EP1699730A1 - Spülkappe für eine gefässfüllmaschine - Google Patents
Spülkappe für eine gefässfüllmaschineInfo
- Publication number
- EP1699730A1 EP1699730A1 EP04819631A EP04819631A EP1699730A1 EP 1699730 A1 EP1699730 A1 EP 1699730A1 EP 04819631 A EP04819631 A EP 04819631A EP 04819631 A EP04819631 A EP 04819631A EP 1699730 A1 EP1699730 A1 EP 1699730A1
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- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- flushing
- cap
- filling
- filling machine
- rinsing
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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- 238000004140 cleaning Methods 0.000 claims abstract description 22
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Classifications
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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
- B67C3/001—Cleaning of filling devices
- B67C3/002—Cleaning of filling devices using cups or dummies to be placed under the filling heads
Definitions
- the invention relates to a vessel filling machine, a rinsing cap for a vessel filling machine with the features of the preamble of claim 1 and claim 13 and a method for cleaning a vessel filling machine with the features of the preamble of claim 15.
- flushing caps are placed on its filling elements, which prevent cleaning liquid from escaping from the filling elements into the open.
- the cleaning liquid reaches and flushes through all product and gas-contacting zones of the vessel filling machine. Since pumping the
- the rinsing caps must be fixed pressure-tight on the filling elements.
- washing containers as spacers for this purpose, which are clamped between the filling elements and the lifting elements of the vessel filling machine assigned to them. This ensures that the lifting elements are held in the area of their lowest end position, so that cam rollers connected to the lifting elements are stationary at a distance below one arranged stroke curve.
- the pressure-tight fixing of the washing containers to the filling elements is brought about by the contact pressure applied via the lifting elements, which presses the washing containers against the filling elements. This allows a cleaning process that is as simple as it is effective.
- a disadvantage of this known device is that the distance between the lifting elements and the filling elements is determined by the height of the washing containers. Therefore, a time-consuming adjustment of the vessel filling machine is necessary if vessels with different heights than the washing container are filled before or after the cleaning process.
- the device known from DE 44 02 972 C2 for feeding and / or removing rinsing caps in vessel filling machines permits flexible handling of the rinsing caps irrespective of the respective setting of the vessel filling machine.
- this known device provides a height-adjustable holder for a rinsing cap, which is arranged just below a centering bell of the vessel filling machine.
- This bracket is attached to a height-adjustable carriage that is connected to a cam roller. Together with a fixed stroke curve, this controls the altitude or the height movement of the slide with its attachments. After lifting the carriage, it takes up an upper end position in which a flushing cap seated in the holder is pressed with a sealing ring in a liquid-tight manner onto the underside of the centering bell.
- the height adjustability of the holder with the aid of the slide is, however, structurally complex since storage and control that enable the height movement must be provided for each slide.
- the rinsing device known from DE 31 47 284 A1 for microbiological cleaning of the liquid-carrying parts of filling machines by means of rinsing containers works according to another principle. In this flushing device, the liquid-tight fixing of the flushing containers to the filling elements does not take place by means of a contact pressure, but rather by mechanically locking the flushing containers with the associated filling elements.
- a ring-shaped holder which is fixedly connected to the filling element is provided on the filling machine in the region of each filling element, on which a spring-like spring element which is also ring-shaped is coaxially attached and which is completely accommodated in an annular groove formed in the holder in the rest position.
- the annular spring element partially engages in an annular groove formed in the washing container, such that the annular spring element is located both in the annular groove of the washing container and in the complementary annular groove of the holder.
- a switching flag is attached to a free end of the annular spring element, which stops at a stationary control block of the filling machine, whereby the spring element is tensioned and the washing container is locked with the filling element.
- this device can only be cleaned with low rinsing pressures, which has a negative effect on the cleaning effect and thus on the quality of the filling.
- DE-OS 23 08 190 discloses a method for entering, fastening and detaching a rinsing container, in which the rinsing container is also fastened by means of a mechanical interlock with the filling element.
- Clamping means in the form of balls are provided in the rinsing container, which are mounted so as to be radially movable and are clamped with a return air pipe of the filling machine for locking.
