EP2162384B1 - Machine de traitement de récipients avec une section de conduite de transport - Google Patents

Machine de traitement de récipients avec une section de conduite de transport Download PDF

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EP2162384B1
EP2162384B1 EP08773934.8A EP08773934A EP2162384B1 EP 2162384 B1 EP2162384 B1 EP 2162384B1 EP 08773934 A EP08773934 A EP 08773934A EP 2162384 B1 EP2162384 B1 EP 2162384B1
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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
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  • the invention relates to a container treatment machine according to the preamble of patent claim 1.
  • each pressure-resistant delivery line is formed, for example, of PTFE, ie from a pressure and temperature resistant, acid and alkali resistant and permissible for food hard plastic, and frictionally fixed in the designated as Kapper mechanism, can be placed on the mouth of a container valve housing with a ball valve, For example, (Fig. 7) in a through hole of the valve housing by means of an O-ring which is compressed by a pressed-in support ring and sealingly comprises the conveying line.
  • PTFE ie from a pressure and temperature resistant, acid and alkali resistant and permissible for food hard plastic
  • the mounting flange Since the outer diameter of the end flange of the delivery line is greater than the inner diameter of the one-piece mounting flange, the mounting flange must be threaded before assembly of the end flange facing away from the end of the delivery line ago, since he can not be threaded over this from the side of the end flange.
  • a pipe coupling for metal pipes wherein the pipe coupling connects the mutually facing ends of two metal tubes and seals the connection area.
  • an end flange is integrally formed, while in the end region of the other metal tube a groove-shaped constriction is formed, in which a mounting flange is inserted and stretched over an introduced sealing ring structure against the end flange. Since the mounting flange can not be threaded from the end of its metal tube, it is divided into two parts so that it can be inserted into the constriction. Before tightening the pipe coupling, the two parts of the mounting flange must first be firmly connected together to ensure the necessary strength of the pipe coupling.
  • the delivery line is a stainless steel tube with a bent section. Between the tank and the respective valve housing, a flowmeter is mounted.
  • each delivery line made of stainless steel, the tank via a straight piece of pipe connected to a flow meter, and the flow meter via a curved portion of the delivery line to the valve housing connected is.
  • the tank and the valve housing are mounted on a common carrier occur in operation due to unavoidable manufacturing and assembly tolerances and especially operational relative position changes between the tank and the valve bodies cyclic bending stresses in the bent portion of the delivery line with lead the time on the outside of the bend of the section to microcracks and damage.
  • a container handling machine in which a straight large diameter polytetrafluoroethylene loading pipeline for supplying liquid nitrogen is provided for initiating the head spaces of carbon dioxide-added beverage filled bottles.
  • a bent capillary tube is also made of polytetrafluoroethylene, which ends free in the head space of a filled bottle.
  • the tank When designed as a filler container treatment machine according to JP 48-34133 A the tank is connected to the valve bodies via bent flexible hoses. This principle is only useful for silent and essentially pressureless processed fluids, but the hoses may still age and become brittle due to external or internal influences.
  • the object of the invention is to improve a container treatment machine with regard to the assembly of the delivery line section and the reliability during operation and for the purpose of hygienically perfect cleaning.
  • the section of the delivery line which is made of plastic in one piece, has such flexibility that operationalrelated relative movements between the tank and the valve housings or the flowmeter are absorbed without risk of microcracks and assembly tolerances are compensated.
  • the plastic is sufficiently pressure and temperature resistant, acid and alkali resistant and allowed for food, so that virtually all liquids, ie both liquids to be filled with or without pressure or with or without additives and cleaning fluids or cleaning liquors are easily processed, and also regardless of whether these liquids or gases are undercooled or heated.
  • the compressive strength of the plastic has to withstand the known maximum pressures occurring during filling and cleaning of containers.
  • the temperature resistance takes into account the high or low temperatures of the liquids or gases which occur during filling or cleaning.
  • the acid and alkali resistance resists acid components or alkalis or gases.
  • the food suitability meets the requirements, for example when filling containers, such as bottles, with drinks.
  • the delivery line section is inexpensive and accurate to manufacture. Particularly favorable is an embodiment with an 87 ° knee.
  • Each end flange with the adjacent constriction allows a dense assembly, similar to previously with stainless steel tubes with welded flanges, and with the important advantage in this area, as far as possible to avoid undercuts in the connection area, so that a hygienic cleaning is possible.
