EP0729391A1 - Device for displacing a processing member with respect to a container in bottle cleaning machines - Google Patents

Device for displacing a processing member with respect to a container in bottle cleaning machines

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EP0729391A1
EP0729391A1 EP94928926A EP94928926A EP0729391A1 EP 0729391 A1 EP0729391 A1 EP 0729391A1 EP 94928926 A EP94928926 A EP 94928926A EP 94928926 A EP94928926 A EP 94928926A EP 0729391 A1 EP0729391 A1 EP 0729391A1
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clamp
container
treatment
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bottle
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René Perrier
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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
    • B08B9/20—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks by using apparatus into or on to which containers, e.g. bottles, jars, cans are brought
    • 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
    • B08B9/426—Grippers for bottles
    • 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
    • B08B9/20—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks by using apparatus into or on to which containers, e.g. bottles, jars, cans are brought
    • B08B9/28—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks by using apparatus into or on to which containers, e.g. bottles, jars, cans are brought the apparatus cleaning by splash, spray, or jet application, with or without soaking
    • B08B9/30—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks by using apparatus into or on to which containers, e.g. bottles, jars, cans are brought the apparatus cleaning by splash, spray, or jet application, with or without soaking and having conveyors
    • B08B9/32—Rotating conveyors
    • 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
    • B08B9/20—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks by using apparatus into or on to which containers, e.g. bottles, jars, cans are brought
    • B08B9/28—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks by using apparatus into or on to which containers, e.g. bottles, jars, cans are brought the apparatus cleaning by splash, spray, or jet application, with or without soaking
    • B08B9/34—Arrangements of conduits or nozzles

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  • the present invention relates to a device for moving a treatment member with respect to a container, in particular a bottle. It also relates to machines comprising such a device.
  • the devices are mounted on the periphery of a rotary carousel.
  • Each device includes a clamp for gripping a bottle by its neck in the vertical position.
  • the clamp is rotatably mounted around a horizontal axis integral with the 0 fluid injection nozzle which is specific to each device.
  • the clamp is connected to a fork engaged on a fixed control bar disposed on the periphery of the carousel and whose configuration causes the clamp to pivot during rotation of the carousel.
  • the seized bottle is thus presented in the inverted position opposite the nozzle which projects a treatment liquid, for example rinsing liquid, from the neck of the bottle.
  • This device has proven to be very advantageous. In particular, it makes it possible to quickly process a large number of bottles while minimizing the risk of damaging them.
  • a cannula is introduced inside the container in an inclined position, and the liquid is brought through this cannula. inside said container.
  • the treatments of containers also include emptying, decanting, dosing, blowing cold or hot air or saturated or superheated steam, interior sterilization by ultraviolet rays, as well as decapping operations. , encapsulation, capping, labeling, etc.
  • the object of the present invention is to remedy the drawbacks of known devices and machines, and to propose a new device for moving a processing member relative to a container, this device being suitable for use in most of the above processing operations.
  • the present invention therefore relates to a device for moving a relative movement of a treatment member with respect to a container, in particular a bottle, for the treatment of said container, this device comprising a clamp for gripping the container, first means for making pivot the clamp around a substantially horizontal axis of a support of the device so as to rotate the container around said axis between a gripping position in which the clamp grips the container and a processing position in which the treatment of said container, the device also comprising a treatment member of said container and means for moving the treatment member in a relative movement relative to the container between a first position in which the treatment member is separated from the container when the forceps is in its gripping position, and a second position in which the processing member is in its pos treatment ition with respect to the container, inside or near said container, when the clamp is in the treatment position.
  • this device is characterized in that it comprises means for actuating at the same time the means for pivoting the clamp and the means for moving the processing member with a relative movement relative to the container.
  • the device comprises a plate pivotally mounted about the axis, and said plate carries on the one hand the processing member, on the other hand means forming a slide on which the clamp is slidably mounted, the means forming a slide extending in a direction substantially parallel to the axis of a container gripped by the clamp.
  • the device further comprises at least one link connected in an articulated manner on the one hand to the clamp, on the other hand to a point on the support of the device, this link being arranged in such a way that 'it causes the clamp to slide along the slide between said gripping and processing positions during said pivoting of the clamp.
  • the link connecting the clamp to the support of the device forces the clamp to slide along the slide during the pivoting of the plate.
  • the treatment member is a tubular cannula adapted to inject a fluid inside a container gripped by the clamp: the cannula is fixed on the plate of so as to extend substantially in the axis of a container gripped by the clamp.
  • the machine for treating containers, in particular bottles, comprising at the periphery of a rotary carousel container treatment stations regularly distributed around this carousel is characterized in that each treatment includes a device of the aforementioned type according to the first aspect of the invention.
  • FIG. 1 is an elevational view in axial section of a processing machine according to the second aspect of the invention comprising devices according to an embodiment of the first aspect of the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a partial elevational view of the device shown schematically in Figure 1, showing the two positions of the bottle and the clamp relative to an injection nozzle;
  • FIG. 3 shows a detail of Figure 2 and illustrates the two positions of the bottle and the clamp relative to the plate;
  • - Figure 4 is a diagram illustrating the supply of the nozzles of the carousel with different fluids;
  • FIG. 5 is an enlarged partial view in elevation, similar to Figure 2, of another embodiment of the device according to the invention, suitable for a filling or metering operation, the clamp being in the gripping position a bottle;
  • Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 5, the clamp being in a filling or metering position;
  • Figure 7 is a view similar to Figure 6, the clamp being in a slightly raised position, for level adjustment, for example by overflow;
  • Figure 8 is a view similar to Figure 5 showing in superposition the two gripping and filling positions of the clamp.
  • the device and the machine according to the invention constitute improvements to the device and the machine described in French patents No. 2,660,917, 2,660,884.
  • the present description will therefore mainly relate to the improvements made to this machine and to this device, the detailed description of the unchanged parts of the device and of the machine being able to be found in the aforementioned patents.
  • the embodiments which will be described relate to the treatment of bottles, but it could be another type of container (jar, test tube, vase, flask, pot, ).
  • the machine 1 for treating bottles 2 in a substantially inverted position comprises a rotary carousel 3 already known.
  • the carousel 3 is rotated along the vertical axis 4.
  • a series of devices 5 for treating a bottle 2 are arranged around the circumference of the carousel 3.
  • FIG. 2 The arrival of the bottles for their treatment and the departure of the treated bottles is carried out on the left of the carousel in FIG. 2, by means of a routing device not shown.
  • Figure 2 there is shown the device for treating a bottle in position 6 corresponding to the gripping of the bottle 2 before its treatment and position 7 corresponding to the treatment of the bottle in the inverted position.
  • the device comprises an injection nozzle 8 directed upwards disposed at the mouth of a receptacle 9 for spent treatment fluids, the nozzle 8 and the receptacle 9 being already known.
  • the nozzle 8 allows the injection of fluid into the overturned bottle 2.
  • FIG. 1 shows the supply 10 of the nozzle 8 from the carousel 3.
  • the nozzle 8 and the receptacle 9 are integral with the rotary carousel 3.
  • the device comprises a clamp 11 for gripping and holding the bottle 2 by its neck. It also comprises first means 12, 18, 40, 41 for pivoting the clamp 11 by approximately 180 ° around a first axis 12 which is substantially horizontal and fixed relative to the nozzle 8 and to the receptacle 9.
  • These first means include in particular a fork 40 integral with the clamp 11 in its pivoting movement and engaged on a control bar 41 of a known type.
  • a control bar 41 of a known type.
  • FIG. 1 the configuration of the control bar 41 on the periphery of the carousel 3 causes the clamp 11 to rotate about the axis 12.
  • the device comprises a tubular conduit 16.
  • this conduit is rectilinear and placed in the axis 17 of the bottle 2 gripped by the clamp 11.
  • the device comprises second means 20, 22, 23 to ensure that this conduit 16 is located inside the bottle 2 when it is in a substantially inverted position 7.
  • These second means provide the relative movement of the duct 16 between a first position 6 where the duct is released from the neck of the bottle 2 and a second position 7 where the duct is engaged deep inside the bottle.
  • the conduit 16 constitutes the extension of the nozzle 8 for projecting fluid to the bottom 26 of the bottle 2 substantially overturned.
  • the second means are arranged to ensure the relative displacement of the conduit 16 simultaneously with said pivoting of the bottle 2.
  • conduit 16 is integral with the clamp 11 in its pivoting movement.
  • integral is meant that the pivoting of the conduit 16 and of the bottle 2 is always simultaneous and takes place with respect to the same axis 12 and according to the same pivoting angle.
  • said second means are arranged to move the clamp 11 in translation relative to the conduit 16 in a direction substantially parallel to said conduit 16.
  • the conduit 16 remains substantially in the axis 17 of the bottle 2.
  • the conduit 16 and the bottle 2 are in the vertical position.
  • the first means for pivoting the clamp also comprise a plate 18 which can pivot around the axis 12 and integral with the fork 40.
