EP1355824A1 - Tube filling machine - Google Patents

Tube filling machine

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EP1355824A1
EP1355824A1 EP02716677A EP02716677A EP1355824A1 EP 1355824 A1 EP1355824 A1 EP 1355824A1 EP 02716677 A EP02716677 A EP 02716677A EP 02716677 A EP02716677 A EP 02716677A EP 1355824 A1 EP1355824 A1 EP 1355824A1
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tube
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Rolf Limbach
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IWK Verpackungstechnik GmbH
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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
    • B65B65/00—Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided for; Arrangements of such details
    • 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 invention relates to a tube filling machine with a rotating conveying device, by means of which a tube can be transported through the tube filling machine, passing through various processing stations, one of the processing stations being a filling unit in which the tube can be filled with a desired product.
  • Known tube filling machines have a conveyor device usually designed as an endless belt or chain, which carries a plurality of receptacles or tube holders for one tube each.
  • the empty tubes are inserted into the tube holder of the conveying device in a loading station and then pass through several work stations, which are in particular a filling unit and a downstream closure unit.
  • the tubes are filled with the desired product or medium via a filling tube which is connected to a filling medium reservoir via a metering device.
  • the filled tube is then passed on to the closure unit. transported in which the upper end of the tube is closed.
  • the filling unit which comprises all wet parts contaminated with the first product, is then lifted out of the tube-filling machine with the aid of a lifting device, for example a crane. Since a tube filling machine is to be constructed very compactly, the space for the expansion and in particular the lifting out of the filling unit is very limited. This makes removing the filling unit difficult and time-consuming and therefore cost-intensive, especially since the tube filling machine cannot be in operation during the removal and installation of a new filling unit.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a tube filling machine of the type mentioned, in which the
  • Filling unit can be removed and installed in a simple and quick manner.
  • the filling machine Unit is mounted on an adjustable support structure, which is adjustable between an operating position in which the filling unit is arranged in the tube filling machine above the tube to be filled, and a non-operating position in which the filling unit protrudes laterally from the tube filling machine.
  • the invention is based on the basic idea that the filling unit should not be installed directly in the tube filling machine, but instead be stored on a special supporting structure that can be adjusted if necessary.
  • the filling unit When the tube foot machine is in operation, the filling unit is located in a conventional manner above the tubes to be filled, with its supporting structure in the so-called operating position.
  • the operating position When a desired product change is made, the
  • Support structure adjusted. It can either be pulled out of the tube foot machine laterally, it is preferably provided that the supporting structure is pivotally mounted and can thus be pivoted out of the tube foot machine laterally. In the position protruding laterally from the tube foot machine, the support structure is in the so-called non-operating position, in which the filling unit also protrudes laterally from the tube foot machine and is therefore easily accessible. In this way, it is in particular possible to grasp the filling unit sitting on the supporting structure by means of a conventional lifting device, in particular a crane or a forklift, and to lift it off the supporting structure.
  • special receptacles are provided for the hoist, which in particular can be tubular or rail-like guides for the tines of the forklift.
  • the installation or removal of the filling unit can be accelerated even further if the drives of the filling and metering elements are automatically decoupled from the filling and metering elements when the support structure is adjusted, or if they engage with them.
  • the filling unit has a rotary slide valve with a rotary slide valve drive, which can be automatically decoupled from the rotary slide valve when the supporting structure and thus the filling unit is moved into the non-operating position, and when the supporting structure is adjusted and thus the filling unit automatically engages with the rotary valve in the operating position.
  • the filling unit can also have at least one shut-off tappet with a tappet drive, which can be automatically decoupled from the shut-off tappet when the supporting structure and thus the filler unit is moved into the non-operating position, and automatically engages with the shut-off tappet when the support structure and the filling unit are adjusted into the operating position occurs.
  • a tappet drive can be automatically decoupled from the shut-off tappet when the supporting structure and thus the filler unit is moved into the non-operating position, and automatically engages with the shut-off tappet when the support structure and the filling unit are adjusted into the operating position occurs.
  • the drives can be used for the corresponding filling and metering elements of different filling units, so that each drive unit does not have to be assigned its own drive devices.
  • the support structure has a base frame and a support arm pivotably mounted thereon, wherein between the Floor frame and the support arm, an imagining device is arranged.
