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EP2289838B1
EP2289838B1 EP10194950A EP10194950A EP2289838B1 EP 2289838 B1 EP2289838 B1 EP 2289838B1 EP 10194950 A EP10194950 A EP 10194950A EP 10194950 A EP10194950 A EP 10194950A EP 2289838 B1 EP2289838 B1 EP 2289838B1
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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
    • B67C3/20—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
    • B67C3/202—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 by weighing
    • 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
    • B67C3/242—Devices for supporting or handling bottles engaging with bottle necks

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  • the invention relates to a filling device for containers, in particular for beverage containers, the type explained in the preamble of claim 1.
  • Such a filling device is known from WO 00/47960 known.
  • the known weighing device is assigned to a filling device for containers and integrated directly into a holder for the container during filling.
  • a cap which can be screwed onto the container is provided, which has a central filling opening and a lateral ventilation opening, wherein the filling tube is helically bent and fastened above the container so that the container hangs on the helically bent filling tube. Due to the increasing weight of the container, the helical filling tube is pulled apart, whereby the distance traveled thereby is measured and used as a measure of the weight of the container. However, it can not be ruled out that vibrations or other movements of the container negatively influence the measurement results.
  • a cylindrical, tubular or prism-shaped load cell is inserted into the opening of the container and secured with a mounting cap. Through the load cell vent and vents extend.
  • the container is freely suspended on the filling line (via a carrier) via the load cell, so that here too the rising weight is absorbed by the load cell and determined as a measure of the weight of the container.
  • the special design of the load cells as a filling tube is relatively complex and costly, which is particularly noticeable when using the filling in Be Pavllerkarussells with their large number of filling points.
  • One from the EP 1 025 424 known filling device includes one of the usual filling carousels, which rotate around a substantially vertical axis and are provided at its outer periphery with radially projecting holders for the containers.
  • the holders are usually designed like pliers, wherein the two jaws are spring-loaded, or magnetically pulled to each other and have a recess adapted to the container, with which the holder surrounds the container for filling.
  • Normally bottles are filled, which are provided below the filling opening, at its neck, with a protruding flange which provides a support on the top of the holder.
  • a filling valve is provided, which stands with its outlet in the filling position in coaxial alignment with the filling opening of the container.
  • a weighing device which contains an elastically deformable element in the form of a rigidly attached to the frame elastic rod whose deformation is determined by the weight of the container and evaluated as a measure of the weight.
  • the elastic element is acted upon by the holder, wherein the elastic element and the holder in the radial direction with respect to the axis of rotation of the Be Schollerkarussells adjacent to each other.
  • the holder serves as a lever arm for acting on the elastically deformable rod.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a filling device with a robust, reliable weighing device.
  • a particularly preferred arrangement of the weighing device is above, substantially vertically above the holder, whereby a connection between the container and the weighing device substantially protected against vibrations in the direction of gravity is possible.
  • a weighing device arranged substantially symmetrically with respect to the filling axis, wherein the weighing device is provided on at least two opposite sides of the filling axis, but the filling axis preferably extends through an opening in the weighing device. This can be achieved in a structurally simple manner in that the weighing device extends around the outlet of the filling valve.
  • Such an embodiment of the weighing device is structurally particularly simple and reliable to implement by an elastic element, which is determined by the weight of the container deformation.
  • an elastically deformable element can be easily formed annularly closed around the filling axis and / or the filling valve around.
  • FIG. 1 a perspective view of part of a filling device according to the invention
  • Fig. 2 the side view of the filling after Fig. 1
  • Fig. 3 the front view of the filling after the Fig. 1 and 2 ,
  • Fig. 1 is a filling device 1 as part of a bottling plant for bottling drinks visible
  • the z. B. is a conventional Be Heilllerkarussell, and a frame 2 which is driven to rotate about a substantially vertical axis of rotation 2 'in the direction of rotation D.
