EP1897848A1 - Dispositif d'évaluation d'une défaillance de remplissage et dispositif de remplissage - Google Patents

Dispositif d'évaluation d'une défaillance de remplissage et dispositif de remplissage Download PDF

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EP1897848A1
EP1897848A1 EP07253588A EP07253588A EP1897848A1 EP 1897848 A1 EP1897848 A1 EP 1897848A1 EP 07253588 A EP07253588 A EP 07253588A EP 07253588 A EP07253588 A EP 07253588A EP 1897848 A1 EP1897848 A1 EP 1897848A1
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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
    • B67C3/007—Applications of control, warning or safety devices in filling machinery
    • 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
    • B65B57/00—Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices
    • B65B57/10—Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials to be packaged
    • B65B57/12—Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials to be packaged and operating to control, or stop, the feed of wrapping materials, containers, or packages
    • 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
    • B65B57/00—Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices
    • B65B57/10—Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials to be packaged
    • B65B57/14—Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials to be packaged and operating to control, or stop, the feed of articles or material to be packaged
    • B65B57/145—Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials to be packaged and operating to control, or stop, the feed of articles or material to be packaged for fluent material
    • 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
    • B67C3/20—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus with provision for metering the liquids to be introduced, e.g. when adding syrups
    • 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
    • B67C3/30—Filling of barrels or casks
    • B67C3/32—Filling of barrels or casks using counterpressure, i.e. filling while the container is under pressure

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  • the present invention relates to a filling failure judging device for judging whether or not a container to be filled with a liquid, for example, a beer barrel to be filled with beer is insufficiently filled. Further, the present invention relates to a filling device, having such a filling failure judging device, for filling beer into a container, for example, a beer barrel.
  • beer is sold in bottles or cans.
  • beer is also sold in glasses or mugs.
  • beer is filled into beer barrels or tanks, which are exclusively used for beer, in breweries and then delivered to restaurants, etc.
  • beer is poured into the glasses or mugs exclusively through dispensers attached to the beer barrels.
  • beer is filled into beer barrels by a filling device.
  • the filling device includes a plurality of filling sections. Each filling section includes: a flow control valve for adjusting a flow rate of beer; and a filling head.
  • pre-stress gas for example, inert gas is previously filled into the beer barrel so that the beer barrel can be pre-stressed at a predetermined pressure.
  • Pre-stress gas prevents carbonic dioxide, which is dissolved in beer, from separating from the beer at the time of filling beer into the beer barrel, and prevents the beer itself from foaming when filling the beer into the beer barrel.
  • pre-stress gas is gradually discharged from the beer barrel according to a filling weight of beer so that the pressure in the beer barrel can be maintained constant.
  • the filling section has made an insufficiently filled beer barrel in which pre-stress gas is compressed as described above, there is a high possibility that the filling section successively makes a similar beer barrel, into which beer is not sufficiently filled. Accordingly, in the case where the beer barrel, into which beer is not sufficiently filled, is made in a specific filling section, it is estimated that operation of the specific filling section is stopped.
  • Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2000-289720 discloses a package measurement inspection system including: a packaging machine for producing commodities; a weight checker for measuring weights of the commodities; and a seal checker for inspecting a sealing state of the commodities after the commodities have been packaged.
  • a package measurement inspection system including: a packaging machine for producing commodities; a weight checker for measuring weights of the commodities; and a seal checker for inspecting a sealing state of the commodities after the commodities have been packaged.
  • packaging operation conducted by the packaging machine is stopped.
  • Whether or not a beer barrel has been insufficiently filled with beer by the filling section is found in many cases when beer is actually extracted from the beer barrel through an exclusively used dispenser in a shop after the beer barrel has been delivered to the market. Therefore, in the case where a beer barrel, into which beer was not sufficiently filled with beer, is discovered in the shop, there is a high possibility that a large number of beer barrels, into which beer was not sufficiently filled with beer, have already been delivered to the market. It is possible to conduct checking in breweries to determine whether or not beer barrels are sufficiently filled with beer. However, this checking operation is complicated. Further, it takes time to check whether or not beer barrels are sufficiently filled.
