EP1484279B1 - Machine remplisseuse à carrousel - Google Patents

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EP1484279B1
EP1484279B1 EP04012879A EP04012879A EP1484279B1 EP 1484279 B1 EP1484279 B1 EP 1484279B1 EP 04012879 A EP04012879 A EP 04012879A EP 04012879 A EP04012879 A EP 04012879A EP 1484279 B1 EP1484279 B1 EP 1484279B1
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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
    • 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
    • B67C3/22—Details
    • B67C3/24—Devices for supporting or handling bottles
    • B67C3/244—Bottle lifting devices actuated by jacks, e.g. hydraulic, pneumatic
    • 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
    • B67C3/06—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus using counterpressure, i.e. filling while the container is under pressure
    • 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
    • B67C3/22—Details
    • B67C3/26—Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks
    • B67C3/2614—Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks specially adapted for counter-pressure filling
    • 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
    • B67C3/22—Details
    • B67C3/26—Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks
    • B67C2003/2671—Means for preventing foaming of the liquid

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  • the invention relates to carousel fillers for the automatic packaging of liquid products in bottles or other containers.
  • the invention relates to all those fillers of a known type which, as illustrated schematically in Figure 1 of the attached drawings, at present carry on board the carousel and coaxially therewith an annular or toroidal reservoir A to which the liquid product P to be packaged is supplied through one or more radial pipes B connected to a rotary joint C which is located on the shaft D of the said carousel and whose fixed part is connected to a pipe E with the pump and the valve means F which supply the said liquid product to the reservoir A, to keep the liquid therein at a constant level, controlled by suitable means which are not illustrated.
  • valve means G Under the reservoir A there are positioned and usually fixed at equal angular intervals the valve means G on which the necks of the bottles H bear, these bottles being raised by suitable means L, and means of various types are provided to ensure that, when the bottle is raised and touches the said valve means, the latter opens and subsequently closes automatically, to fill the said bottle with product to a predetermined constant level.
  • the inner part A1 of the reservoir A which lies above the level of the liquid to be packaged, is occupied by pressurized gas, usually CO 2 supplied through at least one radial pipe M connected to a fixed pipe N by means of a rotary joint Q which is also located on the shaft of the carousel.
  • pressurized gas usually CO 2 supplied through at least one radial pipe M connected to a fixed pipe N by means of a rotary joint Q which is also located on the shaft of the carousel.
  • Each valve means G has two concentric tubes, of which the outer one G1 communicates with the lower part of the reservoir A, to make the liquid P flow into the bottle, while the inner tube G2 passes through the head of the said liquid P and with its upper end communicates with the upper part A1 of the reservoir A, occupied by the pressurized gas, while the lower end of the said tube G2 penetrates by a precise amount into the neck of the bottle H.
  • Each valve means G is provided with shut-off means which, during the rotation of the filler, when the bottle is raised for the filling stage, initially open the inner tube G2 to permit instantaneous pressure balancing between the gas chamber A1 of the reservoir A and the inside of the bottle which is still empty, and then open the outer tube G1 to discharge the liquid which fills the bottle up to the level determined by the lower end of the inner tube G2.
  • the aforesaid valve means are designed in such a way that they close the two tubes G1 and G2 in succession, and depressurize the upper part of the bottle which is not occupied by the liquid, so that the said full bottle can then be lowered and removed from the filler.
  • the reservoir A In high-capacity fillers, the reservoir A has significantly large dimensions, and its walls have a considerable thickness, in order to impart self-supporting characteristics to this component, and also because the said component has to contain significant quantities of product and has to contain gas at a sufficiently high pressure, usually up to approximately seven atmospheres.
  • the reservoir A is therefore characterized by a considerable weight, and for its intended use in the food industry it must be made from unreactive materials, usually stainless steel. The cost of this component of the machine is therefore significant, and the time required for its manufacture is also long.
  • acceleration and deceleration can cause turbulence and wave motions in the liquid contained in the reservoir, which may reach the upper end of the gas tube G2, and which, as a result of the said turbulence, is agitated, degassed and stressed, which are undesirable conditions when the liquid consists, for example, of a high-quality aged wine.