  • the frame 2 ' only part of a about the rotation axis 2' extending, outer, tire-shaped support member 2a can be seen.
  • a carrier 3 On the support member 2a, a carrier 3 is fixed, which extends in the radial direction with respect to the axis of rotation 2 'on the support member 2a addition.
  • This carrier 3 is designed as a valve receptacle for a filling valve 4.
  • the filling valve 4 is of conventional type and connected via a supply line 5 and the usual distributor 6 with a source of product to be filled, in particular a drink.
  • the filling valve 4 is arranged so that its outlet is arranged in the form of a filling nozzle 6 with a substantially vertical center line 6 'and a substantially horizontally extending outlet opening 6a.
  • a holder 7 for container to be filled 8 bottles are shown with a neck provided on the handling flange 8a and a container centerline 8 ', arranged.
  • the holder 7 contains the conventional jaws 7a and 7b, which have a receiving opening adapted to the container and an upper bearing surface for the handling flange 8a, and which are loaded in their closed position by a spring (not shown).
  • the spring or magnetic force is designed such that the jaws 7a, 7b move away from each other when a container 8 presses radially inward against the jaws, and move back to the closed position to each other once the container 8 arrived in the recess of the jaws is.
  • the jaws move under the handling flange 8a and hold the container 8 suspended for filling in a substantially axial orientation of the container axis 8 'to the filling axis 6'.
  • the jaws 7a, 7b of the holder 7 are not attached directly to the frame 2 but to a weighing device 9.
  • a weighing device any construction capable of detecting a weight freely suspended therefrom can be used.
  • the weighing unit preferably contains an elastically deformable element whose deformation can be detected by measuring devices, such as strain gauges or the like. Such elastic elements are known in weighing devices and need not be explained again.
  • the weighing device 9 is arranged below the filling valve 4 on at least two opposite sides of the filling axis 6 'such that the filling of the container 8 can take place through the weighing device 9.
  • the weighing device 9 extends in a circular manner around the filling axis 6 ', it being possible to guide the filling nozzle 6 through an opening 9a in the weighing device 9.
  • the outer shape of the weighing device 9 can be asymmetrical with respect to the filling axis and, for example, at right angles, as can be seen from FIGS FIGS. 1 and 2 results.
  • the holder 7 is suspended on the weighing device via at least one, preferably two, substantially vertically extending arms 10a, 10b.
  • the one or more arms 10a, 10b engage symmetrically with respect to filling axis 6 'and at the same distance to the filling axis 6' on the weighing device 9 ', wherein the distance to the filling axis 6 'is kept as small as the neck diameter of the container 8 allows to minimize or avoid a lever effect.
  • the arms 10a, 10b are located on the forward or trailing side in the direction of rotation D of the weighing device 9.
  • the attachment points of the arms 10, 10b on the holder 7 on the one hand and the weighing device 9 on the other hand have the same distances from each other in the direction of rotation D, and are arranged symmetrically with respect to the filling axis 6 ', so that the arms 10a, 10b can extend optimally vertically.
  • the weighing device 9 and the holder 7 are formed so that both can be arranged close to each other, ie as closely as possible, to each other, to avoid long levers.
  • the holder 7 and the weighing device 9 at a distance from one another, which is just sufficient to receive the container 8 above the handling flange 8a between the holder and the outlet opening 6a, wherein the outlet opening 6a preferably terminates with the lower boundary of the weighing device 9.
  • the arms 10a, 10b thus run exactly vertically.
  • the weighing device may optionally also be arranged above the filling valve or at another point along the filling axis 6 '.
  • the arms for the suspension of the holder can (obliquely) run at a correspondingly rigid design also (slightly).
  • the weighing device preferably contains an elastically deformable material whose deformation is, for example, tapped over the measuring strip in a known manner and transmitted to a control and / or display device for evaluation. Other constructive aspects of a weighing device that are on the market in large numbers are also possible.

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The device has a filling valve (4), a holder (7) in suspended arrangement, and a weighing device (9) assigned to the holder in close vicinity. The weighing device is arranged vertically above a container positioned in the holder. The holder is connected to the weighing device through a vertically extending arm (10a). The weighing device is arranged on two opposite sides and in symmetry with a filling axis (6'). The container is filled through the weighing device, where an outlet of the filling valve extends through the weighing device.

