EP1283795B1 - Method for packaging in a container a product containing different miscible ingredients - Google Patents

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EP1283795B1
EP1283795B1 EP01936603A EP01936603A EP1283795B1 EP 1283795 B1 EP1283795 B1 EP 1283795B1 EP 01936603 A EP01936603 A EP 01936603A EP 01936603 A EP01936603 A EP 01936603A EP 1283795 B1 EP1283795 B1 EP 1283795B1
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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
    • B67C7/00—Concurrent cleaning, filling, and closing of bottles; Processes or devices for at least two of these operations
    • B67C7/0006—Conveying; Synchronising
    • B67C7/002—General lay-out of bottle-handling machines
    • 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
    • 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
    • B65B43/00—Forming, feeding, opening or setting-up containers or receptacles in association with packaging
    • B65B43/42—Feeding or positioning bags, boxes, or cartons in the distended, opened, or set-up state; Feeding preformed rigid containers, e.g. tins, capsules, glass tubes, glasses, to the packaging position; Locating containers or receptacles at the filling position; Supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation
    • B65B43/50—Feeding or positioning bags, boxes, or cartons in the distended, opened, or set-up state; Feeding preformed rigid containers, e.g. tins, capsules, glass tubes, glasses, to the packaging position; Locating containers or receptacles at the filling position; Supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation using rotary tables or turrets
    • 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
    • B65B61/00—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages
    • B65B61/02—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for perforating, scoring, slitting, or applying code or date marks on material prior to packaging
    • B65B61/025—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for perforating, scoring, slitting, or applying code or date marks on material prior to packaging for applying, e.g. printing, code or date marks on material prior to packaging
    • 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
    • B67C3/007—Applications of control, warning or safety devices in filling machinery
    • 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
    • B67C3/20—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus with provision for metering the liquids to be introduced, e.g. when adding syrups
    • 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
    • B67C3/20—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus with provision for metering the liquids to be introduced, e.g. when adding syrups
    • B67C3/208—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus with provision for metering the liquids to be introduced, e.g. when adding syrups specially adapted for adding small amounts of additional liquids, e.g. syrup
    • 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
    • B67C7/00—Concurrent cleaning, filling, and closing of bottles; Processes or devices for at least two of these operations
    • B67C7/0006—Conveying; Synchronising
    • B67C2007/006—Devices particularly adapted for container filling