  • the centrifugal force due to the rotation of the reservoir also agitates the liquid contained in the said reservoir.
  • Document US-A-2 548 589 discloses a carousel filling machine according to the preamble of claim 1 and which comprises peripheral containers provided in its lower part with valve means and a product supply pipe in communication with a distribution chamber connected by a rotary joint to supply means, and in its upper part with a pressurized gas supply pipe which is connected by a rotary joint to a gas supply source which also pressurizes the distribution chamber.
  • the number 1 indicates schematically the shaft of the carousel, supported rotatably by any kind of supports with bearings 2, and having a drive system 3 for connection to the rotation unit shown schematically by the arrow 4.
  • the circular horizontal plate 5 of the carousel which is characterized by different diameters on different occasions according to the operating capacity of the filler, is fixed coaxially on the shaft 1, and the bases 106 of small vertical peripheral containers 6, of cylindrical shape for example, made from any opaque and/or transparent materials suitable for use with foodstuffs, are fixed on the periphery of this plate so that they project and are spaced at equal angular intervals.
  • each base 106 is designed with a discharge hole 7 which can be closed by a valve means G of a known type, such as that described with reference to Figure 1, orientated downwards, with the external tube G1 communicating with the lower inner part of the periperal container 6 and with the upper portion of the inner tube G2 reaching the upper part of the said container 6.
  • a valve means G of a known type, such as that described with reference to Figure 1, orientated downwards, with the external tube G1 communicating with the lower inner part of the periperal container 6 and with the upper portion of the inner tube G2 reaching the upper part of the said container 6.
  • each peripheral container 6 is also provided with at least one lateral hole 8 for the introduction of the liquid to be bottled into the into the said container, through a tube or liquid supply pipe 9 of suitable cross section, whose other end is connected, again with a lateral seal, to the lateral holes 10 provided in the lower lateral part of a distribution chamber 11 which has a small capacity and is made for example in the form of a small barrel, fixed coaxially on the shaft 1 of the carousel and made from any opaque and/or transparent materials suitable for the purpose.
  • a vertical tube 12 which passes through the column 1 and whose lower end is connected to the rotary joint C connected to the fixed pipe E which in turn is connected to the known means F (Fig. 1) for supplying the liquid, these means being controlled by a level sensor 13 which penetrates axially with a seal from above into the chamber 11, as specified above, to maintain a substantially constant liquid level in this chamber.
  • the chamber 11 is positioned substantially at the same height as, or slightly lower than, the peripheral containers 6, in such a way that these components are substantially half-filled with liquid, even after allowance for the effects of the centrifugal force which inevitably tends to push the said liquid towards the outside.
  • the remaining parts of the containers 6 and of the axial chamber 11 are occupied by the pressurized gas.
  • each container 6 has a cover 206 with a lateral hole 14 to which is connected, with a lateral seal, a tube or gas supply pipe 15 of suitable cross section, which in turn has its other end connected to one of the radial holes 16 of a manifold 17 flanged on to the upper mouth of the chamber 11 in such a way as to close this mouth.
  • An axial plug 20 fixed externally to a fixed support structure 21 passes rotatably with the aid of one or more bearings 18 through the manifold 17 and is sealed by means of the seals 19, this plug being provided axially with a channel 22 with an upper mouth 122 opening radially and having radial holes 222 in its lower part which communicate with an annular recess 23 of the manifold 17, to which recess are connected the said holes 16 for connection to the containers 6.
  • a fixed tube 25 passes axially through the plug 20 and is sealed by means of the seals 24, this fixed tube opening into the upper part of the chamber 11, having the fixed level sensor 13 passing axially through it with the correct clearance and having a lateral mouth 125 at its top.
  • the mouths 122 and 125 are connected by means of suitable valves 26, 26' to the source of supply of pressurized gas indicated schematically by the arrow 27, which acts at identical levels of pressure in the upper part of the axial chamber 11 and in the upper parts of the peripheral containers 6.
  • the peripheral containers 6 and the axial chamber 11 are pressurized through corresponding gas supply channels, in order to ensure the correct execution of the initial stages of washing and sterilizing the machine.