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Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf eine Befüllvorrichtung für Behälter, insbesondere für Getränkebehälter, der im Oberbegriff von Anspruch 1 erläuterten Art.The invention relates to a filling device for containers, in particular for beverage containers, the type explained in the preamble of claim 1.

Eine derartige Befüllvorrichtung ist aus der WO 00/47960 bekannt. Die bekannte Wiegevorrichtung ist einer Befülleinrichtung für Behälter zugeordnet und direkt in eine Halterung für den Behälter beim Befüllen integriert. In einem ersten Ausführungsbeispiel ist eine auf den Behälter aufschraubbare Kappe vorgesehen, die eine mittige Befüllöffnung und eine seitliche Entlüftungsöffnung aufweist, wobei das Füllrohr schraubenförmig gebogen ist und oberhalb des Behälters befestigt ist, so dass der Behälter am schraubenförmig gebogenen Befüllrohr hängt. Durch das zunehmende Gewicht des Behälters wird das schraubenförmige Füllrohr auseinandergezogen, wobei der dabei zurückgelegte Weg gemessen und als Maß für das Gewicht des Behälters eingesetzt wird. Dabei ist jedoch nicht auszuschließen, dass Schwingungen oder andere Bewegungen des Behälters die Messergebnisse negativ beeinflussen. In einem weiteren Ausführungsbeispiel ist eine zylindrische, rohrförmige oder prismenförmige Wiegezelle in die Öffnung des Behälters eingesetzt und mit einer Befestigungskappe gesichert. Durch die Wiegezelle erstrecken sich Belüftungs- und Entlüftungsöffnungen. Der Behälter ist über die Wiegezelle frei an der Befüllleitung (über einen Träger) aufgehängt, so dass auch hier wieder das ansteigende Gewicht durch die Wiegezelle aufgenommen wird und als Maß für das Gewicht des Behälters festgestellt wird. Die spezielle Ausgestaltung der Wiegezellen als Füllrohr ist jedoch relativ aufwändig und kostenträchtig, was insbesondere beim Einsatz der Befülleinrichtung in Befüllerkarussells mit ihrer Vielzahl von Befüllstellen stark bemerkbar ist.Such a filling device is known from WO 00/47960 known. The known weighing device is assigned to a filling device for containers and integrated directly into a holder for the container during filling. In a first embodiment, a cap which can be screwed onto the container is provided, which has a central filling opening and a lateral ventilation opening, wherein the filling tube is helically bent and fastened above the container so that the container hangs on the helically bent filling tube. Due to the increasing weight of the container, the helical filling tube is pulled apart, whereby the distance traveled thereby is measured and used as a measure of the weight of the container. However, it can not be ruled out that vibrations or other movements of the container negatively influence the measurement results. In another embodiment, a cylindrical, tubular or prism-shaped load cell is inserted into the opening of the container and secured with a mounting cap. Through the load cell vent and vents extend. The container is freely suspended on the filling line (via a carrier) via the load cell, so that here too the rising weight is absorbed by the load cell and determined as a measure of the weight of the container. However, the special design of the load cells as a filling tube is relatively complex and costly, which is particularly noticeable when using the filling in Befüllerkarussells with their large number of filling points.