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  • the present invention relates to a method of packaging in a container of a product comprising different miscible ingredients.
  • Filling installations are known from example of rotating carousels, including a tank associated with a series of filling.
  • a product consisting of a mixture different miscible ingredients must be introduced in containers, the mixture is first made with all the ingredients and is introduced into the feed tank prior to the commissioning of the the filling installation.
  • Such a method of conditioning is satisfactory when a very large number of containers must be filled with a product of constant composition and when the total volume of filled containers corresponds substantially to the capacity of the feed tank.
  • a method of packaging in containers of a liquid product comprising different miscible ingredients using a filling installation comprising at least two filling stations of the liquid product, the process being characterized in that it comprises the steps of fill containers partially with a first part of the ingredients at a first station of filling comprising a series of filling, to transfer the receptacles to corresponding filling of at least one second station filling and filling the filling of containers with the rest of the ingredients.
  • the ingredients introduced into a container at each filling station are determined by correspondence with the container, for example by reading a code carried by the container.
  • Each container receives so automatically the different ingredients constituting the composition provided for this container.
  • the installation illustrated comprises an input conveyor 1 conveying containers 2 to a transfer device 3 serving to successively introduce the containers 2 into a first filling station 4 comprising a series of filling stations 5 connected by pipes 6 to a feed tank 7.
  • the containers 2 are taken up by a device of transfer 8 which introduces them to a filling station 9 a second filling station 10 comprising also a series of filling stations 9 that are connected by pipes 11 to a feed tank 12.
  • a transfer device 13 At the exit of the second filling station, the containers 2 are taken over by a transfer device 13 to convey them to a conveyor 14 for the purpose of bring to the next workstation, for example a stopper or packaging station.
  • the illustrated installation includes a sensor 15 disposed opposite the containers at the moment where these are introduced by the transfer device 3 on the first filling station 4.
  • the sensor 15 is connected to a control unit 16 which provides the order quantities of ingredients introduced into a container at each filling station as schematized by double arrows in fine lines.
  • the sensor 15 When a container 2 is introduced into the first filling station the sensor 15 ensures a detection of a code carried by the container, for example reading a barcode, and transmits it to the control unit 16 which otherwise receives so known in itself the indication of the serial number of the filling 5 which receives the container.
  • the unit of command 16 thus ensures a correspondence between a container and filling station in which the container is introduced.
  • the code carried by the container is significant of the composition that the container is intended to receive and the control unit is thus in able to ensure the introduction of the required quantities of each product contained in the feed tank of the different filling stations.
  • a conditioning of milk can be provided for example of dispose in the feed tank 7 of the first filling station 4 of the skimmed milk while the feed tank 12 of the second station of fill 10 contains whole milk.
  • the control unit 13 triggers the filling of only half of the container at the corresponding filling of the first station of filling 4, and the complement to the filling station corresponding to the second filling station 10.
  • the container If the bar code carried by the container corresponds to skim milk the container is totally filled at the first filling station. contrary the barcode corresponds to whole milk the container receives nothing during its passage in the first filling station 4 and is fully filled when passing through the second station of filling 10.
  • the invention is not limited to implementation method described and can be variants without going beyond the scope of the invention as defined by the claims.
  • the method can be carried out according to the invention by providing for a direct programming of the control unit 16 to ensure the filling of a number of containers with a composition given then modify the composition to fill a new series of containers.
  • each feed tank may also contain a single ingredient or a mixture of ingredients when this mixture is common to different compositions.
  • the containers are transferred to different stations corresponding to the elements necessary to constitute the required composition, this which makes it possible to successively complete the filling of containers with the rest of the ingredients.
  • the receptacles bear a code bars but do not have a privileged orientation to moment of their loading to a filling station or can provide multiple sensors to ensure a reading the barcode whatever the orientation of the container.

Abstract

The method of packaging a receptacle (2) with a product comprising different miscible ingredients comprises the steps of filling the receptacles (2) in part with a first portion of the ingredients in a first filling unit (4) comprising a series of filling stations (5), of transferring the receptacles to at least one second filling unit likewise comprising a series of filling stations (9), and of successively finishing off the filling of the receptacles with the remainder of the ingredients.

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La présente invention concerne un procédé de conditionnement dans un récipient d'un produit comprenant différents ingrédients miscibles.The present invention relates to a method of packaging in a container of a product comprising different miscible ingredients.

On connaít des installations de remplissage, par exemple des carrousels rotatifs, comportant une cuve d'alimentation associée à une série de postes de remplissage. Lorsqu'un produit consistant en un mélange de différents ingrédients miscibles doit être introduit dans des récipients, le mélange est tout d'abord réalisé avec l'ensemble des ingrédients et est introduit dans la cuve d'alimentation préalablement à la mise en service de l'installation de remplissage. Un tel procédé de conditionnement est satisfaisant lorsque un très grand nombre de récipient doivent être remplis avec un produit de composition constante et lorsque le volume total des récipients remplis correspond sensiblement à la contenance de la cuve d'alimentation.Filling installations are known from example of rotating carousels, including a tank associated with a series of filling. When a product consisting of a mixture different miscible ingredients must be introduced in containers, the mixture is first made with all the ingredients and is introduced into the feed tank prior to the commissioning of the the filling installation. Such a method of conditioning is satisfactory when a very large number of containers must be filled with a product of constant composition and when the total volume of filled containers corresponds substantially to the capacity of the feed tank.

