EP0529387B1 - Machine for cleaning bottles and the like - Google Patents

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EP0529387B1
EP0529387B1 EP92113599A EP92113599A EP0529387B1 EP 0529387 B1 EP0529387 B1 EP 0529387B1 EP 92113599 A EP92113599 A EP 92113599A EP 92113599 A EP92113599 A EP 92113599A EP 0529387 B1 EP0529387 B1 EP 0529387B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • B08B9/00—Cleaning hollow articles by methods or apparatus specially adapted thereto 
    • B08B9/08—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks
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    • B08B9/42—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks by using apparatus into or on to which containers, e.g. bottles, jars, cans are brought the apparatus being characterised by means for conveying or carrying containers therethrough
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B9/00—Cleaning hollow articles by methods or apparatus specially adapted thereto 
    • B08B9/08—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks
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  • the invention relates to a machine for cleaning bottles or the like. According to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the invention is based on the object, in a generic machine for cleaning bottles or the like. To significantly reduce the space requirement and the structural outlay without sacrificing the treatment path.
  • the arrangement of the various sections of the endless conveyor according to the invention makes it possible to increase the treatment distance several times with the same footprint.
  • two sections are arranged one above the other; however, it can also be multiple sections.
  • the transverse movement is understood to be the movement component of the endless conveyor that results essentially perpendicular to its translational movement due to the thread pitch of the spiral.
  • a particularly compact and simple construction results if the areas with opposite transverse movement have the same base area and are arranged directly one above the other in a common, preferably cuboidal housing.
  • a wide variety of treatment devices can be attached without problems along the endless conveyor in the at least two areas one above the other.
  • the lowest area is used for a larger cleaning solution bath, for example hot lye, in which the endless conveyor, including the bottles, has been completely immersed for a longer time, while the area above for smaller immersion baths, eg for water baths, as well as for spraying stations. In this way, excellent cleaning of reusable bottles of all kinds is possible.
  • the endless conveyor is formed by two parallel flexible traction means and bottle baskets articulated thereto transversely to the direction of rotation, for receiving one row of bottles each. If the bottles are held in the bottle baskets in a conventional manner by stationary guide rails, bottles of all types, both made of glass and plastic, can be treated.
  • the machine according to FIGS. 1 to 4 is set up for cleaning reusable PET bottles 37 - hereinafter called bottles for short - which have a projecting support ring below the bottle head.
  • the machine has a box-shaped or cuboid housing 18, each with two parallel end, side and bottom or top surfaces, which is constructed in a conventional manner from firmly connected, partially detachable plates and by means of several feet on the bottom of a bottling plant is set up in a horizontal orientation.
  • two horizontal shafts 23 to 26 are rotatably mounted parallel to each other in a vertical plane one above the other.
  • Six pairs of lower deflection wheels 20 and 21 in the form of gearwheels are each fastened to the two lower shafts 23 and 25 which are at the same height.
  • the deflecting wheels are arranged in a total of seven vertical double planes, which are aligned parallel to the longitudinal sides of the housing 18 and are arranged at the same distance from one another.
  • the double levels and the associated deflection wheels are provided with the index "a" to "g".
  • An endless conveyor 17 for the bottles 37 is guided over the deflection wheel pairs.
  • This has two parallel, endless roller chains 29, the rollers of which are guided in the area between two deflection wheels on horizontal, straight running rails 39.
  • the running rails 39 are fastened either on the longitudinal sides of the housing 18 or on supports 40 arranged in the interior of the housing 18. Between the two roller chains 29, a plurality of bottle baskets 30 are fastened transversely to the direction of movement in a horizontal orientation, each of which holds a row of four bottles 37.
  • each bottle basket 30 is designed as a bar-like molded part with four parallel bottle cells 32 which are adapted to the bottle neck.
  • the bottle head and the bottle body protrude from the bottle cells 32.
  • a clamping member in the form of a plate 31 is mounted in the longitudinal direction between two end positions, for example by means of bolts 40 and elongated holes 41, on the flat end face of the bottle basket 30.
  • the plate is provided with four keyhole-like openings 33, the larger area of which the passage allows a bottle head and its smaller area approximately the diameter of the Bottle neck below the support ring corresponds or is slightly larger than this.
  • the larger areas of the openings 33 overlap with the corresponding opening of the bottle cell 32 for the bottle head.
  • the bottle 37 can be led into and out of the bottle cell 32.
  • the bottles are held by the plate 31 below the support ring and can therefore not get out of the bottle cells 32.
  • the holder is relatively loose so that the cleaning solution can penetrate.
  • the plates 31 are transferred between their two end positions by means of fixed curve pieces 34 and 35 which run obliquely to the direction of movement.
  • the one curve piece 35 which transfers the plates 31 from the clamping position shown into the release position (not shown) is arranged in the area of the bottle dispenser 16.
  • the other curve piece 34 which transfers the plates 31 from the release position into the clamping position, is arranged in the area of the bottle application 1.
  • the curve pieces 34, 35 engage directly on the edge surfaces of the correspondingly rounded plates 31.
  • a fixed guide 36 which is arranged along the circulating area of the endless conveyor 17 in the treatment stations and which fixes the plates 31 in the clamping position, also acts on this edge area. Additional locking elements for the plates 31 are therefore not required and the construction of the bottle baskets 30 and their clamping members is extremely simple and reliable.
  • a bottle feed 1 and a bottle delivery 16 are arranged on the front long side of the housing 18.
  • the bottles 37 to be cleaned are fed by a horizontal conveyor belt 41, which ends just before the machine center, and are removed by a further horizontal conveyor belt 42, which begins just before the machine center.
  • the two conveyor belts 41, 42 lie within the foremost double plane "g", are arranged at the same height and are continuously driven at the same speed as the endless conveyor 17 in the direction of the arrow.
  • the bottles 37 are formed in parallel groups of four on the conveyor belt 41 in accordance with the arrangement of the bottle cells 32 in the bottle baskets 30, in such a way that one row of bottles in each case meets a bottle basket 30 in the area of the bottle feed 1 .
  • the endless conveyor 17 runs within the double plane "g" at an angle from the underside of the deflection wheel 19g to the conveyor belt 41, passes through a short horizontal area on the curve piece 34, then loops around the additional deflection wheel 28 and extends obliquely upwards to the deflection wheel 19f. From this, the endless conveyor 17 runs vertically downward to the deflection wheel 20f and further from its underside within the double plane "f” to the underside of the deflection wheel 21f. After he has bypassed it by 180 degrees, the endless conveyor 17 runs obliquely from the top of the deflection wheel 21f out of the double plane "f" into the double plane "e” to the top of the deflection wheel 20e.
  • the endless conveyor 17 continues to wind through the double planes "d", “c", "b” into the double plane "a".
  • the lower run of the endless conveyor 17 runs inside or parallel to a double level, while the upper run runs obliquely from one double level to the other.
  • the endless conveyor 17 extends vertically upwards to the deflection wheel 22a and from the top thereof to the top of the deflection wheel 19a. It wraps around it by 180 degrees and runs from its underside out of the double plane "a” at an angle into the next double plane “b” to the underside of the deflection wheel 22b. It wraps around this by 180 degrees and runs from its top inside the double plane "b” to the top of the deflection wheel 19b.
  • the endless conveyor winds through levels "c", "d”, "e” to level "f”.
  • the upper run of the endless conveyor 17 runs in each case parallel or within the double levels, while the lower run continues obliquely to the adjacent double level.
  • the endless conveyor runs obliquely downwards and obliquely out of the double plane "f" into the double plane "g" to the top of the additional deflection wheel 27. It wraps around it and then runs horizontally from the underside thereof in the region of the curve piece 35 the double level "g” and then obliquely upwards to the underside of the deflection wheel 22g. It wraps around it and then runs from its top inside the double plane "g" to the top of the deflection wheel 19g.
  • the interior of the housing 18 is fully utilized and, in addition to a very long treatment route, the bottles 37 are also easily fed and removed through the areas within the bottle task 1 which run obliquely downwards or obliquely upwards or the bottle dispenser 16.
  • the movement paths of the endless conveyor 17 overlap in the lower area A defined by the lower deflecting wheels 20, 21 and in the upper area B defined by the upper deflecting wheels 19, 22.
  • the endless conveyor 17 In the lower area A screws the endless conveyor in the manner of a spiral in the horizontal direction away from the front of the housing 18, while in the upper region B it screws in the manner of a spiral to the front of the housing 18.
  • the transverse movement indicated by the arrow X in region A and the transverse movement of the endless conveyor 17 indicated by the arrow Y result in region B.
  • a partition 43 is arranged between the bottle feed 1 and the bottle delivery 16 in the area between the two additional deflection wheels 28, 27.
  • both the mounting of the deflection wheel 27 and the mounting of the deflection wheel 28 are designed to be height-adjustable, in each case together with a short horizontal guide rail (not shown) for the horizontal circulation area of the endless conveyor 17.
  • the bottles 37 coming from the bottle feed 1 are turned over and first pass through a device 2 for emptying and pre-spraying. Then they are immersed in the cleaning solution bath 3, which is filled with hot alkali and comprises the entire lower area A of the endless conveyor 17 with the double levels "a" to "f". There, the bottles 37 remain completely submerged for about 7 minutes, with the movement of the bottles 37 resulting in a strong cleaning effect.
  • the bottles then run upwards into area B at 5, are turned over and emptied at 6. Then they pass through a spray 7 with cleaning solution and then, after dripping at 8, immerse them in a first water bath 9. Similarly, further sprayings 10, 12 and 14 with water and immersion baths 11 and 13 with water follow. At 15 there is a final dripping of the bottles before they reach the bottle dispenser 16.
  • the fixed or oscillating spray pipes of the different sprayings are arranged there.
  • the lower dreams run diagonally from one double level to the other.
  • the correspondingly inclined immersion baths are arranged there.

