EP2207745A1 - Apparatus and method for filling containers - Google Patents
Apparatus and method for filling containersInfo
- Publication number
- EP2207745A1 EP2207745A1 EP07866815A EP07866815A EP2207745A1 EP 2207745 A1 EP2207745 A1 EP 2207745A1 EP 07866815 A EP07866815 A EP 07866815A EP 07866815 A EP07866815 A EP 07866815A EP 2207745 A1 EP2207745 A1 EP 2207745A1
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- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- containers
- filling
- conveyor
- station
- nozzles
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- 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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- 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
- B67C3/24—Devices for supporting or handling bottles
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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
- B67C7/00—Concurrent cleaning, filling, and closing of bottles; Processes or devices for at least two of these operations
- B67C7/0006—Conveying; Synchronising
- B67C7/0026—Conveying; Synchronising the containers travelling along a linear path
- B67C7/0033—Conveying; Synchronising the containers travelling along a linear path the operation being performed batch-wise
Definitions
- the present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for filling containers.
- the common classification of disposable containers is the following:
- the present invention relates to the sector of filling disposable container of medium medium-large format, i.e. with capacity between about five and twenty litres.
- the containers are fed in a straight line; i.e., the containers are arranged in a row along a predetermined direction and are conveyed to a filling station; in the filling station, the containers are positioned with their mouths aligned to corresponding filling nozzles (hence, the filling nozzles are arranged in a row overlying a portion of the conveyor).
- the conveyor remains motionless.
- the filled containers are conveyed out by the same conveyor, or they are conveyed onto another conveyor.
- the linear filling technology is conditioned by two fundamental problems: a. distancing the bottles (or the containers) for their perfect centring under the filling taps (or nozzles); b. the exit speed of the bottles from the filling area as a factor conditioning hourly production capacity.
- point “a” is confronted in two ways in the industry: either by using augers that distance the bottles (which, however, are bulky, costly, and do not allow the creation of a filling environment with high cleanliness assurance) or through mechanical or pneumatic bottle spacing systems (hard to adjust for different formats and hazardous from the hygiene viewpoint, because they are difficult to sanitise, given the high number of "dead corners", possible sites for bacterial colonies).
- Point "b" instead, is confronted either-by waiting for the row of filled bottles to exit from the filling area (for the bottles exit along the same direction in which they are arranged during the filling and along which they are into the area), with consequent high idle time of the machine and reduction of the hourly productive capacity, or by pushing the bottles immediately after they are filled (in order to free the filling taps as quickly as possible) on a parallel belt able to extract the bottles from the filling space.
- such solutions do not satisfactorily solve the problem of the speed of the filling process, because they allow a maximum production of 3,000 bottles/hour, insufficient to satisfy production capacities of up to 8,000 bottles/hour, typical of the medium-format sector (e.g., 5 Lt).
- This type of technology does, nonetheless, have some pluses, such as simplicity of construction (with consequent cost reduction) and ease of maintenance.
- a technology known as rotary is used; i.e., the containers are fed continuously (after being distanced for medium formats by means of an auger) and a filling carrousel having a plurality of nozzles positioned along a circumference of the carrousel and rotating with it. Therefore, the filling operation takes place during the rotation of the containers integrally with the carrousel.
- - moving means operatively active on the containers to move them from the central conveyor in the collection site to the lateral conveyors in the filling stations where the containers are arranged with their own mouth aligned to corresponding filling nozzles, the lateral conveyors being able to convey the filled containers exiting the apparatus.
- figure 2 shows a front view of the apparatus of figure 1.
- figure 4 shows the apparatus of figure 1, in a different operative step
- figure 5 shows the apparatus of figure 2, in the operative step of figure 4;
- figure 6 shows the apparatus of figure 1 , in an additional operative step
- figure 7 shows the apparatus of figure 2, in the operative step of figure 6.
- the containers 2, in particular, are containers of medium size, i.e. with a capacity of between 5 litres and 20 litres.
- the apparatus 1 comprises a central conveyor 3 positioned along a central longitudinal axis 4.
- the central conveyor 3 conveys the empty containers 2 to be filled from a feeding station 5 to a collection station 6.
- the containers 2 are positioned on the central conveyor 3 alignedQ longitudinally and they are conveyed in a row.
- the central conveyor 3 originally, comprises:
- each container 2 is pushed by a pair of fingers 8.
