EP1375412B1 - Boucheuse pour bouteilles - Google Patents

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EP1375412B1
EP1375412B1 EP03076906A EP03076906A EP1375412B1 EP 1375412 B1 EP1375412 B1 EP 1375412B1 EP 03076906 A EP03076906 A EP 03076906A EP 03076906 A EP03076906 A EP 03076906A EP 1375412 B1 EP1375412 B1 EP 1375412B1
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Claudio Saurin
Osvaldo Maron
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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
    • B67B1/00—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying stoppers
    • B67B1/04—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying stoppers by inserting threadless stoppers, e.g. corks

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  • the present invention refers to a corking machine, suitable for operating both in normal environments and in sterile and controlled environments.
  • the present invention concerns corking machines to be used in the wine industry for the quick and secure insertion of corks, preferably made from cork, inside portions of containers, such as bottlenecks, which are already filled with drinking substances (milk, wine, fruit juice, etc.) thanks to filling machines and which must be put on general sale.
  • Conventional corking machines usually comprise a main structure having a rotating body integral with a platform, on the outer edge of which are foreseen a series of grip, transportation and release members of the cork in corking position.
  • the corks are usually discharged on the rotating platform by means of a suitable column feeder and then they are gripped individually by the grip members and taken, thanks to the rotary motion of the platform, below a plunger, actuated by a guide cam, for the introduction of the cork inside the bottleneck.
  • the grip members integral with the rotating platform consist of pincer-shaped members controlled by cam mechanisms, whereas the plunger for introducing the cork is usually moved in the axial direction through a pneumatic actuator; it is also possible to use an electrical adjustment system of the penetration of the cork inside the bottleneck, lifting or lowering the actuator cam of the plungers, according to whether the cork is too deep or not deep enough, respectively, into the bottleneck containing the drinking product to be conserved.
  • Each pincer member foreseen on the rotating platform grips one cork at a time at the vertical cork-feeding column, transports it along a determined path and then releases it at the jaws of a compressor bracket.
  • the compressor bracket then takes care of compressing the cork to make it suitable for being inserted in a bottle and, following the compression action of the jaws, the vertical translation of the plunger which moves from top to bottom, thanks to the pressing action of a control cam, determines the insertion of the cork itself inside the bottleneck, where, thereafter, the subsequent expansion of the aforementioned cork causes the adherence of the cork walls inside the container and, consequently, the air-tight sealing thereof.
  • corks actually made from cork which moreover determines perfect conservation of some drinking substances contained inside the container, does however cause some drawbacks in the act of sealing the bottles.
  • the cork itself usually tends to release cork dust which builds up inside the gaps in the machine, penetrates inside of it and inserts itself between the actuation members.
  • cork dust inside specific products is symptomatic of low quality, even if there is no actual pollution of the product.
  • the systems for eliminating cork dust from the corking head currently foresee a first step of continuous suction of the particles from the compression monoblock, thanks to which possible impurities fallen into the monoblock with the cork are eliminated; in a second step, when the cork starts to be compressed and the bottle moves below the plunger for inserting the cork, an airflow begins which makes the dust particles sticking to the various elements of the corking head move, whereas the suction step of the dust from the monoblock continues in a direction substantially parallel to the entry direction of the airflow, in order to realize a consistent "chimney effect".
  • a cycle is usually applied comprising a step of pre-evacuation of air from the bottleneck, a step of saturation with inert gas and a subsequent second step of pre-evacuation; such steps are obtained by using a sliding link block placed in connection, respectively, with a vacuum pump and with an inert gas feeder.
  • the vacuum and inert gas circuits are placed in communication with as many circuits arranged in the rotating part and specifically dedicated to the pre-evacuation and to the injection of inert gas; such circuits, in order to fully complete the overall operation, must not communicate with each other.
  • the pre-evacuation step has the purpose of realizing a corking without overpressures in the area of the bottleneck.
  • This step causes the suction of vapors of the liquid contained in the bottle (for example wine), which deposit themselves along the walls of the suction ducts; these deposits, if not accurately sanitized, can cause contamination.