Eine aus der EP 1 025 424 bekannte Befüllvorrichtung enthält eines der üblichen Befüllerkarussells, die um eine im Wesentlichen senkrechte Achse umlaufen und an ihrem äußeren Umfang mit radial vorstehenden Halterungen für die Behälter versehen sind. Die Halterungen sind üblicherweise zangenartig ausgebildet, wobei die beiden Zangenbacken federbelastet, oder magnetisch zueinander gezogen werden und eine an den Behälter angepasste Ausnehmung aufweisen, mit denen die Halterung den Behälter zum Befüllen umgreift. Normalerweise werden Flaschen befüllt, die unterhalb der Befüllöffnung, an ihrem Hals, mit einem vorstehenden Flansch versehen sind, der eine Auflage auf die Oberseite der Halterung bietet. Zum Befüllen ist ein Füllventil vorgesehen, das mit seinem Auslauf in der Befüllstellung in koaxialer Ausrichtung mit der Befüllöffnung des Behälters steht. Durch Betätigen des Füllventils wird eine vorbestimmte Menge des Produkts in den Behälter eingefüllt. Um den Befüllzustand zu kontrollieren, wird der Behälter gewogen. Zu diesem Zweck ist eine Wiegeeinrichtung vorgesehen, die ein elastisch verformbares Element in Form eines starr am Gestell befestigten elastischen Stabes enthält, dessen Verformung durch das Gewicht des Behälters festgestellt und als Maß für das Gewicht gewertet wird. Das elastische Element wird durch die Halterung beaufschlagt, wobei das elastische Element und die Halterung in Radialrichtung bezüglich der Drehachse des Befüllerkarussells nebeneinander liegen. Dabei dient die Halterung als Hebelarm zur Einwirkung auf den elastisch verformbaren Stab. Durch diese waagerecht und radial verlaufende Anordnung ist die bekannte Wiegevorrichtung jedoch relativ empfindlich gegen betriebsbedingte Schwingungen, die sich durch die Rotation des Befüllerkarussells oder durch auf die Behälter kurzzeitig einwirkenden Kräfte oder dgl. ergibt. Diese Schwingungen können das Wiegeergebnis verfälschen.One from the EP 1 025 424 known filling device includes one of the usual filling carousels, which rotate around a substantially vertical axis and are provided at its outer periphery with radially projecting holders for the containers. The holders are usually designed like pliers, wherein the two jaws are spring-loaded, or magnetically pulled to each other and have a recess adapted to the container, with which the holder surrounds the container for filling. Normally bottles are filled, which are provided below the filling opening, at its neck, with a protruding flange which provides a support on the top of the holder. For filling a filling valve is provided, which stands with its outlet in the filling position in coaxial alignment with the filling opening of the container. By operating the filling valve, a predetermined amount of the product is filled in the container. To control the filling condition, the container is weighed. For this purpose, a weighing device is provided which contains an elastically deformable element in the form of a rigidly attached to the frame elastic rod whose deformation is determined by the weight of the container and evaluated as a measure of the weight. The elastic element is acted upon by the holder, wherein the elastic element and the holder in the radial direction with respect to the axis of rotation of the Befüllerkarussells adjacent to each other. The holder serves as a lever arm for acting on the elastically deformable rod. By this horizontal and radial arrangement, however, the known weighing device is relatively sensitive to operational vibrations, resulting from the rotation of the Befüllerkarussells or by acting on the container forces or the like. These vibrations can distort the weighing result.

Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, eine Befüllvorrichtung mit einer robusten, zuverlässigen Wiegevorrichtung bereitzustellen.The invention has for its object to provide a filling device with a robust, reliable weighing device.

Die Aufgabe wird durch die im Anspruch 1 angegebenen Merkmale gelöst.The object is solved by the features specified in claim 1.

Durch die Anordnung des Behälters über eine Halterung mit wenigstens einem senkrechten Arm an der Wiegevorrichtung wird auf konstruktiv einfache Weise der Einfluss von Schwingungen auf die Wiegevorrichtung eliminiert bzw. können sich Schwingungen nicht aufbauen.By arranging the container via a holder with at least one vertical arm on the weighing device, the influence of vibrations on the weighing device is eliminated in a structurally simple manner or vibrations can not build up.

Eine besonders bevorzugte Anordnung der Wiegevorrichtung ist oberhalb, und zwar im Wesentlichen vertikal oberhalb der Halterung, wodurch eine gegen Schwingungen in Richtung der Schwerkraft im Wesentlichen geschützte Verbindung zwischen dem Behälter und der Wiegevorrichtung möglich ist.A particularly preferred arrangement of the weighing device is above, substantially vertically above the holder, whereby a connection between the container and the weighing device substantially protected against vibrations in the direction of gravity is possible.

