EP2090544A1 - Bloc de soupapes pour installations de remplissage - Google Patents

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EP2090544A1
EP2090544A1 EP09152632A EP09152632A EP2090544A1 EP 2090544 A1 EP2090544 A1 EP 2090544A1 EP 09152632 A EP09152632 A EP 09152632A EP 09152632 A EP09152632 A EP 09152632A EP 2090544 A1 EP2090544 A1 EP 2090544A1
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Rupert Meinzinger
Stefan Koller
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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
    • 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
    • B67C3/28—Flow-control devices, e.g. using valves

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  • the present invention relates to filling plants, which fill drinks in containers.
  • Such filling plants are known from the prior art.
  • a liquid substance in particular a drink
  • different gases are filled in the containers, such as sterile gases and the like.
  • gases are recycled from the container during the filling process.
  • a valve block is used, which specifically controls the supply or discharge of these gases into the containers as a function of the filling process. It is known from the prior art that all components of such valve blocks are made of stainless steels, on the one hand to meet the thermal and chemical requirements and on the other hand to ensure the visual impression of a solid mechanical engineering. However, the production of these valve blocks made of stainless steel is relatively expensive and expensive.
  • the present invention is therefore based on the object to provide a valve block for filling systems available, which is cheaper to manufacture compared to the prior art. This is inventively achieved by a valve block according to claim 1.
  • Advantageous embodiments and further developments are the subject of the dependent claims.
  • An inventive valve block for filling systems for filling liquids in containers has a plurality of valves which are arranged in the interior of a housing, wherein these valves are independently controllable and further comprises a control device for controlling the valves is provided.
  • the housing has at least one base body and a cover which can be separated from this base body, wherein the cover is made of a plastic.
  • the cost of producing the valve block can be reduced.
  • a plastic property is needed that can not be achieved with a stainless steel. Examples include moving moving metal parts that do not have a hard surface or electronically isolating measurement signals.
  • This plastic preferably has an antimicrobial substance.
  • antimicrobial substances have been known for some time. It is known, for example, to use such substances for surgical instruments and accessories in the field of medical technology. Also, the use of such substances, for example in the field of water treatment is known.
  • antimicrobial substances have the ability to kill microbes such as viruses, bacteria, yeast, algae, fungi, protozoa. Specifically, antimicrobial additives destroy proteins, membranes or core building blocks of the microbes.
  • inorganic antimicrobial additives are materials based on metals or metal ions into consideration, such as materials based on silver, copper or zinc.
  • An example of such antimicrobial additives is so-called nano-silver.
  • silver ions cause ion exchange in a humid environment or a reaction of the highly reactive silver cations with sulfur, oxygen and nitrogen in a microbial cell. In this way, cell death is achieved by interrupting DNA amplification, the use of silver ions has the advantage that it is a purely inorganic active ingredient, d. H. there is no resistance of the bacteria.
  • a biostatic or biocidal effect is achieved in the filling of beverages or pharmaceutical products by components made of antimicrobial finished plastics, ie the growth of microbes is inhibited or the number of microbes is reduced.
  • an antimicrobial effect is achieved by silver ions as part of the plastic in particular on the cover described.
  • the plastic also preferably has an antimicrobial substance, and thus the growth of microbes is inhibited or prevented here as well.
  • the valve block has at least one supply line for supplying a gaseous medium.
  • a plurality of such supply lines are provided, so that depending on the valve position of the valve block, the container with different gases can be acted upon or gases from the container to be filled can be discharged.
  • control device is mounted in the lid of the housing.
  • the control device is mounted in the lid of the housing.
  • a housing used for multiple units is generally less expensive than many covers associated with each fill valve.
  • a releasable plug connection is provided between the control device and the valves. This makes it possible, when disassembled to lift off the cover together with the controller and to solve the corresponding releasable connector to completely separate the lid of the body. Also by this approach, the overall structure is made simpler.
  • the valves are arranged in the main body of the housing.
  • the housing is at least partially an injection molded part.
  • the base body is made of a plastic. This is proposed here to produce both the lid and the base of a plastic.
  • the device has a made of plastic arranged inside the housing support for valve piston. In this carrier while running surfaces can be incorporated, along which the valve piston of the pneumatic valves can move.
  • This carrier is preferably formed integrally with the base body.
  • lines for a flowable and in particular gaseous medium are incorporated in the carrier.
  • a carrier which simultaneously forms the running surfaces and thus a part of the filling valves to produce plastic.
  • the carrier is a manufactured by injection molding component.
  • the carrier or generally the complex plastic parts are used for product guidance.
  • the individual filling valve parts are designed so that there is no connection to the filling container. Since there is no product contact with the plastic, resulting in lower requirements on the plastic. In a further step, it is possible to use these complex plastic parts for product guidance as mentioned above.