  • the circles 33 and 34 represent the trajectory of two ends of the plate 18 during its pivoting.
  • the plate 18 supports the conduit 16 near its end 19.
  • I s second means comprise a slide 20 also supported by the plate 18.
  • the slide 20 is parallel to the duct 16 and therefore extends vertically in the first 6 and second 7 positions.
  • the slide 20 is for example made up of a cylindrical rod.
  • the body of the clamp 11 is engaged on the slide 20 to slide along the latter, as shown in FIG. 3.
  • the body of the clamp 11 may have a local reinforcement 21 extending in the direction of the slide 20 in order to improve the precision of the guide on the slide 20 and the solidity of the body of the clamp 11 in the vicinity of the slide 20.
  • the slide 20 makes it possible to guide the clamp 11 in translation in the direction of the plate 18 parallel to the axis 17 of the bottle 2 and of the conduit 16. During this translation, the conduit 16 penetrates into the bottle 2.
  • the second means further comprise a link 22 connecting the clamp 11 to a point secured to the injection nozzle 8.
  • This point is here a lug 23 fixed to the receptacle 9.
  • the link 22 is connected in rotation by one end to the lug 23 and by another end to the external surface of the reinforcement 21, the respective axes of rotation 24 and 25 being parallel to the axis 12.
  • the link 22 is dimensioned and arranged so that it causes the clamp 11 to slide on the slide 20 between the first 6 and second 7 positions during the pivoting of the clamp 11, of the slide 20 and of the plate 18 around axis 12.
  • the arrangement of the link 22 depends on the configuration of the other elements of the device and their location.
  • the sliding is caused in particular due to the location of the axis 24 in the vicinity of the fixing of the slide 20 on the plate 18.
  • the clamp 11 and the bottle 2 therefore carry out a movement which decomposes into a rotation of axis 12 and a translation of axis 17, the rotation and translation taking place simultaneously .
  • This movement has the effect of bringing the bottle into the inverted position 7 above the nozzle 8 and simultaneously introducing into the bottle the conduit 16 which comes to constitute in the second position 7 the extension of the nozzle 8.
  • a treatment fluid is then sprayed by the nozzle 8. This fluid travels inside the conduit 16 and spurts inside the bottle 2 in the immediate vicinity of its bottom 26. The fluid then flows along the wall inside of the bottle 2, passes through the plate 18 which for this purpose has evacuation recesses in the vicinity of the conduit 16 and is finally evacuated by the receptacle 9.
  • the second means may further comprise a second link (not shown in FIG. 2 since it is hidden by the link 22) arranged in a similar manner and symmetrically to the first link 22 with respect to a plane parallel to the plane of the gripper's pivoting path. This latter plane is the plane of the sheet in the present example, in FIG. 2.
  • the second link is for example located behind the slide 20 in FIG. 2 so that the two links are on either side of the slide 20.
  • the means for moving the clamp in translation can also be constituted by a set of tubes sliding one inside the other to achieve a telescopic fixing of the clamp on the plate, the movement of the clamp remaining controlled by at least one link.
  • one actuation of the clamp 11 in translation can be achieved by means of an actuator suitably controlled.
  • the end 27 of the conduit 16 opposite the nozzle 8 in the second position 7, that is to say opposite the end 19, has external means 28 for heating the fluid projected into the bottle 2.
  • the heating means 28 include for example a heating resistor supplied with energy from the carousel by suitable connections.
  • the heating means make it possible to project into the bottle 2 a fluid heated if necessary at very high temperature.
  • the conduit 16 may have external means 29 of emission of ultraviolet rays also connected to the carousel in a suitable manner. Such means allow very good sterilization of the interior of the bottle during treatment.
  • the arrangement of the sterilization means on the conduit 29 makes it possible to expose the interior wall of the bottle 2 to ultraviolet radiation.
  • the conduit 16 has means for uncapping or uncapping the bottle.
  • Such a device allows during the inversion of the bottle towards position 7, to remove or pierce the lid of the bottle or even to remove a capsule which would have remained in place.
  • the nozzle 8 is selectively connected inside the carousel 3, to different sources of fluid supply 30 as shown diagrammatically in FIG. 4.
  • the selection of fluid is carried out by a member distribution valve 31 with conventional valves automatically controlled during the operation of the carousel 3 by suitable mechanical, pneumatic or electromagnetic means of a known type.
  • each nozzle 8 in communication successively with several sources of fluid 30 to perform on the bottle 2 the operations using these fluids.
  • the cam roller 50 thus pivots the clamp 11 around the substantially horizontal axis 12 of the support
  • the device also includes a cannula 16 for filling the bottle 2. This cannula is adapted to inject a fluid inside the bottle 2 gripped by the clamp 11 in its filling position.
  • the device comprises means for actuating at the same time the means for pivoting the clamp 11 and means for moving the cannula 16 in a relative movement relative to the bottle 2 between a first position in which the cannula 16 is separated from the bottle when the clamp 11 is in its gripping position, as shown in FIG. 5, and a second position, shown in FIG. 6, in which the cannula 16 is in its treatment position relative to the bottle inside this bottle when the clamp 11 is in the treatment position.
  • the cannula 16 is a treatment member suitable for relative movement relative to the bottle 2 substantially in the axis 17 thereof.
  • the cannula 16 In the gripping position of the gripper 11, the cannula 16 is situated substantially in the axis 17 of the bottle 2 gripped by said gripper 11.
  • the means for moving the cannula 16 in relative motion comprise means for moving the gripper 11 in translation relative to the cannula 16, in a direction substantially parallel to the axis 17, during the pivoting of the clamp 11.
  • the device comprises a plate 18 pivotally mounted around the axis 12.
  • Said plate 18 carries on the one hand the treatment cannula 16, on the other hand the slide 20 on which the clamp 11 is slidably mounted.
  • the slide 20 extends in a direction parallel to the axis 17 of the bottle 2 gripped by the clamp 11.
  • the slide 20 can be replaced by equivalent means, for example telescopic tubes.
  • the device further comprises at least one link 22 articulated in an articulated way on the one hand to the clamp 11, on the other hand to a point 24 of the support 51 of the device, this link 22 being arranged so that it causes sliding of the clamp 11 along the slide 20 between said first 6 and second 7 positions during the pivoting of the clamp 11.
  • F ⁇ L'iL F. RECTSFI ⁇ E (RULE 91) IS / VfcP 2 6. 01. 95 22 on the clamp 11 when " the clamp is in its position for gripping a bottle 2, represented in FIG. 5, at position 25b of said articulation point 25 when the clamp 11 is in its position for processing the figure 6.
  • the position of the axis 12 is fixed.
  • the treatment member 16 is placed relative to this axis on the one hand, and the clamp 11 and the bottle 2 on the other hand, in each of the two gripping positions and treatment.
  • the positions 25a and 25b of the articulation point of the connecting rod 22 are fixed on the body 48 of the clamp, the segment 43 is drawn connecting the two points 25a, 25b, and the perpendicular bisector 42 of this segment.
  • the length Y of the segment 43 being predetermined, we set the distance X to place the axis 24 (see figure 8).
  • the angle A of inclination of the bottle 2 or of the container is advantageously from 30 to 45 ° for a filling operation, from 50 to 60 ° for a dosing operation in the case of Champagne, etc.
  • the rod 44 is telescopic and can lie against the action of a Antagonistic spring 45. While the neck 46 of the bottle 2 has come into contact with the base 47 of the cannula 16, which prevents any further sliding of the clamp along the slide 20, the telescopic link 44 makes it possible to continue the pivoting of the bottle 2 around the axis 12 in order to obtain a greater angle of inclination of the bottle relative to the vertical. This can be useful in certain operations, for example to regularize a filling level by overflow.
  • the length of the movement of the clamp 11 along the slide is at least equal to the length of the cannula section introduced inside the container in the treatment position.
  • the cannula 16 is connected by any means, such as rigid, flexible tubes, etc., to a suitable source of fluid, which may be a source of vacuum.
  • a device has thus been described for moving a treatment member with relative movement relative to a container.
  • Such a device is simple, robust, reliable, can be adapted to many treatment bodies, in particular in all treatments or operations using a fluid, such as emptying, rinsing, drying, filling, dosing, decanting, sterilization, maturing, siliconization.
  • this device can also be used for operations or treatments using no fluid but using special tools, such as uncapping, uncapping, encapsulation, capping, for which the 'tool must be brought near the container without necessarily being introduced inside thereof.
  • the invention is not limited to the embodiments which have just been described, and many modifications and modifications can be made on these without departing from the scope of the invention.