Toutefois, lorsque l'on souhaite effectuer un changement de composition du produit à conditionner, par exemple lorsque l'on souhaite passer du conditionnement d'un lait entier à un lait demi écrémé ou un lait écrémé, ou lorsque l'on procède au conditionnement d'un produit dont les propriétés varient en fonction des différents ingrédients mélangés, il est nécessaire de calculer initialement la quantité de produit à introduire dans la cuve d'alimentation de l'installation en fonction du nombre de récipients dont le remplissage est requis puis de procéder à un nettoyage de la cuve d'alimentation et un remplissage avec le nouveau produit à conditionner.However, when one wishes to perform a change of composition of the product to be conditioned, by example when we want to go from conditioning from whole milk to semi-skimmed milk or skimmed milk, or when packaging a product whose properties vary according to the different mixed ingredients, it is necessary to calculate initially the amount of product to be introduced into the supply tank of the installation depending on the number of containers that are required to be filled, then to perform a cleaning of the feed tank and a filling with the new product to be packaged.

Il en résulte une perte de temps importante à chaque changement de produit de sorte qu'il n'est pas économiquement envisageable de réaliser un conditionnement des différents produits selon des séries comportants un petit nombre de récipients. Lorsque des lots comprenant des récipients contenants des différents produits doivent être réalisés il est donc nécessaire de procéder à un conditionnement de chaque produit selon des grandes séries de récipients qui sont stockés et qui doivent donc faire l'objet d'une manipulation ultérieure pour constituer différents lots. Ces différentes opérations augmentent de façon importante le coût global du conditionnement.This results in a significant loss of time at every product change so it's not economically feasible to achieve a packaging of different products according to series involving a small number of containers. When lots containing containers containing different products must be realized so it is necessary to package each product according to large series of containers that are stored and which must therefore be subject to further manipulation to constitute different lots. These different operations significantly increase the overall cost conditioning.

On connaít du document US 5,083,591 une installation de remplissage de pots de peinture comportant une série de cellules comprenant chacune deux postes de remplissage où chaque pot est successivement rempli avec des colorants puis avec une peinture de base. Pour avoir une cadence de remplissage élevée il est donc nécessaire d'avoir un nombre élevé de cellules de sorte que l'installation est d'un encombrement très important.Document US 5,083,591 is known from paint cans filling facility comprising a series of cells each comprising two filling stations where each pot is successively filled with dyes and then with a basic paint. To have a high filling rate it is therefore needed to have a high number of cells so that the installation is of a very large size.

On connaít également des documents GB 2 178 015 et EP 853 041 une installation comportant deux machines de remplissage reliées par un dispositif de transfert. Toutefois, cette installation n'est pas destinée à assurer un mélange de différents ingrédients mais à conditionner un même produit ayant tendance à former de la mousse, le remplissage en deux temps étant seulement prévu pour laisser la mousse retomber avant de compléter le remplissage. Ces documents ne contiennent aucun indice suggérant d'utiliser une installation similaire pour assurer le conditionnement de produits selon des compositions variables.We also know documents GB 2 178 015 and EP 853 041 an installation comprising two machines fillers connected by a transfer device. However, this installation is not intended to ensure a mix of different ingredients but to condition the same product tending to form foam, filling in two stages being only planned to let the foam fall before completing filling. These documents do not contain any clues suggesting using a similar facility for ensure the packaging of products according to variable compositions.

Selon l'invention, on prévoit un procédé de conditionnement dans des récipients d'un produit liquide comprenant différents ingrédients miscibles, en utilisant une installation de remplissage comprenant au moins deux stations de remplissage du produit liquide, le procédé étant caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte les étapes de remplir des récipients partiellement avec une première partie des ingrédients à une première station de remplissage comprenant une série de postes de remplissage, de transférer les récipients à des postes de remplissage correspondants d'au moins une seconde station de remplissage et de compléter le remplissage des récipients avec le reste des ingrédients.According to the invention, a method of packaging in containers of a liquid product comprising different miscible ingredients, using a filling installation comprising at least two filling stations of the liquid product, the process being characterized in that it comprises the steps of fill containers partially with a first part of the ingredients at a first station of filling comprising a series of filling, to transfer the receptacles to corresponding filling of at least one second station filling and filling the filling of containers with the rest of the ingredients.