  • the washing and sterilizing products can be supplied from below through the pipe E and can be discharged alternatively through the mouths 122 and 125, the gas supply circuit being set to discharge.
  • the mouth 125 is closed by the valve means 26', the washing and sterilizing fluid partially enters the chamber 11, leaves through the tubes 9, passes through the peripheral containers 6 and the valve means G associated with these, for the operation of known means, not shown here, and finally exits from the upper tubes 15 and from the channel 22, 122.
  • the valve 26 is closed, the washing and sterilizing fluid passes reliably through the whole of the axial chamber 11 and exits through the channel 25, 125.
  • the axial chamber 11 consists, for example, of an equatorial ring 111 made in one or two pieces, with the distribution holes 10 for the connection to the tubes 9, to which the opposing domes for completing the said chamber 11 are fixed in a sealed way, for example by flanging or by welding.
  • the holes 10 can all be open with their outer parts designed for connection to the said tubes 9, these parts being precisely machined in advance if required for interaction with the sealing gaskets, while the inner parts 110 of the said holes can all be blind and can be opened from time to time in the necessary quantities and with the mutual angular spacing required for making the filler with the characteristics required on each occasion.
  • the numbers 211 and 311 indicate the end flanges by means of which the axial chamber 11 can be fixed to the upper flange 17 and to the support column 1 respectively.
  • Figure 4 shows that the aforesaid holes 10 have an angular orientation at a small distance from the axis of the chamber 11, and that the tubes 9 and the holes 8 have an orientation which is substantially tangential to the inner cavities of the bases 106 of the peripheral containers 6, in order to limit the turbulence of the liquid when it enters the peripheral containers 6, and also because the said tubes 9 must not interfere with a hollow attachment connector 28 which, for example, fixes under the carousel 5, next to each peripheral container 6 and parallel to it, the rod 129 of a single-acting cylinder and piston unit 29, the body 229 of which is constantly stressed upwards by air at precise levels of pressure which enters the chamber 30 through a channel 31 formed longitudinally in the fixed rod 129, whose lower end communicates with the said chamber through at least one radial hole 131 and whose upper end is connected to the hollow connector 28.
  • a hollow attachment connector 28 which, for example, fixes under the carousel 5, next to each peripheral container 6 and parallel to it, the rod 129 of a
  • a plate of a known type L which supports the bottle H in the stage when it is supplied to the filler, the said cylinder being prevented from rotating about its axis by the interaction of a lateral extension 329 of the cylinder with a vertical guide bar 32 whose upper end is fixed to the carousel 5 and whose lower end is fixed to a ring 33 which is integral with the rotatable frame of the filler.
  • the downward movement of the assembly 29 with the plate L, for collecting the empty bottles and discharging the full ones, is provided by the interaction of a lateral roller 34 of the body 229 with a cam sector 35 of a known type, integral with the fixed frame of the filler.
  • the connector 28 is connected in a circuit to the outlet branch 135 of a rotary distributor which uses as its rotor the flange 17 described with reference to Figure 2 and which uses as its stator the plug 20 in which is formed the fixed branch 236 which connects the longitudinal delivery channel 36 to the fixed source of compressed air indicated schematically by the arrow 37.
  • the said rotary distributor described above can be provided with other internal circuits, similar to that described, for connection to other pneumatic systems with which a rotary carousel filler is normally provided.
  • FIG. 3 shows the known means which usually make up the valve G of a isobaric filler.
  • the valve is provided with external lever means 40 which, during the rotation of the carousel, interact with fixed stops which change the position of the said lever, which by means of the transmission 41 causes the elevation of a stopper 42 which closes the upper end of the tube G2 and which reduces the axial thrust on springs by means of which the said stopper pushes down the conical plug 43 which remains in the closed position until the pressure of the gas in the bottle reaches the same value, by passage through the tube G2, as that of the upper part of the containers 6, after which the said plug 43 opens and allows the liquid to enter the bottle.
  • the said liquid ceases to enter the bottle and the lever 40 is then made to interact with stops which move it to cause the closing of the plug 43 and the closing of the upper stopper 42.