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Maschine zum Reinigen von Flaschen oder dgl. gemäß dem Oberbegriff des Anspruchs 1.The invention relates to a machine for cleaning bottles or the like. According to the preamble of claim 1.

Es ist bereits eine derartige Maschine bekannt, bei der zwei Abschnitte des Endlosförderers mit gegensinniger Querbewegung mit Abstand nebeneinander in der gleichen Höhenlage angeordnet sind (DE-OS 28 44 126 bzw. GB-A-2 005 641). Die beiden Abschnitte weisen unterschiedliche Grundflächen auf und es ist jede Windung des Endlosförderers mit einem eigenen Gehäuse ausgestattet. Diese Bauweise ist äußerst raumgreifend und aufwendig.Such a machine is already known, in which two sections of the endless conveyor are arranged next to each other at the same altitude with opposite transverse movement at a distance (DE-OS 28 44 126 or GB-A-2 005 641). The two sections have different bases and each turn of the endless conveyor is equipped with its own housing. This design is extremely space-consuming and complex.

Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, bei einer gattungsgemäßen Maschine zum Reinigen von Flaschen oder dgl. den Raumbedarf und den baulichen Aufwand ohne Einbußen an Behandlungsstrecke wesentlich zu senken.The invention is based on the object, in a generic machine for cleaning bottles or the like. To significantly reduce the space requirement and the structural outlay without sacrificing the treatment path.