- the rinsing tank is equipped with housing parts which can be telescopically displaced against one another by spring force, a sliding sleeve being axially displaceable in the interior of the rinsing tank relative to the balls, which has a section with a smaller diameter for clamping the balls with the return air pipe and a section with a larger diameter for Release of the balls.
- the sliding sleeve With the help of compressed air, which is fed from the filling machine, the sliding sleeve is brought into the locking position against the restoring force of a compression spring, in which the balls jam with the return air pipe. If the compressed air supply required to maintain the locking state is interrupted, the return spring moves the sliding sleeve in such a way that the balls are released and the flushing container can be detached from the filling element.
- the invention has for its object to provide a simply constructed and flexible to use rinsing cap for a vessel filling machine and a vessel filling machine with such a rinsing cap.
- a simple and flexible method for cleaning a vessel filling machine is to be specified. This object is achieved according to the invention with regard to the flushing cap by the subject matter of claim 1. Alternatively, this object is achieved by the subject matter of independent claim 13.
- the rinsing cap according to claim 1 can be used in various vessel filling machines without special conversion measures and allows safe and effective cleaning with high rinsing pressures. Due to the drive device with energy storage integrated in the flushing cap, the contact pressure of the connecting device to the filling element can be flexibly adapted to the respective requirements. Defective rinsing caps can also be easily replaced without having to make any modifications to the vessel filling machine itself.
- the rinsing cap specified alternatively in claim 13, like the rinsing cap specified in claim 1, is based on the common idea of automatically fixing the rinsing cap to the filling element by actuating means provided in the rinsing cap.
- the integration of the drive device with an energy store (claim 1), or the electric motor with externally arranged contact connection surfaces (claim 13), dispenses with the supply of energy from the vessel filling machine in the form of compressed air.
- the decoupling of the flushing caps on the filling elements is thus uncoupled from the vessel filling machine with regard to the energy required for this.
- the advantages mentioned in connection with the flushing cap according to claim 1 also apply to the flushing cap according to claim 13.
- the energy store is preferably designed as a compressed air store, which represents a particularly simple and effective type of energy storage. To charge the compressed air reservoir, it can have a charging valve.
- a control element for controlling the energy supply from the energy store is provided. This is a targeted involvement. Shutdown of the energy supply in the cleaning process enabled.
- the control element can comprise a directional control valve, in particular a 5/2 directional control valve, which, when using a compressed air reservoir as an energy store, optionally allows the pressurization or venting of the pressure-actuated parts of the flushing cap.
- the control element preferably has control connections in the form of contact surfaces on an outside of the flushing cap. These contact surfaces permit simple control of the control element in the passage of the flushing cap on correspondingly arranged signal pulse generators which touch the contact surfaces of the flushing cap at a predetermined point in the vessel filling machine.
- the drive device preferably comprises an adjusting element, to which energy can be supplied from the energy store, the adjusting element being movable between a rest position and a working position. With the help of this adjustment element, energy is generated from the Energy storage used to establish a fixing connection between the flushing cap and the filling element.
- the adjusting element comprises a piston with a piston crown, which cooperates with the energy store, and a connecting piece connected to the piston crown.
- a piston with a piston crown which cooperates with the energy store, and a connecting piece connected to the piston crown.
- a connecting piece connected to the piston crown.
- the connecting piece can have a sealing element for sealing against the filling element and a bore for receiving a return air pipe.
- the design of the connection piece with a convex connection surface is particularly suitable for connection to a centering bell.
- the design of the connection piece with a concave connection surface is suitable for connecting the flushing cap to the filling element of a vessel filling machine with neck handling technology.
- neck-handling technique is common and describes the holding of bottles during the filling process on the neck ring below the bottle mouth.
- Figure 1 is a partial section of a flushing cap according to an embodiment of the invention.
- Fig. 2 shows a cross section along the line A-A and
- Fig. 3 is an illustration of the functional diagram of a modified flushing cap according to the invention, the functional components of the flushing cap being drawn separately.
- FIG. 1 shows a rinsing cap according to an exemplary embodiment of the invention with its most important components, as is mainly used for cleaning vessel filling machines, in particular counter-pressure filling systems.
- a plurality of flushing caps are fed to a rotary filler via an inlet star and placed on its lifting units.
- the rinsing caps are connected to the filling elements, so that a closed system is formed in which the cleaning liquid circulates.