  • the present inventors earnestly made investigation into the above matter so as to solve the problems. As a result of their investigation, the present inventors acquired knowledge in which whether or not a beer barrel is sufficiently filled with beer can be easily and quickly judged before the beer barrel is delivered to the market, in other words, at the time of filling beer into the beer barrel, by measuring a filling speed of beer.
  • the present invention has been accomplished in view of the above circumstances.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a filling failure judging device capable of easily and quickly judging that a container, for example, a beer barrel is not sufficiently filled with beer.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a filling device having such a filling failure judging device.
  • the first aspect provides a filling failure judging device comprising a filling speed measurement means for measuring a filling speed of filling a liquid into a container by one of a plurality of liquid filling means for filling a predetermined weight of liquid into each of a plurality of containers, wherein in the case where the filling speed measured by the filling speed measurement means is higher than a predetermined value, the container filled with the liquid by the filling speed is judged to be a container insufficiently filled with the liquid.
  • the filling speed of filling a liquid in the case where a filling speed of filling a liquid is relatively low, no pre-stress gas is involved in beer. Accordingly, no pre-stress gas remains in the container. Therefore, when it is judged whether or not the filling speed of filling the liquid is higher than a predetermined value, it can be judged whether or not the container is insufficiently filled. Accordingly, it is possible to easily find a container into which the liquid is not sufficiently filled.
  • the filling speed may be the maximum value or the average value at the time of filling the liquid.
  • a filling failure judging device further comprises an after filling container weight measurement means for measuring a weight of each container after the liquid has been filled into the container by each liquid filling means, wherein in the case where a weight of the container measured by the after filling container weight measurement means is lighter than a predetermined after-filling container reference weight, the container is judged to be a container insufficiently filled with the liquid.
  • the second aspect it is judged whether or not a container, in which pre-stress gas is compressed, is not sufficiently filled. Further, it is judged whether or not a filling weight of the container is lighter than a predetermined weight, in other words, whether or not the container is not sufficiently filled. Therefore, it is easy to find a container which is not sufficiently filled with a liquid.
  • the third aspect provides a filling device comprising a filling failure judging device as in the first or the second aspect.
  • the third aspect it is possible to judge whether or not a container is not sufficiently filled before it is delivered to the market, that is, at the time of filling a liquid into the container. Therefore, a filling failure container can be easily found.
  • the fourth aspect provides a filling device in the third aspect, further comprising an ejection means for ejecting the container, which has been judged to be insufficiently filled with the liquid, from the filling device.
  • the fifth aspect provides a filling device as in the third or the fourth aspect, further comprising a liquid filling stop means for stopping filling the liquid into the container by the liquid filling means which corresponds to the container judged to be insufficiently filled with the liquid in the case where the number of times of the cases, in which it is judged that the container is not sufficiently filled, is not less than a predetermined number of times.
  • liquid filling stop means is, for example, a flow control valve provided in the liquid filling means.
  • the sixth aspect provides a filling device as in any one of the third to the fifth aspect, further comprising a container supply stop means for stopping supplying a new container to the liquid filling means which corresponds to the container judged to be insufficiently filled with the liquid in the case where the number of times of the cases, in which it is judged that the container is not sufficiently filled, is not less than a predetermined number of times.
  • the container supply stop means is, for example, a means for skipping a supply of a barrel to the liquid filling means by temporarily holding the barrel from both sides of the conveyance passage.
  • the seventh aspect provides a filling device for filling a liquid into a container comprising: a plurality of liquid filling means for respectively filling a predetermined weight of liquid into a plurality of containers; a filling failure judging means for judging the containers, into which the liquid is filled by the plurality of liquid filling means, to be insufficiently filled; and a liquid filling stop means for stopping filling the liquid into the container by the liquid filling means which corresponds to the container judged to be insufficiently filled in the case where the number of times of the cases, in which it is judged by the filling failure judging means that the container is insufficiently filled, is not less than a predetermined number of times.
  • the liquid filling stop means is, for example, a flow control valve provided in the liquid filling means.
