected so that the compression spring 25 serving as a hold-down spring only becomes effective shortly before the start of the deformation of the crown cap 15 by the ring 14.
  • the stroke x1 is greater than the sum of a distance x2 and the height h of the crown caps 15, where x2 is the distance that the hold-down surface 27 in the starting position of the closing element 1 from the transition between the centering sections 17 'and 17' ' having.
  • the hold-down surface 27 in the starting position of the closing element 1 lies approximately in one plane with the lower end of the centering element 16.
  • the inner surface of section 6 'and the inner and outer surfaces of the housing parts 10 and 11 each form circular-cylindrical sliding and guide surfaces.
  • annular sealing elements 30-32 prevents dirt from penetrating into the respective guides. Since the sealing element 32 provided between the housing part 11 and the rod 21 is selected so that a certain clamping or braking effect between the housing part 11 and the rod 21 is achieved.
  • the amount x1 corresponds to approximately 27 mm in the illustrated embodiment.
  • the weight of the hold-down 26 (rod 21 including all elements attached to this rod, such as collar 22, hold-down head 26 ', permanent magnet 28, etc.) is less than 3 kg and is, for. B. in the order of 0.4 kp.
  • each closure element 1 When the machine part 2 rotates, each closure element 1 receives a crown cap 15 at a closure application position or at a closure feed 33 there, which is then held with its open side facing downward on the hold-down surface 27 by the permanent magnet 28.
  • the closing element 1 is in its starting position shown in FIG. 2, position "a". In this state, the closure element 1 arrives at the machine inlet for the bottles 4 to be closed, at which (inlet) a bottle 4 to be closed arrives on the bottle carrier 5 under the closure element 1.
  • the crown cap 15 held on the hold-down device 26 is located above the mouth 4 'of the bottle 4 to be closed, as shown in FIG. 1.
  • the closing element 1, ie the housing part 6, is lowered with all the elements provided on this housing part, as a result of which the upper end of the rod 21 is released from the stop 23 and the holding-down device 26, together with all other elements provided on the housing part 6, due to its own weight is lowered, to the extent that the not yet deformed crown cap 15 with its sealing side rests on the bottle 4 in the area of the mouth 4 '. Due to the low force with which the hold-down device 26 acts against the crown cork 15, the latter can gently and perfectly center on the mouth 4 'of the bottle 4.
  • the crown cork 15 and the bottle 4 with their mouth 4 'then reach the centering section 17'', the diameter of which is somewhat larger than the maximum outer diameter of the crown cork 15 which has not yet been deformed, and in which therefore a exact centering of the crown cork 15 and the mouth of the bottle 4 with respect to the longitudinal axis L is such that the bottle 4 lies with its vertical axis coaxially with this longitudinal axis L (position "b" of FIG. 2).
  • the centering phase is ended when, when the closing element 1 is moved further down, the crown cap 15 reaches the area of the ring 14 and at the same time the stop 29 comes to bear against the lower end face of the housing part 11.
  • a plurality of outlet openings 34 are provided on the centering element 16 at uniform angular intervals around the longitudinal axis L.
  • these outlet openings are located on the inner surface of the centering section 17 ′ and are connected to a channel (not shown) for an inert gas.
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 show, as further embodiments, closing elements 1a and 1b, which essentially correspond to the closing element 1 of FIGS. 1 to 3, so that the same reference numerals are used for the same or corresponding elements in FIGS. 4 and 5 as in FIG Figures 1 to 3.
  • the two closing elements 1a and 1b are designed for CIP cleaning, in which the cleaning and rinsing liquid used for cleaning or disinfecting such areas or surfaces of the respective closing element 1a or 1b is fed in and discharged again in a system which is closed to the outside.
  • a flushing bell 35 is provided for each closing element 1a of the closing machine, which can be placed on the centering element 16 of the closing element 1a for cleaning and can be fastened there by locking means, not shown, in such a way that the flushing bell 35 tightly closes in the area of its centering opening 17 after the closure element 1a has been put on.
  • the hold-down 26 is again formed by the hold-down head 26 'and the continuous rod 21, at the lower end of which the hold-down head 26' is fixedly provided, but at its upper end which is guided through the plate 20 instead of the collar 22 has a head or cylindrical section 36 which has a larger outer diameter than the rod 21 and which, in the same way as the collar 22, defines the lower, possible stroke position of the hold-down device 26 by abutment against the plate 20.
  • Two separate channels 37 and 38 extending in the axial direction of this rod are formed in the rod 21, which are only partially shown in FIG. 4 for the sake of clarity and of which the upper end of the channel 37 in the area of the head or Section 36 are connected to a connector 39 and the channel 38 to a connector 40.