- the flushing caps are removed from the rotary filler via an outlet star.
- the rinsing cap shown in Figure 1 consists essentially of three sections.
- the bottom section in FIG. 1, ie the lower section, comprises an energy store, which in the present case is designed as a compressed air store 2.
- a control element 3 namely a 5/2-way valve, is arranged, which is designed here as a magnetic pulse valve.
- An adjusting element 6 in the form of a piston 7 is arranged in the upper section of the flushing cap facing the filling element, not shown.
- the compressed air reservoir 2 is connected to a displacement 20 via the directional control valve 3, so that when the directional control valve 3 is switched appropriately, a piston crown 8 of the piston 7 is pressurized.
- the piston 7 is displaced counter to the restoring force of a compression spring 22 in the longitudinal direction of the flushing cap, so that a connecting piece 9 connected in the piston crown 8 is pressed against a centering bell (not shown) of a vessel filling machine and thereby with it is fixed liquid-tight.
- the contact pressure is therefore not applied by the lifting unit, but rather by the drive device integrated in the flushing cap and the energy store.
- the flushing cap shown in FIG. 1 is constructed in detail as follows.
- the compressed air reservoir 2 is equipped with a charging valve 4, in particular a check valve, which allows the compressed air reservoir 2 to be filled with compressed air.
- This charging valve 4 is expediently arranged on the underside, that is to say in the base of the flushing cap.
- the compressed air reservoir 2 is screwed to an intermediate piece 24. It is also conceivable to form the compressed air reservoir 2 in one piece with the flushing cap.
- the intermediate piece 24 is connected to a holding part 25, on which the 5/2-way valve 3 is attached, as can be seen in FIG. Bores 16, 17 are also made in the holding part 25, which connect the directional control valve 3 to the compressed air reservoir 2 (bore 17) and to the displacement 20 (bore 16).
- the directional control valve 3 which is designed as a magnetic pulse valve, to contact surfaces 5 arranged on the outside of the flushing cap.
- the contact surfaces 5 are electrically separated from one another by insulating surfaces 14, 15.
- the contact surfaces 5 are moved past corresponding signal transmitter surfaces, for example brushes (not shown), which are arranged at a suitable point in the vessel filling machine, in particular in the inlet and outlet area of the vessel filling machine.
- signal transmitter surfaces for example brushes (not shown)
- a further intermediate piece 26 adjoins the holding part 25 and forms a receiving space for receiving the directional control valve 3.
- the further intermediate piece 26 is connected to a cylinder 27 which forms the upper section of the flushing cap.
- the piston 7 is arranged axially displaceably in the interior of this cylinder 27.
- the piston 7 is sealed against the cylinder 27 by a seal 23.
- the displacement 20 connected to the directional control valve 3 is limited by the piston head 8, the lateral surface of the cylinder 27 and a cylinder head 28, in the cylinder head 28 part of the bore 16 is made in connection with the directional control valve 3.
- the piston 7 further comprises a piston pin 21, which serves as a guide for the piston in the cylinder 27 and at the same time as a holder for the compression spring 22.
- the compression spring 22 is clamped axially between the cylinder 27 and the piston 7 and causes a restoring force which brings the piston 7 into a rest position.
- the connecting piece 9 is attached to the end of the piston pin 21 protruding from the cylinder 27.
- the connector 9 is formed in one piece with the piston 7. For easier assembly of the piston 7 in the flushing cap, the connector 9 can be screwed onto the piston pin 21.
- the connecting piece 9 has a sealing element 10 in the form of an annular seal.
- the example of the flushing cap shown in FIG. 1 has a convex connection surface 12 of the connection piece 9, which fits in a sealing manner in the centering bell.
- the connector 9 can alternatively have a concave connection surface 13 have, which is suitable for vessel filling machines that work without a centering bell. In particular, this is intended for vessel filling machines in which bottles, in particular PET bottles, are held on the neck ring below the bottle mouth during the filling process by integrating the neck handling technology on the lifting unit.
- the flushing cap has a bore 11 which is made in the connector 9 and the piston pin 21 adjoining it.
- FIG. 3 The functional diagram of the flushing cap is shown in FIG. 3, the individual main components, namely the compressed air reservoir 2, the directional control valve 3 and the adjusting unit with the adjusting element 6 and the connecting piece 9 being shown separately.
