EP0860361A1 - Buse de distribution de liquide - Google Patents

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EP0860361A1
EP0860361A1 EP98103163A EP98103163A EP0860361A1 EP 0860361 A1 EP0860361 A1 EP 0860361A1 EP 98103163 A EP98103163 A EP 98103163A EP 98103163 A EP98103163 A EP 98103163A EP 0860361 A1 EP0860361 A1 EP 0860361A1
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Carlo Corniani
Renzo Vesentini
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Azionaria Costruzioni Macchine Automatiche ACMA SpA
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/22—Details
    • B67C3/26—Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks
    • B67C3/2608—Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks comprising anti-dripping means
    • 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
    • B65B39/00—Nozzles, funnels or guides for introducing articles or materials into containers or wrappers
    • B65B39/001—Nozzles, funnels or guides for introducing articles or materials into containers or wrappers with flow cut-off means, e.g. valves
    • 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
    • B65B39/00—Nozzles, funnels or guides for introducing articles or materials into containers or wrappers
    • B65B2039/008—Strainer means

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  • the present invention relates to a liquid dispensing device.
  • the present invention relates to a liquid dispensing device of the type comprising a supply conduit; a liquid output distributing element fitted to the bottom end of the conduit and which is engaged by a bottle for filling; and a valve element movable with respect to the supply conduit to engage the distributing element in fluidtight manner and regulate supply of the liquid.
  • each distributing element comprises an input portion having a substantially conical inner surface, defining an end portion of the conduit, and engaged in fluidtight manner by the valve element; and a tubular output portion, which is defined externally by a substantially cylindrical outer surface so sized as to be partly insertable inside a bottle, and comprises one or more vertical through holes defined at the top by the substantially conical inner surface, and at the bottom by a flat horizontal surface crosswise to the substantially cylindrical outer surface.
  • Dispensing devices of the above type involve several drawbacks, due to the fact that, once a given amount of liquid is dispensed inside the bottle and the valve element is set to close the input portion of the distributing element, the liquid left inside the vertical holes has neither sufficient force nor speed to be fed into the bottle before this is detached from the output portion of the valve element. As a result, the remaining liquid drips from the holes and, given the substantial continuity of the bottom edges of the holes and said flat surface, also spreads over the flat surface to form a film of liquid which, as the conveyor is rotated, is hurled outwards of the conveyor.
  • a dispensing device for liquids comprising a supply conduit; an output distributing element for the liquid, fitted to the bottom of the conduit and engaged by a bottle for filling; and a valve element movable with respect to the conduit to engage the distributing element and regulate supply of the liquid from the conduit; the distributing element comprising an upper input portion defining an end portion of the conduit, and a lower output portion having at least one through hole communicating with said conduit and defined at the bottom by a flat surface crosswise to the hole itself; and the dispensing device being characterized in that said distributing element comprises a tubular element fitted inside said hole and having an end portion projecting from and crosswise to said flat surface.
  • Number 1 in Figure 1 indicates a liquid dispensing device fittable to the periphery of a known carousel bottling conveyor (indicated as a whole by 2) rotating substantially continuously about a vertical axis (not shown) to feed device 1 along a given circular path extending in series through a loading station (not shown) where device 1 is engaged by an empty bottle 3, and an unloading station where device 1 is detached from the by then full bottle 3.
  • a liquid dispensing device fittable to the periphery of a known carousel bottling conveyor (indicated as a whole by 2) rotating substantially continuously about a vertical axis (not shown) to feed device 1 along a given circular path extending in series through a loading station (not shown) where device 1 is engaged by an empty bottle 3, and an unloading station where device 1 is detached from the by then full bottle 3.