  • connection board is provided in the cover, wherein this connection board is inextricably linked to the lid.
  • this connection board is connected via a plug contact with an electronic board.
  • the above-mentioned control device is arranged.
  • the lid is sealed relative to the base body with at least one sealing device.
  • a sealing device with two sealing elements, which are preferably O-rings, is preferably used.
  • these two sealing elements are applied to different wall sections of the main body or the lid, said wall sections in a different from 0 ° Angle to each other.
  • the wall portions are substantially perpendicular to each other, so that a kind of labyrinth seal is achieved by the two sealing elements.
  • the cover has a projection which extends into a recess of the base body which is adapted to this projection.
  • a particularly high density between the body and the lid can be achieved.
  • the recess tapers downwards.
  • valve block in an outer surface on a holding device for securing a further element.
  • this further element is in particular a master cylinder, which in turn controls the supply of the beverage into a container.
  • the interior of the housing is at least temporarily under an overpressure. For this reason, it is preferable to ensure the highest possible sealing of the base body relative to the lid.
  • FIG. 1 shows a plant 20 for bottling drinks.
  • This plant 20 has a feed line 52 which feeds, for example, a drink originating from a ring kettle.
  • the reference numeral 54 refers to a flow meter that determines the amount of liquid that comes in the direction of the arrows P1 horizontally in the direction of the container 10.
  • the reference numeral 58 refers to a valve, which in turn is actuated by the master cylinder 56 to fill the beverage in the container 10.
  • the reference numeral 1 refers in its entirety to a valve block which controls the supply or discharge of different gases in the container or from the container. For example, the flow of a return gas from the container is also controlled by this valve block.
  • This valve block has a cover 14 and a base body 12, wherein the cover 14 is separable from the base body 12 and the cover 14 and the base body 12 together form the housing 6.
  • the reference numeral 44 refers to an electrical supply line, which is connectable to the lid. It is possible to connect the individual contacts inside the lid firmly with these, or incorporate.
  • Reference numeral 46 denotes a corresponding connection to the cover 14 of the valve block 1.
  • the valve block can also take over the control of the master cylinder 56.
  • FIG. 2 shows a more detailed view of the valve block 1 from FIG. 1 , It can be seen that in the interior of the cover 14 contact connections 27 are provided as pins, which in turn reach a vertically extending connection board 26.
  • the reference numeral 24 refers to a plug contact, with which the connection board 26 can be connected to an electronic board 28.
  • the electronic board 28 is arranged with two bolts 29 on the lid 14. It is also possible here to integrate the individual pins 27 in the lid. It is also possible to apply the abovementioned plugs 46 to the cover 14. On the electronic board 28, the controller 16 is arranged.
  • the reference numeral 25 refers to a plug-in contact to connect the electronic board 28 electrically, but separably, with the valves 8, which are here to pneumatic valves.
  • the lid 14 with the electronic board 28 and the terminal board 26 disposed therein can be removed from the main body 12. For ease of use so that the electrical components were all integrated into the lid 14 and can be separated by simply removing the lid 14 of the mechanics.
  • the base body 12 is also made of a plastic. Integral with the base body 12, a carrier 15 is formed, in which in turn recesses or running surfaces 17 are incorporated for cylinder piston 21 of pneumatic valves.
  • the base body together with this carrier also preferably be formed in an injection molding process, whereby the costs are reduced. More precisely, any membrane seats or cylinder running surfaces are formed together with this carrier. Accordingly, sealing surfaces for the valves can be formed directly with the base body 12. Furthermore, it can be seen that in the base body 12 and the carrier 15 and a supply line 13 is incorporated directly, which leads to the master cylinder 56. Above the carrier 15, an aluminum plate 19 is provided, on which in turn the valves 8 are arranged. The individual switching valves for the gas supply are arranged in the block indicated schematically in FIG. 23, the specific design not being explained in detail here.
  • FIG. 3 shows that the connection area between the cover 14 and the base body 12.
  • two sealing elements 35, 36 are provided, which are here to O-rings.
  • a sealing element 35 is arranged in a recess 45 of the lid and further sealing element 36 in a recess 47 of the base body 12.
  • the sealing element 35 bears against a wall 38 of the base body and the sealing element 36 abuts against a wall 39 of the lid 14.
  • These two walls 38 and 39 are perpendicular to each other and thus form a labyrinth seal.
  • a projection 40 of the lid 14 is provided, which projects into a correspondingly adapted recess 42 of the base body 12. This way you can Overall, a tight fit of the body relative to the lid 14 can be achieved.

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EP1937765B1 (fr) 2005-10-06 2009-06-17 Bayer Innovation GmbH Procede de production de compositions de matiere plastique antimicrobiennes
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US3845791A (en) * 1970-10-15 1974-11-05 Continental Can Co Universal filling head
GB2026991A (en) * 1978-05-31 1980-02-13 Cargo Fleet Chemical Co Filling Head
US4582102A (en) * 1984-08-27 1986-04-15 Risser James A Means for electronically comparing the extent of fill in containers with a preset extent
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EP1937765B1 (fr) 2005-10-06 2009-06-17 Bayer Innovation GmbH Procede de production de compositions de matiere plastique antimicrobiennes
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