  • the bottle for example wine
  • the purpose of the present invention is, therefore, that of avoiding the drawbacks mentioned above and, in particular, that of realizing a corking machine operating both in a normal environment and in a sterile and controlled environment, which allows the corking operation of containers, in particular bottles, containing drinking substances, without the dust released by the compressed corks collecting inside and between the gaps of the actuation members of the compression monoblock of the machine, thus avoiding the penetration of cork dust or atmospheric dust inside the substance in the container.
  • Another purpose of the present invention is that of realizing a corking machine operating both in a normal environment and in a sterile and controlled environment, which is particularly reliable, avoiding the accumulation of contaminating substances in the circuits of pre-evacuation and of injections of inert gas in the bottleneck.
  • a further purpose of the present invention is that of indicating a corking machine operating both in a normal environment and in a sterile and controlled environment, which is, furthermore, easy to actuate, safe and relatively cost-effective, also as far as the limited management and maintenance costs, with respect to conventional corking machines, are concerned.
  • a corking machine for containers, in particular bottles, containing a drinking substance is generically indicated with 10.
  • the corking machine 10 has a main body 11, which carried a vertical column 12, in which are contained the corks used during the corking procedure of containers, in particular bottles (one of them is generically indicated with 13 in figure 1).
  • a rotating platform 18 is arranged, which has a series of supplying devices 30 inside, arranged circumferentially and at a predetermined distance from each other, the lower surface of which, schematically indicated with 19, is coplanar with the lower surface 20 of the rotating platform 18 and can have a hollowed seat 21 used for housing the walls of the bottleneck 13, during the corking operation, or of false bottles, during the cleaning and sanitization operations of the machine.
  • the rotating platform 18 can also have a series of gripping members suitable for gripping the corks 14, released one at a time by the feeder column 12, and for positioning them between the jaws of the compression monoblock 18A, which clasps them so that the descending movement of the plunger 16 allows its introduction into the bottle 13.
  • a fixed framework 22, integral with the corking machine 10, comprising a support arm 31 and a pneumatic piston or stem 23, integral with the arm 31, at the top of which an anti-rotation lever 45 is foreseen.
  • the framework 22 is extremely close to the rotating platform 18, so that the arm 31 can be used, through the interposition of a hinge, for the positioning or the removal of the vacuum/gas/vacuum link block 46.
  • the link block 46 which is usually suitable for allowing the carrying out of the steps of pre-evacuation and injection of inert gas into the bottle, is made to be part of a shaped multi-layer structure, made up of a further intermediate or interface element 47, positioned above the link block 46, which makes contact with the lower surface 20 of the platform 18.
  • Figures 2 and 2A show in detail two views of the intermediate or interface element 47, whereas figure 3 is a view from above of the link block 46; moreover, link block 46 and interface 47 advantageously and preferably take up an arched structure like the one represented in the aforementioned figures.
  • the interface 47 has two parallel slots 29 at the top, having a certain depth; moreover, the lower surfaces of such slots 29, furthermore, foresee the presence of a series of through holes 35, which put the lower surface 20 of the platform 18 in communication with the link block 46.
  • the slots 29 are distributed alternately on concentric circumferential arcs and have predetermined lengths.
  • the lower surface of the intermediate or interface element 47 has a series of stop pins 27, suitable for being inserted inside seats 24, formed, in corresponding positions, on the link block 46, and a gasket 28.
  • the interface 47 which has a geometric and dimensional configuration substantially similar to those of the link block 46, can perfectly overlap said link block 46; following such an overlap, the slots 29 of the interface 47 are overlapped and parallel to the respective slots 25 of the link block 46, which, moreover, are formed at concentric circumferential arches parallel to the arches defined on the upper surface of the interface 47 and cover suitable limited portions of the upper surface of the link block 46 (as clearly shown in figure 3).
  • the aforementioned slots 25 also have, on the base, respective holes 36, which are positioned, with overlapping completed, at the holes 35 of the slots 29.
  • the link block 46 foresees, according to known embodiments, two attachments, indicated with 32 and 33 in figures 4 and 6, having varyingly distributed gaskets associated with respective ducts 26, 43, which usually allow different vacuum/gas/vacuum cycles to be carried out for better conservation of the product, in particular wine, contained in a bottle.
  • the use of the intermediate or interface element 47 also allows such ducts 26, 43 to be used to carry out a complete sanitization of the inner parts of the corking machine.