  • the adjusting device can be, for example, a spindle drive or a piston-cylinder unit.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic side view of the essential elements of a tube foot machine in the operating position
  • Figure 2 shows the elements of FIG. 1 in the non-operating position.
  • the tube foot machine 10 comprises an endlessly rotating conveyor device 11 in the form of a conveyor belt, which has a plurality of tube holders 12 projecting outwards, into each of which a tube 13 is inserted.
  • the exemplary embodiment shown shows a tube foot machine working in two adjacent rows, however the invention can also be applied to single-row or multi-row tube foot machines.
  • the filling unit 14 is arranged above this.
  • a feed line 14 for the product to be filled which ends in vertical filling nozzles 20 which fill the tubes 13 to be filled from above. are feasible.
  • a rotary slide valve 16 known per se with a rotary slide valve drive 17 is also provided in the feed line.
  • a plunger 18 is assigned to each of the filling nozzles 20, the plungers 18 being driven by a common plunger drive 19.
  • the rotary valve drive 17 and the plunger drive 19 are mounted in a manner not shown, fixed within the tube pumping machine.
  • the other parts of the filling unit 14, i.e. the supply line 15, the rotary valve 16, the shut-off plunger 18 and the filling nozzles 20 are mounted on a support frame 23 which has tubular receptacles 24 for a hoist on the underside.
  • the support frame 23 is releasably seated on a support structure 21 which comprises a base frame 25 u which is supported on a base by feet 26.
  • a support arm 22 is pivotally mounted about a joint 28, on which the support frame 23 with the aforementioned components of the filling unit 14 is placed.
  • An adjusting device 27 in the form of a spindle drive is arranged between the base frame 25 and the support arm 22, via which the support arm 22 can be pivoted relative to the base frame 25.
  • the filling unit 14 In the operating position shown in FIG. 1, the filling unit 14 is in its usual arrangement within the tube filling machine, the filling nozzles 20 being located above the tubes 13 to be filled and being supplied with the medium to be filled via the feed line 15.
  • the rotary slide valve 16 is coupled to the rotary slide valve drive 17 and the shut-off plungers 18 are connected to the plunger drive 19.
  • the support arm 22 is in an upright position.
  • the tube filling machine When changing the product, the tube filling machine is stopped and the support arm 22 is actuated by actuating the Device 27 pivoted out of the tube foot machine into the non-operating position shown in FIG. 2, in which the support arm 22 with the support frame 23 seated thereon, which carries the wet parts of the filling unit 14, projects laterally out of the tube foot machine.
  • the rotary slide valve drive 17 and the plunger drive 19 remain in the tube filling machine, the connection of the rotary slide valve drive 17 with the rotary slide valve 16 and the plunger drive 19 with the shut-off plunger 18 being automatically decoupled by pivoting the support arm 22.
  • the two receptacles 24 of the support frame 23 are aligned essentially horizontally next to one another, so that a forklift truck with its tines move into the receptacles 24 and the support frame 23 with the feed line 15, the rotary valve 16, the shut-off plungers 18 and the filling nozzles 20 can lift up from the support arm 22, as indicated by the arrow A in FIG. 2.
  • Another support frame with cleaned filling and dosing elements can then be placed on the support arm by means of the forklift

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  • Basic Packing Technique (AREA)
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Abstract

The invention relates to a tube filling machine comprising a peripheral conveying device (11) enabling a tube (13) to be transported through the tube filling machine and to pass through various processing stations run through. One of the processing stations is a filling unit (14) in which the tube (13) can be filled with a desired product. In order to assemble and dismantle the filling unit (14) in a fast and simple manner, it is placed on an adjustable supporting structure (21) which can be adjusted between an operating position in which the filling unit (14) is arranged in the tube-filling machine above the tube which is to be filled (13) and a non-operating position in which filling unit protrudes laterally from the tube filling machine.

Description

TubenfuUmaschine TubenfuUmaschine
Die Erfindung betrifft eine TubenfuUmaschine mit einer umlaufenden Fördervorrichtung, mittels der eine Tube durch die TubenfuUmaschine transportierbar ist, wobei sie ver- schiedene Bearbeitungsstationen durchläuft, wobei eine der Bearbeitungsstationen eine Fülleinheit ist, in der die Tube mit einem gewünschten Produkt füllbar ist.The invention relates to a tube filling machine with a rotating conveying device, by means of which a tube can be transported through the tube filling machine, passing through various processing stations, one of the processing stations being a filling unit in which the tube can be filled with a desired product.