  • the eighth aspect provides a filling device for filling a liquid into a container comprising: a plurality of liquid filling means for respectively filling a predetermined weight of liquid into a plurality of containers; a filling failure judging means for judging the containers, into which the liquid is filled by the plurality of liquid filling means, to be insufficiently filled; and a container supply stop means for stopping supplying a new container to the liquid filling means which corresponds to the container judged to be insufficiently filled in the case where the number of times of the cases, in which it is judged by the filling failure judging means that the container is insufficiently filled, is not less than a predetermined number of times.
  • the container supply stop means is a means for skipping a supply of the barrel, which is conveyed along a conveyance passage, to the liquid filling means concerned by temporarily holding the barrel from both sides of the conveyance passage.
  • the filling failure judging means includes a filling speed measurement means for measuring a filling speed at the time of filling the liquid into each container by the plurality of liquid filling means, and the filling failure judging means judges that the container, into which the liquid is filled by a filling speed, is not sufficiently filled in the case where the filling speed measured by the filling speed measuring means is higher than a predetermined value.
  • the filling speed may be the maximum value or the average value at the time of filling the liquid.
  • the filling failure judging means includes an after filling container weight measurement means for measuring a weight of each container into which the beverage is filled by each liquid filling means, and the filling failure judging means judges that a container is not sufficiently filled in the case where a weight of the container, which is measured by the after filling container weight measurement means, is lighter than a predetermined after-filling container reference weight.
  • the filling weight is lighter than a predetermined weight. In other words, it is judged whether or not the container is not sufficiently filled. Therefore, a filling failure container can be easily found.
  • the eleventh aspect provides a filling device for filling a liquid into a container according to any one of the seventh to the tenth aspect, further comprising an ejection means for ejecting the container, which is judged to be insufficiently filled, from the filling device.
  • FIG. 1 is a conceptual view showing a filling device for filling a beer barrel with beer according to the present invention.
  • a filling device 10 as shown in Fig. 1 includes: a conveyance passage 11 such as a conveyer for conveying a plurality of barrels, for example, a plurality of beer barrels 40 in the direction of arrow A; and an annular rotary passage 20, which is arranged adjacent to the conveyance passage 11, for successively conveying the beer barrels 40 in the direction of arrow B.
  • a conveyance passage 11 such as a conveyer for conveying a plurality of barrels, for example, a plurality of beer barrels 40 in the direction of arrow A
  • an annular rotary passage 20 which is arranged adjacent to the conveyance passage 11, for successively conveying the beer barrels 40 in the direction of arrow B.
  • a plurality of filling sections 21, for example, twenty filling sections 21 for filling beer into the beer barrels 40 are arranged at regular intervals in the circumferential direction.
  • the filling sections F are provided respectively at positions corresponding to the beer barrels 40 located in the rotary passage 20.
  • Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of a filling section taken along a line I - I in Fig. 1.
  • the beer barrel 40 is arranged on the rotary passage 20 in which a metal cap of the beer barrel 40 is directed downward.
  • an air cylinder 51 having an extensible rod 52 is provided in an upper portion of the filling device 10.
  • a clamp handle 53 At a forward end portion of the rod 52, a clamp handle 53, the configuration of which is a substantial "+", is attached.
  • the air cylinder 51 is operated to extend the rod 52, the beer barrel 40 is held between the clamp handle 53 and the rotary passage 20.
  • the filling section F includes: a filling head 23 capable of engaging a barrel aperture (not shown) of the beer barrel 40; and a liquid conveyance tube 22 extending from a beer storage tank (not shown) to the filling head 23. Beer in a beer storage tank (not shown) is filled from the barrel aperture into the beer barrel 40 through the liquid conveyance tube 22 and the filling head 23.
  • a flow meter 25 for detecting a flow rate of beer flowing in the liquid conveyance tube 22 is arranged in the liquid conveyance tube 22. Further, in the downstream of the flow meter 25 with respect to the flow of beer, a flow control valve 26 for controlling the flow rate of beer is arranged. The flow meter 25 and the flow control valve 26 are electrically connected to the control unit 30 described later.