Einen noch besseren Schutz gegen unerwünschte Schwingungen, bietet eine im Wesentlichen symmetrisch zur Befüllachse angeordnete Wiegevorrichtung, wobei die Wiegevorrichtung an wenigstens zwei einander gegenüberliegenden Seiten der Befüllachse vorgesehen ist, die Befüllachse sich jedoch bevorzugt durch eine Öffnung in der Wiegevorrichtung hindurch erstreckt. Dies kann auf konstruktiv einfache Weise dadurch gelöst werden, dass sich die Wiegevorrichtung um den Auslauf des Füllventils herum erstreckt.An even better protection against undesired vibrations is provided by a weighing device arranged substantially symmetrically with respect to the filling axis, wherein the weighing device is provided on at least two opposite sides of the filling axis, but the filling axis preferably extends through an opening in the weighing device. This can be achieved in a structurally simple manner in that the weighing device extends around the outlet of the filling valve.

Eine derartige Ausgestaltung der Wiegevorrichtung ist konstruktiv besonders einfach und zuverlässig durch ein elastisches Element zu verwirklichen, dessen durch das Gewicht des Behälters bewirkte Verformung festgestellt wird. Ein derartig elastisch verformbares Element kann problemlos ringförmig geschlossen um die Befüllachse und/oder das Füllventil herum ausgebildet werden.Such an embodiment of the weighing device is structurally particularly simple and reliable to implement by an elastic element, which is determined by the weight of the container deformation. Such an elastically deformable element can be easily formed annularly closed around the filling axis and / or the filling valve around.

Ein Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung wird nachfolgend anhand der Zeichnungen näher erläutert. Es zeigen: Fig. 1 eine perspektivische Darstellung eines Teils einer erfindungsgemäß ausgebildeten Befüllvorrichtung, Fig. 2 die Seitenansicht der Befüllvorrichtung nach Fig. 1, und Fig. 3 die Vorderansicht der Befüllvorrichtung nach den Fig. 1 und 2. An embodiment of the invention will be explained in more detail with reference to the drawings. Show it: Fig. 1 a perspective view of part of a filling device according to the invention, Fig. 2 the side view of the filling after Fig. 1 , and Fig. 3 the front view of the filling after the Fig. 1 and 2 ,

In Fig. 1 ist eine Befüllvorrichtung 1 als Teil einer Abfüllanlage zum Abfüllen von Getränken ersichtlich, die z. B. ein herkömmliches Befüllerkarussell ist, und einen Rahmen 2 enthält, der um eine im Wesentlichen vertikale Drehachse 2' in Drehrichtung D rotierend angetrieben wird. Im dargestellten Ausführungsbeispiel ist vom Rahmen 2' lediglich ein Teil eines sich um die Drehachse 2' erstreckenden, äußeren, reifenförmigen Tragteils 2a ersichtlich.In Fig. 1 is a filling device 1 as part of a bottling plant for bottling drinks visible, the z. B. is a conventional Befüllerkarussell, and a frame 2 which is driven to rotate about a substantially vertical axis of rotation 2 'in the direction of rotation D. In the illustrated embodiment, the frame 2 'only part of a about the rotation axis 2' extending, outer, tire-shaped support member 2a can be seen.

Am Tragteil 2a ist ein Träger 3 befestigt, der sich in Radialrichtung bezüglich der Drehachse 2' über das Tragteil 2a hinaus erstreckt. Dieser Träger 3 ist als Ventilaufnahme für ein Füllventil 4 ausgebildet. Das Füllventil 4 ist üblicher Art und über eine Zufuhrleitung 5 und über die üblichen Verteiler 6 mit einer Quelle für zu befüllendes Produkt, insbesondere ein Getränk, verbunden. Das Füllventil 4 ist so angeordnet, dass sein Auslauf in Form eines Füllstutzens 6 mit im Wesentlichen senkrechter Mittellinie 6' und im Wesentlichen horizontal verlaufender Auslauföffnung 6a angeordnet ist.On the support member 2a, a carrier 3 is fixed, which extends in the radial direction with respect to the axis of rotation 2 'on the support member 2a addition. This carrier 3 is designed as a valve receptacle for a filling valve 4. The filling valve 4 is of conventional type and connected via a supply line 5 and the usual distributor 6 with a source of product to be filled, in particular a drink. The filling valve 4 is arranged so that its outlet is arranged in the form of a filling nozzle 6 with a substantially vertical center line 6 'and a substantially horizontally extending outlet opening 6a.