Bekannte Tubenfüllmaschinen besitzen eine üblicherweise als Endlos-Band oder -Kette ausgebildete Fördervorrichtung, die eine Vielzahl von Aufnahmen oder Tubenhaltern für jeweils eine Tube trägt. Die leeren Tuben werden in einer Beschik- kungsstation in die Tubenhalter der Fördervorrichtung eingesetzt und durchlaufen dann mehrere Arbeitsstationen, bei denen es sich insbesondere um eine Fülleinheit und eine nachgeschaltete Verschlußeinheit handelt. In der Fülleinheit werden die Tuben über ein Füllrohr, das über eine Dosiereinrichtung an einen Füllmediumspeicher angeschlossen ist, mit dem gewünschten Produkt oder Medium gefüllt. Die gefüllte Tube wird dann zu der Verschlußeinheit weiter- transportiert, in der das obere Tubenende verschlossen wird.Known tube filling machines have a conveyor device usually designed as an endless belt or chain, which carries a plurality of receptacles or tube holders for one tube each. The empty tubes are inserted into the tube holder of the conveying device in a loading station and then pass through several work stations, which are in particular a filling unit and a downstream closure unit. In the filling unit, the tubes are filled with the desired product or medium via a filling tube which is connected to a filling medium reservoir via a metering device. The filled tube is then passed on to the closure unit. transported in which the upper end of the tube is closed.
Wenn bei einer TubenfuUmaschine nach dem Abfüllen eines ersten Produkts oder Mediums ein Wechsel auf ein anderes Produkt oder Medium stattfinden soll, ist es aus hygienischen Gründen notwendig, die Fülleinheit vollständig von Resten des ersten Produktes zu reinigen. Dies geschieht in der Regel dadurch, daß die Fülleinheit aus der Tubenfüllma- schine ausgebaut wird und an einem externen Ort gereinigt wird. Zum Ausbau der Fülleinheit müssen zunächst die Befestigungsschrauben gelöst werden, über die die Fülleinheit in der TubenfuUmaschine gehalten ist. Anschließend müssen die Antriebe der Füll- und Dosierelemente, d.h. üblicher- weise der Antrieb des Drehschiebers und der Antrieb der Absperrstößel, von den jeweiligen Füll- und Dosierelementen, d.h. dem Drehschieber und dem Absperrstößel gelöst werden. Daraufhin wird die Fülleinheit, die alle mit dem ersten Produkt verunreinigten Naßteile umfaßt, unter Zuhilfenahme eines Hebezeugs, beispielsweise eines Krans, aus der TubenfuUmaschine herausgehoben. Da eine TubenfuUmaschine sehr kompakt aufgebaut sein soll, sind die Platzverhältnisse für den Ausbau und insbesondere das Herausheben der Fülleinheit sehr beengt. Dadurch ist der Ausbau der Fülleinheit schwie- rig und zeitaufwendig und somit kostenintensiv, zumal die TubenfuUmaschine während der Zeit des Ausbaus und des Einbaus einer neuen Fülleinheit nicht in Betrieb sein kann.If a tube filling machine should switch to another product or medium after filling a first product or medium, it is necessary for hygienic reasons to completely clean the filling unit of residues of the first product. This usually happens by removing the filling unit from the tube filling machine and cleaning it at an external location. To remove the filling unit, the fastening screws that hold the filling unit in the tube filling machine must first be loosened. Then the drives of the filling and dosing elements, i.e. Usually the drive of the rotary valve and the drive of the shut-off plunger, from the respective filling and dosing elements, i.e. the rotary valve and the shut-off plunger. The filling unit, which comprises all wet parts contaminated with the first product, is then lifted out of the tube-filling machine with the aid of a lifting device, for example a crane. Since a tube filling machine is to be constructed very compactly, the space for the expansion and in particular the lifting out of the filling unit is very limited. This makes removing the filling unit difficult and time-consuming and therefore cost-intensive, especially since the tube filling machine cannot be in operation during the removal and installation of a new filling unit.
Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, eine Tubenfüllma- schine der genannten Art zu schaffen, bei der sich dieThe invention has for its object to provide a tube filling machine of the type mentioned, in which the
Fülleinheit in einfacher und schneller Weise aus- und einbauen läßt.Filling unit can be removed and installed in a simple and quick manner.