- the fingers 8 fastened to a belt are longitudinally distanced from each other by a predetermined quantity, corresponding to the longitudinal distance between the containers 2 in the collection station 6.
- the apparatus 1 also comprises, originally, a first series of filling nozzles 11 and a second series of filling nozzles 12 arranged on respective longitudinal rows at the sides of the central conveyor 3 and oriented downwards. Moreover, the apparatus 1 originally comprises a first lateral conveyor is 12 and a second lateral conveyor 13 positioned longitudinally (hence parallel to the central conveyor 3) at the opposite sides of the central conveyor 3.
- the first lateral conveyor 12 is positioned underneath the first series of filling nozzles 11, to define a first filling station. Similarly, the second
- lateral conveyor 13 is positioned underneath the second series of filling nozzles 11, to define a second filling station.
- each of said first and second lateral conveyor comprises a pair of conveyor belts arranged r longitudinally, parallel to each other and parallel to the central conveyor
- the lateral conveyors 12 and 13 originally comprise a plurality of foils 18 arranged vertically and positioned (in the transverse sense) above the first conveyor belts 14 and 16 and (in the longitudinal sense) in intermediate position between a filling nozzle 11 and the next one.
- the foils 18 are oriented in such a way as to form an angle of about 30 degrees with a longitudinal axis oriented in the direction of movement of the containers.
- the foils 18 define guide elements able to deviate the trajectory of the containers 2 being transferred towards the exit to move them (for each of the two lateral conveyors 12 and 13) from the first to the second conveyor belt.
- the apparatus 1 comprises, originally, a first assembly 19 for moving containers 2 from the collection station to the first filling station and a second assembly 20 for moving containers 2 from the collection station to the second filling station.
- each frame 21 is positioned between the central conveyor 3 and the lateral conveyors 12 and 13.
- Each frame is provided with a plurality of arms 22 fastened to the frame; the arms 22 are in a number equal to the nozzles 11 and they are perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of rotation of the frames 21.
- each arm 22 is slidably coupled a cylinder 23, so that the cylinder 23 can retract and extend from the end of the arm itself.
- a pincer 24 To one end of each cylinder 23 is pivotally coupled a pincer 24; in this way, the pincers 24 are rotatable around the axes defined by the respective arms and they are also movable in extension or retraction along said axes.
- Each pincer 24 is movable between a closed position, for gripping a container 2, and an open position, of non interference with the container itself.
- the central conveyor 3 operatively stops in such a way as to position a row of containers aligned in predetermined positions, in the collection station (in such a way that they can be taken by the moving assemblies and moved in the filling sites).
- each container 2 is aligned with an arm 22 and with a nozzle 11 along a transverse axis.
- Said first and second moving assembly are operatively active on a first and on a second subset of said plurality of containers 2 in the collection site, to move them in the first and in the second filling station, respectively.
- the first moving assembly moves the odd-numbered containers 2 and the second moving assembly moves the even-numbered containers 2, or vice versa.
- said first and second moving assemblies constitute moving means operatively active on the containers 2 to move them from the central conveyor 3 in the collection site to the lateral conveyors 12 and
- each container 2 entails a rotation of the container 2 around a longitudinal axis (the axis of rotation of one of the frames 21); in the absence of further rotations, at the end of said rotation the container would be .situated in one of the filling stations in upside-down position with the mouth oriented downwards. Therefore, the movement of each container 2 entails an additional rotation of the container 2 around a transverse axis (the axis of one of the arms 22).
- the cylinders 23 allow to move the containers transversely.
- the pincers 24 are movable vertically (e.g. associating the moving assemblies to the structure by means of vertical slide guides), to lift the containers vertically in the filling station.
- the nozzles 11 are movable vertically through a substantially known system for raising and lowering the nozzle.
- Both said solutions which may be used alternatively to each other, enable to place the mouths of the containers in contact with the nozzles 11 during the filling step, possibly pressing the mouths on the nozzles to achieve a seal, to conduct a gravity-fed filling operation, with no need for volumetric metering.
- nozzles 11 are used which are able to perform a filling operation with volumetric dosage, so that it is not necessary for the mouths of the containers to be in contact with the nozzles, but it is sufficient for them to be aligned.
- the lateral conveyors they, in addition to defining the filling station, convey the full containers out of the apparatus.
- the presence of the dual conveyor belts and of the foils 18 entails a considerable saving of time.
