EP1506923B1 - Dispositif pour le dosage - Google Patents

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EP1506923B1
EP1506923B1 EP04015849A EP04015849A EP1506923B1 EP 1506923 B1 EP1506923 B1 EP 1506923B1 EP 04015849 A EP04015849 A EP 04015849A EP 04015849 A EP04015849 A EP 04015849A EP 1506923 B1 EP1506923 B1 EP 1506923B1
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Willi Kircher
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Optima Filling and Packaging Machines 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
    • B65B1/00—Packaging fluent solid material, e.g. powders, granular or loose fibrous material, loose masses of small articles, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, or jars
    • B65B1/30—Devices or methods for controlling or determining the quantity or quality or the material fed or filled
    • B65B1/36—Devices or methods for controlling or determining the quantity or quality or the material fed or filled by volumetric devices or methods
    • B65B1/363—Devices or methods for controlling or determining the quantity or quality or the material fed or filled by volumetric devices or methods with measuring pockets moving in an endless path
    • B65B1/366—Devices or methods for controlling or determining the quantity or quality or the material fed or filled by volumetric devices or methods with measuring pockets moving in an endless path about a horizontal axis of symmetry
    • 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
    • B65B1/00—Packaging fluent solid material, e.g. powders, granular or loose fibrous material, loose masses of small articles, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, or jars
    • B65B1/04—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
    • B65B37/00—Supplying or feeding fluent-solid, plastic, or liquid material, or loose masses of small articles, to be packaged
    • B65B37/16—Separating measured quantities from supply
    • B65B37/20—Separating measured quantities from supply by volume measurement
    • 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
    • B65B39/00—Nozzles, funnels or guides for introducing articles or materials into containers or wrappers
    • B65B39/001—Nozzles, funnels or guides for introducing articles or materials into containers or wrappers with flow cut-off means, e.g. valves
    • B65B39/003—Rotating means

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  • the invention is based on a device for dosing dry goods. This is to be understood as meaning lumpy, coarse-grained, fine-grained, powdery and granular contents.
  • a rotary valve is present, which is pivotable about an axis and opens with a cylinder jacket part, an opening of the cylindrical container and closes. This slider does not divide the contents of the container into parts.
  • the invention is based on the object to provide a device for dosing dry good, which is particularly simple in structure, high filling capabilities possible and even with fragile Good is usable.
  • the invention proposes a device with the features mentioned in claim 1. Further developments of the invention are the subject of dependent claims.
  • the device thus contains a container which has at least one opening in its bottom. Through the opening, the metering volume arranged underneath can be filled.
  • the separating slide is arranged in the container so that it divides the container interior into two parts, of which a part is filled with the material to be metered during operation of the device.
  • the expression "good-tightness" is to be understood as meaning that the material to be filled can not pass the slider into the other part of the container. For coarse-grained goods, a lower density is required than for fine-grained goods.
  • the slider When using the device, the slider is initially positioned so that it is completely located on one side of the opening. Then that part of the container in which the opening is not present, filled with the material to be dosed. Now, if the slider is moved across the opening, the material can flow through the opening until the space below the opening is completely filled. Now, the slider can be moved back, pushing back the entire existing in the container Good, so that now the space is filled painted below the opening. Another good can not flow now. Thus, the metering volume is filled below the opening, and the part of the contents contained therein can now be further treated, for example, get into a container. In this way, a simply constructed device for very accurate dosing In addition, it can be ensured that the granular material is treated gently.
  • the bottom has a series of openings, each with a metering volume arranged underneath.
  • a metering volume arranged underneath.
  • the direction of movement of the slider extends transversely to the longitudinal direction of the row of openings, so that the slider is simultaneously moved over the openings. In this way it can be ensured that for metering the slide only has to be moved by a small distance, which corresponds to the diameter of the openings in the direction of movement of the slide.
  • the bottom of the container may have two rows of openings, which are arranged parallel to one another preferably at a small distance. These two rows of openings can be operated by a single slider, in which case the stroke of the slider is larger. This type of training serves to increase the total volume to be dispensed with a dosing process.
  • the bottom is designed to be sloping on at least one side of the opening in the direction of movement of the slider. The material to be filled then slips when the slider is moved away. If there is only a single opening or only a single row of openings, it can be provided according to the invention that the floor rises or falls on both sides of the openings.
  • the type of movement of the slider depends on the shape of the container. In a flat or composed of rectilinear sections bottom of the slider can be moved, for example by means of a cam guide or a linear guide.
  • the slider also does not need to be moved very far, since it only has to be moved from one side of the openings to the other side of the openings. It is particularly useful if, in a further development of the invention, it can be provided that the container has the shape of a circular cylinder at least in the region of the openings. Then the openings are preferably on a surface line of this circular cylinder.
  • the circular cylindrical shape of the container in the region of the openings has the advantage that the separating slide can also be pivoted about an axis so that its edge in contact with the bottom of the container moves on the lateral surface of a circular cylinder. you Although in this case can store the slider complicated, but the arrangement about an axis is the preferred.
  • the device can have a device for setting the part of the container free of the dosing material under reduced pressure or for applying a protective gas.
  • FIG. 1 schematically shows a container 1, which has the shape of a circular cylinder.
  • the top of the container 1 is open.
  • the front wall is omitted for clarity.
  • At the end faces of the container 1 is closed by a wall 2, wherein, as already mentioned, the front end wall is omitted.
  • a shaft 3 is arranged, above which a fixed partition wall 4 is mounted.
  • This fixed partition wall 4 could be fixed, for example, on the front wall 2 at the back and on the front wall, not shown.
  • Fixed to the shaft 3 is a rotary valve 5, which is a rectangular plate extending from the rear end wall 2 to the front end wall. The plate is dimensioned so that the shaft facing away from the free edge 3 at a small distance from the inside of the coat lies. The distance is chosen so that the material to be metered can not pass between the edge and the inside of the shell.
  • a seal may be attached to the edge, which then leads to a concern of the seal on the inside of the shell.
  • a series of openings 7 is arranged, which are arranged one behind the other in a line lying parallel to the axis of the cylinder.
  • the slider 5 can be brought by pivoting with the aid of the shaft 3 from the position shown, where it is to the left of the row of openings 7, in a position where it lies to the right of the row of openings 7. This movement is a reciprocating one, indicated by the double arrow 8.
  • FIG. 2 shows the possibility that at the bottom 6 of the container 1, two rows of openings 7 are present, which are parallel to each other and parallel to the longitudinal axis of the container. Under the containers 9 cups 11 are shown, which should only show schematically that the dosed Good is then filled into a cup.
  • drive 12 is used for actuating the valve 10 then drive 12 is used.
  • the device of FIG. 2 contains two such slide 15, as in FIG. 1 were declared.
  • the two separating slides 5 and 15 are rigidly mounted on the same shaft 3, so that upon rotation of the shaft 3, the two separating slides 5, 15 are pivoted together.
  • the space to the right of the right separating slide 15 is filled with material to be filled, as well as the space to the left of the left slide 15.
  • the right-handed filling material enters the right row of Dosier testingern 9, while after pivoting in the counterclockwise direction then the left Row comes on.
  • the space between the two dividers 5, 15 is free of contents. It can for example be subjected to negative pressure or inert gas.
  • the invention provides a device with which a low-cost volumetric metering method can be carried out.
  • a low-cost volumetric metering method in particular, in the case of contents which have certain granular forms, destruction of the contents can be avoided.
  • the invention enables a large dosing range and a high output, with a high accuracy of the individual portions.
  • the drive can be done with the help of servomotors.
  • the device and the process carried out by it can be used for lumpy, coarse-grained, fine-grained, powdery and granular fillings.