Diese Aufgabe wird erfindungsgemäß durch die im Kennzeichen des Anspruchs 1 angegebenen Merkmale gelöst.This object is achieved by the features specified in the characterizing part of claim 1.

Durch die erfindungsgemäße Übereinander-Anordnung der verschiedenen Abschnitte des Endlosförderers läßt sich bei gleicher Grundfläche die Behandlungsstrecke um ein Mehrfaches erhöhen. Im einfachsten Fall sind zwei Abschnitte übereinander angeordnet; es können jedoch auch mehrere Abschnitte sein. Als Querbewegung wird diejenige Bewegungskomponente des Endlosförderers verstanden, die sich aufgrund der Gewindesteigung der Spirale im wesentlichen senkrecht zu seiner Translationsbewegung ergibt.The arrangement of the various sections of the endless conveyor according to the invention makes it possible to increase the treatment distance several times with the same footprint. In the simplest case, two sections are arranged one above the other; however, it can also be multiple sections. The transverse movement is understood to be the movement component of the endless conveyor that results essentially perpendicular to its translational movement due to the thread pitch of the spiral.

Eine besonders kompakte und einfache Bauweise ergibt sich, wenn die Bereiche mit gegenläufiger Querbewegung die gleiche Grundfläche aufweisen und unmittelbar übereinander in einem gemeinsamen, vorzugsweise quaderförmigen Gehäuse angeordnet sind.A particularly compact and simple construction results if the areas with opposite transverse movement have the same base area and are arranged directly one above the other in a common, preferably cuboidal housing.

Eine Reihe anderer Weiterbildungen der Erfindung, die vorteilhafte Ausbildungen des Endlosförderers in den übereinanderliegenden Bereichen aufzeigen, sind in den Ansprüchen 2 bis 9 und 19 angegeben.A number of other developments of the invention, which show advantageous designs of the endless conveyor in the superimposed areas, are specified in claims 2 to 9 and 19.

Entlang des Endlosförderers in den mindestens zwei übereinanderliegenden Bereichen lassen sich die verschiedensten Behandlungseinrichtungen problemlos anbringen. Entsprechend-den Weiterbildungen der Erfindung nach den Ansprüchen 10 bis 13 wird der unterste Bereich für ein größeres Reinigungslösungsbad, beispielsweise heiße Lauge, verwendet, in das der Endlosförderer einschließlich der Flaschen für eine längere Zeit vollkommen eingetaucht ist, während der darüberliegende Bereich für kleinere Tauchbäder, z.B. für Wasserbäder, sowie für Spritzstationen verwendet wird. Auf diese Weise ist eine ausgezeichnete Reinigung von Mehrwegflaschen aller Art möglich.A wide variety of treatment devices can be attached without problems along the endless conveyor in the at least two areas one above the other. According to the developments of the invention according to claims 10 to 13, the lowest area is used for a larger cleaning solution bath, for example hot lye, in which the endless conveyor, including the bottles, has been completely immersed for a longer time, while the area above for smaller immersion baths, eg for water baths, as well as for spraying stations. In this way, excellent cleaning of reusable bottles of all kinds is possible.

Für den Endlosförderer sind verschiedene Bauweisen möglich. Gemäß der im Anspruch 14 enthaltenen Weiterbildung der Erfindung wird der Endlosförderer durch zwei parallele flexible Zugmittel und quer zur Umlaufrichtung daran angelenkte Flaschenkörbe zur Aufnahme jeweils einer Flaschenreihe gebildet. Werden die Flaschen in den Flaschenkörben in herkömmlicher Weise durch ortsfeste Führungsschienen gehalten, so können Flaschen aller Art, sowohl aus Glas als auch aus Kunststoff, behandelt werden.Various designs are possible for the endless conveyor. According to the development of the invention contained in claim 14, the endless conveyor is formed by two parallel flexible traction means and bottle baskets articulated thereto transversely to the direction of rotation, for receiving one row of bottles each. If the bottles are held in the bottle baskets in a conventional manner by stationary guide rails, bottles of all types, both made of glass and plastic, can be treated.

Sollen nur Mehrwegflaschen aus Kunststoff, z.B. PET-Flaschen, gereinigt werden, so ist es zweckmäßig, entsprechen den in den Ansprüchen 15 bis 18 enthaltenen Weiterbildungen der Erfindung die Flaschen mittels im Halsbereich angreifender Klemmorgane in den Körben zu fixieren. Hierdurch ergibt sich eine enorme Verringerung des baulichen Aufwands und eine optimale Reinigungswirkung infolge des weitgehend freien Flaschenrumpfs.Should only reusable plastic bottles, e.g. PET bottles are cleaned, so it is appropriate, in accordance with the developments of the invention contained in claims 15 to 18, to fix the bottles in the baskets by means of clamping members acting in the neck area. This results in an enormous reduction in construction costs and an optimal cleaning effect due to the largely free body of the bottle.

Im Nachstehenden wird ein Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung anhand der Zeichnungen beschrieben. Es zeigen:

Fig. 1
die schematische Seitenansicht einer Maschine zum Reinigen von Flaschen
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die schematische Draufsicht der Maschine nach Fig. 1
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einen senkrechten Teilschnitt durch den Endlosförderer für die Flaschen im Bereich eines Flaschenkorbs
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die teilweise Draufsicht auf den Flaschenkorb nach Fig. 3.
In the following an embodiment of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Show it:
Fig. 1
the schematic side view of a machine for cleaning bottles
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the schematic plan view of the machine of FIG. 1st
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a vertical partial section through the endless conveyor for the bottles in the area of a bottle basket
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3 shows the partial top view of the bottle basket according to FIG. 3.