  • the chamber of the valve G which is positioned under the plug 43 and which communicates with the upper part of the bottle neck, which is not occupied by the liquid, is depressurized by the activation of a valve of a known type 44, after which the cam 35 acts to make the plate L descend with the bottle and with the centring and opposing means 38 which stops in a fixed position in which it does not interfere with the mouth of the said bottle which can thus be removed from the carousel by means of an star-shaped extractor which rotates in phase with the carousel in question and which is not illustrated because it is also known.
  • Figure 5 shows a constructive variation according to which the previous lower tubes or liquid supply pipes 9 for connecting the peripheral containers 6 to the axial chamber 11 are constituted by bores 109 obtained by machining and with substantially radial arrangement at the interior of a flat ring 311 which therewith also constitutes the base of the peripheral container, onto the inner circumference of which there is placed and welded the lower rim of a metallic bell which alone constitutes the said chamber 11 and which in the example as shown is provided with a small lateral portlight 45 for the optical inspection of its median lower portion.
  • the bell 11 is closed at its bottom by a flat and co-axial disc 46, secured for example by screws and tight seal means under the ring 311 and said disc 46 is provided at its centre with a bore 146 to which there is connected and secured the duct 12 for feeding the liquid products to be bottled.
  • the upper face 246 of the disc 46 is preferably machined with a small conicity converging towards the bore 146, in order to ensure, among others a perfect cleaning of the chamber 11 during the phase of washing and sterilisation.
  • the bores 109 of the ring 311 are closed on their outer extremities by plugs 47 and at the said outer extremities of the bores 109, on the same ring 311 there are obtained the vertical bores 7, in order to connect to the lower portion of the vertical bores 7 the filling heads G and to the upper portion of the said vertical bores 7 the bottom portion of the peripheral containers 6 which, for example as in the preceding cases, are closed at their top by covers 206 connected to the gas supply pipes 15 of the gas circuit.
  • the upper flange 211 of the chamber 11 is secured to the manifold 17 which is rotatably mounted onto the fixed hub 20 with the feeding conduit 25 for the gas and the level sensors 13.
  • the covers 206 of the peripheral containers 6 can be formed by a flat ring coaxially secured by its inner edge to the manifold 17 and inside which there are obtained by means of axial boring and plugging of the outer ends, the conduits 15 which communicate with the peripheral containers 6 through perpendicular end bores and therewith constituting the gas supply pipes 15.

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  1. Dispositif de remplissage à carrousel du type isobare ou d'un autre type qui a des exigences similaires et qui est conçu pour conditionner des produits dans des bouteilles ou tout autre récipient, comprenant de petits récipients périphériques à fluide (6) espacés à des intervalles angulaires égaux et fixés sur la périphérie du carrousel (5) du dispositif de remplissage, chacun de ces récipients périphériques (6) étant muni dans sa partie inférieure d'un moyen de soupape (G) permettant de remplir les bouteilles à un niveau constant et ayant sa partie inférieure conçue pour le raccordement à au moins un tuyau d'alimentation en liquide (9) permettant d'alimenter le produit liquide, l'autre extrémité du tuyau d'alimentation en liquide (9) communiquant avec une petite chambre de distribution (11) fixée coaxialement sur l'arbre (1) dudit carrousel et raccordée grâce à un joint rotatif (C) aux moyens (E) qui alimentent le liquide à mettre en bouteille dans ladite chambre de distribution (11) et dans lesdits récipients périphériques, les extrémités supérieures desdits récipients périphériques (6) étant conçues pour un raccordement, au moyen de tuyaux d'alimentation en gaz correspondants (15), à un joint rotatif (16, 20) positionné sur l'arbre du carrousel, qui est raccordé à la source fixe (27) de l'alimentation en gaz pressurisé et à partir duquel sort un tuyau (25) pour la pressurisation de la partie supérieure de ladite chambre de distribution (11), caractérisé en ce que :
    - chacun des récipients périphériques (6) comprend une base (106) qui est conçue pour être fixée à la périphérie du carrousel (5) du dispositif de remplissage, et devant être fixée au bord inférieur de la paroi latérale dudit récipient périphérique (6), cette base (106) étant munie d'un orifice latéral (8) pour un raccordement au tuyau d'alimentation en liquide (9), ledit récipient périphérique étant complété par un couvercle supérieur (206) qui est conçu pour être fixé au bord supérieur de la paroi latérale du récipient périphérique (6) et qui est muni d'un orifice latéral (14) pour un raccordement au tuyau d'alimentation en gaz pressurisé (15),
    - l'orifice latéral (8) de la base (106) de chaque récipient périphérique (6), conçu pour un raccordement au tuyau d'alimentation en liquide (9), s'ouvre de façon sensiblement tangentielle par rapport à la cavité interne dudit récipient (6).
