EP0488901A1 - Vorrichtung zum Eindrücken von Verschlussstopfen in Behälter - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zum Eindrücken von Verschlussstopfen in Behälter Download PDF

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EP0488901A1
EP0488901A1 EP91403245A EP91403245A EP0488901A1 EP 0488901 A1 EP0488901 A1 EP 0488901A1 EP 91403245 A EP91403245 A EP 91403245A EP 91403245 A EP91403245 A EP 91403245A EP 0488901 A1 EP0488901 A1 EP 0488901A1
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Bruneau Derangere
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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
    • B67B3/22—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps by applying snap-on caps
    • 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
    • B67B1/00—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying stoppers
    • B67B1/04—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying stoppers by inserting threadless stoppers, e.g. corks

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  • the subject of the invention is a machine for installing plugs with recesses, in particular of the styling or re-entrant type, on containers, this machine comprising a plate mounted for rotation about a central axis and comprising at its periphery cells for housing containers, as well as means for rotating the plate step by step between a station for feeding the containers, a station for feeding and driving the plugs, and an outlet station for the containers.
  • grippers are used to handle the caps, move them and position them relative to the containers.
  • these pliers must successively grasp a stopper, approach it to the container, push it in or move away to allow the plug to be pushed in, and move away from the container.
  • the centering of the stopper with respect to the container is all the more difficult since it is "dynamic", the stopper being moved by the clamps relative to the container. It is also difficult to center the clamps successively on all the cells of the tray. The wear of the moving parts reduces the precision of this centering.
  • the inertia of the rotary table which varies according to the number of containers housed in the cells of the table, also has an influence on the accuracy of the centering.
  • the subject of the invention is a machine for laying plugs with recesses on receptacles, which is not not subject to the aforementioned drawbacks.
  • a machine for laying plugs with recesses on containers comprising a plate mounted for rotation about a central axis and comprising at its periphery receptacles for housing the containers, means for rotating the plate not step by step between a container feeding station and a container outlet station, means for feeding the plugs, and means for driving the plugs onto the containers, characterized in that the said tray comprises, at the level of the cells container housing, receiving parts and positioning plugs, these parts being integral with the tray and arranged thereon in alignment with the parts of the containers for receiving the plugs.
  • the positioning and centering of the stoppers are therefore carried out on the tray itself thanks to parts specially designed for this purpose, which receive the stoppers and whose positions relative to the receptacles for receiving the containers are determined by construction and are foolproof, since these parts are integral with the turntable.
  • the gripping grippers and handling plugs used in the prior art can therefore be removed and replaced by means having the sole function of placing the plugs in the receiving parts provided for this purpose on the tray.
  • the means for feeding the plugs and the means for driving the plugs onto the containers are angularly spaced from each other and from the means for feeding the containers, with a pitch of rotation of the plate or of an integer multiple of this pitch.
  • the pieces for receiving and positioning the plugs are arranged on the tray above the receptacle housing cells, and each comprise a lower portion for centering the upper end of the container. housed in the corresponding socket.
  • each piece for receiving and positioning a plug comprises a cavity opening radially outwards and having a shape and dimensions corresponding to those of the plug to be received.
  • the means for driving the plugs onto the containers can be constituted by a simple pusher associated with a motor means of any type, mechanical, electrical, pneumatic or hydraulic.
  • the invention allows a significant simplification of the machines for laying plugs with recesses on the containers, while improving the precision of the centering of the plugs relative to the containers and allowing a significant increase in operating rates.
  • Figures 1 and 2 show the turntable of a machine according to the invention.
  • This plate generally designated by the reference 10, comprises a vertical central axis 12 of symmetry, around which it is driven in step-by-step rotation by motor means 13 of an appropriate type.
  • This plate comprises, in the example shown, two parallel horizontal plates 14 of circular or annular shape, rigidly connected to each other by vertical uprights 16.
  • Receptacles 18 for receiving receptacles are formed in the peripheries of these horizontal plates 14, so as to open out radially outwards. These cells have a dimension, in the peripheral direction, which is slightly greater than the corresponding average dimension of the containers, so as to take account of the manufacturing tolerances of the containers.
  • the height of the plates 14 above the surface 20 is determined so that each container is engaged in two vertically aligned cells 18 of the two plates 14 and that its upper end protrudes slightly above the upper plate 14.
  • the plate 10 also comprises a third horizontal plate 22 of circular or annular shape, situated above the upper plate 14 and rigidly connected to the latter by vertical uprights 24.
  • This horizontal plate 22 forms a support for parts 26 for receiving and positioning the plugs, which are vertically aligned with the locations of the containers determined by the cells 18 of the plates 14.
  • FIGS. 3, 4 and 5 One of these parts 26 is shown in greater detail and on a larger scale in FIGS. 3, 4 and 5.
  • Each part 26, which is fixed for example by screwing on the support plate 22, comprises an upper part 28 intended to receive and position a plug and a lower part 30 for receiving and positioning the upper end of a container.
  • these two parts 28 and 30 are axially aligned.
  • the upper part 28 of the part 26 comprises a cavity 32 open radially outward which is delimited by two vertical vertical walls 34 joined together by a semi-cylindrical surface 36 whose radius is substantially equal to or slightly greater than that of the outer peripheral surface of the plug to be received.
  • means for retaining the plug in this cavity 32 are provided in the parallel walls 34 and comprise, for example, leaf springs, or balls 38 urged by springs and housed in holes in the walls 34, so that each ball 38 protrudes slightly in the rest position on a wall 34 and can be erased inside the corresponding hole when feeding a plug.
  • the part 30 of the part 26 is formed by a cylindrical skirt or wall 40 which extends angularly over a little less than 180 ° and whose internal diameter corresponds substantially to the external diameter of the upper end of the container.
  • An internal frustoconical wall 42 of the part 28 forms a transition between the cavity 32 and the cylindrical wall 40.
  • the rotary plate which has just been described is associated with means for feeding containers, means for feeding plugs, means for driving in plugs and means for removing containers , which are angularly distributed around the axis 12 of rotation of the plate, being spaced from each other by a pitch of rotation of the plate, or an integer multiple of this pitch.
  • these different means have been represented diagrammatically by the radial arrows A, B, C and D, the arrow A corresponding for example to the means for bringing the containers into the cells 18 of the tray 10, the arrow B corresponding to the means for bringing the plugs into the cavities 32 of the parts 26, the arrow C corresponding to the means for driving the plugs onto the containers and the arrow D to the means for removing the containers fitted with the plugs.
  • a container 44 of cylindrical shape housed in two cells 18 vertically aligned with the plates 14 of the plate 10, resting at its lower end on the support surface 20, and in support at its upper end on the wall 40 of the lower part 30 of Exhibit 26.
  • the container 44 is thus positioned on the tray 10 at the level of the station designated for example by the arrow A in FIG. 1.
  • a plug 46 of generally cylindrical shape is brought by horizontal radial translation into the cavity 32 of the part 26. It is retained in this cavity by the balls 38 biased by springs. In this position, it is spaced from the upper end of the container 40 by a relatively small distance, for example of the order of a few millimeters or a centimeter.
  • the plug 46 is pressed in by vertical translation on the upper end of the container 44.
  • the container 44 fitted with the plug 46 is taken out from the tray 10 and taken to a subsequent processing station, for example labeling or marking, or to a storage station.
  • the container 44 is held by a slight pressure in the correct position in the cells 18 and in abutment on the wall 40, at least between the stations for feeding the containers and the stations for driving in the plugs, this pressure being applied for example by an elastic tab opposite which the periphery of the rotary plate 10 moves, or by any other suitable means.