Die Maschine nach Fig. 1 bis 4 ist zum Reinigen von Mehrweg-PET-Flaschen 37 - im Nachstehenden kurz Flaschen genannt - eingerichtet, die unterhalb des Flaschenkopfs einen vorstehenden Tragring besitzen. Die Maschine weist ein kasten- bzw. quaderförmiges Gehäuse 18 mit je zwei parallelen Stirn-, Seiten- und Boden- bzw. Deckflächen auf, das in herkömmlicher Weise aus fest miteinander verbundenen, teilweise lösbaren Platten aufgebaut und mittels mehreren Füßen auf dem Boden einer Abfüllanlage in horizontaler Ausrichtung aufgestellt ist.The machine according to FIGS. 1 to 4 is set up for cleaning reusable PET bottles 37 - hereinafter called bottles for short - which have a projecting support ring below the bottle head. The machine has a box-shaped or cuboid housing 18, each with two parallel end, side and bottom or top surfaces, which is constructed in a conventional manner from firmly connected, partially detachable plates and by means of several feet on the bottom of a bottling plant is set up in a horizontal orientation.

Im Bereich der beiden Stirnseiten des Gehäuses 18 sind parallel zu diesen in einer senkrechten Ebene übereinander je zwei horizontale Wellen 23 bis 26 drehbar gelagert. Auf den beiden unteren, in gleicher Höhe liegenden Wellen 23 und 25 sind jeweils sechs Paare von unteren Umlenkrädern 20 und 21 in Form von Zahnrädern befestigt. Auf den auf gleicher Höhe liegenden oberen Wellen 24 und 26 sind sieben Paare von oberen Umlenkrädern 19 und 22 in Form von Zahnrädern befestigt. Die Umlenkräder sind in insgesamt sieben senkrechten, parallel zu den Längsseiten des Gehäuses 18 ausgerichteten und mit gleichem Abstand zueinander angeordneten Doppelebenen angeordnet. Die Doppelebenen und die zugehörigen Umlenkräder sind mit dem Index "a" bis "g" versehen. In der vordersten Doppelebene "g" sind im Höhenbereich zwischen den unteren Umlenkrädern 20, 21 und den oberen Umlenkrädern 19, 22 in der Mitte der Längsseite auf gleicher Höhe nebeneinander zwei zusätzliche Umlenkräder 27, 28 mit parallel zu den Wellen 23 bis 26 ausgerichteten Achsen frei drehbar gelagert. Zumindest die beiden an der gleichen Stirnseite des Gehäuses 18 angeordneten Wellen 23, 24 werden durch einen Getriebemotor 38 oder dgl. mit gleicher Drehzahl und gleichem Drehsinn synchron zueinander kontinuierlich angetrieben.In the area of the two end faces of the housing 18, two horizontal shafts 23 to 26 are rotatably mounted parallel to each other in a vertical plane one above the other. Six pairs of lower deflection wheels 20 and 21 in the form of gearwheels are each fastened to the two lower shafts 23 and 25 which are at the same height. On the upper shafts 24 and 26, which are at the same height, seven pairs of upper deflection wheels 19 and 22 are fastened in the form of gear wheels. The deflecting wheels are arranged in a total of seven vertical double planes, which are aligned parallel to the longitudinal sides of the housing 18 and are arranged at the same distance from one another. The double levels and the associated deflection wheels are provided with the index "a" to "g". In the foremost double plane "g" there are two additional deflection wheels next to one another at the same height in the height range between the lower deflection wheels 20, 21 and the upper deflection wheels 19, 22 in the middle of the long side 27, 28 with axes aligned parallel to the shafts 23 to 26 freely rotatable. At least the two shafts 23, 24 arranged on the same end face of the housing 18 are continuously driven synchronously with one another by a geared motor 38 or the like at the same speed and the same direction of rotation.

Über die Umlenkräder-Paare ist ein Endlosförderer 17 für die Flaschen 37 geführt. Dieser weist zwei parallele, endlose Rollenketten 29 auf, deren Rollen im Bereich zwischen zwei Umlenkrädern auf horizontalen, geradlinigen Laufschienen 39 geführt sind. Die Laufschienen 39 sind entweder an den Längsseiten des Gehäuses 18 oder an im Inneren des Gehäuses 18 angeordneten Stützen 40 befestigt. Zwischen den beiden Rollenketten 29 sind quer zur Bewegungsrichtung in horizontaler Ausrichtung eine Vielzahl von Flaschenkörben 30 befestigt, die jeweils eine Reihe von vier Flaschen 37 aufnehmen.An endless conveyor 17 for the bottles 37 is guided over the deflection wheel pairs. This has two parallel, endless roller chains 29, the rollers of which are guided in the area between two deflection wheels on horizontal, straight running rails 39. The running rails 39 are fastened either on the longitudinal sides of the housing 18 or on supports 40 arranged in the interior of the housing 18. Between the two roller chains 29, a plurality of bottle baskets 30 are fastened transversely to the direction of movement in a horizontal orientation, each of which holds a row of four bottles 37.