- the main components shown in FIG. 3 are integrated in the flushing cap, as described in connection with FIG. 1.
- the piston 7 shown in FIG. 3, like the piston 7 shown in FIG. 1, is in the rest position. I.e. the piston 7 is retracted into the cylinder 27 by the restoring force of the compression spring 22, wherein there is essentially ambient pressure in the displacement 20.
- the compressed air line formed through the bore 16 is vented.
- the compressed air line through the bore 17 to the compressed air reservoir 2 is blocked.
- the directional control valve 3 is transferred to the second switching position.
- the compressed air connection between the compressed air reservoir 2 and the displacement 20 is established.
- the piston 7 is moved against the restoring force of the compression spring 22, so that the connector 9 with the concave connection surface 13 is pressed against a filling element, not shown, of a vessel filling machine.
- the bore 11 is guided over the return air pipe of the filling element. In this state, the flushing cap is fixed in a liquid-tight manner with the filling element, so that the cleaning process can be carried out with correspondingly high flushing pressures.
- the directional valve 3 is acted upon by a corresponding control signal to remove the flushing cap from the filling element, which is indicated by the arrows + - + in FIG. 3, so that the directional valve 3 assumes the position shown in FIG. 3.
- the displacement 20 is vented and the piston 7 is moved into the cylinder 27, so that the filling element, including the return air pipe, is released by the connector 9.
- the rinsing cap can now be removed from the vessel filling machine.
- the compressed air reservoir 2 is filled on a trolley provided for storing the flushing caps.
- Compressed air storage 2 to integrate an electric motor with rechargeable batteries in the flushing cap, which moves the adjusting element 6 via a corresponding gear.
- the control of the electric motor can be as in that in FIG. 1 shown example via contact surfaces arranged on the outside of the flushing cap.
- An equivalent embodiment of the invention which dispenses with the supply of energy from the vessel filling machine, can be achieved in that the contact surfaces 5 shown in FIG. 1 are not used to transmit a control signal, but rather to transmit larger currents to drive an electric motor integrated in the flushing cap.
- the electric motor is actuated by a temporary power supply, so that the adjusting element 6 is brought into the working position and fixed there.
- the electric motor is actuated again in order to retract the adjusting element 6 and to release the filling elements.
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- Filling Of Jars Or Cans And Processes For Cleaning And Sealing Jars (AREA)
- Sealing Of Jars (AREA)
- Closing Of Containers (AREA)
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| DE10356393A DE10356393A1 (de) | 2003-12-03 | 2003-12-03 | Gefäßfüllmaschine, Spülklappe für eine Gefäßfüllmaschine und Verfahren zum Reinigen einer Gefäßfüllmaschine |
| PCT/EP2004/013561 WO2005054114A1 (de) | 2003-12-03 | 2004-11-30 | Spülkappe für eine gefässfüllmaschine |
Publications (2)
| Publication Number | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| EP1699730A1 true EP1699730A1 (de) | 2006-09-13 |
| EP1699730B1 EP1699730B1 (de) | 2007-03-21 |
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| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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| EP04819631A Expired - Lifetime EP1699730B1 (de) | 2003-12-03 | 2004-11-30 | Spülkappe für eine gefässfüllmaschine |
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| EP (1) | EP1699730B1 (de) |
| AT (1) | ATE357411T1 (de) |
| DE (2) | DE10356393A1 (de) |
| WO (1) | WO2005054114A1 (de) |
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| DE102010045268A1 (de) | 2010-09-14 | 2012-03-15 | Khs Gmbh | Reinigungsroboter mit Multifunktion |
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- 2004-11-30 EP EP04819631A patent/EP1699730B1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 2004-11-30 WO PCT/EP2004/013561 patent/WO2005054114A1/de not_active Ceased
- 2004-11-30 AT AT04819631T patent/ATE357411T1/de not_active IP Right Cessation
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| WO2005054114A1 (de) | 2005-06-16 |
| ATE357411T1 (de) | 2007-04-15 |
| DE10356393A1 (de) | 2005-06-30 |
| EP1699730B1 (de) | 2007-03-21 |
| DE502004003320D1 (de) | 2007-05-03 |
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