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Abstract

The device (5) comprises tongs (11) for gripping the container (2), means for pivoting the tongs (11) about an axis (12) substantially horizontal with respect to a support (51) of the device in order to pivot the container (2) about said axis (12), a member for processing said container, and means for displacing the processing member with a motion relative to the container (2) between a first position wherein the processing member is separate from the container when the tongs (11) are in a gripping position, and a second position wherein the processing member is in its processing position with respect to said container (2) inside or at the vicinity of said container, when the tongs (11) are in a processing position. It further comprises means for actuating simultaneously means for pivoting the tongs (11) and means for displacing the processing member (16) with a motion relative to the container (2).

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DISPOSITIF POUR DEPLACER UN ORGANE DE TRAITEMENT PAR RAPPORT A UN RECIPIENT, AUX MACHINE DE NETTOYAGE DES BOUTEILLESDEVICE FOR MOVING A TREATMENT MEMBER IN RELATION TO A CONTAINER, TO BOTTLE CLEANING MACHINES
5 La présente invention concerne un dispositif pour déplacer un organe de traitement par rapport à un récipient, notamment une bouteille. Elle concerne également les machines comprenant un tel dispositif.The present invention relates to a device for moving a treatment member with respect to a container, in particular a bottle. It also relates to machines comprising such a device.
0 On connaît des dispositifs de traitement d'une bouteille en position renversée par exemple en vue de son rinçage. De tels dispositifs sont décrits en détail dans les brevets français n° 2 660 917, 2 660 884.0 There are known devices for treating a bottle in the inverted position, for example for rinsing. Such devices are described in detail in French patents No. 2,660,917, 2,660,884.
5 Dans ces demandes, les dispositifs sont montés sur le pourtour d'un carrousel rotatif. Chaque dispositif comprend une pince pour saisir une bouteille par son goulot en position verticale. La pince est montée en rotation autour d'un axe horizontal solidaire de la 0 buse d'injection de fluide qui est propre à chaque dispositif. La pince est reliée à une fourchette engagée sur une barre de commande fixe disposée sur la périphérie du carrousel et dont la configuration provoque le pivotement de la pince lors de la rotation du carrousel. La bouteille saisie est ainsi présentée en position renversée en regard de la buse qui projette un liquide de traitement, par exemple de rinçage, depuis le goulot de la bouteille.In these requests, the devices are mounted on the periphery of a rotary carousel. Each device includes a clamp for gripping a bottle by its neck in the vertical position. The clamp is rotatably mounted around a horizontal axis integral with the 0 fluid injection nozzle which is specific to each device. The clamp is connected to a fork engaged on a fixed control bar disposed on the periphery of the carousel and whose configuration causes the clamp to pivot during rotation of the carousel. The seized bottle is thus presented in the inverted position opposite the nozzle which projects a treatment liquid, for example rinsing liquid, from the neck of the bottle.
Ce dispositif s'est révélé très avantageux. Il permet notamment de traiter rapidement un grar- nombre de bouteilles en limitant au maximum les rit ιes de les endommager.This device has proven to be very advantageous. In particular, it makes it possible to quickly process a large number of bottles while minimizing the risk of damaging them.
Néanmoins pour certaines formes de bouteilles et/ou certains types de traitements, la projection de fluide à partir du goulot de la bouteille ne permet pas d'obtenir un traitement optimal de toute la surface intérieure de la bouteille. En particulier, il est souvent nécessaire d'effectuer un nettoyage puissant et complet du fond de la bouteille où se forment des dépôts très importants.However for certain forms of bottles and / or certain types of treatment, the projection of fluid from the neck of the bottle does not make it possible to obtain an optimal treatment of the entire interior surface of the bottle. In particular, it is often necessary to carry out a powerful and complete cleaning of the bottom of the bottle where very large deposits are formed.
Par ailleurs, on sait remplir un récipient ou une bouteille en position inclinée par rapport à la verticale pour éviter notamment les phénomènes de moussage : on introduit une canule à l'intérieur du récipient en position inclinée, et on amène par cette canule le liquide à l'intérieur dudit récipient.Furthermore, it is known to fill a container or a bottle in an inclined position with respect to the vertical in order to avoid in particular foaming phenomena: a cannula is introduced inside the container in an inclined position, and the liquid is brought through this cannula. inside said container.
Les traitements de récipients, notamment de bouteilles, comprennent en outre des opérations de vidange, transvasage, dosage, insufflation d'air froid ou chaud ou de vapeur saturée ou surchauffée, stérilisation intérieure par des rayons ultra-violets, ainsi que des opérations de décapsulage, encapsulage, bouchage, étiquetage, etc.The treatments of containers, in particular of bottles, also include emptying, decanting, dosing, blowing cold or hot air or saturated or superheated steam, interior sterilization by ultraviolet rays, as well as decapping operations. , encapsulation, capping, labeling, etc.
Des outillages spéciaux sont nécessaires pour ces diverses opérations, ainsi que des supports et appareillages spéciaux pour ces outillages, ce qui oblige à multiplier les machines ou les supports et appareillages. Une certaine rationalisation apparaît donc souhaitable.Special tools are required for these various operations, as well as special supports and equipment for these tools, which means that more machines or supports and equipment are required. A certain rationalization therefore appears desirable.
Le but de la présente invention est de remédier aux inconvénients des dispositifs et des machines connus, et de proposer un dispositif nouveau pour déplacer un organe de traitement par rapport à un récipient, ce dispositif étant adapté à être utilisé dans la plupart des opérations de traitement précitées.The object of the present invention is to remedy the drawbacks of known devices and machines, and to propose a new device for moving a processing member relative to a container, this device being suitable for use in most of the above processing operations.
La présente invention vise donc un dispositif pour déplacer d'un mouvement relatif un organe de traitement par rapport à un récipient, notamment une bouteille, en vue du traitement dudit récipient, ce dispositif comportant une pince pour saisir le récipient, des premiers moyens pour faire pivoter la pince autour d'un axe sensiblement horizontal d'un support du dispositif de façon à faire pivoter le récipient autour dudit axe entre une position de saisie dans laquelle la pince saisit le récipient et une position de traitement dans laquelle peut s'effectuer le traitement dudit récipient, le dispositif comportant également un organe de traitement dudit récipient et des moyens pour déplacer l'organe de traitement d'un mouvement relatif par rapport au récipient entre une première position dans laquelle l'organe de traitement est séparé du récipient lorsque la pince est dans sa position de saisie, et une seconde position dans laquelle l'organe de traitement est dans sa position de traitement par rapport au récipient, à l'intérieur ou à proximité dudit récipient, lorsque la pince est en position de traitement.The present invention therefore relates to a device for moving a relative movement of a treatment member with respect to a container, in particular a bottle, for the treatment of said container, this device comprising a clamp for gripping the container, first means for making pivot the clamp around a substantially horizontal axis of a support of the device so as to rotate the container around said axis between a gripping position in which the clamp grips the container and a processing position in which the treatment of said container, the device also comprising a treatment member of said container and means for moving the treatment member in a relative movement relative to the container between a first position in which the treatment member is separated from the container when the forceps is in its gripping position, and a second position in which the processing member is in its pos treatment ition with respect to the container, inside or near said container, when the clamp is in the treatment position.
Selon l'invention, ce dispositif est caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte des moyens pour actionner en même temps les moyens pour faire pivoter la pince et les moyens pour déplacer l'organe de traitement d'un mouvement relatif par rapport au récipient.According to the invention, this device is characterized in that it comprises means for actuating at the same time the means for pivoting the clamp and the means for moving the processing member with a relative movement relative to the container.
Cette simultanéité du pivotement de la pince et du déplacement relatif de l'organe de traitement par rapport au récipient permet, d'une part, un gain de temps dans les opérations préalables au traitement envisagé, d'autre part une adaptation des moyens de 1 ' invention cas par cas à chaque opération de traitement d'un récipient.This simultaneous pivoting of the clamp and the relative movement of the treatment member with respect to the container allows, on the one hand, a saving of time in the operations prior to treatment. envisaged, on the other hand an adaptation of the means of one invention case by case to each operation of treatment of a container.
Suivant une version intéressante de l'invention, le dispositif comporte une platine montée de manière pivotante autour de l'axe, et ladite platine porte d'une part l'organe de traitement, d'autre part des moyens formant coulisse sur lesquels la pince est montée de manière coulissante, les moyens formant coulisse s 'étendant dans une direction sensiblement parallèle à l'axe d'un récipient saisi par la pince.According to an advantageous version of the invention, the device comprises a plate pivotally mounted about the axis, and said plate carries on the one hand the processing member, on the other hand means forming a slide on which the clamp is slidably mounted, the means forming a slide extending in a direction substantially parallel to the axis of a container gripped by the clamp.
Le coulissement de la pince le long de la coulisse pendant le pivotement de la platine permet ainsi de déplacer le récipient vers l'organe de traitement pendant ce pivotement.The sliding of the clamp along the slide during the pivoting of the plate thus makes it possible to move the container towards the treatment member during this pivoting.
