EP0794902B1 - Procede et dispositif pour eliminer l'oxygene de l'espace de tete d'un emballage - Google Patents

Procede et dispositif pour eliminer l'oxygene de l'espace de tete d'un emballage Download PDF

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EP0794902B1
EP0794902B1 EP95936932A EP95936932A EP0794902B1 EP 0794902 B1 EP0794902 B1 EP 0794902B1 EP 95936932 A EP95936932 A EP 95936932A EP 95936932 A EP95936932 A EP 95936932A EP 0794902 B1 EP0794902 B1 EP 0794902B1
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Josef Egli
Alfred Messerli
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B31/00—Packaging articles or materials under special atmospheric or gaseous conditions; Adding propellants to aerosol containers
    • B65B31/04—Evacuating, pressurising or gasifying filled containers or wrappers by means of nozzles through which air or other gas, e.g. an inert gas, is withdrawn or supplied
    • B65B31/041—Evacuating, pressurising or gasifying filled containers or wrappers by means of nozzles through which air or other gas, e.g. an inert gas, is withdrawn or supplied the nozzles acting from above on containers or wrappers open at their top

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  • the invention relates to a method for removing oxygen. head space of aseptically filled packaging, in which the packaging is filled in an air atmosphere sterile, sterile nitrogen is then injected with a nozzle disposed directly above the opening of said packaging at room temperature and under pressure atmospheric in a sterile air atmosphere and we seals the packaging between two sealing elements.
  • the invention further relates to the device used for the implementation of this process.
  • DE-A-3108817 also relates to a device to remove oxygen from the headspace of a packaging.
  • the nozzle allowing to inject nitrogen is integral with one of the elements of sealing, which reduces the efficiency of the nitrogen supply, because said nozzle moves and the nitrogen jet changes direction.
  • US-A-4,934,127 and EP-A-479,037 also relate to devices for eliminating the headspace oxygen of a package. The disadvantage of these devices is that the sealing of the packaging is done downstream of the injection station nitrogen, which has the effect of letting the quantity of nitrogen introduced beforehand.
  • the object of the present invention is the development of a process for removing oxygen from the headspace packaging that is aseptically filled efficiently. By eliminating is meant reaching a content of very low oxygen in the headspace, i.e. around 2% and even less.
  • sterile nitrogen is injected from the nozzle which is fixed and disposed between the two mobile sealing elements, nitrogen injection is done from the top at an angle between 40 and 50 ° with respect to the vertical and against the current the direction of movement of the packaging.
  • the packaging used can be of any type, but its upper part is sealable.
  • the filling product in the packaging can be of any type.
  • liquid type from the food industry, for example a product based on milk, fruit juice or water, which can also contain part of pieces.
  • the goal is to get products with a long shelf life, for which there is no degradation of taste and / or certain ingredients during storage.
  • the process is implemented on a production line classic industrial, in which there is in particular a filling compartment and sealing compartment : it is necessary to add according to the invention in the sealing compartment a nitrogen injection step.
  • the two filling and sealing compartments are under sterile air flow so as to create turbulence conditions: the injection speed of nitrogen is greater than the air injection speed sterile.
  • the nitrogen flow per line between 100 and 800 l / min at atmospheric pressure.
  • the duration of nitrogen injection per package is around of the second. This rapid nitrogen injection allows save the amount of nitrogen and limit the length of the production line. We can also operate with a continuous nitrogen arrival than discontinuous.
  • the invention further relates to the device usable for the implementation of the method described above.
  • This device includes a filling compartment for product in packaging, sealing compartment said package with two sealing elements and one conveyor device for conveying the packaging in the two compartments, the second compartment comprising a fixed nozzle for injecting nitrogen, this being disposed between the movable sealing elements and being positioned so that it makes an angle between 40 and 50 ° with the vertical, said angle being against the current the direction of movement of the packaging.
  • the conveyor device has a step-by-step advancement system and we arrive at a conventional filling rate at this type of line. It is understood that in this description, all that is said concerns a mode of aseptic filling: the nitrogen and the air used are pre-sterilized.
  • the packages 1 arrive via the conveyor device 2 in the direction of the arrows 3 in the compartment aseptic filling 4, then in the compartment sealing 5. Sterile air is injected into both above-mentioned compartments respectively by lines 6 and 7.
  • the product 8 arrives through the filling system 9 and is dosed in packaging 1 thanks to the nozzle filling 10.
  • the sealing compartment 5 comprises the fixed nitrogen injection nozzle 11, the nitrogen arriving via the line 12 and the two sealing elements 13,14.
  • Aseptic 4 filling and sealing compartments 5 have openings 15, 16, 17 allowing the passage of the packaging 1 on the conveyor device 2.
  • the operation of the device according to the invention is the next:
  • the conveyor device 2 has a system step by step.
  • Package 1 is positioned under the filling nozzle 10, which then delivers the dose of product 8.
  • the compartment is permanently under sterile air atmosphere.
  • the transport device then position the other packages under the nozzle 10 and the filled packages arrive in the compartment of seal 5 and pass under the nozzle 11 for injecting nitrogen.
  • the nitrogen flow is 300 l / min, the compartment sealing also being permanently under atmosphere sterile air.
  • Fig. 2 we can clearly see the operation of sealing with elements 13 and 14.
  • the device carrier 2 then delivers the packaging ready to use or storage.
  • packaging is thus obtained which can be stored for at least 6 months, without any degraded product quality and taste.
  • vitamins as well as mineral salts are in addition preserved.

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EP95936932A 1994-12-06 1995-12-05 Procede et dispositif pour eliminer l'oxygene de l'espace de tete d'un emballage Expired - Lifetime EP0794902B1 (fr)

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