Diese Aufgabe wird erfindungsgemäß bei einer Tubenfüllma- schine der genannten Art dadurch gelöst, daß die Füllein- heit auf einer verstellbaren Tragkonstruktion gelagert ist, die zwischen einer Betriebsstellung, in der die Fülleinheit in der TubenfuUmaschine oberhalb der zu füllenden Tube angeordnet ist, und einer Nicht-Betriebsstellung verstellbar ist, in der die Fülleinheit aus der TubenfuUmaschine seitlich hervorsteht.This object is achieved according to the invention in a tube filling machine of the type mentioned in that the filling machine Unit is mounted on an adjustable support structure, which is adjustable between an operating position in which the filling unit is arranged in the tube filling machine above the tube to be filled, and a non-operating position in which the filling unit protrudes laterally from the tube filling machine.
Die Erfindung geht von der Grundüberlegung aus, die Füll- einheit nicht direkt in die TubenfuUmaschine einzubauen, sondern sie auf einer speziellen Tragkonstruktion zu lagern, die bei Bedarf verstellt werden kann. Bei Betrieb der TubenfuUmaschine befindet sich die Fülleinheit in herkömmlicher Weise oberhalb der zu befüllenden Tuben, wobei ihre Tragkonstruktion sich in der sogenannten Betriebsstellung befindet. Bei einem gewünschten Produktwechsel wird dieThe invention is based on the basic idea that the filling unit should not be installed directly in the tube filling machine, but instead be stored on a special supporting structure that can be adjusted if necessary. When the tube foot machine is in operation, the filling unit is located in a conventional manner above the tubes to be filled, with its supporting structure in the so-called operating position. When a desired product change is made, the
Tragkonstruktion verstellt. Dabei kann sie entweder aus der TubenfuUmaschine seitlich herausgezogen werden, vorzugsweise ist vorgesehen, daß die Tragkonstruktion schwenkbar gelagert ist und somit seitlich aus der TubenfuUmaschine herausgeschwenkt werden kann. In der seitlich aus der TubenfuUmaschine hervorstehenden Position befindet sich die Tragkonstruktion in der sogenannten Nicht-Betriebsstellung, in der die Fülleinheit ebenfalls seitlich aus der TubenfuUmaschine hervorsteht und somit gut zugänglich ist. Auf diese Weise ist es insbesondere möglich, die auf der Tragkonstruktion sitzende Fülleinheit mittels eines herkömmlichen Hebezeugs, insbesondere eines Krans oder eines Gabelstaplers, zu erfassen und von der Tragkonstruktion abzuheben. Zu diesem Zweck sind in Weiterbildung der Erfindung spezielle Aufnahmen für das Hebezeug vorgesehen, wobei es sich insbesondere um röhr- oder schienenartige Führungen für die Zinken des Gabelstaplers handeln kann.Support structure adjusted. It can either be pulled out of the tube foot machine laterally, it is preferably provided that the supporting structure is pivotally mounted and can thus be pivoted out of the tube foot machine laterally. In the position protruding laterally from the tube foot machine, the support structure is in the so-called non-operating position, in which the filling unit also protrudes laterally from the tube foot machine and is therefore easily accessible. In this way, it is in particular possible to grasp the filling unit sitting on the supporting structure by means of a conventional lifting device, in particular a crane or a forklift, and to lift it off the supporting structure. For this purpose, in a further development of the invention, special receptacles are provided for the hoist, which in particular can be tubular or rail-like guides for the tines of the forklift.
Es hat sich gezeigt, daß durch das seitliche Herausfahren oder Herausschwenken der Fülleinheit deren Einbau oder Aus- bau wesentlich schneller durchgeführt werden kann, wodurch die Stillstandszeiten der TubenfuUmaschine bei einem Produktwechsel wesentlich verringert sind.It has been shown that by pulling the filling unit out or swinging it out laterally, its installation or removal construction can be carried out much faster, which significantly reduces the downtimes of the tube filling machine when changing products.
