EP1170209A1 - Sration zum führen von Produkten in Behälter, insbesondere Rohre, sowie ein Verfahren zur Reinigung und Sterilisation dieser Station - Google Patents

Sration zum führen von Produkten in Behälter, insbesondere Rohre, sowie ein Verfahren zur Reinigung und Sterilisation dieser Station Download PDF

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EP1170209A1
EP1170209A1 EP01114831A EP01114831A EP1170209A1 EP 1170209 A1 EP1170209 A1 EP 1170209A1 EP 01114831 A EP01114831 A EP 01114831A EP 01114831 A EP01114831 A EP 01114831A EP 1170209 A1 EP1170209 A1 EP 1170209A1
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Maurizio Marchesini
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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
    • B65B59/00—Arrangements to enable machines to handle articles of different sizes, to produce packages of different sizes, to vary the contents of packages, to handle different types of packaging material, or to give access for cleaning or maintenance purposes
    • B65B59/04—Machines constructed with readily-detachable units or assemblies, e.g. to facilitate maintenance
    • 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
    • B65B3/00—Packaging plastic material, semiliquids, liquids or mixed solids and liquids, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, or jars
    • B65B3/04—Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles
    • B65B3/16—Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles for filling collapsible tubes

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  • the present invention relates to filling containers known as tubes, made of e.g. aluminium or synthetic material, with paste products, and relates in particular to a station for feeding products to tubes and to a method for cleaning and sterilizing said station.
  • the tubes are produced with cylindrical shape, with the bottom open and the top already closed with a cap.
  • the tubes are fed to the line of the tube filling and closing machine with the open bottom turned upwards, so that product dispensing means, situated in a feeding station, can introduce the product into the tubes.
  • the tubes are closed assuming the classical, known to everyone, shape, and are subjected to possible additional operations e.g. coding, before being discharged from the line and sent to the packaging.
  • the problems include the necessity to stop the machine and consequently, the production, so as to clean and sterilize all elements which were in contact with the product.
  • the object of the present invention is to propose a station for feeding products, associated to a tube filling and closing machine machine, which outweighs the above drawbacks by a technical solution which allows to simplify and speed up the cleaning and sterilization operations.
  • the reference indication M indicates a tube filling and closing machine, to which the proposed feeding station SA can be associated.
  • the machine M includes an endless close-looped conveying line 1, which extends in a horizontal plane.
  • the conveying line 1 is equipped with equispaced gripping means 2, for supporting relative tubes 3, upside down i.e. with their longitudinal axis being kept vertical.
  • the tubes 3 are placed on the conveying line 1 by transferring means, which are situated in a loading station S1, and which pick up the tubes 3 from conveying means 4 in a predetermined picking up area.
  • the machine M operates in stepwise fashion, with two tubes being processed each time a step is performed, and the conveying means 4 include two conveyors 4a, 4b, each of which feeds one tube 3 in said picking up area each time.
  • the line 1 brings the tubes 3 to the feeding station SA, where product dispensing means 5 fill each tube 3 with a measured quantity of the paste product.
  • the product dispensing means 5 substantially include a hopper 50, from which the product is withdrawn and introduced into distributing groups 51, e.g. syringes, which communicate with relative nozzles 53 situated over the open bottoms, turned upwards, of the corresponding tubes 3.
  • distributing groups 51 e.g. syringes
  • the pistons of the distributing groups 51 are operated, through stems 54, by respective actuators 55 carried by the structure 100 of the machine M and connected to the stems 54 by known quick connect/disconnect couplings , not shown in detail.
  • the product dispensing means 5 are supported by a plate 100a integral with the structure 100 of the machine M, by known and not shown in detail, quick locking means 10, which engage with a collar 56a formed by a frame 56 supporting the product dispensing means, thus reducing considerably the machine stop time for the product change.
  • At least one station S2, where known means 6 for closing the tubes 3 work, is situated downstream of the station SA.
  • a discharge station S3 situated also downstream of the station SA, the tubes are discharged from the conveying line 1 and taken to an outlet line 7 by transferring means, which are substantially similar to the ones in the loading station S1.
  • the presence of the proposed feeding station is particularly advantageous when the product dispensing means 5 are to be cleaned and/or sterilized.
  • the dirty product dispensing means 5 can be easily transferred to a suitable place, separated from the machine M, so as to be cleaned and/or sterilized in the most appropriate way.
  • the construction of the tube filling and closing machine is simpler and cheaper, because preventing the loss of product during the cleaning operations allows to avoid all the technical precautions (protections, materials and elements particularly suitable for dirty environments, etc.), which considerably increase the costs, although they do not affect the machine operation.

