EP1273551B1 - Verschliesseinrichtung mit einem Verschliesskopf - Google Patents

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EP1273551B1
EP1273551B1 EP02077624A EP02077624A EP1273551B1 EP 1273551 B1 EP1273551 B1 EP 1273551B1 EP 02077624 A EP02077624 A EP 02077624A EP 02077624 A EP02077624 A EP 02077624A EP 1273551 B1 EP1273551 B1 EP 1273551B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67B—APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS
    • B67B3/00—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps
    • B67B3/20—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps by applying and rotating preformed threaded caps
    • B67B3/2066—Details of capping heads
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67B—APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS
    • B67B3/00—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67B—APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS
    • B67B3/00—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps
    • B67B3/02—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps by applying flanged caps, e.g. crown caps, and securing by deformation of flanges
    • B67B3/10—Capping heads for securing caps
    • B67B3/18—Capping heads for securing caps characterised by being rotatable, e.g. for forming screw threads in situ
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67B—APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS
    • B67B2201/00—Indexing codes relating to constructional features of closing machines
    • B67B2201/10—Quick or easy connection means for connecting a capping head to a spindle

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  • the present invention concerns a capping machine with a capping head according to the preamble of claim 1, and which is intended to fit caps onto containers, in particular bottles or the like.
  • the machine in question is intended to be advantageously used in industrial plants for bottling beverages such as wine, whisky, mineral water, juices, etc., in order to seal the mouth of the containers with caps or capsules which are usually retained on the said containers by means of screwing.
  • beverages such as wine, whisky, mineral water, juices, etc.
  • the industrial bottling plants which are nowadays traditionally available on the market perform in sequence the various packaging steps such rinsing, filling and capping. For this purpose, they use operating machines designed to perform the individual functions and a series of recessed wheels, screw feeders or conveyor belts for conveying the containers from one machine to another.
  • the final stage of packaging envisages obviously automatic closing of the containers using capping machines which are generally of the rotating carousel type.
  • Numerous capping heads are mounted peripherally above the carousel, at the same distance from each other, and perform closing of the containers when they engage over them during their movement around the carousel.
  • capping machines performing closing of the containers by means of operating heads equipped with specific mechanical devices designed depending on the cap which is to be fitted and the container which is to be closed.
  • a first type of capping machine - a so-called capsule-fitting machine - performs screwing of screw-type capsules, generally made of plastic, onto the threaded top of a container.
  • a second type of capping machine is instead used in order to fit "rolled caps", i.e. caps which form threads or just indentations by means of deformation of their flange against a finish on the mouth of the containers.
  • each head is provided internally with threading rollers which are made to perform a rotary movement by the head itself against the caps so as to form threads in their flanges, as is for example described and illustrated in the patents US 4,086,747 and US 3,303,955.
  • grippers are provided inside each head so as to grip firstly the capsules and then screw them onto the containers, rotating them about the axis of the head, as is for example described and illustrated in the patents EP 248,145 and DE 3912324.
  • the heads are supported all the way around the machine by means of a corresponding number of sleeves with a diameter and height which are mostly standardised.
  • the sleeves are threaded at the bottom so as to allow screwing of the heads by means of engagement of a threaded ring.
  • the sleeves are in turn generally mechanically connected to the machine by means of chucks able to cause them to rotate together with the heads.
  • the heads and the sleeves have, arranged inside them, rod-like thrusting means which, in particular in the case of threading capping machines, assist fitting of the caps, pushing them onto the mouth of the containers as a result of the action of a spring. This favours hermetic sealing of the caps on the containers. Otherwise these thrusting means may simply slide axially inside the head and the hollow sleeve so as to apply the threading rollers onto the caps or actuate the grippers in the case of capsule-fitting machines.
  • this operation is performed by unscrewing manually each individual head from the corresponding sleeve by means of a spanner and replacing it with another head more suitable for the capping to be performed.
  • each capping machine generally has several heads and that therefore the amount of time required to replace all of them is very considerable.
  • the assembly and disassembly operations are moreover made even more difficult by the fact that, before unscrewing each head from the sleeve, it is required to unscrew a safety grub screw which is situated on the threaded connecting ring and obviously retighten it once the new head has been reassembled.