Ainsi, en modifiant simplement la proportion des ingrédients introduits dans le récipient à chacune des stations de remplissage, et sans qu'il soit nécessaire de modifier la composition du produit dans la cuve d'alimentation de chaque station de remplissage, on obtient à la sortie de l'installation des récipients contenants des produits de compositions variées. En particulier, dans le cas de conditionnement de lait il suffit de prévoir deux stations de remplissage, la cuve d'alimentation de l'une d'entre être elles contenant du lait entier tandis que la cuve d'alimentation de l'autre station de remplissage contient du lait écrémé, pour permettre la réalisation de lots de bouteilles comprenant des séries de bouteilles contenant du lait entier, du lait demi écrémé, ou du lait écrémé.So, by simply changing the proportion of ingredients introduced into the container at each of the filling stations, and without the need for change the composition of the product in the tank supply of each filling station, gets at the exit of the installation of the containers containers of products of various compositions. In particular, in the case of milk packaging it simply provide two filling stations, the tank feeding one of them being milk-containing whole while the feed tank of the other filling station contains skimmed milk, for allow the realization of lots of bottles including series of bottles containing whole milk, semi skimmed milk, or skimmed milk.

Selon une version avantageuse du procédé selon l'invention les ingrédients introduits dans un récipient à chaque station de remplissage sont déterminés par correspondance avec le récipient, par exemple par lecture d'un code porté par le récipient. Chaque récipient reçoit ainsi de façon automatique les différents ingrédients constituant la composition prévue pour ce récipient.According to an advantageous version of the method according to the invention the ingredients introduced into a container at each filling station are determined by correspondence with the container, for example by reading a code carried by the container. Each container receives so automatically the different ingredients constituting the composition provided for this container.

D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de l'invention apparaítront à la lecture de la description qui suit d'un mode mise en oeuvre du procédé selon l'invention en relation avec la figure unique ci-jointe qui est une représentation schématique d'une installation permettant la mise en oeuvre du procédé selon l'invention. Other features and benefits of the invention will appear on reading the description following an embodiment of the method according to the invention in relation to the single figure attached which is a schematic representation of an installation allowing the implementation of the method according to the invention.

En référence à la figure, l'installation illustrée comporte un convoyeur d'entrée 1 acheminant des récipients 2 vers un dispositif de transfert 3 servant à introduire successivement les récipients 2 dans une première station de remplissage 4 comportant un série de postes de remplissage 5 reliés par des canalisations 6 à une cuve d'alimentation 7.With reference to the figure, the installation illustrated comprises an input conveyor 1 conveying containers 2 to a transfer device 3 serving to successively introduce the containers 2 into a first filling station 4 comprising a series of filling stations 5 connected by pipes 6 to a feed tank 7.

A la sortie de la première station de remplissage 7, les récipients 2 sont repris par un dispositif de transfert 8 qui les introduit à un poste de remplissage 9 d'une seconde station de remplissage 10 comportant également une série de postes de remplissages 9 qui sont reliés par des canalisations 11 à une cuve d'alimentation 12. A la sortie de la seconde station de remplissage, les récipients 2 sont repris par un dispositif de transfert 13 qui les achemine vers un convoyeur 14 afin de les amener au poste de travail suivant, par exemple une station de bouchage ou d'emballage.At the exit of the first filling station 7, the containers 2 are taken up by a device of transfer 8 which introduces them to a filling station 9 a second filling station 10 comprising also a series of filling stations 9 that are connected by pipes 11 to a feed tank 12. At the exit of the second filling station, the containers 2 are taken over by a transfer device 13 to convey them to a conveyor 14 for the purpose of bring to the next workstation, for example a stopper or packaging station.