  • the delivery duct 26, usually used for the injection of inert gas into the bottleneck 13 allows an operation of injection of sanitization liquid to be carried out for the complete cleaning of the inner parts of the rotating platform 18 and, more specifically, of the portion adjacent to the seat 21 of the supplying device 30 and immediately facing the compression monoblock 18A of the corks 14.
  • the duct 43 usually connected to a suction pump suitable for creating the vacuum in the zone adjacent to the seat 21 of the supplying device 30, constitutes a return route for the sanitization liquid.
  • the configuration illustrated in figures 4 and 5 refers to a moment in time in which the lower seat 21 of the supplying device 30 moves at the central slot 25 of the link block 46; in such a case, the central holes 35, 36 put the slot 29 of the interface 47 in communication with the slot 25 of the vacuum/gas/vacuum link block 46 normally used for the injection of inert gas.
  • Figures 6 and 7 refer to a condition according to which the supplying device 30, thanks to the relative motion with respect to the platform 18, is positioned at the side slots 25 of the link block 46; in such a case, the slot 29 of the interface 47 communicates, through the respective communication holes 35, 36, with the pre-evacuation circuit of the vacuum/gas/vacuum link block 46, which constitutes the return route of the sanitizing liquid previously injected inside the recess 34 of the platform 18.
  • the sanitizing liquid is then discharged through the duct 43; it is also foreseen to use a intercept and deviation valve, which deviates the sanitizing liquid in outlet, so that it does not come into contact with the vacuum pump of the pre-evacuation circuit of the vacuum/gas/vacuum link block 46.
  • the centering cone is replaced by a cup or false bottle 49, with which a containment body 39 is associated, mounted, through an attachment screw 44, at the bottom of a closing plate 48; in such a way, the cup 49 is positioned immediately in contact with the rapid attachment ring nut 50, mounted, in turn, inside the body 41.
  • the supplying device 30 of figure 8 can also have two possible radial sealing zones, foreseen in a position adjacent to the cup 49 and, in particular, either in an inner portion (zone indicated with 38 in figures 4 and 6) or in a portion immediately facing the body 39 (zone indicated with 40 in figure 9), so that the sanitizing liquid can flow above the cup 49 circulating in the inlet and outlet ducts 42.
  • the closing plate 48 can be associated with the cup 49, through a dual-function gasket 45, so as to obtain a centrally sealed version of the supplying device 30 (see, in particular, the detail of figure 4A); in this case, the gasket 45 has a sealing function (so that the washing liquid cannot penetrate from the seat 37 inside the bottle 13) and has a predetermined fracture in the case in which there is an error in adjustment of the corking plunger 16.

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  1. Machine à boucher (10) fonctionnant à la fois dans des environnements normaux et dans des environnements stériles et contrôlés, du type comportant un dispositif d'alimentation (12) en bouchons (14) et des moyens de transport et d'insertion desdits bouchons (14) dans le goulot de conteneurs, en particulier de bouteilles (13), ladite machine comprenant également au moins une plate-forme rotative (18), laquelle supporte une série de dispositifs d'alimentation (30), appropriée pour le positionnement de bouteilles respectives (13) pendant une étape de bouchage, ladite plate-forme étant associée à un bloc de liaison configuré (46), qui, à son tour, est connecté à travers des premières fentes (25) à des conduites de distribution et de renvoi (26, 43) pour la mise en oeuvre des étapes de pré-évacuation de l'intérieur de la bouteille (13) et des étapes d'injection de gaz inerte, afin de conserver dans le temps le produit à boire contenu à l'intérieur de la bouteille (13), caractérisée en ce que, entre ladite plate-forme (18) et ledit bloc de liaison (46) est placé au moins un élément intermédiaire ou d'interface (47), également configuré, comportant une série de secondes fentes (29) communiquant, respectivement, avec lesdites premières fentes (25) dudit bloc de liaison (46), de sorte que lesdites premières fentes (25) et secondes fentes (29) définissent des canaux de communication continus auxquels lesdites conduites de distribution et de renvoi (26, 43) sont fixées, afin réaliser l'évacuation du flux du liquide de nettoiement, approprié pour nettoyer les parties intérieures de la machine à boucher.
  2. Machine à boucher (10) selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que ledit bloc de liaison (46) est associé, par l'intermédiaire d'un bras de support (31), à une structure fixe (22), solidaire de la machine à boucher (10), comprenant un actionneur pneumatique (23) pour déplacer ledit bras (31).