Suivant une version avantageuse de l'invention, le dispositif comporte en outre au moins une biellette reliée de façon articulée d'une part à la pince, d'autre part à un point du support du dispositif, cette biellette étant agencée de façon telle qu'elle provoque le coulissement de la pince le long de la coulisse entre lesdites positions de saisie et de traitement durant ledit pivotement de la pince.According to an advantageous version of the invention, the device further comprises at least one link connected in an articulated manner on the one hand to the clamp, on the other hand to a point on the support of the device, this link being arranged in such a way that 'it causes the clamp to slide along the slide between said gripping and processing positions during said pivoting of the clamp.
La biellette reliant la pince au support du dispositif oblige la pince à coulisser le long de la coulisse pendant le pivotement de la platine.The link connecting the clamp to the support of the device forces the clamp to slide along the slide during the pivoting of the plate.
Suivant une version préférée de l'invention, l'organe de traitement est une canule tubulaire adaptée à injecter un fluide à l'intérieur d'un récipient saisi par la pince : la canule est fixée sur la platine de façon à s'étendre sensiblement dans l'axe d'un récipient saisi par la pince.According to a preferred version of the invention, the treatment member is a tubular cannula adapted to inject a fluid inside a container gripped by the clamp: the cannula is fixed on the plate of so as to extend substantially in the axis of a container gripped by the clamp.
Ainsi, le pivotement de la platine et le coulissement de la pince amènent le récipient autour de la canule qui se trouve ainsi, à la fin du pivotement de la pince, introduite à l'intérieur du récipient.Thus, the pivoting of the plate and the sliding of the clamp bring the container around the cannula which is thus, at the end of the pivoting of the clamp, inserted inside the container.
Suivant un autre aspect de la présente invention, la machine pour traiter des récipients, notamment des bouteilles, comportant à la périphérie d'un carrousel rotatif des postes de traitement de récipients régulièrement répartis autour de ce carrousel, est caractérisée en ce que chaque poste de traitement comporte un dispositif du type précité selon le premier aspect de l'invention.According to another aspect of the present invention, the machine for treating containers, in particular bottles, comprising at the periphery of a rotary carousel container treatment stations regularly distributed around this carousel, is characterized in that each treatment includes a device of the aforementioned type according to the first aspect of the invention.
D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de l'invention apparaîtront encore dans la description qui va suivre de deux modes préférés de réalisation. Aux dessins annexés:Other characteristics and advantages of the invention will become apparent in the description which follows of two preferred embodiments. In the accompanying drawings:
- la figure 1 est une vue en élévation en coupe axiale d'une machine de traitement selon le deuxième aspect de l'invention comprenant des dispositifs selon un mode de réalisation du premier aspect de 1 ' invention ;- Figure 1 is an elevational view in axial section of a processing machine according to the second aspect of the invention comprising devices according to an embodiment of the first aspect of the invention;
- la figure 2 est une vue partielle en élévation du dispositif schématisé à la figure 1, présentant les deux positions de la bouteille et de la pince par rapport à une buse d'injection ;- Figure 2 is a partial elevational view of the device shown schematically in Figure 1, showing the two positions of the bottle and the clamp relative to an injection nozzle;
- la figure 3 présente un détail de la figure 2 et illustre les deux positions de la bouteille et de la pince par rapport à la platine ; - la figure 4 est un schéma illustrant l'alimentation des buses du carrousel avec différents fluides ;- Figure 3 shows a detail of Figure 2 and illustrates the two positions of the bottle and the clamp relative to the plate; - Figure 4 is a diagram illustrating the supply of the nozzles of the carousel with different fluids;
- la figure 5 est une vue partielle agrandie en élévation, semblable à la figure 2, d'un autre mode de réalisation du dispositif selon l'invention, adapté à une opération de remplissage ou de dosage, la pince étant dans la position de saisie d'une bouteille ;- Figure 5 is an enlarged partial view in elevation, similar to Figure 2, of another embodiment of the device according to the invention, suitable for a filling or metering operation, the clamp being in the gripping position a bottle;
- la figure 6 est une vue semblable à la figure 5, la pince étant dans une position de remplissage ou de dosage ;- Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 5, the clamp being in a filling or metering position;
- la figure 7 est une vue semblable à la figure 6, la pince étant dans une position légèrement surélevée, pour ajustement du niveau, par débordement par exemple ;- Figure 7 is a view similar to Figure 6, the clamp being in a slightly raised position, for level adjustment, for example by overflow;
- la figure 8 est une vue semblable à la figure 5 montrant en superposition les deux positions de saisie et de remplissage de la pince.- Figure 8 is a view similar to Figure 5 showing in superposition the two gripping and filling positions of the clamp.
Dans les modes de réalisation décrits ci-dessous, le dispositif et la machine selon l'invention constituent des perfectionnements du dispositif et de la machine décrits dans les brevets français n° 2 660 917, 2 660 884.In the embodiments described below, the device and the machine according to the invention constitute improvements to the device and the machine described in French patents No. 2,660,917, 2,660,884.
La présente description portera donc principalement sur les perfectionnements apportés à cette machine et à ce dispositif, la description détaillée des parties inchangées du dispositif et de la machine pouvant être trouvée dans les brevets précités. Les modes de réalisation qui vont être décrits portent sur le traitement des bouteilles, mais il pourrait s'agir d'un autre type de récipient (bocal, tube à essai, vase, flacon, pot, ...).The present description will therefore mainly relate to the improvements made to this machine and to this device, the detailed description of the unchanged parts of the device and of the machine being able to be found in the aforementioned patents. The embodiments which will be described relate to the treatment of bottles, but it could be another type of container (jar, test tube, vase, flask, pot, ...).
Sur la figure 1, la machine 1 de traitement de bouteilles 2 en position sensiblement renversée comprend un carrousel rotatif 3 déjà connu. La rotation du carrousel 3 s'effectue suivant l'axe vertical 4.In FIG. 1, the machine 1 for treating bottles 2 in a substantially inverted position comprises a rotary carousel 3 already known. The carousel 3 is rotated along the vertical axis 4.
Une série de dispositifs de traitement 5 d'une bouteille 2 sont disposés sur le pourtour du carrousel 3.A series of devices 5 for treating a bottle 2 are arranged around the circumference of the carousel 3.
L'arrivée des bouteilles en vue de leur traitement et le départ des bouteilles traitées s'effectue par la gauche du carrousel sur la figure 2, au moyen d'un dispositif d'acheminement non représenté. Sur la figure 2, on a représenté le dispositif de traitement d'une bouteille dans la position 6 correspondant à la saisie de la bouteille 2 avant son traitement et la position 7 correspondant au traitement de la bouteille en position renversée.The arrival of the bottles for their treatment and the departure of the treated bottles is carried out on the left of the carousel in FIG. 2, by means of a routing device not shown. In Figure 2, there is shown the device for treating a bottle in position 6 corresponding to the gripping of the bottle 2 before its treatment and position 7 corresponding to the treatment of the bottle in the inverted position.
Le dispositif comprend une buse d'injection 8 dirigée vers le haut disposée à l'embouchure d'un réceptacle 9 des fluides de traitement usés, la buse 8 et le réceptacle 9 étant déjà connus. La buse 8 permet l'injection de fluide dans la bouteille 2 renversée.The device comprises an injection nozzle 8 directed upwards disposed at the mouth of a receptacle 9 for spent treatment fluids, the nozzle 8 and the receptacle 9 being already known. The nozzle 8 allows the injection of fluid into the overturned bottle 2.
La figure 1 montre l'alimentation 10 de la buse 8 à partir du carrousel 3. La buse 8 et le réceptacle 9 sont solidaires du carrousel rotatif 3.FIG. 1 shows the supply 10 of the nozzle 8 from the carousel 3. The nozzle 8 and the receptacle 9 are integral with the rotary carousel 3.
Sur la figure 2, de façon également connue, le dispositif comprend une pince 11 pour saisir et maintenir la bouteille 2 par son goulot. Il comprend également des premiers moyens 12, 18, 40, 41 pour faire pivoter la pince 11 de sensiblement 180° autour d'un premier axe 12 sensiblement horizontal et fixe par rapport à la buse 8 et au réceptacle 9.In FIG. 2, also known manner, the device comprises a clamp 11 for gripping and holding the bottle 2 by its neck. It also comprises first means 12, 18, 40, 41 for pivoting the clamp 11 by approximately 180 ° around a first axis 12 which is substantially horizontal and fixed relative to the nozzle 8 and to the receptacle 9.
Ces premiers moyens comprennent notamment une fourchette 40 solidaire de la pince 11 dans son mouvement de pivotement et engagée sur une barre de commande 41 d'un type connu. Sur la figure 1, la configuration de la barre de commande 41 sur le pourtour du carrousel 3 provoque la rotation de la pince 11 autour de l'axe 12.These first means include in particular a fork 40 integral with the clamp 11 in its pivoting movement and engaged on a control bar 41 of a known type. In FIG. 1, the configuration of the control bar 41 on the periphery of the carousel 3 causes the clamp 11 to rotate about the axis 12.