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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 Of Articles To Conveyors (AREA)
  • Control Of Conveyors (AREA)
  • Branching, Merging, And Special Transfer Between Conveyors (AREA)
EP01114831A 2000-07-06 2001-06-28 Sration zum führen von Produkten in Behälter, insbesondere Rohre, sowie ein Verfahren zur Reinigung und Sterilisation dieser Station Withdrawn EP1170209A1 (de)

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IT2000BO000406A ITBO20000406A1 (it) 2000-07-06 2000-07-06 Stazione per l' alimentazione di prodotti a contenitori , in particolare tubetti.

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EP1561686A1 (de) * 2004-02-03 2005-08-10 Tonazzi S.r.l. Vorrichtung zum Füllen und Verschliessen von Tuben
EP1561473A1 (de) * 2004-02-03 2005-08-10 Tonazzi S.r.l. Vorrichtung zum Reinigen und/oder Sterilisieren einer volumetrischen Abfüllanlage
WO2007113664A3 (en) * 2006-04-05 2007-12-06 Ima Spa System and method for transferring and moving elements of an automatic packing machine
US7383674B2 (en) * 2005-03-11 2008-06-10 E.P.M.O. System for packaging tablets in a blister strip with interchangeable distribution units

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US3760853A (en) * 1970-05-13 1973-09-25 Pneumatic Scale Corp Container-filling apparatus
US4545507A (en) * 1982-06-04 1985-10-08 Hibar Systems Ltd. Metering pump
US5295523A (en) * 1992-04-09 1994-03-22 Aliseo Gentile Adjustable stroke multiple package filling apparatus
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US3760853A (en) * 1970-05-13 1973-09-25 Pneumatic Scale Corp Container-filling apparatus
US4545507A (en) * 1982-06-04 1985-10-08 Hibar Systems Ltd. Metering pump
US5295523A (en) * 1992-04-09 1994-03-22 Aliseo Gentile Adjustable stroke multiple package filling apparatus
US5431198A (en) * 1994-05-20 1995-07-11 Autoprod, Inc. Apparatus and method of operation for a product filler machine

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EP1561686A1 (de) * 2004-02-03 2005-08-10 Tonazzi S.r.l. Vorrichtung zum Füllen und Verschliessen von Tuben
EP1561473A1 (de) * 2004-02-03 2005-08-10 Tonazzi S.r.l. Vorrichtung zum Reinigen und/oder Sterilisieren einer volumetrischen Abfüllanlage
US7134255B2 (en) 2004-02-03 2006-11-14 Tonazzi Vasquall S.R.L. Machine for filling and closing tubes
US7395826B2 (en) 2004-02-03 2008-07-08 Tonazzi Vasquali S.R.L. Machine for washing and/or sterilizing supplying-batching devices
US7383674B2 (en) * 2005-03-11 2008-06-10 E.P.M.O. System for packaging tablets in a blister strip with interchangeable distribution units
WO2007113664A3 (en) * 2006-04-05 2007-12-06 Ima Spa System and method for transferring and moving elements of an automatic packing machine
JP2009532294A (ja) * 2006-04-05 2009-09-10 アイエムエー インダストリア マッシーネ オートマティシェ エス．ピー．エー． 自動包装機械の要素を移送および移動させるためのシステムおよび方法
CN101448707B (zh) * 2006-04-05 2011-09-14 Ima生命有限公司 用于转移和移动自动包装机的元件的系统和方法
US8613584B2 (en) 2006-04-05 2013-12-24 Ima Life S.R.L. System and method for transferring and moving elements of an automatic packing machine

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