  • For easy installation sits on the end flange and the constriction of a metallic mounting flange.
  • a longitudinally split, preferably two-part, holding sleeve made of plastic or metal is arranged, which is initially omitted for mounting or dismounting of the mounting flange, and is introduced after threading the end flange in the constriction and then in the mounting flange.
  • the inner diameter of the mounting flange is, in particular after Disassembly of the retaining sleeve, only slightly larger than the outer diameter of the end flange to allow easy threading and pulling through the end flange after removal of the retaining sleeve.
  • the delivery line section may be an original equipment or an aftermarket part for already existing in-use container treatment machines, and excludes the damage that could not previously be avoided with stainless steel tubes.
  • the plastic is unreinforced polytetrafluoroethylene in a hard setting, so that with this type of plastic flexibility of the delivery line section results, thanks to which he, for example. can be easily bent by hand and springs back automatically.
  • the outer diameter of the delivery line section at the end flanges, in the legs and in the knee is substantially the same.
  • the retaining sleeve expediently ends flush with the end flange in order to create a sealing region without undercut. Furthermore, the holding sleeve for cooperation with the end flange on an inner shoulder and for cooperation with the mounting flange on an outer shoulder.
  • the constant inner diameter of the delivery line section to the outer diameter is in a ratio of about 0.6 to 0.7.
  • the outer diameter is preferably 22 mm, while the inner diameter is about 14 mm.
  • the radius of curvature of the delivery line section axis in the knee should be greater than twice the outside diameter. Such radii of curvature can be controlled well in terms of manufacturing technology and avoid pinching in the inner cross section.
  • the mounting flange can be connected to at least one further flange, wherein between the end face of the end flange of the delivery line section and an end face of the further flange, a directly adjacent to the mouth of the end flange sealing ring are mounted. This creates an undercut-free sealing area in the transition, without forming difficult-to-clean cavities.
  • Fig. 1 shows a part of a container treatment machine H, for example a filler for filling containers, such as bottles, with drinks (or a rinser), with an overhead tank T and below the tank and spaced from them valve bodies V (it is only a valve body V indicated).
  • a delivery line L installed here, for example, consists of a bent portion A and a straight section B, wherein between the sections A, B, a flow meter M is arranged.
  • This in Fig. 1 shown flow meter M may occasionally be omitted.
  • the delivery line section A is directly connected to the valve housing V.
  • the delivery line section A of Fig. 1 is in Fig. 2 shown in detail and in perspective. It is a pipe made of a plastic K.
  • the conveyor line section A has a knee 1, for example a 90 ° knee, and from the knee 1 outgoing, substantially straight leg 2, which end at outwardly projecting end flanges 3.
  • the length of the constriction 5 is a multiple of the length of the end flange 3, whose mouth is indicated by 4.
  • the inner diameter of the delivery line section is constant and is a measure d.
  • the inner diameter d to the outer diameter D in a ratio of 0.6 to 0.7.
  • the outer diameter D for example, 22 mm
  • the inner diameter d for example, 14 mm.
  • the plastic K of the delivery line section A is suitably polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE or Teflon), e.g. in a hard setting, wherein the conveying line section A is made in one piece from the polytetrafluoroethylene, for example, from an extruded and bent and processed in the region of the constrictions 5 strand or as an injection molded part.
  • PTFE polytetrafluoroethylene
  • Teflon Teflon
  • the polytetrafluoroethylene used is resistant to pressure and temperature in view of the pressures and temperatures occurring in such container treatment machines, as well as being acid-resistant with regard to any acid constituents or acid gases in the liquids, alkali-resistant with respect to cleaning liquors, as well as foodstuffs.
  • the delivery line section A consists of continuous white unreinforced polytetrafluoroethylene.
  • the delivery line section A may be an original equipment part for such container treatment machines, or a retrofit part for already in operation container treatment machines.
  • Fig. 1 the connection of each leg end of the delivery line section A by means of a metallic mounting flange 7, which sits with the aid of a longitudinally split retaining sleeve 9 on the constriction 5 and cooperates via the retaining sleeve 9 with the end flange 3 to the end flange 3 via an interposed sealing ring 13 against a pad either the valve housing V or the flow meter M, or to clamp an end face of a further flange 8 which is connected to the mounting flange 7.
  • the mounting flange 7 has in an inner bore 10 a shoulder 12 for cooperation with an outer shoulder 11 of the retaining sleeve 9.