Selon l'invention, le dispositif comprend un conduit tubulaire 16. Dans le présent exemple, ce conduit est rectiligne et placé dans l'axe 17 de la bouteille 2 saisie par la pince 11.According to the invention, the device comprises a tubular conduit 16. In the present example, this conduit is rectilinear and placed in the axis 17 of the bottle 2 gripped by the clamp 11.
Selon l'invention encore, le dispositif comprend des deuxièmes moyens 20, 22, 23 pour faire en sorte que ce conduit 16 se trouve à l'intérieur de la bouteille 2 lorsqu'elle se trouve en position sensiblement renversée 7. Ces deuxièmes moyens assurent le déplacement relatif du conduit 16 entre une première position 6 où le conduit est dégagé du goulot de la bouteille 2 et une deuxième position 7 où le conduit est engagé profondément à l'intérieur de la bouteille. Dans la deuxième position 7, le conduit 16 constitue le prolongement de la buse 8 pour projeter du fluide jusqu'au fond 26 de la bouteille 2 sensiblement renversée.According to the invention also, the device comprises second means 20, 22, 23 to ensure that this conduit 16 is located inside the bottle 2 when it is in a substantially inverted position 7. These second means provide the relative movement of the duct 16 between a first position 6 where the duct is released from the neck of the bottle 2 and a second position 7 where the duct is engaged deep inside the bottle. In the second position 7, the conduit 16 constitutes the extension of the nozzle 8 for projecting fluid to the bottom 26 of the bottle 2 substantially overturned.
Dans le présent exemple, les deuxièmes moyens sont agencés pour assurer le déplacement relatif du conduit 16 simultanément audit pivotement de la bouteille 2.In the present example, the second means are arranged to ensure the relative displacement of the conduit 16 simultaneously with said pivoting of the bottle 2.
De plus, le conduit 16 est solidaire de la pince 11 dans son mouvement de pivotement. Par "solidaire", on entend que le pivotement du conduit 16 et de la bouteille 2 est toujours simultané et s'effectue par rapport au même axe 12 et suivant le même angle de pivotement.In addition, the conduit 16 is integral with the clamp 11 in its pivoting movement. By "integral" is meant that the pivoting of the conduit 16 and of the bottle 2 is always simultaneous and takes place with respect to the same axis 12 and according to the same pivoting angle.
Dans le présent exemple, lesdits deuxièmes moyens sont agencés pour déplacer la pince 11 en translation par rapport au conduit 16 dans une direction sensiblement parallèle audit conduit 16.In the present example, said second means are arranged to move the clamp 11 in translation relative to the conduit 16 in a direction substantially parallel to said conduit 16.
Au cours de cette translation, le conduit 16 reste sensiblement dans l'axe 17 de la bouteille 2. Dans le présent exemple, dans les première 6 et deuxième 7 positions, le conduit 16 et la bouteille 2 sont en position verticale.During this translation, the conduit 16 remains substantially in the axis 17 of the bottle 2. In the present example, in the first 6 and second 7 positions, the conduit 16 and the bottle 2 are in the vertical position.
Dans le présent mode de réalisation, les premiers moyens pour faire pivoter la pince comprennent également une platine 18 pouvant pivoter autour de l'axe 12 et solidaire de la fourchette 40. Sur la figure 2, les cercles 33 et 34 représentent la trajectoire de deux extrémités de la platine 18 lors de son pivotement. La platine 18 supporte le conduit 16 près de son extrémité 19.In the present embodiment, the first means for pivoting the clamp also comprise a plate 18 which can pivot around the axis 12 and integral with the fork 40. In FIG. 2, the circles 33 and 34 represent the trajectory of two ends of the plate 18 during its pivoting. The plate 18 supports the conduit 16 near its end 19.
I s deuxièmes moyens comprennent une coulisse 20 également supportée par la platine 18.I s second means comprise a slide 20 also supported by the plate 18.
La coulisse 20 est parallèle au conduit 16 et s'étend donc verticalement dans les première 6 et deuxième 7 positions. La coulisse 20 est par exemple constituée d'une tige cylindrique.The slide 20 is parallel to the duct 16 and therefore extends vertically in the first 6 and second 7 positions. The slide 20 is for example made up of a cylindrical rod.
Le corps de la pince 11 est engagé sur la coulisse 20 pour coulisser le long de celle-ci, comme l'indique la figure 3. Le corps de la pince 11 peut présenter un renfort local 21 s' étendant dans la direction de la coulisse 20 afin d'améliorer la précision du guidage sur la coulisse 20 et la solidité du corps de la pince 11 au voisinage de la coulisse 20.The body of the clamp 11 is engaged on the slide 20 to slide along the latter, as shown in FIG. 3. The body of the clamp 11 may have a local reinforcement 21 extending in the direction of the slide 20 in order to improve the precision of the guide on the slide 20 and the solidity of the body of the clamp 11 in the vicinity of the slide 20.
La coulisse 20 permet de guider la pince 11 en translation en direction de la platine 18 parallèlement à l'axe 17 de la bouteille 2 et du conduit 16. Au cours de cette translation, le conduit 16 pénètre dans la bouteille 2.The slide 20 makes it possible to guide the clamp 11 in translation in the direction of the plate 18 parallel to the axis 17 of the bottle 2 and of the conduit 16. During this translation, the conduit 16 penetrates into the bottle 2.
Dans le présent mode de réalisation, les deuxièmes moyens comprennent en outre une biellette 22 reliant la pince 11 à un point solidaire de la buse d'injection 8. Ce point est ici une patte 23 fixée au réceptacle 9.In the present embodiment, the second means further comprise a link 22 connecting the clamp 11 to a point secured to the injection nozzle 8. This point is here a lug 23 fixed to the receptacle 9.
La biellette 22 est reliée en rotation par une extrémité à la patte 23 et par une autre extrémité à la surface extérieure du renfort 21, les axes de rotation respectifs 24 et 25 étant parallèles à l'axe 12.The link 22 is connected in rotation by one end to the lug 23 and by another end to the external surface of the reinforcement 21, the respective axes of rotation 24 and 25 being parallel to the axis 12.
La biellette 22 est dimensionnée et disposée de sorte qu'elle provoque le coulissement de la pince 11 sur la coulisse 20 entre les première 6 et deuxième 7 positions durant le pivotement de la pince 11, de la coulisse 20 et de la platine 18 autour de l'axe 12.The link 22 is dimensioned and arranged so that it causes the clamp 11 to slide on the slide 20 between the first 6 and second 7 positions during the pivoting of the clamp 11, of the slide 20 and of the plate 18 around axis 12.
Bien entendu, l'agencement de la biellette 22 est fonction de la configuration des autres éléments du dispositif et de leur localisation.Of course, the arrangement of the link 22 depends on the configuration of the other elements of the device and their location.
Dans le dispositif représenté sur la figure 2, le coulissement est provoqué notamment du fait de la localisation de l'axe 24 au voisinage de la fixation de la coulisse 20 sur la platine 18.In the device shown in FIG. 2, the sliding is caused in particular due to the location of the axis 24 in the vicinity of the fixing of the slide 20 on the plate 18.
Pour passer de la première position 6 à la deuxième position 7, la pince 11 et la bouteille 2 effectuent donc un mouvement qui se décompose en une rotation d'axe 12 et une translation d'axe 17, la rotation et la translation ayant lieu simultanément.To pass from the first position 6 to the second position 7, the clamp 11 and the bottle 2 therefore carry out a movement which decomposes into a rotation of axis 12 and a translation of axis 17, the rotation and translation taking place simultaneously .
Ce mouvement a pour effet d'amener la bouteille en position renversée 7 au-dessus de la buse 8 et simultanément d'introduire dans la bouteille le conduit 16 qui vient constituer dans la deuxième position 7 le prolongement de la buse 8.This movement has the effect of bringing the bottle into the inverted position 7 above the nozzle 8 and simultaneously introducing into the bottle the conduit 16 which comes to constitute in the second position 7 the extension of the nozzle 8.
Un fluide de traitement est alors projeté par la buse 8. Ce fluide parcourt l'intérieur du conduit 16 et jaillit à l'intérieur de la bouteille 2 à proximité immédiate de son fond 26. Le fluide s'écoule ensuite le long de la paroi intérieure de la bouteille 2, traverse la platine 18 qui présente à cet effet au voisinage du conduit 16 des évidements d'évacuation et est évacué finalement par le réceptacle 9.A treatment fluid is then sprayed by the nozzle 8. This fluid travels inside the conduit 16 and spurts inside the bottle 2 in the immediate vicinity of its bottom 26. The fluid then flows along the wall inside of the bottle 2, passes through the plate 18 which for this purpose has evacuation recesses in the vicinity of the conduit 16 and is finally evacuated by the receptacle 9.
Le passage de la bouteille 2 en retour de la position renversée 7 à la position 6 s'effectue par le trajet inverse au cours de la suite de la rotation du carrousel, grâce à la forme de la barre de guidage 41 comme il est bien connu.The passage of the bottle 2 back from the inverted position 7 to the position 6 is effected by the reverse path during the continuation of the rotation of the carousel, thanks to the shape of the guide bar 41 as it is well known .