  • Both channels 37 and 38 extend into the hold-down head 26 'in such a way that the channel 37 with its lower end on the circular cylindrical peripheral surface of the hold-down head 26' near the hold-down surface 27 has an opening 41 and the channel 38 with its lower End also on the peripheral surface of the hold-down head 26, but in the vicinity of the collar 29 have an opening 42. It is of course also possible that instead of only one opening 41 and / or 42, a plurality of openings 41 and / or 42 are provided distributed on the circumferential surface of the hold-down head 26 '.
  • connection 39 is connected to a hose 43 for supplying the cleaning liquid under pressure and the connection 40 with a hose 44 for discharging this cleaning liquid.
  • the two connections 39 and 40 are led out of this housing part through a slot which extends in the direction of the vertical longitudinal axis L and is provided in the housing part 6.
  • the slot 50 is located on the radially inner side of the housing part 6, i. H. the slot 50 faces the vertical axis about which the machine part 2 rotates.
  • the tubes 43 and 44 are thus not only at a sufficient distance above the lower end of the closing element 1a and above the machine part 2, but also radially on the inside in relation to the closing elements 1a of the rotating sealing machine.
  • the cleaning valves are also actuated by actuating control valves, not shown or flushing liquid under pressure via the hose 43 and the channel 37.
  • the cleaning and rinsing liquid then emerges from the opening 41, specifically into the rinsing space closed by the rinsing bell 35, which essentially consists of the centering opening 17, the opening of the ring 14 and the annular space above it, which is closed to the outside in the closing element 1a 45 is formed.
  • the hold-down device 26 Due to the pressure of the cleaning and rinsing liquid which builds up in this closed washing compartment, the hold-down device 26 is moved upwards in the vertical direction, so that the stop face 29 bears against the lower end face of the housing part 11 and the opening 42 is in the immediate vicinity of this lower end face of the housing part 11 is located.
  • This lifting occurs whenever the respective closing element 1 a is lowered when the machine is rotating.
  • lifting also ensures that all parts, surfaces or areas of the closing element 1a which are particularly critical with regard to cleanliness and sterility, namely those surfaces and areas which are connected to the crown corks 15 and / or to the mouth 4 'of the bottles 4 can come into contact, are optimally grasped by the cleaning and rinsing liquid and flowed around intensively.
  • the cleaning and rinsing liquid is discharged through the opening 42, the channel 38 and the hose 44.
  • the lifting of the respective hold-down device 26 can be used as a display criterion for the fact that a pressure of the washing or cleaning liquid has built up in the respective closing element 1 a within the washing chamber closed by the washing bell 35, i. H. the relevant closure element 1a is closed in the desired manner by the associated flushing bell 35, and this closure element 1a is cleaned in the desired manner.
  • the lifting of the hold-down device 26 during cleaning or sterilization can be monitored in a closing machine by means of a sensor (not shown), for example a proximity switch (not shown).
  • the closing element 1b shown in FIG. 5 differs from the closing element 1a essentially in that only one of the two channels, for example the channel 38 for discharging the cleaning and rinsing liquid extends over the entire length of the rod 21, while a channel 37 ′ is provided instead of the channel 37 for supplying the cleaning and rinsing liquid, which in turn has the opening 41 on the hold-down head 26 at its lower end 'forms in the vicinity of the hold-down surface 27, but ends at its upper end in an opening 46 provided on the rod 21, in the region of an annular channel 47 which surrounds the rod 21 and is formed in the housing part 11 and is closed at its lower end and at its upper end, the upper end face of the housing part 11, against which the compression spring 25 rests, opens into the interior of the housing part 6 which receives the compression springs 24 and 25 and is closed towards the outside.
  • this interior of the housing part 6, which accommodates the compression springs 24 and 25, is provided with a connection 48 to which the hose 43 for supplying the pressurized
  • the cleaning and rinsing liquid thus flows via the connection 48, the interior of the housing part 6 receiving the compression springs 24 and 25, the opening 46, the channel 37 'and the opening 41 to the washing space closed by the flushing bell 35, which again essentially formed by the centering opening 17, the opening of the ring 14 and the annular space 45.
  • the cleaning and rinsing liquid leaves this rinsing space at the opening 42 via the channel 38 and the hose 44 connected to the connection 40.
  • the interior of the housing part 6 receiving the compression springs 24 and 25 and all the elements present there are thus cleaned.
  • the cleaning and rinsing liquid not to be supplied but to be discharged into the rinsing space closed by the rinsing bell 35 via the interior of the housing part 6 receiving the compression springs 24 and 25.