  • Device 1 extends vertically downwards from a bottom surface 4 of conveyor 2, and comprises a tubular, substantially cylindrical element 5 having an axis A parallel to the rotation axis of conveyor 2, and in turn comprising a through inner supply conduit 6 coaxial with axis A; and an output distributing element 7 for the liquid, fitted to the bottom of tubular element 5 and maintained coaxial with axis A and in fluidtight contact with element 5 by a ring nut 8 screwed to one end of element 5.
  • Device 1 also comprises a valve element 9, which is fitted in sliding manner inside conduit 6, is moved axially back and forth, by a known actuating device (not shown), with respect to conduit 6 to engage distributing element 7 in fluidtight manner and regulate supply of the liquid, and in turn comprises a stem 10 with a substantially spherical bottom head 11, and guide means defined by a number of guide fins 12 extending radially from stem 10 and contacting an inner surface 13 of conduit 6 to guide stem 10 axially and keep it equidistant from surface 13. More specifically, head 11 comprises a bowl-shaped bottom cap 14 defining the bottom end of head 11, and which may be separate from head 11 and made of rubber, teflon or steel.
  • distributing element 7 comprises an upper input portion 15 defining an end portion of supply conduit 6; and a lower output portion 16, which is positioned facing the inlet 26 of an empty bottle 3, and has a number of through liquid outlet holes 17 communicating with conduit 6. More specifically, on the side facing conduit 6, upper input portion 15 comprises a hemispherical seat 18, the bottom surface 19 of which is of the same shape as, and is engaged in fluidtight manner by, cap 14 of stem 10; and lower portion 16 is defined at the bottom by a flat surface 20 crosswise to axis A, and holes 17 extend between seat 18 and surface 20, and are arranged parallel to one other in two concentric rows 21, 22.
  • Distributing element 7 also comprises, for each hole 17, a respective tubular diffusing element 23, which is fitted inside hole 17 and comprises a respective end portion 24 projecting crosswise from surface 20. More specifically, tubular elements 23 are fitted removably inside respective holes 17, and have an inside diameter depending on the type of liquid being dispensed and, like a pipet, such as to prevent the liquid from dripping once head 11 engages seat 18 with cap 14 contacting bottom surface 19.
  • the end portions 24 of tubular elements 23 comprise beveled bottom outer edges 25, and project from surface 20 by a given length L such as to interrupt surface 20 and prevent the formation of a film of liquid on surface 20.
  • Distributing element 7 is positioned facing inlet 26 of bottle 3 so that axis A coincides with the axis of bottle 3.
  • Distributing element 7 also comprises an annular jacket 27 integral with lower output portion 16, extending from surface 20 and about tubular elements 23, and of an axial length L1 greater than length L of elements 23, so as to extend axially beyond the projecting end portions 24 of elements 23.
  • Jacket 27 defines, together with surface 20, an open-bottomed cylindrical cavity 28, and comprises a number of horizontal radial orifices 29 formed through jacket 27 substantially at surface 20 and for connecting cavity 28 to the outside atmosphere. More specifically, as the liquid is dispensed through tubular elements 23, orifices 29 prevent the formation inside cavity 28 of a vacuum capable of expanding the jet of liquid from elements 23 and producing turbulence preventing bottle 3 from being filled.
  • conveyor 2 rotates continuously about said rotation axis to feed dispensing device 1 through said loading station, where device 1 receives a respective bottle 3 positioned with inlet 26 beneath elements 23 and coaxial with element 7.
  • said actuating device raises stem 10 along conduit 6 to detach head 11 from seat 18 and permit the liquid the flow into bottle 3 through tubular elements 23.
  • Bottle 3 is filled at it travels along said circular path, and the liquid supply is cut off as head 11 once more engages seat 18 upstream from the unloading station, where the by now full bottle 3 is detached in known manner from device 1, which is fed back to the loading station.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Filling Of Jars Or Cans And Processes For Cleaning And Sealing Jars (AREA)
  • Feeding, Discharge, Calcimining, Fusing, And Gas-Generation Devices (AREA)
  • Devices For Dispensing Beverages (AREA)
  • Sampling And Sample Adjustment (AREA)
EP98103163A 1997-02-25 1998-02-23 Buse de distribution de liquide Ceased EP0860361A1 (fr)

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IT97BO000090A IT1290699B1 (it) 1997-02-25 1997-02-25 Dispositivo erogatore di liquidi.