  2. Dispositif de remplissage à carrousel selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la chambre de distribution axiale (11) est fabriquée en au moins deux versions pour une utilisation dans des dispositifs de remplissage ayant différentes capacités de fonctionnement requises par le marché, par exemple ayant un diamètre équatorial d'approximativement 350 mm et approximativement 500 mm, et ayant une hauteur utile moyenne sensiblement égale à celle des récipients périphériques (6).
  3. Dispositif d'alimentation à carrousel selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la chambre de distribution axiale (11) comprend un anneau équatorial (111) fait en une ou deux parties, les orifices de distribution (10) pour un raccordement aux tuyaux d'alimentation en liquide (9) alimentant les récipients périphériques (6), et les dômes ou enveloppes opposés pour compléter ladite chambre (11) sont fixés audit anneau de façon étanche, par exemple par sertissage ou par soudage.
  4. Dispositif de remplissage à carrousel selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la chambre de distribution axiale (11) est fixée coaxialement sur l'arbre (1) du carrousel, et un tube vertical (12) est fixé à son extrémité inférieure, coaxialement, ce tube passant à travers ledit arbre (1) et ayant son extrémité inférieure raccordée au joint rotatif (C), raccordé au tuyau fixe (E) avec les moyens (F) qui alimentent le produit liquide et qui sont commandés par un capteur de niveau (13) qui pénètre axialement avec un joint, par-dessus, dans ladite chambre (11), pour maintenir un niveau liquide sensiblement constant dans cette chambre.
  5. Dispositif de remplissage à carrousel selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la chambre de distribution axiale (11) est positionnée sensiblement à la même hauteur que, ou à une hauteur légèrement inférieure aux récipients périphériques (6), d'une manière telle que ces composants sont remplis sensiblement à moitié de liquide, tandis que leur autre moitié est remplie de gaz pressurisé.
  6. Dispositif de remplissage à carrousel selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la chambre de distribution axiale (11) porte un distributeur (17) fixé coaxialement sur son rebord supérieur, ce distributeur ayant les orifices radiaux (16) auxquels sont raccordés de façon étanche les tuyaux d'alimentation en gaz (15) qui alimentent en gaz les couvercles (206) des récipients périphériques (6).
  7. Dispositif de remplissage à carrousel selon la revendication 6, dans lequel un bouchon axial (20) fixé à l'extérieur d'une structure de support fixe (21) passe en rotation, à l'aide de paliers (18) au travers du distributeur (17), et est fermé hermétiquement au moyen de joints (19), ce bouchon étant muni axialement d'un canal (22) ayant une embouchure supérieure (122) s'ouvrant radialement et ayant dans sa partie inférieure une pluralité d'orifices radiaux (222), qui communiquent avec un évidement annulaire (23) dudit distributeur (17), auquel évidement sont raccordés lesdits orifices (16) pour un raccordement aux récipients périphériques (6), ledit bouchon (20) ayant un tube fixe (25) passant axialement à travers lui et fermé hermétiquement au moyen de joints appropriés (24), ce tube fixe débouchant dans la partie supérieure de la chambre de distribution (11) et ayant le capteur de niveau fixe (13) passant axialement à travers lui avec le bon jeu, et ayant une embouchure latérale (125) au niveau de sa partie supérieure, lesdites embouchures (122, 125) étant raccordées, grâce à des soupapes appropriées (26, 26'), à la source (27) d'alimentation en gaz pressurisé, qui agit à des niveaux identiques de pression dans la partie supérieure de ladite chambre axiale (11) et dans les parties supérieures des récipients périphériques (6).