Les deuxièmes moyens peuvent comprendre en outre une deuxième biellette (non représentée sur la figure 2 car cachée par la biellette 22) disposée de façon analogue et symétriquement à la première biellette 22 par rapport à un plan parallèle au plan de la trajectoire de pivotement de la pince. Ce dernier plan est le plan de la feuille dans le présent exemple, sur la figure 2.The second means may further comprise a second link (not shown in FIG. 2 since it is hidden by the link 22) arranged in a similar manner and symmetrically to the first link 22 with respect to a plane parallel to the plane of the gripper's pivoting path. This latter plane is the plane of the sheet in the present example, in FIG. 2.
La deuxième biellette est par exemple située derrière la coulisse 20 sur la figure 2 de sorte que les deux biellettes sont de part et d'autre de la coulisse 20.The second link is for example located behind the slide 20 in FIG. 2 so that the two links are on either side of the slide 20.
Selon un autre mode de réalisation, les moyens pour déplacer la pince en translation peuvent également être constitués par un jeu de tubes coulissant les uns dans les autres pour réaliser une fixation télescopique de la pince sur la platine, le mouvement de la pince demeurant commandé par au moins une biellette.According to another embodiment, the means for moving the clamp in translation can also be constituted by a set of tubes sliding one inside the other to achieve a telescopic fixing of the clamp on the plate, the movement of the clamp remaining controlled by at least one link.
Selon un autre mode de réalisation, 1 ' actionnement de la pince 11 en translation peut être réalisé au moyen d'un vérin commandé de façon convenable.According to another embodiment, one actuation of the clamp 11 in translation can be achieved by means of an actuator suitably controlled.
L'extrémité 27 du conduit 16 opposée à la buse 8 dans la deuxième position 7 c ' est-à-dire opposée à l'extrémité 19, présente extérieurement des moyens de chauffage 28 du fluide projeté dans la bouteille 2. Les moyens de chauffage 28 comprennent par exemple une résistance chauffante alimentée en énergie depuis le carrousel par des connexions adaptées.The end 27 of the conduit 16 opposite the nozzle 8 in the second position 7, that is to say opposite the end 19, has external means 28 for heating the fluid projected into the bottle 2. The heating means 28 include for example a heating resistor supplied with energy from the carousel by suitable connections.
Selon le traitement désiré, les moyens de chauffage permettent de projeter dans la bouteille 2 un fluide chauffé au besoin à très haute température.According to the desired treatment, the heating means make it possible to project into the bottle 2 a fluid heated if necessary at very high temperature.
Le conduit 16 peut présenter extérieurement des moyens 29 d'émission de rayons ultraviolets également reliés au carrousel de façon adaptée. De tels moyens permettent d'effectuer une très bonne stérilisation de l'intérieur de la bouteille durant le traitement. La disposition des moyens de stérilisation sur le conduit 29 permet d'exposer la paroi intérieure de la bouteille 2 au rayonnement ultraviolet.The conduit 16 may have external means 29 of emission of ultraviolet rays also connected to the carousel in a suitable manner. Such means allow very good sterilization of the interior of the bottle during treatment. The arrangement of the sterilization means on the conduit 29 makes it possible to expose the interior wall of the bottle 2 to ultraviolet radiation.
Selon un autre mode de réalisation de l'invention non représenté, le conduit 16 présente des moyens pour désoperculer ou décapsuler la bouteille. Un tel dispositif permet durant le retournement de la bouteille vers le position 7, d'ôter ou de percer l'opercule de la bouteille ou encore d'ôter une capsule qui serait restée en place.According to another embodiment of the invention not shown, the conduit 16 has means for uncapping or uncapping the bottle. Such a device allows during the inversion of the bottle towards position 7, to remove or pierce the lid of the bottle or even to remove a capsule which would have remained in place.
Par l'intermédiaire de l'alimentation 10, la buse 8 est raccordée sélectivement à l'intérieur du carrousel 3, à différentes sources d'alimentation en fluide 30 tel que schématisé sur la figure 4. La sélection en fluide est opérée par un organe de distribution 31 à clapets classique commandé automatiquement lors du fonctionnement du carrousel 3 par des moyens mécaniques, pneumatiques ou électromagnétiques adaptés et d'un type connu.Via the supply 10, the nozzle 8 is selectively connected inside the carousel 3, to different sources of fluid supply 30 as shown diagrammatically in FIG. 4. The selection of fluid is carried out by a member distribution valve 31 with conventional valves automatically controlled during the operation of the carousel 3 by suitable mechanical, pneumatic or electromagnetic means of a known type.
Lors de la rotation du carrousel 3, au cours des différentes étapes du traitement, l'organe 31 met chaque buse 8 en communication successivement avec plusieurs sources de fluide 30 pour effectuer sur la bouteille 2 les opérations mettant en oeuvre ces fluides.During the rotation of the carousel 3, during the different stages of the treatment, the member 31 puts each nozzle 8 in communication successively with several sources of fluid 30 to perform on the bottle 2 the operations using these fluids.
Dans le mode de réalisation représenté aux figures 5 à 8, les éléments constitutifs du dispositif selon l'invention déjà décrits en référence aux figures 1 à 4 portent le même numéro de référence.In the embodiment shown in Figures 5 to 8, the components of the device according to the invention already described with reference to Figures 1 to 4 bear the same reference number.
Un galet de came 50 roulant ou glissant le long d'une came non représentée configurée d'une manière adéquate, connue en elle-même, est ici fixé à l'extrémité de la coulisse 20.A cam roller 50 rolling or sliding along a suitably configured cam, not shown, known in itself, is here attached to the end of the slide 20.
Le galet de came 50 fait ainsi pivoter la pince 11 autour de l'axe 12 sensiblement horizontal du supportThe cam roller 50 thus pivots the clamp 11 around the substantially horizontal axis 12 of the support
51 du dispositif de façon à faire pivoter la bouteille51 of the device so as to rotate the bottle
2 autour dudit axe 12 entre une position de saisie, représentée à la figure 5, dans laquelle la pince 11 saisit la bouteille 2 qui est en position verticale, et une position de traitement représentée à la figure 6, dans laquelle peut s'effectuer le remplissage de la bouteille 2. Le dispositif comporte également une canule 16 de remplissage de la bouteille 2. Cette canule est adaptée à injecter un fluide à l'intérieur de la bouteille 2 saisie par la pince 11 dans sa position de remplissage.2 around said axis 12 between a gripping position, represented in FIG. 5, in which the clamp 11 grasps the bottle 2 which is in a vertical position, and a treatment position represented in FIG. 6, in which the filling the bottle 2. The device also includes a cannula 16 for filling the bottle 2. This cannula is adapted to inject a fluid inside the bottle 2 gripped by the clamp 11 in its filling position.
Suivant l'invention, le dispositif comporte des moyens pour actionner en même temps les moyens pour faire pivoter la pince 11 et des moyens pour déplacer la canule 16 d'un mouvement relatif par rapport à la bouteille 2 entre une première position dans laquelle la canule 16 est séparée de la bouteille lorsque la pince 11 est dans sa position de saisie, comme représenté à la figure 5, et une seconde position, représentée à la figure 6, dans laquelle la canule 16 est dans sa position de traitement par rapport à la bouteille à l'intérieur de cette bouteille lorsque la pince 11 est en position de traitement. Comme représenté aux figures, la canule 16 est un organe de traitement adapté à un déplacement relatif par rapport à la bouteille 2 sensiblement dans l'axe 17 de celle-ci.According to the invention, the device comprises means for actuating at the same time the means for pivoting the clamp 11 and means for moving the cannula 16 in a relative movement relative to the bottle 2 between a first position in which the cannula 16 is separated from the bottle when the clamp 11 is in its gripping position, as shown in FIG. 5, and a second position, shown in FIG. 6, in which the cannula 16 is in its treatment position relative to the bottle inside this bottle when the clamp 11 is in the treatment position. As shown in the figures, the cannula 16 is a treatment member suitable for relative movement relative to the bottle 2 substantially in the axis 17 thereof.
Dans la position de saisie de la pince 11, la canule 16 est située sensiblement dans l'axe 17 de la bouteille 2 saisie par ladite pince 11. Les moyens pour déplacer la canule 16 d'un mouvement relatif comprennent des moyens pour déplacer la pince 11 en translation par rapport à la canule 16, dans une direction sensiblement parallèle à l'axe 17, pendant le pivotement de la pince 11.In the gripping position of the gripper 11, the cannula 16 is situated substantially in the axis 17 of the bottle 2 gripped by said gripper 11. The means for moving the cannula 16 in relative motion comprise means for moving the gripper 11 in translation relative to the cannula 16, in a direction substantially parallel to the axis 17, during the pivoting of the clamp 11.