Wie die Fig. 3 und 4 zeigen, ist jeder Flaschenkorb 30 als balkenartiges Formteil mit vier parallelen, an den Flaschenhals angepaßten Flaschenzellen 32 ausgebildet. Der Flaschenkopf und der Flaschenrumpf ragen aus den Flaschenzellen 32 heraus. Im Bereich des Flaschenkopfs ist an der planen Stirnseite des Flaschenkorbs 30 ein Klemmorgan in Form einer Platte 31 in Längsrichtung zwischen zwei Endpositionen verschiebbar gelagert, z.B. mittels Bolzen 40 und Langlöchern 41. Die Platte ist mit vier schlüssellochartigen Öffnungen 33 versehen, deren größerer Bereich den Durchtritts eines Flaschenkopfs gestattet und deren kleinerer Bereich in etwa dem Durchmesser des Flaschenhalses unterhalb des Tragrings entspricht oder geringfügig größer ist als dieser. In der nicht gezeigten rechten Endposition der Platte 31 überdecken sich die größeren Bereiche der Öffnungen 33 mit der entsprechenden Öffnung der Flaschenzelle 32 für den Flaschenkopf. In dieser Position kann die Flasche 37 in die Flaschenzelle 32 hinein bzw. aus dieser herausgeführt werden. In der gezeigten linken Endposition, in der sich der kleinere Bereich der Öffnung 33 mit der Flaschenzelle 32 überdeckt, werden die Flaschen durch die Platte 31 unterhalb des Tragrings gehalten und können somit nicht aus den Flaschenzellen 32 heraus. Die Halterung ist relativ lose, damit die Reinigungslösung eindringen kann.3 and 4 show, each bottle basket 30 is designed as a bar-like molded part with four parallel bottle cells 32 which are adapted to the bottle neck. The bottle head and the bottle body protrude from the bottle cells 32. In the area of the bottle head, a clamping member in the form of a plate 31 is mounted in the longitudinal direction between two end positions, for example by means of bolts 40 and elongated holes 41, on the flat end face of the bottle basket 30. The plate is provided with four keyhole-like openings 33, the larger area of which the passage allows a bottle head and its smaller area approximately the diameter of the Bottle neck below the support ring corresponds or is slightly larger than this. In the not shown right end position of the plate 31, the larger areas of the openings 33 overlap with the corresponding opening of the bottle cell 32 for the bottle head. In this position, the bottle 37 can be led into and out of the bottle cell 32. In the left end position shown, in which the smaller area of the opening 33 overlaps with the bottle cell 32, the bottles are held by the plate 31 below the support ring and can therefore not get out of the bottle cells 32. The holder is relatively loose so that the cleaning solution can penetrate.

Die Überführung der Platten 31 zwischen ihren beiden Endpositionen erfolgt durch ortsfeste, schräg zur Bewegungsrichtung verlaufende Kurvenstücke 34 und 35. Das eine Kurvenstück 35, welches die Platten 31 aus der gezeigten Klemmstellung in die nicht gezeigte Freigabestellung überführt, ist im Bereich der Flaschenabgabe 16 angeordnet. Das andere Kurvenstück 34, welches die Platten 31 aus der Freigabestellung in die Klemmstellung überführt, ist im Bereich der Flaschenaufgabe 1 angeordnet. Die Kurvenstücke 34, 35 greifen direkt an den Randflächen der entsprechend abgerundeten Platten 31 an. An diesem Randbereich greift auch eine ortsfeste Führung 36 an, die entlang des Umlaufbereichs des Endlosförderers 17 in den Behandlungsstationen angeordnet ist und die Platten 31 in der Klemmstellung fixiert. Zusätzliche Verriegelungselemente für die Platten 31 sind somit nicht erforderlich und der Aufbau der Flaschenkörbe 30 und ihrer Klemmorgane ist äußerst einfach und betriebssicher.The plates 31 are transferred between their two end positions by means of fixed curve pieces 34 and 35 which run obliquely to the direction of movement. The one curve piece 35 which transfers the plates 31 from the clamping position shown into the release position (not shown) is arranged in the area of the bottle dispenser 16. The other curve piece 34, which transfers the plates 31 from the release position into the clamping position, is arranged in the area of the bottle application 1. The curve pieces 34, 35 engage directly on the edge surfaces of the correspondingly rounded plates 31. A fixed guide 36, which is arranged along the circulating area of the endless conveyor 17 in the treatment stations and which fixes the plates 31 in the clamping position, also acts on this edge area. Additional locking elements for the plates 31 are therefore not required and the construction of the bottle baskets 30 and their clamping members is extremely simple and reliable.