  • a supply tube 55 for supplying pre-stress gas into the beer barrel 40 before beer is filled into the beer barrel 40, and a discharge tube 56 for discharging the pre-stress gas from the beer barrel 40 are shown.
  • the pre-stress gas is inert gas, for example, carbon dioxide or nitrogen.
  • the pre-stress gas has a function of preventing carbonic dioxide, which is dissolved in beer, from separating or foaming when filling beer into the beer barrel 40.
  • a control valve 57 for controlling a flow rate of discharging pre-stress gas is arranged in the discharge tube 56. This control valve 57 is also electrically connected to the control unit 30.
  • the beer barrels 40 which has been conveyed onto the conveyance passage 11, are further conveyed into the rotary passage 20 by a star wheel 13 and a guide 14 arranged on the upstream side with respect to conveyance direction A. While the beer barrel 40, which has been conveyed into the rotary passage 20, is being rotated by the rotary passage 20 in the direction of arrow B, beer is filled into the beer barrel 40 by one filling section F.
  • a weight measuring means 17 is arranged on the conveyance passage 11 in the downstream of the downstream side star wheel 15.
  • the weight measuring means 17 measures a total weight of the beer barrel 40 after beer has been filled into it.
  • a branch conveyance passage 18 branches from the conveyance passage 11.
  • the branch conveyance passage 18 is not operated. Only when a starting section 19 is set in motion, the branch conveyance passage 18 is operated.
  • the starting section 19 is started and the beer barrel 40 concerned is ejected from the conveyance passage 11 into the branch conveyance passage 18. That is, the branch conveyance passage 18 has a function as an ejection means for ejecting the beer barrel 40.
  • a stop member 60 described later is arranged in the upstream of the upstream side star wheel 13.
  • the weight measuring means 17, the starting section 19 and the stop member 60 are also electrically connected to the control unit 30.
  • the control unit 30 is a digital computer, which controls the entire filling device 10.
  • the control unit 30 includes: a filling speed type filling failure judging means 31 for judging whether or not a beer barrel 40 is insufficiently filled according to a filling speed of filling beer into the beer barrel 40, and a weight type filling failure judging means 32 for judging whether or not a beer barrel 40 is insufficiently filled according to a weight of the beer barrel 40 after beer has been filled into the beer barrel 40.
  • control unit 30 includes: a counter 33 for counting the number of times in which a filling failure is caused in each of the plurality of filling sections F; and a storage section 34 for storing various predetermined values, various measurement values and an operation program 100 described later.
  • the filling speed type filling failure judging means 31, the weight type filling failure judging means 32, the counter 33 and the storage section 34 are connected to each other by a bidirectional bus 35.
  • step 101 of the operation program 100 the present counter value N i of the filling section F i , to which the beer barrel 40 is supplied, is acquired.
  • the counter value N 5 of the filling section F 5 is acquired.
  • the counter value N i is counted in the counter 33 in the form of a map with respect to each of the plurality of filling sections F i . Accordingly, in this case, the present counter value N 5 in the map may be simply acquired.
  • step 102 the empty beer barrel 40 is moved by the upstream side star wheel 13 and the guide 14 from the conveyance passage 11 to the rotary passage 20 and held by the filling section F 5 as described before. While the empty beer barrel 40 is being rotated together with the rotary passage 20, a predetermined weight of pre-stress gas is filled into the beer barrel 40 through the supply pipe line 55. Next, while pre-stress gas is being discharged outside through the discharge pipe line 56, beer is filled into the beer barrel 40 concerned by the filling head 23 of the filling section F 5 .
  • Fig. 5 is a graph showing a relationship between the filling time and the signal command value with respect to the flow speed (filling speed) of beer.
  • the axis of abscissas represents a filling time of beer.
  • the axis of ordinates represents a signal with respect to the flow speed of beer transmitted from the control unit 30. According to the signal command value with respect to the flow speed of beer shown in this graph, the flow speed of beer is actually controlled by the flow control valve 26.
  • the flow speed of beer is gradually increased from the flow speed QA to the maximum flow speed QB from the time T 0 to the time T 1 .
  • the reason why the flow speed of beer is gradually increased is to prevent carbonic dioxide contained in the beer from separating or foaming at the time of filling.