  • capsule-fitting machines are also known where some parts (generally the bottom portion) may be easily replaced in order to be able to adapt operation to different containers and/or different caps.
  • the patent GB 2 332 195 describes a quick change coupling for a closuring head comprising actuator means for placing the cap on the mouth of the containers, supported by a hollow sleeve via fast-fit engaging means comprising a first element and a second element coupled together.
  • fast-fit engaging means in GB 2 332 195 do not consider the mechanical problems connected to the presence of a rod-shaped thrusting means intended to co-operate operationally with the actuator means for fitting of the caps.
  • the task forming the basis of the present invention is to eliminate the drawbacks of the known art mentioned above by providing a capping machine, intended to fit caps onto containers, in particular bottles or the like, which allows replacement of a capping head in a very easy manner and in a very short period of time, without pretensioning every time a spring of rod-shaped thrusting means intended to co-operate operationally with actuator means for fitting of the caps.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a capping head which does not require a particular amount of physical force in order to replace it.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a capping head which allows extremely versatile use of the capping machine.
  • a further object of the present invention is that of designing a capping head provided with connecting means for replacement thereof, which are constructionally simple and operationally entirely reliable.
  • this capping head it is possible to adapt rapidly the capping machine so as to operate with bottles and/or caps having different characteristics such as the size or shape.
  • 1 denotes in its entirety a capping head for fitting caps onto containers, in particular bottles or the like, forming the subject of the present invention.
  • Said head is arranged in an entirely conventional manner peripherally on the rotating carousel of a capping machine (not shown) and is therefore used during the final stage of industrial bottling processes for sealing containers by means of caps or capsules.
  • these plants are composed usually of a rinsing machine, a filling machine and a capping machine all of the carousel type, namely each provided with a plurality of operating heads mounted peripherally on the associated carousel, respectively for rinsing, filling and capping the containers passing through the plant.
  • the transition of the containers from one machine to another as well as between the plant and the feeding and expulsion means is generally performed by means of several motorised wheels with recesses.
  • the carousel of the capping machines rotates about its central axis of rotation Z which is substantially vertical and is provided with guide means for removing upstream the containers directly from the support disks of the filling machine or from a recessed wheel arranged immediately downstream of the filling machine itself.
  • the carousel then releases downstream the containers, which have been capped during the movement around the central axis of rotation Z, to a screw feeder or a conveyor belt which conveys them out of the plant.
  • the latter is in turn mechanically connected to the machine by means of a chuck operated by suitable driving means able to cause rotation thereof, together with the head 1, about the common central axis Z of rotation.
  • Actuator means 4 are mounted on the head 1 and are also transported rotatably about the central axis Z of the sleeve 3 so as to fit the caps on the top part of the containers, fixing them by means of a screw-type connection, as will be described more clearly below.
  • the connecting means 2 comprise a first element 5, which is mechanically connected to the sleeve 3, and a second element 6, which is mechanically connected to the head 1, which elements can be removably coupled together by means of fast-fit engaging means 7.
  • the first and the second element 5 and 6 are connected by means of screwing respectively to the bottom end of the sleeve 3 and to the top end of the head 1 so as to be mounted coaxially with respect to the central axis Z of the head 1 itself.
  • the first and the second elements 5 and 6 are respectively provided with an external thread and an internal thread intended correspondingly to engage by means of screwing onto the external thread of the sleeve 3 and onto the internal thread formed on the top of the head 1.
  • the fast-fit engaging means 7 comprise a shaped end-piece 8 which extends projecting at the bottom from the first element 5 over a cylindrical section 9 which is coaxial with respect to the sleeve 3 provided with two feet 10 connected transversely to the free end of the cylindrical section 9, and a guide 11 provided on the top part of the second element 6 shaped so as to receive the feet 10 of the shaped end-piece 8.
  • the feet 10 co-operate with the latter so as to retain the two elements 5 and 6 which are joined together integrally.
  • the fast-fit engaging means 7 also comprise securing means 12 able to retain safely the feet 10 inside the guide 11.