Par ailleurs, l'installation illustrée comporte un capteur 15 disposé en regard des récipients au moment où ceux-ci sont introduits par le dispositif de transfert 3 sur la première station de remplissage 4. Le capteur 15 est relié à une unité de commande 16 qui assure la commande des quantités d'ingrédients introduits dans un récipient à chaque poste de remplissage comme schématisé par des doubles flèches en trait fin.In addition, the illustrated installation includes a sensor 15 disposed opposite the containers at the moment where these are introduced by the transfer device 3 on the first filling station 4. The sensor 15 is connected to a control unit 16 which provides the order quantities of ingredients introduced into a container at each filling station as schematized by double arrows in fine lines.

Lorsque un récipient 2 est introduit dans la première station de remplissage le capteur 15 assure une détection d'un code porté par le récipient, par exemple la lecture d'un code à barres, et transmet celui-ci à l'unité de commande 16 qui reçoit par ailleurs de façon connue en soi l'indication du numéro d'ordre du poste de remplissage 5 qui reçoit le récipient. L'unité de commande 16 assure ainsi une correspondance entre un récipient et le poste de remplissage dans lequel le récipient est introduit. Le code porté par le récipient est significatif de la composition que le récipient est destiné à recevoir et l'unité de commande est ainsi en mesure d'assurer l'introduction des quantités requises de chaque produit contenu dans la cuve d'alimentation des différentes stations de remplissages. Dans le cas d'un conditionnement de lait on peut prévoir par exemple de disposer dans la cuve d'alimentation 7 de la première station de remplissage 4 du lait écrémé tandis que la cuve d'alimentation 12 de la seconde station de remplissage 10 contient du lait entier. Lorsque le code correspondant au lait demi écrémé est détecté par le capteur 15, l'unité de commande 13 déclenche alors le remplissage de moitié seulement du récipient au poste de remplissage correspondant de la première station de remplissage 4, et le complément au poste de remplissage correspondant de la seconde station de remplissage 10.When a container 2 is introduced into the first filling station the sensor 15 ensures a detection of a code carried by the container, for example reading a barcode, and transmits it to the control unit 16 which otherwise receives so known in itself the indication of the serial number of the filling 5 which receives the container. The unit of command 16 thus ensures a correspondence between a container and filling station in which the container is introduced. The code carried by the container is significant of the composition that the container is intended to receive and the control unit is thus in able to ensure the introduction of the required quantities of each product contained in the feed tank of the different filling stations. In the case of a conditioning of milk can be provided for example of dispose in the feed tank 7 of the first filling station 4 of the skimmed milk while the feed tank 12 of the second station of fill 10 contains whole milk. When the code corresponding to the semi-skimmed milk is detected by the sensor 15, the control unit 13 then triggers the filling of only half of the container at the corresponding filling of the first station of filling 4, and the complement to the filling station corresponding to the second filling station 10.

On notera à ce propos que la correspondance établie initialement entre un récipient 2 et un poste de travail 5 de la première station de remplissage 4 se traduit automatiquement lors du transfert par le dispositif transfert 8 par une correspondance entre ce même récipient et un poste de remplissage 9 de la seconde station de remplissage 10It should be noted in this connection that correspondence initially established between a receptacle 2 and a work 5 of the first filling station 4 se automatically translated during the transfer by the transfer device 8 by a correspondence between this same container and a filling station 9 of the second filling station 10

Si le code à barres porté par le récipient correspond à du lait écrémé le récipient est totalement rempli à la première station de remplissage 4. Si au contraire le code à barres correspond à du lait entier le récipient ne reçoit rien lors de son passage dans la première station de remplissage 4 et est intégralement rempli lors de son passage dans la seconde station de remplissage 10.If the bar code carried by the container corresponds to skim milk the container is totally filled at the first filling station. contrary the barcode corresponds to whole milk the container receives nothing during its passage in the first filling station 4 and is fully filled when passing through the second station of filling 10.