Der Einbau bzw. Ausbau der Fülleinheit läßt sich noch weiter beschleunigen, wenn die Antriebe der Füll- und Dosier- ele ente bei der Verstellung der Tragkonstruktion selbsttätig von den Füll- und Dosierelementen entkoppelt werden bzw. mit diesen in Eingriff treten. Zu diesem Zweck ist in bevorzugter Ausgestaltung der Erfindung vorgesehen, daß die Fülleinheit einen Drehschieber mit einem Drehschieber- Antrieb aufweist, der bei Verstellung der Tragkonstruktion und somit der Fülleinheit in die Nicht-Betriebsstellung selbsttätig von dem Drehschieber entkoppelbar ist und bei Verstellung der Tragkonstruktion und somit der Fülleinheit in die Betriebsstellung selbsttätig mit dem Drehschieber in Eingriff tritt. Entsprechend kann die Fülleinheit auch zumindest einen Absperrstößel mit einem Stößelantrieb aufweisen, der bei Verstellung der Tragkonstruktion und somit der Fülleinheit in die Nicht-Betriebsstellung selbsttätig von dem Absperrstößel entkoppelbar ist und bei Verstellung der Tragkonstruktion und der Fülleinheit in die Betriebsstellung selbsttätig mit dem Absperrstößel in Eingriff tritt. Auf diese Weise kann das zeitaufwendige Lösen der Verbin- düng zwischen dem Drehschieber und dem Drehschieber-Antrieb bzw. zwischen dem Absperrstößel und dem Stößelantrieb entfallen. Darüber hinaus ist der weitere Vorteil gegeben, daß die Antriebe für die entsprechenden Füll- und Dosierelemente verschiedener Fülleinheiten verwendet werden können, so daß nicht jeder Fülleinheit eigene Antriebsvorrichtungen zugeordnet werden müssen.The installation or removal of the filling unit can be accelerated even further if the drives of the filling and metering elements are automatically decoupled from the filling and metering elements when the support structure is adjusted, or if they engage with them. For this purpose, it is provided in a preferred embodiment of the invention that the filling unit has a rotary slide valve with a rotary slide valve drive, which can be automatically decoupled from the rotary slide valve when the supporting structure and thus the filling unit is moved into the non-operating position, and when the supporting structure is adjusted and thus the filling unit automatically engages with the rotary valve in the operating position. Correspondingly, the filling unit can also have at least one shut-off tappet with a tappet drive, which can be automatically decoupled from the shut-off tappet when the supporting structure and thus the filler unit is moved into the non-operating position, and automatically engages with the shut-off tappet when the support structure and the filling unit are adjusted into the operating position occurs. In this way, the time-consuming loosening of the connection between the rotary valve and the rotary valve drive or between the shut-off plunger and the plunger drive can be omitted. In addition, there is the further advantage that the drives can be used for the corresponding filling and metering elements of different filling units, so that each drive unit does not have to be assigned its own drive devices.
In bevorzugter Ausgestaltung der Erfindung ist vorgesehen, daß die Tragkonstruktion einen Bodenrahmen und einen daran schwenkbar gelagerten Tragarm aufweist, wobei zwischen dem Bodenrahmen und dem Tragarm eine Vorstellvorrichtung angeordnet ist. Bei der VerStellvorrichtung kann es sich beispielsweise um einen Spindeltrieb oder auch um eine Kolben- Zylinder-Einheit handeln.In a preferred embodiment of the invention it is provided that the support structure has a base frame and a support arm pivotably mounted thereon, wherein between the Floor frame and the support arm, an imagining device is arranged. The adjusting device can be, for example, a spindle drive or a piston-cylinder unit.
Weitere Einzelheiten und Merkmale der Erfindung sind aus der folgenden Beschreibung eines Ausführungsbeispiels unter Bezugnahme auf die beigefügte Zeichnung ersichtlich. Es zeigen:Further details and features of the invention are apparent from the following description of an embodiment with reference to the accompanying drawings. Show it:
Figur 1 eine schematische Seitenansicht der wesentlichen Elemente einer TubenfuUmaschine in der Betriebsstellung undFigure 1 is a schematic side view of the essential elements of a tube foot machine in the operating position and
Figur 2 die Elemente gemäß Fig. 1 in der Nicht-Betriebsstellung.Figure 2 shows the elements of FIG. 1 in the non-operating position.