  • Said means are composed of two projecting lugs 13 which are fixed in diametrically opposite positions above the second element 6 and a movable collar 14 constrained to the first element 5 and provided with two seats 15.
  • the collar 14 is able to slide axially on a cylindrical portion 16 of the first element 5 between a first bottom position with the seats 15 engaged on the two lugs 13 and a second upper position with the seats 15 disengaged from the lugs 13.
  • a spring 17 which is mounted externally on the cylindrical portion 16 of the first element 5 and which bears, on the one hand, against the collar 14 and, on the other hand, against a rim 18 (upper locating element) mounted fixed on the first element 5.
  • the latter may for example be formed by two diametrically opposite segments projecting transversely and annularly from the cylindrical portion 16.
  • the two opposite segments 19 define, together with the collar 14, the seats 15 inside which the lugs 13 are inserted.
  • the latter defines also, in their bottom part, by means of a groove, the guide 11 inside which the feet 10 of the shaped end-piece 8 are inserted.
  • the actuator means 4 mentioned above are of a type already known per se and for this reason have not been shown in detail since they are within the scope of any person skilled in the art.
  • the type of head may envisage a plurality of (angularly offset) threading rollers which are made to perform a rotary movement by the sleeve 3 against the caps so as to form threads in their flanges or may envisage a plurality of grippers able to grip caps (or capsules) already provided with an internal threading and screw them onto the external thread of the containers, rotating about the axis of the head 1.
  • 20 denotes schematically rod-shaped thrusting means intended to co-operate operationally with the actuator means 4 for fitting of the caps. They are arranged coaxially inside the head 1 and the sleeve 3 and are actuated so as to compress the cap in a hermetically sealed manner on the mouth of the container owing to the action of a spring 40.
  • the latter is mounted on the rod 41 of the thrusting means 20 and is suitably pretensioned during assembly of the first element 5. Therefore pretensioning of the spring 40 is performed only once and not every time when the head 1 is replaced.
  • the thrusting means 20 are provided at the bottom with an engaging element 42 - in particular tubular in shape - which is inserted into a correspondingly shaped seat 43 formed in the head 1.
  • the present invention is advantageously suitable for use on capping machines of the threading type, it may also be associated with heads for capping machines of a different kind such as, for example, capsule-fitting machines.
  • the capping head for a capping machine intended to fit caps onto containers, described hitherto from a mainly structural point of view, allows use as is illustrated hereinbelow.
  • the head 1 will therefore be separated from the sleeve 3 and may be replaced by another head, performing the same sequence of operations in the reverse order.
  • connecting means 2 do not require particular adjustments to be made to the connection of the sleeve 3, which is in fact not varied in the slightest, allowing the heads according to the present invention to be easily mounted on any capping machine which is provided with sleeves 3 of the type conventionally standardised in the sector.
  • the invention thus conceived therefore achieves the predefined objects.

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  1. Verschließeinrichtung mit Verschließkopf zum Aufbringen von Verschlusskappen auf Behälter, insbesondere auf Flaschen oder ähnliches, welcher durch eine entsprechende Hohlhülse (3) an der Verschließeinrichtung mittels einer Verbindungsvorrichtung (2) abnehmbar gehalten wird, die mindestens ein mit dieser Hülse (3) mechanisch verbundenes erstes Element (5) und mindestens ein mit der Spitze des Kopfes (1) mechanisch verbundenes zweites Element (6) umfasst, wobei das erste Element (5) und das zweite Element (6) mittels einer Schnellschlusskupplung (7) abnehmbar miteinander verbunden werden können, und wobei die Maschine eine Betätigungsvorrichtung (4) umfasst, die sich um eine Mittelachse (Z) des Kopfes (1) drehen kann, um so eine Verschlusskappe auf das obere Ende eines Behälters aufzubringen und sie mittels einer Schraubverbindung darauf in Position zu halten,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Betätigungsvorrichtung (4) ein Gewinde auf der Verschlusskappe hervorbringt, indem sie deren Seitenfläche gegen eine Oberfläche auf der Öffnung der Behälter presst, und dadurch, dass eine stabförmige Schubvorrichtung (20) innerhalb des Kopfes (1) und der Hohlhülse (3) koaxial angeordnet ist und so betätigt werden kann, dass sie die Verschlusskappe auf die Öffnung des Behälters presst und zum operationalen Zusammenwirken mit der Betätigungsvorrichtung (4) vorgesehen ist, um die Verschlusskappe auf den Behälter selbst aufzubringen, und wobei die stabförmige Schubvorrichtung (20) eine Stange (41) umfasst, die eine aufmontierte Feder (40) aufweist, welche während der Montage des ersten Elements (5) vorgespannt wird.