An der vorderen Längsseite des Gehäuses 18 ist eine Flaschenaufgabe 1 und eine Flaschenabgabe 16 angeordnet. Die zu reinigenden Flaschen 37 werden durch ein horizontales Förderband 41, das kurz vor der Maschinenmitte endet, zugeführt und durch ein weiteres horizontales Förderband 42, das kurz vor der Maschinenmitte beginnt, abgeführt. Die beiden Förderbänder 41, 42 liegen innerhalb der vordersten Doppelebene "g", sind auf der gleichen Höhe angeordnet und werden mit der gleichen Geschwindigkeit wie der Endlosförderer 17 in Pfeilrichtung kontinuierlich angetrieben. Durch eine nicht gezeigte Einteilvorrichtung üblicher Bauart werden die Flaschen 37 in parallelen Vierergruppen auf dem Förderband 41 entsprechend der Anordnung der Flaschenzellen 32 in den Flaschenkörben 30 formiert, derart, daß jeweils eine Flaschenreihe im Bereich der Flaschenaufgabe 1 mit einem schräg von oben herangeführten Flaschenkorb 30 zusammentrifft. Dabei dringen die Flaschen mit ihrem Kopf- und Halsbereich in die Flaschenzellen 32 vollständig ein, bis der Flaschenkopf wieder aus der Flaschenzelle 32 herausragt. In diesem Bereich wird durch das ortsfeste Kurvenstück 34 die Platte 31 aus der Freigabeposition in die Klemmposition überführt. Umgekehrt werden im Bereich der Flaschenabgabe 16 die in der Klemmposition ankommenden Platten 31 durch das ortsfeste Kurvenstück 35 aus der Verriegelungsposition in die Freigabeposition überführt, so daß die Flaschen frei auf dem Förderband 42 zu stehen kommen. Anschließend wird der Endlosförderer mit den Flaschenkörben 30 schräg nach oben vom Förderband 42 weggeführt, so daß die Flaschen 37 nach unten aus den Flaschenzellen 32 austreten können.A bottle feed 1 and a bottle delivery 16 are arranged on the front long side of the housing 18. The bottles 37 to be cleaned are fed by a horizontal conveyor belt 41, which ends just before the machine center, and are removed by a further horizontal conveyor belt 42, which begins just before the machine center. The two conveyor belts 41, 42 lie within the foremost double plane "g", are arranged at the same height and are continuously driven at the same speed as the endless conveyor 17 in the direction of the arrow. By means of a one-piece device of conventional design, not shown, the bottles 37 are formed in parallel groups of four on the conveyor belt 41 in accordance with the arrangement of the bottle cells 32 in the bottle baskets 30, in such a way that one row of bottles in each case meets a bottle basket 30 in the area of the bottle feed 1 . The bottles with their head and neck areas penetrate completely into the bottle cells 32 until the bottle head protrudes again from the bottle cell 32. In this area, the plate 31 is transferred from the release position to the clamping position by the fixed curve piece 34. Conversely, in the area of the bottle delivery 16, the plates 31 arriving in the clamping position are transferred from the locking position into the release position by the fixed curve piece 35, so that the bottles come to rest freely on the conveyor belt 42. Then the endless conveyor with the bottle baskets 30 is guided away obliquely upwards from the conveyor belt 42, so that the bottles 37 can emerge from the bottle cells 32 downwards.

Der Endlosförderer 17 läuft innerhalb der Doppelebene "g" von der Unterseite des Umlenkrads 19g schräg auf das Förderband 41 zu, durchläuft einen kurzen horizontalen Bereich am Kurvenstück 34, umschlingt dann das zusätzliche Umlenkrad 28 und verläuft schräg nach oben zum Umlenkrad 19f. Von diesem läuft der Endlosförderer 17 senkrecht nach unten zum Umlenkrad 20f und weiter von dessen Unterseite innerhalb der Doppelebene "f" zu Unterseite des Umlenkrades 21f. Nachdem er dieses um 180 Grad umfahren hat läuft der Endlosförderer 17 von der Oberseite des Umlenkrads 21f schräg aus der Doppelebene "f" heraus in die Doppelebene "e" zur Oberseite des Umlenkrads 20e. Er umschlingt dieses und läuft von dessen Unterseite zur Unterseite des Umlenkrads 21e. In entsprechender Weise windet sich der Endlosförderer 17 weiter durch die Doppelebenen "d", "c", "b" bis in die Doppelebene "a". Dabei verläuft jeweils das untere Trum des Endlosförderers 17 innerhalb bzw. parallel zu einer Doppelebene, während das obere Trum schräg von einer Doppelebene zur anderen verläuft.The endless conveyor 17 runs within the double plane "g" at an angle from the underside of the deflection wheel 19g to the conveyor belt 41, passes through a short horizontal area on the curve piece 34, then loops around the additional deflection wheel 28 and extends obliquely upwards to the deflection wheel 19f. From this, the endless conveyor 17 runs vertically downward to the deflection wheel 20f and further from its underside within the double plane "f" to the underside of the deflection wheel 21f. After he has bypassed it by 180 degrees, the endless conveyor 17 runs obliquely from the top of the deflection wheel 21f out of the double plane "f" into the double plane "e" to the top of the deflection wheel 20e. It wraps around it and runs from its underside to the underside of the deflection wheel 21e. In a corresponding manner, the endless conveyor 17 continues to wind through the double planes "d", "c", "b" into the double plane "a". The lower run of the endless conveyor 17 runs inside or parallel to a double level, while the upper run runs obliquely from one double level to the other.

Vom Umlenkrad 21a verläuft der Endlosförderer 17 senkrecht nach oben zum Umlenkrad 22a und von dessen Oberseite zur Oberseite des Umlenkrads 19a. Er umschlingt dieses um 180 Grad und verläuft von dessen Unterseite aus der Doppelebene "a" heraus schräg in die nächste Doppelebene "b" zur Unterseite des Umlenkrads 22b. Er umschlingt dieses um 180 Grad und verläuft von dessen Oberseite innerhalb der Doppelebene "b" zur Oberseite des Umlenkrads 19b. In entsprechender Weise windet sich der Endlosförderer durch die Ebenen "c", "d", "e" bis in die Ebene "f". Dabei verläuft jeweils das obere Trum des Endlosförderers 17 parallel bzw. innerhalb der Doppelebenen, wahrend das untere Trum schräg zur benachbarten Doppelebene weiterläuft. Von der Oberseite des Umlenkrads 22f verläuft der Endlosförderer schräg nach unten und schräg aus der Doppelebene "f" heraus in die Doppelebene "g" zur Oberseite des zusätzlichen Umlenkrads 27. Er umschlingt dieses und läuft dann von dessen Unterseite im Bereich des Kurvenstücks 35 horizontal innerhalb der Doppelebene "g" und dann schräg nach oben zur Unterseite des Umlenkrads 22g. Er umschlingt dieses und läuft dann von dessen Oberseite innerhalb der Doppelebene "g" zur Oberseite des Umlenkrads 19g.From the deflection wheel 21a, the endless conveyor 17 extends vertically upwards to the deflection wheel 22a and from the top thereof to the top of the deflection wheel 19a. It wraps around it by 180 degrees and runs from its underside out of the double plane "a" at an angle into the next double plane "b" to the underside of the deflection wheel 22b. It wraps around this by 180 degrees and runs from its top inside the double plane "b" to the top of the deflection wheel 19b. In a corresponding manner, the endless conveyor winds through levels "c", "d", "e" to level "f". The upper run of the endless conveyor 17 runs in each case parallel or within the double levels, while the lower run continues obliquely to the adjacent double level. From the top of the deflection wheel 22f, the endless conveyor runs obliquely downwards and obliquely out of the double plane "f" into the double plane "g" to the top of the additional deflection wheel 27. It wraps around it and then runs horizontally from the underside thereof in the region of the curve piece 35 the double level "g" and then obliquely upwards to the underside of the deflection wheel 22g. It wraps around it and then runs from its top inside the double plane "g" to the top of the deflection wheel 19g.