  8. Dispositif de remplissage à carrousel selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que, à l'étape de lavage et de stérilisation du dispositif de remplissage, des moyens sont fournis pour alimenter les produits de nettoyage par dessous, à travers le tuyau (E) utilisé normalement pour alimenter le liquide dans la chambre de distribution axiale (11), et lesdits produits sont déchargés en alternance à travers les deux différents circuits qui alimentent normalement le gaz pressurisé dans les récipients périphériques (6) et dans ladite chambre de distribution (11).
  9. Dispositif de remplissage à carrousel selon la revendication 7, dans lequel ledit distributeur (17) et ledit bouchon (20) peuvent être utilisés, respectivement, en tant que le rotor et stator pour les circuits (136, 36, 236) d'un distributeur rotatif, afin de raccorder les systèmes pneumatiques dont un dispositif de remplissage peut être muni habituellement à des sources d'alimentation et/ou de contrôle fixes, par exemple afin de raccorder à la source d'alimentation l'ensemble télescopique (29) qui est habituellement conçu pour une interaction avec une came fixe (35) et qui soulève et abaisse les bouteilles pendant les étapes d'alimentation audit dispositif de remplissage, de remplissage, et de dégagement à partir du dispositif de remplissage.
  10. Dispositif de remplissage à carrousel selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la chambre de distribution axiale (11) est formée d'une cloche fixée au niveau de sa partie inférieure, avec un joint étanche latéral, au bord interne d'un anneau plat (311) et fermée au niveau de sa partie inférieure par un disque plat (46) présentant une surface supérieure qui est de préférence conique et qui converge vers un orifice de passage central (146) au moyen duquel ledit disque est fixé à un tube vertical (12) pour alimenter le produit liquide à mettre en bouteille, dans ledit anneau plat (311), lesdits orifices de passage sensiblement radiaux obtenus (109) étant fermés par un bouchon sur leur extrémité externe constituant lesdits tuyaux d'alimentation en liquide (9), lesdits orifices de passage radiaux (109) raccordent la partie interne de ladite chambre axiale (11) à la partie inférieure des récipients périphériques (6), et au niveau des extrémités externes des orifices de passage radiaux (109), sur l'anneau plat (311), on obtient des orifices de passage verticaux (7), afin de raccorder à la partie inférieure des orifices de passage verticaux (7) les têtes de remplissage (g) et à la partie supérieure desdits orifices de passage verticaux (7) la partie inférieure des récipients périphériques (6), le rebord supérieur (211) de ladite cloche étant fixé au joint rotatif (16, 20) raccordé à la source fixe d'alimentation en gaz pressurisé tant aux couvercles supérieurs desdits récipients périphériques (6) qu'à la chambre axiale (11).
  11. Dispositif de remplissage à carrousel selon la revendication 10, dans lequel les couvercles (206) des récipients périphériques (6) sont également formés d'un anneau plat fixé coaxialement avec son bord interne au joint rotatif (16, 20) et à l'intérieur duquel anneau on obtient au moyen d'un alésage radial et d'un bouchage des extrémités externes, les tuyaux d'alimentation en gaz (15), qui raccordent ledit joint à l'extrémité supérieure desdits récipients périphériques.
  12. Dispositif de remplissage à carrousel selon la revendication 1, dans lequel les récipients périphériques (6) et/ou la chambre de distribution axiale (11) peuvent être fabriqués totalement ou partiellement en matériaux transparents, au moins pour ce qui est des parois latérales.
  13. Dispositif de remplissage à carrousel selon la revendication 1, dans lequel les récipients périphériques (6) ont, par exemple, une forme cylindrique, sont positionnés verticalement et sont de taille constante et identique même lorsque la capacité de fonctionnement du dispositif de remplissage varie.
  14. Dispositif de remplissage à carrousel selon la revendication 13, dans lequel chacun des récipients périphériques (6) a un diamètre d'approximativement 50 à 80 mm, par exemple, d'approximativement 60 mm, et une hauteur d'approximativement 200 à 300 mm, par exemple d'approximativement 250 mm.
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