  • beer is continuously filled into the beer barrel 40 at the maximum flow speed QB from the time T 1 to the time T 2 .
  • the flow control valve 26 is closed so that the supply of beer can be instantaneously shut off.
  • step 103 the actual filling speed V corresponding to the signal command value of the maximum flow speed QB after the time T 1 is measured by the flow meter 25. Specifically, according to the flow rate data, which is transmitted from the flow meter 25 to the control unit 30, and the scanning time, which was previously set, the actual filling speed V of beer is calculated.
  • step 104 After a predetermined filling weight of beer has been filled in step 104, the beer barrel 40 concerned is moved to the proximity of the downstream side star wheel 15. Next, the beer barrel 40 concerned is returned from the rotary passage 20 to the conveyance passage 11 by the downstream side star wheel 15 and the guide 16. After that, in step 105, the total weight Z of the beer barrel 40 after beer has been filled into it is measured by the weight measurement means 17. The filling speed V and the total weight Z are temporarily stored in the storage section 34.
  • step 106 it is judged by the filling speed type filling failure judging means 31 whether or not the filling speed V is higher than a predetermined value V 0 .
  • the predetermined value V 0 is an upper limit value of the filling speed at which beer can be filled into the beer barrel without involving pre-stress gas into a flow of beer. This predetermined value V 0 is previously found by experiments, etc.
  • the predetermined value V 0 is, for example, two or three times as high as the maximum flow speed QB (command value) shown in Fig. 5.
  • pre-stress gas is involved in a flow of beer at the time of filling beer and that pre-stress gas compressed at a relatively high pressure remains in the beer barrel.
  • pre-stress gas is extracted together with beer at the time of extracting beer. Accordingly, there is a high possibility that a large amount of bubbles of large diameters are generated on a level of beer. It is impossible to excellently extract beer from such a beer barrel 40. Accordingly, it is judged that such a beer barrel 40 is not sufficiently filled with beer irrespective of the filling weight of beer actually filled into the beer barrel 40.
  • step 108a the branch conveyance passage 18 is started by the starting section 19 in step 108a. Due to the foregoing, the after filling beer barrel 40 concerned is moved from the conveyance passage 11 to the branch conveyance passage 18 and ejected from the filling device 10. Next, in step 109a, "1" is added to the counter value N 5 of the filling section F 5 corresponding to the beer barrel 40 concerned (N 5 ⁇ N 5 + 1).
  • step 106 it is judged by the weight type filling failure judging means 32 whether or not the total weight Z of the beer barrel 40 after filling beer is lighter than the predetermined value Z 2 .
  • the predetermined value Z 2 is a value obtained by adding the beer filling weight to the maximum value of the empty beer barrel weight previously determined by a statistical method.
  • the flow control valve 26 in the filling section F 5 is maintained at a degree of opening in the closing direction as compared with a desired degree of opening, for some reason.
  • step 108b the program proceeds to step 108b and the beer barrel 40 concerned is ejected from the filling device 10 as described before. Therefore, even in the case of the beer barrel, the extraction of which is not a failure or the basis of the remaining pre-stress gas, it is possible to prevent a beer barrel 40, which is not sufficiently filled with beer, from being delivered to the market. Further, as described before, in step 109b, "1" is further added to the counter value N 5 of the filling section F 5 which has filled beer into the beer barrel 40 concerned (N 5 ⁇ N 5 + 1).
  • step 110 the latest counter value N 5 of the filling section F 5 is read and it is judged whether or not the counter value N 5 is not less than the predetermined value N 0 .
  • the predetermined value N 0 is an integer not less than 1.
  • the predetermined value N 0 is "trade-off" of the productivity of the filling device 10 and the rate of generation of beer barrels into which beer is not sufficiently filled. That is, in the case where the predetermined value N 0 is relatively high, the productivity of the filling device 10 is increased, however, the rate of generation of beer barrels into which beer is not sufficiently filled, is also increased. On the contrary, in the case where the predetermined value N 0 is relatively low, the rate of generation of beer barrels into which beer is not sufficiently filled is decreased, however, the productivity of the filling device 10 is also decreased.