Le dispositif comporte une platine 18 montée de manière pivotante autour de l'axe 12. Ladite platine 18 porte d'une part la canule de traitement 16, d'autre part la coulisse 20 sur laquelle la pince 11 est montée de manière coulissante. La coulisse 20 s'étend dans une direction parallèle à l'axe 17 de la bouteille 2 saisie par la pince 11. La coulisse 20 peut être remplacée par des moyens équivalents, par exemple des tubes télescopiques.The device comprises a plate 18 pivotally mounted around the axis 12. Said plate 18 carries on the one hand the treatment cannula 16, on the other hand the slide 20 on which the clamp 11 is slidably mounted. The slide 20 extends in a direction parallel to the axis 17 of the bottle 2 gripped by the clamp 11. The slide 20 can be replaced by equivalent means, for example telescopic tubes.
Le dispositif comporte en outre au moins une biellette 22 reliée de façon articulée d'une part à la pince 11, d'autre part à un point 24 du support 51 du dispositif, cette biellette 22 étant agencée de sorte qu'elle provoque le coulissement de la pince 11 le long de la coulisse 20 entre lesdites première 6 et deuxième 7 positions durant le pivotement de la pince 11.The device further comprises at least one link 22 articulated in an articulated way on the one hand to the clamp 11, on the other hand to a point 24 of the support 51 of the device, this link 22 being arranged so that it causes sliding of the clamp 11 along the slide 20 between said first 6 and second 7 positions during the pivoting of the clamp 11.
On voit à la figure 8 que le point 24 d'articulation de la biellette 22 sur le support 51 est placé sur la médiatrice 42 du segment de droite 43 reliant la position 25a du point d'articulation 25 de la bielletteIt can be seen in FIG. 8 that the articulation point 24 of the link 22 on the support 51 is placed on the perpendicular bisector 42 of the straight segment 43 connecting the position 25a of the articulation point 25 of the link
FϋL'iL F. RECTSFIΞE (REGLE 91) IS/VfcP 2 6. 01. 95 22 sur la pince 11 lorsque "la pince est dans sa position de saisie d'une bouteille 2, représentée- à la figure 5, à la position 25b dudit point d'articulation 25 lorsque la pince 11 est dans sa position de traitement de la figure 6.FϋL'iL F. RECTSFIΞE (RULE 91) IS / VfcP 2 6. 01. 95 22 on the clamp 11 when " the clamp is in its position for gripping a bottle 2, represented in FIG. 5, at position 25b of said articulation point 25 when the clamp 11 is in its position for processing the figure 6.
On comprend donc qu'il est facile de déterminer les caractéristiques géométriques du dispositif selon l'invention pour une application précise.It is therefore understood that it is easy to determine the geometrical characteristics of the device according to the invention for a precise application.
On fixe la position de l'axe 12. On place par rapport à cet axe l'organe de traitement 16 d'une part, et la pince 11 et la bouteille 2 d'autre part, dans chacune des deux positions de saisie et de traitement. On fixe les positions 25a et 25b du point d'articulation de la bielle 22 sur le corps 48 de la pince, on trace le segment 43 reliant les deux points 25a, 25b, et la médiatrice 42 de ce segment. On choisit alors à volonté sur la médiatrice 42 la position du point 24 d'articulation de la biellette 22 sur le support 51. La longueur Y du segment 43 étant prédéterminée, on se fixe la distance X pour placer l'axe 24 (voir figure 8).The position of the axis 12 is fixed. The treatment member 16 is placed relative to this axis on the one hand, and the clamp 11 and the bottle 2 on the other hand, in each of the two gripping positions and treatment. The positions 25a and 25b of the articulation point of the connecting rod 22 are fixed on the body 48 of the clamp, the segment 43 is drawn connecting the two points 25a, 25b, and the perpendicular bisector 42 of this segment. We then choose at will on the perpendicular bisector 42 the position of the point 24 of articulation of the link 22 on the support 51. The length Y of the segment 43 being predetermined, we set the distance X to place the axis 24 (see figure 8).
On peut ainsi à volonté choisir l'angle A d'inclinaison de la bouteille 2 ou du récipient en fonction du traitement ou de l'opération à effectuer et de la course souhaitée pour l'organe de traitement. On sait ainsi que l'angle d'inclinaison de la bouteille par rapport à la verticale est avantageusement de 30 à 45° pour une opération de remplissage, de 50 à 60° pour une opération de dosage dans le cas du Champagne, etc.It is thus possible at will to choose the angle A of inclination of the bottle 2 or of the container according to the treatment or the operation to be performed and the desired stroke for the treatment member. It is thus known that the angle of inclination of the bottle relative to the vertical is advantageously from 30 to 45 ° for a filling operation, from 50 to 60 ° for a dosing operation in the case of Champagne, etc.
On voit à la figure 7 que la biellette 44 est télescopique et peut s'allonger contre l'action d'un ressort antagoniste 45. Alors que le goulot 46 de la bouteille 2 est arrivé en contact avec la base 47 de la canule 16, ce qui interdit tout coulissement supplémentaire de la pince le long de la coulisse 20, la biellette télescopique 44 permet de poursuivre le pivotement de la bouteille 2 autour de l'axe 12 afin d'obtenir un angle d'inclinaison supérieur de la bouteille par rapport à la verticale. Ceci peut être utile dans certaines opérations, par exemple pour régulariser un niveau de remplissage par débordement.We see in Figure 7 that the rod 44 is telescopic and can lie against the action of a Antagonistic spring 45. While the neck 46 of the bottle 2 has come into contact with the base 47 of the cannula 16, which prevents any further sliding of the clamp along the slide 20, the telescopic link 44 makes it possible to continue the pivoting of the bottle 2 around the axis 12 in order to obtain a greater angle of inclination of the bottle relative to the vertical. This can be useful in certain operations, for example to regularize a filling level by overflow.
Bien entendu, la longueur du déplacement de la pince 11 le long de la coulisse est au moins égale à la longueur du tronçon de canule introduit à l'intérieur du récipient dans la position de traitement. La canule 16 est reliée par des moyens quelconques, tels que les tubes rigides, flexibles, etc., à une source de fluide appropriée, qui peut être une source de vide.Of course, the length of the movement of the clamp 11 along the slide is at least equal to the length of the cannula section introduced inside the container in the treatment position. The cannula 16 is connected by any means, such as rigid, flexible tubes, etc., to a suitable source of fluid, which may be a source of vacuum.
On a ainsi décrit un dispositif pour déplacer d'un mouvement relatif un organe de traitement par rapport à un récipient. Un tel dispositif est simple, robuste, fiable, peut être adapté à de nombreux organes de traitement, en particulier dans tous les traitements ou opérations mettant en oeuvre un fluide, tels que vidange, rinçage, séchage, remplissage, dosage, transvasage, stérilisation, avinage, siliconage. Etant donné les couples mis en jeu par les différents bras de levier, ce dispositif peut également être utilisé pour des opérations ou traitements ne mettant en oeuvre aucun fluide mais utilisant des outillages spéciaux, tels que désoperculage, décapsulage, encapsulage, bouchage, pour lesquels l'outillage doit être amené à proximité du récipient sans nécessairement être introduit à l'intérieur de celui-ci. Bien entendu, l'invention n'est pas limitée aux modes de réalisation que l'on vient de décrire, et on peut effectuer sur ceux-ci de nombreux changements et modifications sans sortir du domaine de l'invention.A device has thus been described for moving a treatment member with relative movement relative to a container. Such a device is simple, robust, reliable, can be adapted to many treatment bodies, in particular in all treatments or operations using a fluid, such as emptying, rinsing, drying, filling, dosing, decanting, sterilization, maturing, siliconization. Given the torques involved by the different lever arms, this device can also be used for operations or treatments using no fluid but using special tools, such as uncapping, uncapping, encapsulation, capping, for which the 'tool must be brought near the container without necessarily being introduced inside thereof. Of course, the invention is not limited to the embodiments which have just been described, and many modifications and modifications can be made on these without departing from the scope of the invention.
On peut ainsi remplacer chacun des éléments constitutifs décrits par des moyens équivalents. On peut ainsi prévoir sur un même support 51 du dispositif plusieurs positions ou une lumière de réglage de la position du point d'articulation 24 de la biellette 22 sur ledit support, la biellette pouvant être de longueur réglable pour associer une longueur prédéterminée à chaque position du point 24, afin de pouvoir effectuer avec le même dispositif diverses opérations de traitement nécessitant des inclinaisons différentes du même récipient.It is thus possible to replace each of the constituent elements described by equivalent means. It is thus possible to provide on the same support 51 of the device several positions or a light for adjusting the position of the articulation point 24 of the link 22 on said support, the link being able to be of adjustable length to associate a predetermined length with each position from point 24, in order to be able to carry out with the same device various processing operations requiring different inclinations of the same container.