  • the holding sleeve 9 in turn has an inner shoulder 9a for cooperation with the end flange 3.
  • the inner bore 10 of the mounting flange 7 has a diameter slightly larger than the outer diameter D.
  • the radius of curvature R in the knee 1 with respect to the delivery line section axis X is, for example, greater than twice the outer diameter D.
  • the mounting flange 7 is first thread-threaded over the end flange 3 into the region of the constriction 5, omitting the divided holding sleeve 9. Then the mounting flange 7 is further shifted to the leg 2, so that the constriction 5 is exposed. On the constriction then the parts of the retaining sleeve 9 are placed. Thereafter, the mounting flange 7 is pushed back again until it slides over the retaining sleeve 9 and pulls it against the end flange 3.
  • the holding sleeve 9 expediently ends flush with the end flange 3, while the mounting flange 7 protrudes slightly.
  • the sealing ring 13 is inserted before the mounting flange 7 is tensioned against the connection surface or the further flange 8.
  • the delivery line section A together with the holding sleeve 9 and the one another bolted flanges 7, 8 prefabricated as a unit and already equipped with the sealing rings 13.
  • the sealing ring 13 can be placed directly adjacent to the mouth 4 of the end flange 3, so that there is no difficult to clean undercut in the connection area.
  • the mounting flange 7 could also be screwed or glued or welded onto the leg end.

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  • Filling Of Jars Or Cans And Processes For Cleaning And Sealing Jars (AREA)
  • Devices For Dispensing Beverages (AREA)
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Claims (8)

  1. Machine de traitement de récipients (H), en particulier machine remplisseuse ou rinceuse, comportant un réservoir (T) et des boîtiers de vanne (V) agencés sous ledit réservoir avec un espacement, dans lequel une conduite d'alimentation (L) résistant à la pression avec une section coudée (A) est pourvue directement ou avec un dispositif de mesure de débit intercalé (M) entre le réservoir (T) et chaque boîtier de vanne (V), ladite section coudée comportant un coude (1) et des jambes essentiellement droites (2), et la conduite d'alimentation (L) est constituée d'une seule pièce en un plastique dur résistant à la pression, à la chaleur, aux acides et aux bases, et approuvé pour un usage alimentaire, caractérisée en ce que la section (A) comporte aux deux extrémités de jambe une bride d'extrémité externe (3) respective avec une constriction (5) adjacente à la bride d'extrémité (3), en ce qu'une bride de montage métallique (7) est montée sur la bride d'extrémité (3) et la constriction (5), en ce qu'un manchon d'arrêt (9) fendu en direction longitudinale, en plastique ou en métal, est agencé avant la bride de montage (7) dans la bride de montage (7), et en ce que le diamètre interne de la bride de montage (7) est légèrement supérieur au diamètre externe (D) de la bride d'extrémité (3).
  2. Machine de traitement de récipients selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que la section de conduite d'alimentation est préférablement réalisée en polytétrafluoroéthylène blanc non renforcé.
  3. Machine de traitement de récipients selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que le diamètre externe (D) de la section (A) est essentiellement égal sur les brides d'extrémité (3), les jambes (2) et le coude (1).
  4. Machine de traitement de récipients selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que le manchon d'arrêt (9) est étroitement ajusté sur la bride d'extrémité (3), et comporte un épaulement interne (9a) interagissant avec la bride d'extrémité (3) et un épaulement externe (11) interagissant avec la bride de montage (7).
  5. Machine de traitement de récipients selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que le rapport du diamètre interne (d) constant de la section (A) et du diamètre externe (D) est d'environ 0,6 à 0,7 , préférablement avec un diamètre interne (d) d'environ 14 mm dans le cas d'un diamètre externe (D) de 22,0 mm.
  6. Machine de traitement de récipients selon la revendication 3, caractérisée en ce que le rayon de courbure (R) de l'axe de la section (X) dans le coude (1) est supérieur au double du diamètre externe (D).
  7. Machine de traitement de récipients selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que la bride de montage (7) est connectée avec au moins une autre bride (8), et en ce qu'un anneau d'étanchéité (13) est monté de manière directement adjacente à l'embouchure (4) dans la bride d'extrémité (3) entre le côté frontal de la bride d'extrémité (3) et un côté frontal de l'autre bride (8).
  8. Machine de traitement de récipients selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que le coude (1) est un coude d'environ 90°, et préférablement de 87°.
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