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EP19910403245 1990-11-30 1991-11-29 Vorrichtung zum Eindrücken von Verschlussstopfen in Behälter Expired - Lifetime EP0488901B1 (de)

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FR9015020A FR2669911B1 (fr) 1990-11-30 1990-11-30 Machine de pose de bouchons a enfoncement sur des recipients.
FR9015020 1990-11-30

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EP1950172A1 (de) * 2007-01-25 2008-07-30 MARCHESINI GROUP S.p.A. Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Verschließen von Flaschen
US20160145086A1 (en) * 2014-11-25 2016-05-26 The Wine Group, Inc. Cap gripper

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB455577A (en) * 1936-02-25 1936-10-23 Emile Larrieu Improvements in stoppering means for bottles and the like
US2180836A (en) * 1938-12-19 1939-11-21 U S Bottlers Machinery Company Closure applying machine
FR1480237A (fr) * 1966-03-28 1967-05-12 Ct De Rech S De Pont A Mousson Machine perfectionnée à boucher les bouteilles
FR2110678A5 (de) * 1970-10-20 1972-06-02 Baele Gangloff Ste Nouvelle
US4373316A (en) * 1980-09-05 1983-02-15 Hitachi Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Limited Plug driving apparatus

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB455577A (en) * 1936-02-25 1936-10-23 Emile Larrieu Improvements in stoppering means for bottles and the like
US2180836A (en) * 1938-12-19 1939-11-21 U S Bottlers Machinery Company Closure applying machine
FR1480237A (fr) * 1966-03-28 1967-05-12 Ct De Rech S De Pont A Mousson Machine perfectionnée à boucher les bouteilles
FR2110678A5 (de) * 1970-10-20 1972-06-02 Baele Gangloff Ste Nouvelle
US4373316A (en) * 1980-09-05 1983-02-15 Hitachi Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Limited Plug driving apparatus

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP1950172A1 (de) * 2007-01-25 2008-07-30 MARCHESINI GROUP S.p.A. Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Verschließen von Flaschen
US7735297B2 (en) 2007-01-25 2010-06-15 Marchesini Group S.P.A. Apparatus for capping bottles and a method for realising the cap
US20160145086A1 (en) * 2014-11-25 2016-05-26 The Wine Group, Inc. Cap gripper
US10017368B2 (en) * 2014-11-25 2018-07-10 The Wine Group, Inc. Cap gripper

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DE69110113D1 (de) 1995-07-06
DE69110113T2 (de) 1996-02-01

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