  • 49 also denotes a central bore, which extends coaxially with the longitudinal axis L over the entire length of the rod 21, even down to the hold-down head 26 'and the section 36 and the top of the section 36 extending bore serves to receive a probe, not shown, which can be used for a variety of control purposes.
  • this probe can be used to monitor the presence of the respective crown cap 15 when the bottles 4 are closed and / or the presence of the respective flushing bell 35 when cleaning.
  • Other functions are also conceivable for such a probe.

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  1. Organe de bouchage pour une machine à capsuler du type fonctionnant en carrousel et dans laquelle, pour obturer des bouteilles (4) munies de bagues de goulots, à l'aide de capsules (15) à couronnes ou obturations similaires délivrées à partir d'un récipient de stockage, l'organe de bouchage (1, 1a, 1b) est disposé au-dessus d'un porte-bouteilles (5), peut être descendu selon un axe vertical (L) à partir d'une position de départ, et peut être ramené à cette position de départ ; l'organe de bouchage (1, 1a, 1b) présentant, en vue de la mise en place de l'obturation (15) considérée sur le goulot (4') de la bouteille (4), ainsi qu'en vue de l'assujettissement consécutif de l'obturation (15) audit goulot (4') par déformation permanente de l'obturation, en pressant simultanément l'obturation contre le goulot (4'), un organe de déformation (14) ainsi qu'une pièce de blocage (26) qui traverse centralement l'organe de déformation, est amortie par l'intermédiaire d'au moins un ressort (25) et est pourvue, sur un côté tourné vers le porte-bouteilles (5), d'une surface (27) de compression vers le bas, associée à un organe (28) de retenue de l'obturation (15) considérée ; avec un élément de centrage (16) prévu à l'extrémité inférieure de l'organe de bouchage (1, 1a, 1b) tournée vers le porte-bouteilles (5), et percé d'un orifice de centrage (17) qui est également traversé en son centre par la pièce de blocage (26), et forme au moins une première région de centrage (17') se rétrécissant tronconiquement vers le haut, et une deuxième région de centrage (17'') adjacente vers le haut, et dans laquelle le diamètre de l'orifice de centrage (17) est sensiblement plus grand que le diamètre externe des obturations (15) avant leur déformation ; ainsi qu'avec une première partie d'obturation (11) qui comporte la pièce de blocage (26) et qui, respectivement, coopère avec le ressort (25) de cette pièce de blocage ou peut être animée d'un coulissement en s'opposant à l'action dudit ressort (25), cette partie d'obturation (11) et la pièce de blocage (26) prévue, sur cette dernière, avec faculté de coulissement, pouvant être animées de mouvements relatifs dans la direction de l'axe vertical (L), et le porte-bouteilles (5) autorisant, en vue d'un alignement de la bouteille considérée (4) devant être obturée, un mouvement de cette bouteille dans des directions axiales s'étendant perpendiculairement à l'axe vertical (L), organe de bouchage caractérisé par le fait que la pièce de blocage (26) est prévue pour accomplir, par rapport à la première partie d'obturation (11), une course libre préétablie (x1) telle que, lors de la mise en place de l'obturation (15) sur le goulot (4') d'une bouteille (4) à obturer, et lors de la poursuite consécutive de la descente de l'organe de bouchage (1, 1a, 1b), le ressort (25) n'agisse sur l'obturation (15) par l'intermédiaire de la pièce de blocage (26) et, par l'intermédiaire de ladite obturation, sur le goulot (4') de la bouteille (4) à obturer, que lorsque l'obturation (15), déjà mise en place sur le goulot (4') de la bouteille (4), est intégralement reçue par la deuxième région de centrage (17'') et lorsque, par l'intermédiaire de l'obturation (15), ladite région a également provoqué le centrage de la bouteille (4) par rapport à l'organe de bouchage (1, 1a, 1b).
  2. Organe de bouchage selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait que, après la mise en place de l'obturation (15) sur le goulot (4') d'une bouteille (4) à obturer, lors de la poursuite de la descente de l'organe de bouchage (1, 1a, 1b), la pièce de blocage (26) est appliquée contre l'obturation (15) uniquement avec une force correspondant à son propre poids et, par l'intermédiaire de ladite obturation, contre le goulot (4') de la bouteille (4) à obturer, jusqu'à ce que l'obturation (15), déjà mise en place sur le goulot (4') de la bouteille (4), soit intégralement reçue par la deuxième région de centrage (17'').