  • the predetermined value N 0 is appropriately decided by an operator according to the relation described above.
  • step 111 the flow control valve 26 is closed by the control unit 30 so that beer can not be supplied from a storage tank (not shown) to the filling section F 5 concerned. That is, the flow control valve 26 functions as a liquid filling stop means for stopping beer (liquid) from being filled into a beer barrel at the specific filling section F i , for example, at the filling section F 5 .
  • the filling section F 5 does not charge beer into other beer barrels 40. Accordingly, it is possible to avoid the occurrence of a case in which other beer barrels 40 successively fail to be sufficiently filled with beer by this filling section F 5 . Therefore, in the present invention, even in the case of the generation of a filling failure, it is unnecessary to stop the entire filling device 10.
  • the stop member 60 is set in motion by the control unit 30 at a predetermined timing, so that a new empty beer barrel 40 can not be supplied to the filling section F5 concerned.
  • Figs. 6a and 6b are partially enlarged views in which a portion of the filling device is shown being enlarged so as to explain the stop member.
  • the stop member 60 includes: a pair of connecting rods 62A arranged on one side of the conveyance passage 11; and a pair of connecting rods 62B arranged on the other side of the conveyance passage 11 to face to the connecting rods 62A.
  • a pair of connecting rods 62A are connected to each other, forming a predetermined angle between them.
  • a corner portion of the pair of connecting rods 62A is formed as a rotary shaft portion 63A capable of rotating.
  • a corner portion of a pair of connecting rods 62B is formed as a rotary shaft portion 63B capable of rotating.
  • the rotary shaft portions 63A, 63B of the stop member 60 are arranged away from the conveyance passage 11.
  • the stop member 60 When the rotary passage 20 is further rotated, the stop member 60 is returned to the initial position so that the beer barrel 40 can be released. Accordingly, the beer barrel 40 is supplied to the adjacent filling section F 6 . That is, the stop member 60 can skip a supply of the beer barrel 40 to the filling section F 5 that is out of order.
  • the filling section F 5 concerned can be positively prevented from filling beer into the other beer barrels 40. Accordingly, it is possible to positively avoid the occurrence of a case in which the other beer barrels 40 continuously fail to be sufficiently filled with beer.
  • This stop member 60 is advantageously used especially when the flow control valve 26 is fixed and it becomes impossible to stop filling beer into a beer barrel, that is, this stop member 60 is advantageously used especially when it is impossible to conduct processing of step 111.
  • the filling speed type filling failure judging means 31 and/or the weight type filling failure judging means 32 can be easily judged by the filling speed type filling failure judging means 31 and/or the weight type filling failure judging means 32. Further, even in the case where a beer barrel 40, into which beer is not sufficiently filled, is generated by a specific filling section F i , by using the flow control valve 26 and/or stop member 60, it is possible to prevent the continuous generation of beer barrels 40 into which beer is not sufficiently charge.
  • the flow meter 25 is arranged in the upstream of the flow control valve 26.
  • the flow meter 25 may be arranged in the downstream of the flow control valve 26, for example, the flow meter 25 may be arranged inside the filling head 23.
  • the filling speed of beer is directly measured by the flow meter 25. Therefore, it is apparent that whether or not the beer barrel 40 is sufficiently filled with beer can be more strictly judged.
  • steps 106 and 107 and one of steps 111 and 112 may be omitted.
  • step 106 an average value of the filling speed V in the filling stage may be compared with another predetermined value.
  • a judgment relating to the filling speed V and the predetermined value V 0 in step 106 may be made. In the case where it is judged in the middle of filling beer that the filling speed V is greater than the predetermined value V 0 , the beer filling operation is forcibly stopped so that a waste of beer can be reduced.
  • the filling time in a case where the filling time is shorter than a predetermined value, it may be judged to be a failure of filling beer by using the filling time instead of the filling speed V in step 106.
  • the filling time in a case where the filling time is longer than another predetermined value, it may be judged to be a failure of filling beer by using the filling time instead of the total weight Z in step 107. It is clear that even the above cases are included in the scope of the present invention.

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