  3. Machine à boucher (10) selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que ladite interface (47) comporte deux desdites secondes fentes (29) sur le dessus, parallèles l'une à l'autre et présentant une profondeur prédéterminée, dont les surfaces inférieures prévoient, de plus, la présence d'une série de trous de passage (35), lesquels mettent ladite plate-forme (18) en communication avec ledit bloc de liaison (46).
  4. Machine à boucher (10) selon la revendication 3, caractérisée en ce que lesdites secondes fentes (29) sont, en variante, réparties sur des arches concentriques circonférentielles et présentent des longueurs prédéterminées.
  5. Machine à boucher (10) selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que ladite interface (47) possède une série de broches d'arrêt (27) au niveau du fond, appropriée pour être insérée dans des embases (24), formées, dans des positions correspondantes, sur ledit bloc de liaison (46), et au moins un joint d'étanchéité (28), ladite interface (47) étant configurée de la même manière que ledit bloc de liaison (46) et étant appropriée pour se superposer audit bloc de liaison (46), de sorte que lesdites secondes fentes (29) de l'interface (47) soient superposées et parallèles aux dites premières fentes respectives (25) dudit bloc de liaison (46).
  6. Machine à boucher (10) selon la revendication 4, caractérisée en ce que lesdites premières fentes (25) du bloc de liaison (46) sont formées au niveau des arches concentriques circonférentielles parallèles aux dites arches circonférentielles définies sur ladite interface (47) et recouvrent au moins une partie de la surface supérieure dudit bloc de liaison (46), lesdites premières fentes (25) prévoyant, sur la base, des trous respectifs (36), lesquels sont positionnés de façon à chevaucher le bloc de liaison (46) et l'interface étant réalisée, au niveau desdits trous de passage (35) formés à l'intérieur desdites secondes fentes (29).
  7. Machine à boucher (10) selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que lesdites conduites de distribution et de renvoi (26, 43) sont utilisées de façon habituelle pour l'injection d'un gaz inerte et pour créer le vide à l'intérieur desdites bouteilles (13), de sorte qu'une communication puisse être établie entre les circuits d'injection du gaz inerte et de pré-évacuation dudit bloc de liaison (46), permettant un écoulement du liquide d'assainissement.
  8. Machine à boucher (10) selon la revendication 7, caractérisée en ce que lesdits conduits de distribution et de renvoi (26, 43) communiquent avec un évidement (34) prévu à l'intérieur de ladite plate-forme (18), où s'écoule ledit liquide d'assainissement, ledit liquide étant dévié dans un orifice de sortie au moyen d'un clapet d'interception, de façon qu'il ne vienne pas en contact avec ledit circuit de pré-évacuation du bloc de liaison (46).
  9. Machine à boucher (10) selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que ledit dispositif d'alimentation (30) comprend, au niveau d'un cône de centrage, une coupe ou une fausse bouteille (49), appropriée pour recevoir un corps de confinement (39), fixé dans une position adjacente à un écrou à anneau de fixation rapide (50) à l'intérieur du corps (41) du dispositif d'alimentation (30), ledit corps de confinement (39) étant associé à ladite coupe (49) par l'intermédiaire de l'interposition d'une double garniture d'étanchéité (45).
  10. Machine à boucher (10) selon la revendication 9, caractérisée en ce que ledit dispositif d'alimentation (30) présente, en variante, deux zones d'étanchéité radiales possibles, prévues dans des positions adjacentes audit corps (41) du dispositif d'alimentation, de sorte que le liquide d'assainissement peut s'écouler au-dessus de ladite coupe (39) et s'échapper par les conduites d'entrée et de sortie (42).
  11. Machine à boucher (10) selon la revendication 9, caractérisée en ce qu'une plaque de fermeture (48) est associée à ladite coupe (49), par l'intermédiaire d'une garniture d'étanchéité à double fonction (45), de façon à obtenir un dispositif d'alimentation rendu étanche de façon centrale (30), ladite garniture d'étanchéité (45) ayant une fonction d'étanchéité aux liquides et présentant des fractures prédéterminées en cas d'erreur concernant la mise en place dudit piston à boucher (16), lequel, dans ce cas, se retire de façon à ne pas interférer avec ladite plaque de fermeture (48).
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