  3. Organe de bouchage selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé par le fait que, après la mise en place de l'obturation (15) sur le goulot (4') d'une bouteille (4) à obturer, lors de la poursuite de la descente de l'organe de bouchage (1, 1a, 1b), la pièce de blocage est appliquée contre l'obturation (15) par la force d'un ressort auxiliaire dont la constante élastique est notablement plus petite que la constante élastique du ressort (25) de ladite pièce de blocage, cette force venant éventuellement s'ajouter au propre poids de la pièce de blocage (26), laquelle est appliquée par l'intermédiaire de l'obturation contre le goulot (4') de la bouteille (4) à obturer, jusqu'à ce que l'obturation (15), déjà mise en place sur le goulot (4') de la bouteille (4), soit intégralement reçue par la deuxième région de centrage (17'').
  4. Organe de bouchage selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé par le fait que la deuxième région de centrage (17'') est réalisée, pour l'essentiel, en forme de cylindre droit.
  5. Organe de bouchage selon l'une des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé par le fait que la deuxième région de centrage (17'') est réalisée sous la forme d'un cône effilé.
  6. Organe de bouchage selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé par le fait que la deuxième région de centrage (17'') se trouve, dans la direction de l'axe vertical (L), entre la première région de centrage (17') et l'organe de déformation (14).
  7. Organe de bouchage selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé par le fait que l'orifice de centrage (17) présente une troisième région de centrage (17'''), qui est intercalée entre la deuxième région de centrage (17'') et l'organe de déformation (14), et possède une section transversale réduite comparativement à la deuxième région de centrage (17'').
  8. Organe de bouchage selon l'une des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisé par le fait que la course libre (x1) est au moins égale, de préférence supérieure à la distance (x2) comprise, dans la position de départ de l'organe de bouchage (1, 1a, 1b), entre la surface (27) de compression vers le bas et la transition entre les première et deuxième régions de centrage (17', 17''), distance à laquelle vient s'ajouter la hauteur (h) des obturations (15).
  9. Organe de bouchage selon l'une des revendications 1 à 8, caractérisé par le fait que la pièce de blocage (26) présente au moins une butée (22, 29) qui coopère avec une contre-butée (11, 20) afin de limiter la course libre (x1).
  10. Organe de bouchage selon l'une des revendications 1 à 9, caractérisé par le fait que la pièce de blocage (26) est pour l'essentiel formée d'un élément du type tige, présentant la surface de compression vers le bas à son extrémité inférieure, ou bien d'une tige de guidage (21) et d'une tête (26') qui est prévue à la face inférieure de cette tige (21), et présente la surface (27) de compression vers le bas ; et par le fait que l'élément du type tige ou la tige de guidage (21) est respectivement guidé(e), avec faculté de coulissement, dans la première partie d'obturation (11).
  11. Organe de bouchage selon l'une des revendications 1 à 10, caractérisé par le fait que l'organe de déformation (14) et/ou l'élément de centrage (16) est/sont prévu(s) sur une deuxième partie d'obturation (10) sur laquelle la première partie d'obturation (11) est guidée à coulissement selon l'axe vertical (L) et qui, à son tour, est guidée à coulissement dans une troisième partie d'obturation (6), selon l'axe vertical (L), en s'opposant à l'action d'un ressort supplémentaire (24).
  12. Organe de bouchage selon l'une des revendications 1 à 11, caractérisé par des moyens (23) pour empêcher la pièce de blocage (26) d'effectuer, dans la position de départ de l'organe de bouchage (1, 1a, 1b), un coulissement libre dans la direction de l'axe vertical (L).
  13. Organe de bouchage selon la revendication 12, caractérisé par le fait que les moyens d'arrêt sont formés par une butée (23) contre laquelle la pièce de blocage (26), de préference l'extrémité supérieure de la tige de guidage (21) de la pièce de blocage (26), est appliquée dans la position de départ de l'organe de bouchage (1, 1a, 1b).
  14. Organe de bouchage selon l'une des revendications 1 à 13, caractérisé par au moins un élément respectif de serrage ou de freinage agissant entre la première partie d'obturation (11) et la pièce de blocage (26), et de préférence formé par une bague d'étanchement (32).
  15. Organe de bouchage selon l'une des revendications 1 à 14, caractérisé par le fait que le poids de la pièce de blocage (26) est inférieur à environ 3 kp et est, de préférence, d'environ 0,4 kp.
  16. Organe de bouchage selon l'une des revendications 1 à 15, caractérisé par le fait que l'organe de déformation (14) est réalisé sous la forme d'un element de centrage percé d'un orifice de centrage ou présentant, respectivement, au moins les première et deuxième régions de centrage.