In den Fig. 1 und 2 sind nur diejenigen konstruktiven Elemente einer TubenfuUmaschine 10 dargestellt, die zur Er- läuterung der Erfindung notwendig sind. Die TubenfuUmaschine 10 umfaßt eine endlos umlaufende Fördervorrichtung 11 in Form eines Förderbandes, die eine Vielzahl von nach außen vorstehenden Tubenhaltern 12 besitzt, in die jeweils eine Tube 13 eingesetzt ist. Das dargestellte Ausführungs- beispiel zeigt eine in zwei nebeneinanderliegenden Reihen arbeitenden TubenfuUmaschine, jedoch ist die Erfindung auch auf einreihige oder mehrreihige TubenfuUmaschine anwendbar .1 and 2 only those constructive elements of a tube footing machine 10 are shown which are necessary to explain the invention. The tube foot machine 10 comprises an endlessly rotating conveyor device 11 in the form of a conveyor belt, which has a plurality of tube holders 12 projecting outwards, into each of which a tube 13 is inserted. The exemplary embodiment shown shows a tube foot machine working in two adjacent rows, however the invention can also be applied to single-row or multi-row tube foot machines.
In einem Bereich der Fördervorrichtung 11, in dem die TubenIn an area of the conveyor 11 in which the tubes
13 im wesentlichen vertikal ausgerichtet sind, ist oberhalb von diesem eine Fülleinheit 14 angeordnet. Die Fülleinheit13 are aligned substantially vertically, a filling unit 14 is arranged above this. The filling unit
14 weist den herkömmlichen Aufbau mit einerZuleitung 14 für das abzufüllende Produkt aus, die in vertikalen Fülldüsen 20 endet, die von oben in die zu füllenden Tuben 13 ein- führbar sind. In der Zuleitung ist weiterhin ein an sich bekannter Drehschieber 16 mit einem Drehschieber-Antrieb 17 vorgesehen. Den Fülldüsen 20 ist jeweils ein Stößel 18 zugeordnet, wobei die Stößel 18 über einen gemeinsamen Stö- ßelantrieb 19 angetrieben sind.14 shows the conventional structure with a feed line 14 for the product to be filled, which ends in vertical filling nozzles 20 which fill the tubes 13 to be filled from above. are feasible. A rotary slide valve 16 known per se with a rotary slide valve drive 17 is also provided in the feed line. A plunger 18 is assigned to each of the filling nozzles 20, the plungers 18 being driven by a common plunger drive 19.
Der Drehschieber-Antrieb 17 und der Stößelantrieb 19 sind in nicht dargestellter Weise ortsfest innerhalb der TubenfuUmaschine gelagert. Die weiteren Teile der Fülleinheit 14, d.h. die Zuleitung 15, der Drehschieber 16, die Absperrstößel 18 und die Fülldüsen 20 sind auf einem Tragrahmen 23 gelagert, der unterseitig rohrartige Aufnahmen 24 für ein Hebezeug besitzt. Der Tragrahmen 23 sitzt lösbar auf einer Tragkonstruktion 21, die einen Bodenrahmen 25 u - faßt, der über Füße 26 auf einem Untergrund abgestützt ist. An dem Bodenrahmen 25 ist um ein Gelenk 28 ein Tragarm 22 schwenkbar gelagert, auf den der Tragrahmen 23 mit den genannten Bauteilen der Fülleinheit 14 aufgesetzt ist. Zwischen dem Bodenrahmen 25 und dem Tragarm 22 ist eine Ver- Stellvorrichtung 27 in Form eines Spindeltriebes angeordnet, über die der Tragarm 22 relativ zum Bodenrahmen 25 verschwenkt werden kann.The rotary valve drive 17 and the plunger drive 19 are mounted in a manner not shown, fixed within the tube pumping machine. The other parts of the filling unit 14, i.e. the supply line 15, the rotary valve 16, the shut-off plunger 18 and the filling nozzles 20 are mounted on a support frame 23 which has tubular receptacles 24 for a hoist on the underside. The support frame 23 is releasably seated on a support structure 21 which comprises a base frame 25 u which is supported on a base by feet 26. On the base frame 25, a support arm 22 is pivotally mounted about a joint 28, on which the support frame 23 with the aforementioned components of the filling unit 14 is placed. An adjusting device 27 in the form of a spindle drive is arranged between the base frame 25 and the support arm 22, via which the support arm 22 can be pivoted relative to the base frame 25.