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Claims (10)

  1. Dispositif pour le dosage de produits secs, comprenant
    1.1 un réservoir (1) qui
    1.2 présente au moins une ouverture (7) dans son fond (6),
    1.3 au moins une vanne d'isolement (5, 15) disposée dans le réservoir (1), qui
    1.4 divise le réservoir en deux parties étanches au produit,
    caractérisé en ce que
    1.5 la vanne d'isolement (5, 15) est exécutée depuis l'un des côtés de l'ouverture (des ouvertures) (7) au-delà de l'ouverture (des ouvertures) (7) jusqu'à l'autre côté de l'ouverture (des ouvertures) (7) en étant déplaçable en va et vient dans les deux sens, et
    1.6 en ce qu'un volume dosé (9) est disposé en dessous de l'au moins une ouverture (7).
  2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le fond (6) présente une rangée d'ouvertures (7) ayant respectivement un volume dosé.
  3. Dispositif selon la revendication 2, dans lequel la vanne (5, 15) est déplaçable simultanément au-dessus des ouvertures (7).
  4. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, comprenant deux rangées d'ouvertures (7) dans le fond (6) du réservoir (1).
  5. Dispositif selon la revendication 4, comprenant deux vannes (5, 15) qui séparent le réservoir (1) en trois parties étanches au produit.
  6. Dispositif selon la revendication 5, dans lequel les deux vannes (5, 15) sont exécutées de manière déplaçable en commun.
  7. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le fond (6) du réservoir (1), sur au moins un côté de l'ouverture (7), est exécuté de manière inclinée dans le sens de déplacement de la vanne (5, 15).
  8. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le réservoir (1) présente la forme d'un cylindre circulaire au moins dans la partie des ouvertures (7).
  9. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la vanne (5, 15) est disposée de manière pivotante autour d'un axe.
  10. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, comprenant un dispositif pour évacuer ou gazer la partie du réservoir
    (1) sans produit.
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