Vertikal unterhalb der Auslauföffnung 6a ist eine Halterung 7 für zu befüllende Behälter 8, dargestellt sind Flaschen mit einem am Hals vorgesehenen Handhabungsflansch 8a und einer Behältermittellinie 8', angeordnet.Vertically below the outlet opening 6a is a holder 7 for container to be filled 8, bottles are shown with a neck provided on the handling flange 8a and a container centerline 8 ', arranged.

Die Halterung 7 enthält die wie üblich als Zange ausgebildeten seitlichen Backen 7a bzw. 7b, die eine an den Behälter angepasste Aufnahmeöffnung und eine obere Auflagefläche für den Handhabungsflansch 8a aufweisen und über eine nicht dargestellte Feder in ihrer Schließstellung belastet sind. Die Feder- oder Magnetkraft ist derart ausgebildet, dass sich die Backen 7a, 7b voneinander wegbewegen, wenn ein Behälter 8 in Radialrichtung einwärts gegen die Backen drückt, und sich wieder in die Schließstellung zueinander bewegen, sobald der Behälter 8 in der Ausnehmung der Backen angekommen ist. Dadurch bewegen sich die Backen unter den Handhabungsflansch 8a und halten den Behälter 8 zum Befüllen hängend in einer im Wesentlichen axialen Ausrichtung der Behälterachse 8' zur Befüllachse 6' fest.The holder 7 contains the conventional jaws 7a and 7b, which have a receiving opening adapted to the container and an upper bearing surface for the handling flange 8a, and which are loaded in their closed position by a spring (not shown). The spring or magnetic force is designed such that the jaws 7a, 7b move away from each other when a container 8 presses radially inward against the jaws, and move back to the closed position to each other once the container 8 arrived in the recess of the jaws is. As a result, the jaws move under the handling flange 8a and hold the container 8 suspended for filling in a substantially axial orientation of the container axis 8 'to the filling axis 6'.

Im dargestellten Ausführungsbeispiel sind die Backen 7a, 7b der Halterung 7 nicht direkt am Rahmen 2 sondern an einer Wiegeeinrichtung 9 befestigt. Als Wiegeeinrichtung kann jede Konstruktion verwendet werden, die in der Lage ist, ein daran frei aufgehängtes Gewicht festzustellen. Bevorzugt enthält die Wiegeeinheit ein elastisch verformbares Element, dessen Verformung durch Messeinrichtungen, wie bspw. Dehnmessstreifen oder dgl. feststellbar ist. Derartige elastische Elemente sind bei Wiegeeinrichtungen bekannt und müssen nicht nochmals erläutert werden.In the illustrated embodiment, the jaws 7a, 7b of the holder 7 are not attached directly to the frame 2 but to a weighing device 9. As a weighing device, any construction capable of detecting a weight freely suspended therefrom can be used. The weighing unit preferably contains an elastically deformable element whose deformation can be detected by measuring devices, such as strain gauges or the like. Such elastic elements are known in weighing devices and need not be explained again.

Die Wiegevorrichtung 9 ist im dargestellten Ausführungsbeispiel unterhalb des Füllventils 4 an wenigstens zwei gegenüberliegenden Seiten der Befüllachse 6' derart angeordnet, dass die Befüllung des Behälters 8 durch die Wiegevorrichtung 9 hindurch erfolgen kann. Bevorzugt erstreckt sich die Wiegevorrichtung 9 kreisförmig geschlossen um die Befüllachse 6' herum, wobei es sich anbietet, den Befüllstutzen 6 durch eine Öffnung 9a in der Wiegevorrichtung 9 hindurch zu führen. Die äußere Gestalt der Wiegevorrichtung 9 kann jedoch bezüglich der Befüllachse unsymmetrisch und bspw. rechtwinklig sein, wie sich dies aus den Figuren 1 und 2 ergibt.In the illustrated exemplary embodiment, the weighing device 9 is arranged below the filling valve 4 on at least two opposite sides of the filling axis 6 'such that the filling of the container 8 can take place through the weighing device 9. Preferably, the weighing device 9 extends in a circular manner around the filling axis 6 ', it being possible to guide the filling nozzle 6 through an opening 9a in the weighing device 9. However, the outer shape of the weighing device 9 can be asymmetrical with respect to the filling axis and, for example, at right angles, as can be seen from FIGS FIGS. 1 and 2 results.