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REVENDICATIONS 1. Dispositif (5) pour déplacer d'un mouvement relatif un organe de traitement (16) par rapport à un récipient (2), notamment une bouteille, en vue du traitement dudit récipient (2), ce dispositif (5) comportant une pince (11) pour saisir le récipient (2), des moyens pour faire pivoter la pince (11) autour d'un axe (12) sensiblement horizontal d'un support (9, 51) du dispositif de façon à faire pivoter le ré> pient (2) autour dudit axe (12) entre une position de saisie, dans laquelle la pince (11) saisit le récipient (2), et une position de traitement dans laquelle peut s'effectuer le traitement dudit récipient, le dispositif comportant également un organe de traitement dudit récipient, et des moyens pour déplacer l'organe de traitement d'un mouvement relatif par rapport au récipient (2) entre une première position dans laquelle l'organe de traitement est séparé du récipient lorsque la pince (11) est dans sa position de saisie, et une seconde position, dans laquelle l'organe de traitement est dans sa position de traitement par rapport au récipient (2) à l'intérieur ou à proximité dudit récipient, lorsque la pince (11) est en position de traitement, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte des moyens pour actionner en même temps les moyens pour faire pivoter la pince (11) et les moyens pour déplacer l'organe de traitement (16) d'un mouvement relatif par rapport au récipient (2). CLAIMS 1. Device (5) for moving a treatment member (16) relative to a container (2), in particular a bottle, for the treatment of said container (2), this device (5) comprising a clamp (11) for gripping the container (2), means for pivoting the clamp (11) about a substantially horizontal axis (12) of a support (9, 51) of the device so as to pivot the re> pient (2) around said axis (12) between a gripping position, in which the clamp (11) grasps the container (2), and a treatment position in which the treatment of said container can be carried out, the device also comprising a processing member for said container, and means for moving the processing member in relative movement with respect to the container (2) between a first position in which the processing member is separated from the container when the clamp ( 11) is in its gripping position, and a second position, in which the treatment member is in its treatment position relative to the container (2) inside or close to said container, when the clamp (11) is in the treatment position, characterized in that it comprises means for actuating at the same time the means for pivoting the clamp (11) and the means for moving the treatment member (16) in a relative movement relative to the container (2).
2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'organe de traitement (16) est solidaire 'e la pince (11) dans son mouvement de pivotement.2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the treatment member (16) is integral with the clamp (11) in its pivoting movement.
3. Dispositif selon la revendication 1 ou 2, l'organe de traitement (16) étant adapté à un déplacement relatif par rapport au récipient (2) sensiblement dans l'axe (17) dudit récipient (2), caractérisé en ce que dans la position de saisie de la pince (11) l'organe de traitement (16) est situé sensiblement dans l'axe (17) d'un récipient (2) saisi par ladite pince (11), et en ce que les moyens pour déplacer l'organe de traitement (16) d'un mouvement relatif comprennent des moyens pour déplacer la pince (11) en translation par rapport audit organe de traitement (16) dans une direction sensiblement parallèle audit axe (17) pendant le pivotement de la pince (11).3. Device according to claim 1 or 2, the treatment member (16) being adapted to a movement relative to the container (2) substantially in the axis (17) of said container (2), characterized in that in the gripping position of the clamp (11) the treatment member (16) is located substantially in the axis (17) of a container (2) gripped by said clamp (11), and in that the means for moving the treatment member (16) in relative motion comprise means for moving the clamp (11 ) in translation relative to said processing member (16) in a direction substantially parallel to said axis (17) during the pivoting of the clamp (11).
4. Dispositif selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte une platine (18) montée de manière pivotante autour de l'axe (12), et en ce que ladite platine porte d'une part l'organe de traitement (16), d'autre part des moyens formant coulisse (20) sur lesquels la pince (11) est montée de manière coulissante, les moyens formant coulisse (20) s 'étendant dans une direction sensiblement parallèle à l'axe (17) d'un récipient (2) saisi par la pince (11).4. Device according to claim 3, characterized in that it comprises a plate (18) pivotally mounted around the axis (12), and in that said plate carries on the one hand the processing member ( 16), on the other hand means forming a slide (20) on which the clamp (11) is slidably mounted, the means forming a slide (20) extending in a direction substantially parallel to the axis (17) d 'a container (2) gripped by the clamp (11).
5. Dispositif selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte en outre au moins une biellette (22, 44) reliée de façon articulée d'une part à la pince (11), d'autre part à un point (24) du support du dispositif, cette biellette (22, 44) étant agencée de sorte qu'elle provoque le coulissement de la pince (11) le long de la coulisse (20) entre lesdites première position de saisie (6) et deuxième position de traitement (7) durant ledit pivotement de la pince (11).5. Device according to claim 4, characterized in that it further comprises at least one link (22, 44) connected in an articulated manner on the one hand to the clamp (11), on the other hand to a point (24 ) of the device support, this rod (22, 44) being arranged so that it causes the clamp (11) to slide along the slide (20) between said first gripping position (6) and second position of treatment (7) during said pivoting of the clamp (11).
6. Dispositif selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que le point (24) d'articulation de la biellette (22, 44) sur le support (9, 51) est placé sur la médiatrice (42) du segment de droite (43) reliant la position (25a) du point d'articulation (25) de la biellette (22, 44) sur la pince (11) lorsque la pince est dans sa position de saisie d'une récipient (2), à la position (25b) dudit point d'articulation (25) lorsque la pince (11) est dans sa position de traitement.6. Device according to claim 5, characterized in that the point (24) of articulation of the link (22, 44) on the support (9, 51) is placed on the perpendicular bisector (42) of the line segment (43) connecting the position (25a) of the point of articulation (25) of the link (22, 44) on the clamp (11) when the clamp is in its position for gripping a container (2), at the position (25b) of said articulation point (25) when the clamp (11) is in its treatment position.
7. Dispositif selon la revendication 5 ou 6, caractérisé en ce que la biellette (44) est télescopique et peut s'allonger contre l'action d'un ressort antagoniste (45).7. Device according to claim 5 or 6, characterized in that the link (44) is telescopic and can be extended against the action of an opposing spring (45).
8. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 4 à 7, l'organe de traitement étant une canule tubulaire (16) adaptée à injecter un fluide de traitement à l'intérieur d'un récipient (2) saisi par la pince (11), caractérisé en ce que la canule (16) est fixée sur la platine (18) de façon à s'étendre sensiblement dans l'axe (17) d'un récipient (2) saisi par la pince (11).8. Device according to one of claims 4 to 7, the treatment member being a tubular cannula (16) adapted to inject a treatment fluid inside a container (2) gripped by the clamp (11) , characterized in that the cannula (16) is fixed on the plate (18) so as to extend substantially in the axis (17) of a container (2) gripped by the clamp (11).
9. Dispositif selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que la longueur du déplacement de la pince (11) le long de la coulisse (20) est au moins égale à la longueur du tronçon de canule introduit à l'intérieur du récipient dans la position de traitement.9. Device according to claim 8, characterized in that the length of the displacement of the clamp (11) along the slide (20) is at least equal to the length of the cannula section introduced inside the container in the processing position.
10. Dispositif selon la revendication 8 ou 9, le support (9) du dispositif comportant une buse (8) d'injection de fluide dans le récipient en position sensiblement renversé, caractérisé en ce que la position de la canule (16) sur la platine (18) et le mouvement de pivotement de la platine (18) par rapport au support (9) sont agencés de façon telle que, dans la position de traitement de la pince (11), la canule (16) constitue le prolongement de la buse (8).10. Device according to claim 8 or 9, the support (9) of the device comprising a nozzle (8) for injecting fluid into the container in the substantially inverted position, characterized in that the position of the cannula (16) on the plate (18) and the pivoting movement of the plate (18) relative to the support (9) are arranged such that, in the treatment position of the clamp (11), the cannula (16) constitutes the extension of the nozzle (8).
11. Machine pour traiter des récipients, notamment des bouteilles, comportant à la périphérie d'un carrousel rotatif (3) des postes de traitement de récipients régulièrement répartis autour de ce carrousel, caractérisé en ce que chaque poste de traitement comporte un dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 10.11. Machine for treating containers, in particular bottles, comprising at the periphery of a rotary carousel (3) container treatment stations regularly distributed around this carousel, characterized in that each treatment station comprises a device according to the 'one of claims 1 to 10.
12. Machine selon la revendication 11 comportant plusieurs dispositifs selon l'une des revendications 8 à 10, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comporte des moyens pour raccorder sélectivement la canule (16) de chaque dispositif à différentes sources d'alimentation (30) en fluide par un organe de distribution à clapets (31) commandé automatiquement lors du fonctionnement de la machine par des moyens mécaniques, pneumatiques ou électromagnétiques. 12. Machine according to claim 11 comprising several devices according to one of claims 8 to 10, characterized in that it comprises means for selectively connecting the cannula (16) of each device to different supply sources (30) in fluid by a valve distribution member (31) controlled automatically during operation of the machine by mechanical, pneumatic or electromagnetic means.
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