In der in Fig. 1 dargestellten Betriebsstellung befindet sich die Fülleinheit 14 in ihrer üblichen Anordnung innerhalb der TubenfuUmaschine, wobei die Fülldüsen 20 oberhalb der zu füllenden Tuben 13 sitzen und über die Zuleitung 15 mit dem abzufüllenden Medium versorgt werden. Der Drehschieber 16 ist mit dem Drehschieber-Antrieb 17 gekoppelt und die Absperrstößel 18 sind mit dem Stößelantrieb 19 versbunden. Der Tragarm 22 befindet sich in einer aufrechten Position.In the operating position shown in FIG. 1, the filling unit 14 is in its usual arrangement within the tube filling machine, the filling nozzles 20 being located above the tubes 13 to be filled and being supplied with the medium to be filled via the feed line 15. The rotary slide valve 16 is coupled to the rotary slide valve drive 17 and the shut-off plungers 18 are connected to the plunger drive 19. The support arm 22 is in an upright position.
Bei einem Produktwechsel wird die TubenfuUmaschine an- gehalten und der- Tragarm 22 durch Betätigung der Verstell- Vorrichtung 27 aus der TubenfuUmaschine in die in Fig. 2 dargestellte Nicht-Betriebsstellung herausgeschwenkt, in der der Tragarm 22 mit dem auf ihm sitzenden Tragrahmen 23, der die Naßteile der Fülleinheit 14 trägt, seitlich aus der TubenfuUmaschine hervorsteht. Der Drehschieber-Antrieb 17 und der Stößelantrieb 19 verbleiben in der TubenfuUmaschine, wobei die Verbindung des Drehschieber-Antriebs 17 mit dem Drehschieber 16 und des Stößelantriebs 19 mit dem Ab- sperrstößel 18 durch Schwenkung des Tragarms 22 selbsttätig entkoppelt wird.When changing the product, the tube filling machine is stopped and the support arm 22 is actuated by actuating the Device 27 pivoted out of the tube foot machine into the non-operating position shown in FIG. 2, in which the support arm 22 with the support frame 23 seated thereon, which carries the wet parts of the filling unit 14, projects laterally out of the tube foot machine. The rotary slide valve drive 17 and the plunger drive 19 remain in the tube filling machine, the connection of the rotary slide valve drive 17 with the rotary slide valve 16 and the plunger drive 19 with the shut-off plunger 18 being automatically decoupled by pivoting the support arm 22.
In der Nicht-Betriebsstellung sind die beiden Aufnahmen 24 des Tragrahmens 23 im wesentlichen horizontal nebeneinander ausgerichtet, so daß ein Gabelstapler mit seinen Zinken in die Aufnahmen 24 einfahren und den Tragrahmen 23 mit der Zuführleitung 15, dem Drehschieber 16, den Absperrstößeln 18 und den Fülldüsen 20 nach oben von dem Tragarm 22 abheben kann, wie in Fig. 2 durch den Pfeil A angedeutet ist. Mittels des Gabelstaplers kann dann ein anderer Tragrahmen mit gereinigten Füll- und Dosierelementen auf den TragarmIn the non-operating position, the two receptacles 24 of the support frame 23 are aligned essentially horizontally next to one another, so that a forklift truck with its tines move into the receptacles 24 and the support frame 23 with the feed line 15, the rotary valve 16, the shut-off plungers 18 and the filling nozzles 20 can lift up from the support arm 22, as indicated by the arrow A in FIG. 2. Another support frame with cleaned filling and dosing elements can then be placed on the support arm by means of the forklift
22 aufgesetzt werden, woraufhin dieser durch Betätigung der Versteilvorrichtung 27 in die TubenfuUmaschine in die in Fig. 1 gezeigte Betriebsstellung schwenkt, wobei der Dreh- schieber 16 mit dem ortsfesten Drehschieber-Antrieb 17 und die Absperrstößel 18 mit dem ortsfest ausgebildeten Stößel - antrieb 19 selbsttätig in Eingriff treten. In dieser Stellung ist der Wechsel der Fülleinheit 14 abgeschlossen. 22 are put on, whereupon the latter swivels into the operating position shown in FIG. 1 by actuating the adjusting device 27 into the tube foot machine, the rotary slide valve 16 with the stationary rotary slide valve drive 17 and the shut-off plunger 18 with the fixed plunger drive 19 automatically engage. In this position, the change of the filling unit 14 is completed.