  2. Verschließeinrichtung nach Anspruch 1,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Schnellschlusskupplung (7) mindestens ein geformtes Endstück (8) umfasst, das am ersten Element (5) angebracht ist, sowie mindestens eine Führung (11) auf dem zweiten Element (6), die so geformt ist, dass sie das geformte Endstück (8) aufnehmen kann, indem die beiden in einem sich gegenseitig sichernden Gefüge zusammenwirken.
  3. Verschließeinrichtung nach Anspruch 2,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Schnellschlusskupplung (7) eine Sicherungsvorrichtung (12) zur Befestigung des geformten Endstücks (8) in der Führung (11) umfasst.
  4. Verschließeinrichtung nach Anspruch 3,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Sicherungsvorrichtung (12) mindestens eine Nase (13) umfasst, die in einer hervorstehenden Weise auf dem zweiten Element (6) befestigt ist, sowie mindestens einen beweglichen Ring (14), der mit mindestens einem Sitz (15) ausgestattet ist, welcher im ersten Element (5) eingespannt ist, und welcher zwischen einer ersten Position, in der dieser Sitz (15) an der Nase (13) einrastet, und einer zweiten Position, in der dieser Sitz (15) von dieser Nase (13) losgekuppelt wird, hin- und herbewegt werden kann.
  5. Verschließeinrichtung nach Anspruch 4,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Ring (14) axial auf einem zylindrischen Abschnitt (16) des ersten Elements (5) zwischen der ersten Position und der zweiten Position gleiten kann, wobei diese zweite Position durch den Lagerkontakt des Ringes mit einer festen Haltevorrichtung (19) definiert wird, die mit dem ersten Element (5) eine Einheit bildet.
  6. Verschließeinrichtung nach Anspruch 5,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Sicherungsvorrichtung (12) mindestens eine Feder (17) umfasst, womit der Ring (14) in Richtung der Haltevorrichtung (19) geschoben werden kann.
  7. Verschließeinrichtung nach Anspruch 5,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Haltevorrichtung (19) zusammen mit dem Ring (14) den Sitz (15) definiert.
  8. Verschließeinrichtung nach Anspruch 4,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Führung (11) in der Nase (13) gebildet wird.
  9. Verschließeinrichtung nach Anspruch 4,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das erste und das zweite Element (5, 6) in Bezug auf die Achse des Kopfes (1) koaxial angeordnet sind und dass das geformte Endstück (8) mittels Drehung des zweiten Elements (6) in Bezug auf das erste Element (5) um die Mittelachse (Z) des Kopfes (1) in die Führung (11) eingeführt werden kann.
  10. Verschließeinrichtung nach Anspruch 9,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Drehung des zweiten Elements (6) in Bezug auf das erste Element (5) zur Einführung des geformten Endstücks (8) in die Führung (11) durch den Lagerkontakt der Nase (13) mit der Haltevorrichtung (19) begrenzt wird.
  11. Verschließeinrichtung nach Anspruch 1,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das erste Element (5) mittels Verschraubung mit einem unteren Ende der Hohlhülse (3) verbunden ist.
  12. Verschließeinrichtung nach Anspruch 1,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das zweite Element (6) mittels Verschraubung mit der Spitze des Kopfes (1) verbunden ist.
  13. Verschließeinrichtung nach Anspruch 1,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die stabförmige Schubvorrichtung (20) am unteren Ende mit einem Einrastelement (42) ausgestattet ist, welches in einen entsprechend geformten Sitz (43) eingeführt werden kann, der in Folge der Verbindung des ersten Elements (5) mit dem zweiten Element (6) im Kopf (1) gebildet wird.
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