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WO2000055087A1 (fr) * 1999-03-18 2000-09-21 Sidel Participations Industrielles (Societe Anonyme) Bec de remplissage
FR2905121A1 (fr) * 2006-08-28 2008-02-29 Pack Realisations Sa Siege pour un bec de remplissage.
EP2078678A1 (fr) * 2006-10-27 2009-07-15 Toyo Seikan Kaisya, Ltd. Buse de remplissage
WO2012016604A1 (fr) * 2010-08-03 2012-02-09 Khs Gmbh Élément de remplissage ainsi que système ou machine de remplissage
WO2014046906A1 (fr) * 2012-09-20 2014-03-27 The Procter & Gamble Company Buse de remplissage à trous multiples et ses composants
ITVR20130118A1 (it) * 2013-05-20 2014-11-21 Weightpack S P A Rubinetto antisgocciolamento in macchina riempitrice
EP4067834A1 (fr) * 2021-08-27 2022-10-05 The Procter & Gamble Company Buse de dosage

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DE1607945A1 (de) * 1966-12-13 1970-09-24 Azionaria Costruzioni Fluessigkeitsverteilungs-Vorrichtung
DE3921791C1 (fr) * 1989-07-03 1990-05-31 Hassia Verpackungsmaschinen Gmbh, 6479 Ranstadt, De
EP0402535A1 (fr) * 1989-06-15 1990-12-19 Shikoku Kakoki Co., Ltd. Dispositif pour éviter que le liquide des têtes de remplissage ne goutte dans les machines de remplissage
EP0643011A1 (fr) * 1987-10-26 1995-03-15 Elopak A/S Dispositif à soupape pour contrôler l'écoulement de liquide
EP0770549A1 (fr) * 1995-10-24 1997-05-02 Societe Des Produits Nestle S.A. Buse de dosage et procédé pour doser des liquides

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DE1607945A1 (de) * 1966-12-13 1970-09-24 Azionaria Costruzioni Fluessigkeitsverteilungs-Vorrichtung
EP0643011A1 (fr) * 1987-10-26 1995-03-15 Elopak A/S Dispositif à soupape pour contrôler l'écoulement de liquide
EP0402535A1 (fr) * 1989-06-15 1990-12-19 Shikoku Kakoki Co., Ltd. Dispositif pour éviter que le liquide des têtes de remplissage ne goutte dans les machines de remplissage
DE3921791C1 (fr) * 1989-07-03 1990-05-31 Hassia Verpackungsmaschinen Gmbh, 6479 Ranstadt, De
EP0770549A1 (fr) * 1995-10-24 1997-05-02 Societe Des Produits Nestle S.A. Buse de dosage et procédé pour doser des liquides

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2000055087A1 (fr) * 1999-03-18 2000-09-21 Sidel Participations Industrielles (Societe Anonyme) Bec de remplissage
FR2791050A1 (fr) * 1999-03-18 2000-09-22 Deep Bec de remplissage a clapet adapte notamment pour l'eau, integre dans un dispositif a carrousel
FR2905121A1 (fr) * 2006-08-28 2008-02-29 Pack Realisations Sa Siege pour un bec de remplissage.
EP2078678A1 (fr) * 2006-10-27 2009-07-15 Toyo Seikan Kaisya, Ltd. Buse de remplissage
EP2078678A4 (fr) * 2006-10-27 2012-04-18 Toyo Seikan Kaisha Ltd Buse de remplissage
WO2012016604A1 (fr) * 2010-08-03 2012-02-09 Khs Gmbh Élément de remplissage ainsi que système ou machine de remplissage
US9056758B2 (en) 2010-08-03 2015-06-16 Khs Gmbh Filling element, and filling system or filling machine
WO2014046906A1 (fr) * 2012-09-20 2014-03-27 The Procter & Gamble Company Buse de remplissage à trous multiples et ses composants
CN104640775A (zh) * 2012-09-20 2015-05-20 宝洁公司 多孔填充喷嘴及其部件
ITVR20130118A1 (it) * 2013-05-20 2014-11-21 Weightpack S P A Rubinetto antisgocciolamento in macchina riempitrice
EP4067834A1 (fr) * 2021-08-27 2022-10-05 The Procter & Gamble Company Buse de dosage

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ITBO970090A1 (it) 1998-08-25

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