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1. TubenfuUmaschine mit einer umlaufenden Fördervorrichtung (11) , mittels der eine Tube (13) durch die TubenfuUmaschine transportierbar ist, wobei sie verschie- dene Bearbeitungsstationen durchläuft, wobei eine der Bearbeitungsstationen eine Fülleinheit (14) ist, in der die Tube (13) mit einem gewünschten Produkt füll- bar ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Fülleinheit (14) auf einer verstellbaren Tragkonstruktion (21) ge- lagert ist, die zwischen einer Betriebsstellung, in der die Fülleinheit (14) in der TubenfuUmaschine oberhalb der zu füllenden Tube (13) angeordnet ist, und einer Nicht-Betriebsstellung verstellbar ist, in der die Fülleinheit (14) aus der TubenfuUmaschine seitlich hervorsteht.1. Tube filling machine with a rotating conveyor device (11), by means of which a tube (13) can be transported through the tube filling machine, passing through various processing stations, one of the processing stations being a filling unit (14) in which the tube (13) can be filled with a desired product, characterized in that the filling unit (14) is mounted on an adjustable supporting structure (21) which is between an operating position in which the filling unit (14) is in the tube filling machine above the tube to be filled (13) is arranged, and a non-operating position is adjustable, in which the filling unit (14) protrudes laterally from the tube filling machine.
2. TubenfuUmaschine nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Tragkonstruktion (21) schwenkbar gelagert ist. 2. TubenfuUmaschine according to claim 1, characterized in that the supporting structure (21) is pivotally mounted.
3. TubenfuUmaschine nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Fülleinheit (14) Aufnahmen (24) für ein Hebezeug aufweist, mit dem die Fülleinheit (14) in der Nicht-Betriebsstellung der Tragkonstruk- tion (21) von dieser abhebbar ist.3. Tubing machine according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the filling unit (14) has receptacles (24) for a hoist with which the filling unit (14) in the non-operating position of the supporting structure (21) can be lifted off from this ,
4. TubenfuUmaschine nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Fülleinheit (14) einen Drehschieber (16) mit einem Drehschieber-Antrieb (17) aufweist, wobei der Drehschieber-Antrieb (17) bei Verstellung der Tragkonstruktion (21) in die Nicht-Betriebsstellung selbsttätig von dem Drehschieber (16) entkoppelbar ist.4. tube foot machine according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the filling unit (14) has a rotary slide valve (16) with a rotary slide valve drive (17), the rotary slide valve drive (17) when adjusting the supporting structure (21) can be automatically decoupled from the rotary slide valve (16) into the non-operating position.
5. TubenfuUmaschine nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Fülleinheit (14) zumindest einen Absperrstößel (18) mit einem Stößelantrieb (19) aufweist, wobei der Stößelantrieb (19) bei Verstellung der Tragkonstruktion (21) in die Nicht-Be- triebsstellung selbsttätig von dem Absperrstößel (18) entkoppelbar ist.5. Tubing machine according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the filling unit (14) has at least one shut-off tappet (18) with a tappet drive (19), the tappet drive (19) when adjusting the support structure (21) in the non -Operating position can be automatically decoupled from the shut-off plunger (18).
6. TubenfuUmaschine nach Anspruch 4 oder 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Drehschieber-Antrieb (17) und der Stößelantrieb (19) ortsfest in der TubenfuUmaschine gelagert sind.6. tube foot machine according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that the rotary slide drive (17) and the tappet drive (19) are mounted in a stationary manner in the tube foot machine.
7. TubenfuUmaschine nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Tragkonstruktion (21) einen Bodenrahmen (25) und einen daran schwenkbar gelagerten Tragarm (22) aufweist, wobei zwischen dem Bodenrahmen (25) und dem Tragarm (22) eine Versteilvorrichtung (27) angeordnet ist. TubenfuUmaschine nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Versteilvorrichtung (27) ein Spindeltrieb oder eine Kolben- Zylinder-Einheit ist. 7. TubenfuUmaschine according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the support structure (21) has a base frame (25) and a pivot arm mounted thereon (22), wherein between the base frame (25) and the support arm (22) Adjustment device (27) is arranged. Tube filling machine according to claim 7, characterized in that the adjusting device (27) is a spindle drive or a piston-cylinder unit.
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