On remarquera qu'il est ainsi possible de réaliser des lots comportants le nombre de récipients souhaité pour chacune des compositions pouvant être réalisée au moyen de l'installation. Il est alors possible de constituer directement des lots conformes à la demande d'un client, par exemple un détaillant de sorte qu'à la sortie de l'installation de remplissage les lots peuvent être directement assemblés en vue de leur expédition.It will be noted that it is thus possible to produce lots with the number of containers desired for each of the compositions that can be realized by means of the installation. So he is possible to directly constitute batches that comply with a customer's request, for example a retailer of so that at the outlet of the filling plant the batches can be directly assembled for their shipping.

Bien entendu l'invention n'est pas limitée au mode de mise en oeuvre décrit et on peut y apporter des variantes de réalisation sans sortir du cadre de l'invention tel que défini par les revendications. En particulier bien que l'invention ait été illustrée en relation avec un mode de mise en oeuvre dans lequel une correspondance est établie entre un récipient et le poste de remplissage sur lequel celui-ci est chargé par lecture d'un code à barres, on peut réaliser le procédé selon l'invention en prévoyant une programmation directe de l'unité de commande 16 pour assurer le remplissage d'un nombre déterminé de récipients avec une composition donnée puis de modifier la composition pour remplir une nouvelle série de récipients.Of course, the invention is not limited to implementation method described and can be variants without going beyond the scope of the invention as defined by the claims. In particular although the invention has been illustrated in relationship with a mode of implementation in which a correspondence is established between a container and the post filling on which it is loaded by reading of a bar code, the method can be carried out according to the invention by providing for a direct programming of the control unit 16 to ensure the filling of a number of containers with a composition given then modify the composition to fill a new series of containers.

Bien que dans le mode de réalisation illustré l'installation ne comporte que deux stations de remplissage, on peut adapter le nombre de stations de remplissage au nombre de compositions différentes que l'on souhaite réaliser à partir de différents ingrédients sans qu'il soit nécessaire de modifier la nature des produits contenus dans les différentes cuves d'alimentation. A cet effet chaque cuve d'alimentation peut en outre contenir un ingrédient unique ou un mélange d'ingrédients lorsque ce mélange est commun à différentes compositions. Les récipients sont transférés aux différentes stations correspondant aux éléments nécessaires pour constituer la composition requise, ce qui permet de compléter successivement le remplissage des récipients avec le reste des ingrédients. Although in the illustrated embodiment there are only two filling, the number of filling stations can be filling to the number of different compositions that you want to make from different ingredients without the need to change the nature of the products contained in the different tanks Power. For this purpose each feed tank may also contain a single ingredient or a mixture of ingredients when this mixture is common to different compositions. The containers are transferred to different stations corresponding to the elements necessary to constitute the required composition, this which makes it possible to successively complete the filling of containers with the rest of the ingredients.

Dans le cas où les récipients portent un code à barres mais n'ont pas une orientation privilégiée au moment de leur chargement à un poste de remplissage ou peut prévoir plusieurs capteurs afin d'assurer une lecture du code à barres quelle que soit l'orientation du récipient.In the case where the receptacles bear a code bars but do not have a privileged orientation to moment of their loading to a filling station or can provide multiple sensors to ensure a reading the barcode whatever the orientation of the container.

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  1. A method of packaging into receptacles (2) a liquid product comprising different miscible ingredients, by using a filling installation comprising at least two filling units (4, 10) of the liquid product, the method being characterized in that it comprises the steps of filling receptacles (2) in part with a first portion of the ingredients in a first filling unit (4) comprising a series of filling station (5), of transferring the receptacles to corresponding filling stations (9) of at least one second filling unit (10), and thereafter finishing off the filling of the receptacles with the remainder of the ingredients.
  2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the ingredients introduced in each filling unit are determined in correspondence with the receptacle.
  3. A method according to claim 2, wherein the correspondence with the receptacle is established by detecting a code carried by the receptacle (2).
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