Durch die vorstehend beschriebene Führung des Endlosförderers 17 wird der Innenraum des Gehäuses 18 vollständig ausgenutzt und es wird neben einer sehr langen Behandlungsstrecke auch eine einfache Zu- und Abführung der Flaschen 37 durch die schräg nach unten bzw. schräg nach oben verlaufenden Bereiche innerhalb der Flaschenaufgabe 1 bzw. der Flaschenabgabe 16 ermöglicht. Wie die Fig. 2 zeigt, überdecken sich, von oben gesehen, die Bewegungsbahnen des Endlosförderers 17 im unteren, durch die unteren Umlenkräder 20, 21 definierten Bereich A und im oberen, durch die oberen Umlenkräder 19, 22 definierten Bereich B. Im unteren Bereich A schraubt sich der Endlosförderer nach Art einer Spirale in horizontaler Richtung von der Vorderseite des Gehäuses 18 weg, während er sich im oberen Bereich B nach Art einer Spirale zur Vorderseite des Gehäuses 18 hin schraubt. Dabei ergibt sich im Bereich A die durch den Pfeil X angegebene Querbewegung und im Bereich B die durch den Pfeil Y angegebene Querbewegung des Endlosförderers 17.By guiding the endless conveyor 17 as described above, the interior of the housing 18 is fully utilized and, in addition to a very long treatment route, the bottles 37 are also easily fed and removed through the areas within the bottle task 1 which run obliquely downwards or obliquely upwards or the bottle dispenser 16. As shown in FIG. 2, seen from above, the movement paths of the endless conveyor 17 overlap in the lower area A defined by the lower deflecting wheels 20, 21 and in the upper area B defined by the upper deflecting wheels 19, 22. In the lower area A screws the endless conveyor in the manner of a spiral in the horizontal direction away from the front of the housing 18, while in the upper region B it screws in the manner of a spiral to the front of the housing 18. The transverse movement indicated by the arrow X in region A and the transverse movement of the endless conveyor 17 indicated by the arrow Y result in region B.

Um eine Reinfektion der gereinigten Flaschen 37 zu verhindern, ist zwischen Flaschenaufgabe 1 und Flaschenabgabe 16 im Bereich zwischen den beiden zusätzlichen Umlenkrädern 28, 27 eine Trennwand 43 angeordnet. Außerdem ist zur einfachen Anpassung an unterschiedliche Flaschenhöhen sowohl die Lagerung des Umlenkrads 27 als auch die Lagerung des Umlenkrads 28 höhenverstellbar ausgeführt, jeweils zusammen mit einer nicht gezeigten kurzen horizontalen Führungsschiene für den horizontalen Umlaufbereich des Endlosförderers 17.In order to prevent reinfection of the cleaned bottles 37, a partition 43 is arranged between the bottle feed 1 and the bottle delivery 16 in the area between the two additional deflection wheels 28, 27. In addition, for easy adaptation to different bottle heights, both the mounting of the deflection wheel 27 and the mounting of the deflection wheel 28 are designed to be height-adjustable, in each case together with a short horizontal guide rail (not shown) for the horizontal circulation area of the endless conveyor 17.

Die von der Flaschenaufgabe 1 kommenden Flaschen 37 werden gewendet und durchlaufen als erstes eine Einrichtung 2 zur Entleerung und Vorspritzung. Anschließend tauchen sie in das Reinigungslösungsbad 3 ein, das mit heißer Lauge gefüllt ist und den gesamten unteren Bereich A des Endlosförderers 17 mit den Doppelebenen "a" bis "f" umfaßt. Dort bleiben die Flaschen 37 ca. 7 Min. vollständig untergetaucht, wobei sich durch die Bewegung der Flaschen 37 eine starke Reinigungswirkung ergibt. Danach laufen die Flaschen bei 5 nach oben in den Bereich B, werden gewendet und bei 6 entleert. Danach durchlaufen sie eine Spritzung 7 mit Reinigungslösung und tauchen dann nach einem Austropfen bei 8 in ein erstes Wasserbad 9 ein. In ähnlicher Weise folgen weitere Spritzungen 10, 12 und 14 mit Wasser und Tauchbäder 11 und 13 mit Wasser. Bei 15 erfolgt dann ein letztes Austropfen der Flaschen, bevor sie zur Flaschenabgabe 16 gelangen.The bottles 37 coming from the bottle feed 1 are turned over and first pass through a device 2 for emptying and pre-spraying. Then they are immersed in the cleaning solution bath 3, which is filled with hot alkali and comprises the entire lower area A of the endless conveyor 17 with the double levels "a" to "f". There, the bottles 37 remain completely submerged for about 7 minutes, with the movement of the bottles 37 resulting in a strong cleaning effect. The bottles then run upwards into area B at 5, are turned over and emptied at 6. Then they pass through a spray 7 with cleaning solution and then, after dripping at 8, immerse them in a first water bath 9. Similarly, further sprayings 10, 12 and 14 with water and immersion baths 11 and 13 with water follow. At 15 there is a final dripping of the bottles before they reach the bottle dispenser 16.