- the belts To move the containers from the first (inner) belts to the second (outer) belts, it is sufficient for the belts to move together by smaller quantity that the distance between a container and the next one (i.e. between a nozzle and the next one); once the full containers 2 are on the second belts, the first belts (which define the filling stations) are ready to receive new empty containers to be filled, whilst the second belts continue to carry the containers towards the exit from the apparatus.
- the apparatus 1 comprises a system for regulating the vertical height of the surfaces whereon the containers 2 bear, i.e. the surfaces defined by the central conveyor 3 and by the lateral conveyors 12 and 13; said central conveyor 3 and lateral conveyors 12 and 13 are integral with a flat bed for supporting the structure of the apparatus which, raising and lowering under the command of a PLC or other regulating means, adapts the height of the lateral conveyors 12 and 13 according to the height of the different format.
- the bearing surfaces of the containers 2 defined by the lateral conveyors 12 and 13 are movable vertically towards and away from the nozzles 11.
- the central conveyor 3 is provided with fingers 8 to push the containers 2 entails the advantage of avoiding any intervention or modification on the apparatus to adapt it to the processing of containers of different size.
- the fingers 8 are able to move any container from 5 to 20 Lt without any format-change operation and the only adjustment to make pertains to the stop position of the central conveyor 3 in the point of grip of the pincer (which changes with container size), which is determined automatically when the aforementioned PLC push-button is pressed.
- the present invention also makes available a method for filling containers 2, and in particular containers of medium dimensions (from 5 to 20 litres).
- Said method originally comprises the following steps, repeated in succession:
- the moving step a first and a second subset of said plurality of containers 2 are moved from the collection station 6 to the first and to the second filling station, respectively, each subset of longitudinally aligned containers comprising non consecutive containers.
- the moving step preferably comprises: - a rotation of about 180 degrees of the containers around longitudinal axes;
- the step of conveying the full containers 2 out of the apparatus preferably comprises a step of deviating the trajectory of the containers 2 to move them laterally away from the central longitudinal axis 4, in such a way that said lateral longitudinal axes of conveyance of the exiting containers 2 are distanced transversely by predetermined quantities relative to the respective filling stations.
- the moving step takes place through moving assemblies 19 and 20 active on the containers 2 by means of pincers 24. It should be noted that, in the filling step, the pincers 24 preferably remain gripping for a predetermined waiting time (corresponding to a first part of the filling step, e.g.
- the filling stations are able to receive new containers after a particularly short time, given by the time needed to transfer the full containers from the first (inner) conveyor belts to the second (outer) conveyor belts.
- the first conveyors move; after said transfer, they are motionless.
- Said transfer time is made particularly short, originally, thanks to the presence of the foils 18. Therefore, the present invention allows to fill medium-size containers (from about 5 to about 20 litres) in a particularly efficient and advantageous manner, exploiting a modified linear technology to achieve particularly high performance levels in terms of speed.
- the present invention enables to fill medium-sized containers with an hourly production of over 6,000 containers per hour, whilst maintaining the containers motionless during the filling operation and filling them with fixed nozzles.
- the present invention advantageously enables to process containers with different formats in a particularly efficient manner, allowing a format change in particularly rapid fashion, because it does not require to replace any components (feeding augers or stars or counter-guides) but simply to press an active control on the PLC.
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- Basic Packing Technique (AREA)
- Wrapping Of Specific Fragile Articles (AREA)
- Filling Of Jars Or Cans And Processes For Cleaning And Sealing Jars (AREA)
- Supplying Of Containers To The Packaging Station (AREA)
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Priority Applications (2)
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PL07866815T PL2207745T3 (en) | 2007-11-13 | 2007-12-18 | Apparatus and method for filling containers |
SI200730814T SI2207745T1 (en) | 2007-11-13 | 2007-12-18 | Apparatus and method for filling containers |
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
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IT000086A ITPR20070086A1 (en) | 2007-11-13 | 2007-11-13 | SYSTEM AND PROCEDURE FOR FILLING CONTAINERS |
PCT/IT2007/000883 WO2009063514A1 (en) | 2007-11-13 | 2007-12-18 | Apparatus and method for filling containers |
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EP2207745A1 true EP2207745A1 (en) | 2010-07-21 |
EP2207745B1 EP2207745B1 (en) | 2011-12-07 |
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ES (1) | ES2374663T3 (en) |
IT (1) | ITPR20070086A1 (en) |
PL (1) | PL2207745T3 (en) |
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WO (1) | WO2009063514A1 (en) |
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