  17. Organe de bouchage selon l'une des revendications 1 à 16, caractérisé par la présence, à l'extrémité inférieure de l'organe de bouchage (1, 1a, 1b) ou sur l'élément de centrage (16), d'au moins un orifice de sortie (34) ou d'une buse, de préférence de plusieurs orifices de sortie (34) ou buses pour engendrer, à chaque fois, un jet de gaz inerte dirigé vers le goulot (4') de la bouteille (4) à obturer.
  18. Organe de bouchage selon l'une des revendications 1 à 17, caractérisé par le fait que la pièce de blocage (26) est respectivement réalisée sous la forme d'un élément ininterrompu du type tige, ou d'une tige ininterrompue de guidage (21).
  19. Organe de bouchage selon l'une des revendications 1 à 18, caractérisé par le fait qu'au moins une cloche de purge (35), prévue pour chaque organe de bouchage (1a, 1b), peut être fixée de manière libérable à l'extrémité inférieure de l'organe de bouchage, en vue d'obturer un compartiment de purge formé au moins par l'orifice de centrage (17) et par l'organe de déformation (14), et emprisonnant la surface (27) de compression vers le bas ; par la présence, dans l'organe de bouchage (1a, 1b), d'au moins un premier canal (37, 37') percé d'un premier orifice (41) pour amener un fluide de nettoyage et de purge dans ce compartiment de purge, ainsi que d'au moins un second canal (38) percé d'un second orifice (42) pour évacuer le fluide de nettoyage ou de purge du compartiment de purge, les premier et second canaux présentant des raccords (39, 40, 48) à fluide de nettoyage ou de purge ; par le fait que le premier orifice (41) prévu au minimum et/ou le second orifice (42) prévu au minimum se trouve(nt) respectivement sur la pièce de blocage (26), ou sur l'extrémité ou tête (26') munie de la surface (27) de compression vers le bas ; et par le fait que le premier et/ou second canal (37, 37', 38) s'étend jusqu'à une extrémité (36) de la pièce de blocage (26) qui est éloignée de la surface (27) de compression vers le bas, zone dans laquelle est prévu le raccord (39, 40) pour amener ou évacuer respectivement le fluide de nettoyage ou de purge.
  20. Organe de bouchage selon la revendication 19, caractérisé par le fait que le premier orifice (41) est prévu sur la pièce de blocage (26), de préférence sur la tête (26') munie de la surface (27) de compression vers le bas, et de préférence encore à proximité directe de cette surface (27) de compression vers le bas.
  21. Organe de bouchage selon la revendication 19 ou 20, caractérisé par le fait que le second orifice (42) est prévu sur la pièce de blocage (26), de préférence sur la tête (26') munie de la surface (27) de compression vers le bas, de préférence encore à distance de la surface (27) de compression vers le bas.
  22. Organe de bouchage selon l'une des revendications 19 à 21, caractérisé par le fait que l'un des deux canaux (37, 38) débouche dans une chambre respectivement formée à l'intérieur de l'organe de bouchage (1b), ou à l'intérieur d'une partie de carter (6) de cet organe de bouchage, de préférence dans une chambre logeant au moins le ressort (25) de la pièce de blocage ; et par le fait que le raccord (48), destiné à amener ou à évacuer respectivement le fluide de nettoyage et de purge, est prévu sur cette chambre.
  23. Organe de bouchage selon l'une des revendications 19 à 22, caractérisé par le fait que la partie de carter (6) de l'organe de bouchage (1a, 1b) présente une fente ininterrompue (50), qui s'étend dans la direction de l'axe vertical (L), et dont part le raccord (39, 40) destiné à amener et/ou évacuer le fluide de nettoyage hors de l'organe de bouchage (1a, 1b), respectivement hors de sa partie de carter.
  24. Organe de bouchage selon la revendication 23, caractérisé par le fait que, dans une machine à capsuler du type fonctionnant en carrousel, la fente longitudinale (50) se trouve du côté situé à l'intérieur dans le sens radial.
  25. Organe de bouchage selon l'une des revendications 1 à 24, caractérisé par le fait que, lorsque la pièce de blocage (26) est réalisée sous la forme d'un élément ininterrompu du type tige, respectivement sous la forme d'une tige ininterrompue (21) présentant la tête (26') munie de la surface (27) de compression vers le bas, cette pièce de blocage (26) est percée d'un trou central (49) qui comporte une dépouille sur la surface (27) de compression vers le bas et qui sert à loger un capteur, par exemple un capteur conçu pour surveiller la présence d'une obturation (15) au stade du bouchage, et/ou pour surveiller la présence d'une cloche de purge (35) au stade du nettoyage.
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