Im oberen Bereich B verläuft jeweils das obere Trum des Endlosförderers 17 innerhalb der entsprechenden Doppelebene.In the upper area B the upper run of the endless conveyor 17 runs within the corresponding double level.

Dort sind die feststehenden oder auch oszillierend angetriebenen Spritzrohre der verschiedenen Spritzungen angeordnet. Die unteren Trume verlaufen jeweils schräg von einer Doppelebene zur anderen. Dort sind die entsprechend schräggestellten Tauchbäder angeordnet.The fixed or oscillating spray pipes of the different sprayings are arranged there. The lower dreams run diagonally from one double level to the other. The correspondingly inclined immersion baths are arranged there.

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  1. Machine for cleaning bottles (37) or the like, with an endless conveyor (17) for the bottles and handling devices associated with it, wherein the endless conveyor is guided in the manner of a horizontal spiral in at least two regions (A, B) with transverse motion in opposite directions, characterised in that the regions (A, B) of the endless conveyor (17) with transverse motion in opposite directions and the associated handling devices are arranged in a common housing (18) immediately one above the other at different height positions and that the regions (A, B) comprise essentially the same base area.
  2. Machine according to claim 1, characterised in that a bottle intake (1) and a bottle discharge (16) are arranged on the same side of the housing (18) and that the endless conveyor (17) is guided in the section (A) located below in the manner of a spiral away from the bottle intake (1) and in the region (B) located above in the manner of a spiral towards the bottle discharge (16).
  3. Machine according to one of the claims 1 or 2, characterised in that the guide wheels (19 to 22) for the endless conveyor (17) in the region of neighbouring guiding locations of each region (A, B) each comprise a common rotation axle.
  4. Machine according to one of the claims 1 to 3, characterised in that the guide wheels (19 to 22) which guide the endless conveyor (17) within a region (A, B) are each wound around by the endless conveyor (17) by about 180 degrees.
  5. Machine according to one of the claims 3 or 4, characterised in that the rotation axles of neighbouring guide wheels (19, 20 and 21, 22) of regions (A, B) are each arranged horizontally in a common vertical plane.
  6. Machine according to one of the claims 3 to 5, characterised in that the guide wheels (19 to 22) with a common rotation axle are each fastened on a common shaft (23 to 26) and that at least one of the shafts (23, 24) can be continuously driven.
  7. Machine according to one of the claims 2 to 6, characterised in that on the side of the housing (18) with the bottle intake (1) and the bottle discharge (16) at a height between the superposed regions (A, B) in the central region of the housing (18) additional guide wheels (27, 28) are mounted which guide the endless conveyor (17) in the region of bottle intake (1) and bottle discharge (16) at an acute angle to the horizontal.
  8. Machine according to claim 7, characterised in that the endless conveyor (17) is guided by the additional guide wheel (28) in the region of bottle intake (1) for receiving bottles, at first downwardly at a slope, then upwardly at a slope into the height position of the upper section (B) and then essentially vertically downwardly into the height position of the lower section (A).
  9. Machine according to claim 7 or 8, characterised in that the endless conveyor (17) is guided by the additional guide wheel (27) in the region of bottle discharge (16), at first downwardly at a slope from the height position of the upper section (B), then upwardly again at a slope to the discharge of the bottles and finally into the height position of the upper section (B) in the direction of the bottle intake (1).
  10. Machine according to claim 8 or 9, characterised in that in the circulation region of the endless conveyor (17) oriented upwardly at a slope in the region of the bottle intake (1) an emptying and preliminary spraying device (2) is arranged.
  11. Machine according to one of the claims 1 to 10, characterised in that in the lower region (A) a cleaning solution bath (3) accommodating completely a plurality of spiral windings of the endless conveyor (17) is arranged.
  12. Machine according to claim 11, characterised in that the endless conveyor (17) is guided out of the cleaning solution bath (3) essentially vertically upwardly into the section (B) located above it.
  13. Machine according to one of the claims 1 to 12, characterised in that in the upper section (B) along at least one horizontal circulation region of the endless conveyor (17) a spraying device (7, 10, 12, 14) and/or at least one immersion bath (9, 11, 13) is arranged.
  14. Machine according to one of the claims 1 to 13, characterised in that the endless conveyor (17) comprises at least one flexible drawing means (29) on which a plurality of bottle baskets (30) for receiving a row of bottles are pivoted transversely to the direction of circulation.
  15. Machine according to claim 14, characterised in that the bottle baskets (30) receive the bottles only over a portion of their height in the region of the mouth and are provided with controllable clamping elements (31) engaging beneath thickenings on the head of the bottle.
  16. Machine according to claim 15, characterised in that each clamping element (31) is formed by a plate (31) which is mounted displaceably in the longitudinal direction on the bottle basket (30) and which is provided in the region of each bottle cell (32) with a keyhole-like opening (33) whose larger region permits the passage of a bottle head and whose smaller region has a smaller diameter than the thickening on the bottle neck.
  17. Machine according to claim 16, characterised in that fixedly located curved pieces (34, 35) are arranged on the circulation path of the endless conveyor (17) for switching the plates (31) into their end positions.
  18. Machine according to claim 17, characterised in that the plates (31) are fixed in their clamping or closure position by a fixedly located guide (36) arranged along the path of motion of the endless conveyor (17).
  19. Machine according to one of the claims 1 to 18, characterised in that the paths of motion of the endless conveyor (17) in the superposed regions (A, B), seen from above, largely overlap one another.
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