Die Halterung 7 ist über wenigstens einen, bevorzugt zwei sich im Wesentlichen vertikal erstreckende Arme 10a, 10b an der Wiegevorrichtung aufgehängt. Dabei ist der oder die Arme 10a, 10b die einzige Befestigung der Halterung 7 und somit des Behälters 8 am Rahmen 2. Die Arme 10a, 10b greifen symmetrisch bezüglich Befüllachse 6' und im gleichen Abstand zur Befüllachse 6' an der Wiegevorrichtung 9' an, wobei der Abstand zur Befüllachse 6' so klein gehalten ist, wie es der Halsdurchmesser des Behälters 8 gestattet, um eine Hebelwirkung zu minimieren bzw. zu vermeiden. Die Arme 10a, 10b befinden sich an der in Drehrichtung D vor- bzw. nachlaufenden Seite der Wiegevorrichtung 9. Die Befestigungsstellen der Arme 10, 10b an der Halterung 7 einerseits und der Wiegevorrichtung 9 andererseits weisen in Drehrichtung D die gleichen Abstände zueinander auf, und sind bezüglich der Befüllachse 6' symmetrisch angeordnet, sodass sich die Arme 10a, 10b optimal senkrecht erstrecken können.The holder 7 is suspended on the weighing device via at least one, preferably two, substantially vertically extending arms 10a, 10b. In this case, the one or more arms 10a, 10b, the only attachment of the holder 7 and thus the container 8 on the frame 2. The arms 10a, 10b engage symmetrically with respect to filling axis 6 'and at the same distance to the filling axis 6' on the weighing device 9 ', wherein the distance to the filling axis 6 'is kept as small as the neck diameter of the container 8 allows to minimize or avoid a lever effect. The arms 10a, 10b are located on the forward or trailing side in the direction of rotation D of the weighing device 9. The attachment points of the arms 10, 10b on the holder 7 on the one hand and the weighing device 9 on the other hand have the same distances from each other in the direction of rotation D, and are arranged symmetrically with respect to the filling axis 6 ', so that the arms 10a, 10b can extend optimally vertically.

Die Wiegevorrichtung 9 und die Halterung 7 sind so ausgebildet, dass beide ortsnah, d. h. so eng benachbart wie möglich, zueinander angeordnet werden können, um lange Hebel zu vermeiden. Insbesondere weisen die Halterung 7 und die Wiegevorrichtung 9 einen Abstand zueinander auf, der gerade ausreicht, den Behälter 8 oberhalb des Handhabungsflansches 8a zwischen der Halterung und der Auslauföffnung 6a aufzunehmen, wobei die Auslauföffnung 6a bevorzugt mit der unteren Begrenzung der Wiegevorrichtung 9 abschließt. Die Arme 10a, 10b verlaufen somit genau senkrecht.The weighing device 9 and the holder 7 are formed so that both can be arranged close to each other, ie as closely as possible, to each other, to avoid long levers. In particular, the holder 7 and the weighing device 9 at a distance from one another, which is just sufficient to receive the container 8 above the handling flange 8a between the holder and the outlet opening 6a, wherein the outlet opening 6a preferably terminates with the lower boundary of the weighing device 9. The arms 10a, 10b thus run exactly vertically.

In Abwandlung des beschriebenen und gezeichneten Ausführungsbeispiels kann die Wiegevorrichtung ggf. auch oberhalb des Füllventils oder an einer anderen Stelle entlang der Befüllachse 6' angeordnet sein. Die Arme für die Aufhängung der Halterung können bei entsprechend steifer Ausgestaltung auch (leicht) schräg verlaufen. Die Wiegevorrichtung enthält bevorzugt ein elastisch verformbares Material, dessen Verformung in bekannter Weise bspw. über den Messstreifen abgegriffen und zur Auswertung an eine Steuerungs- und/oder Anzeigeeinrichtung übertragen wird. Andere konstruktive Ausgestaltungen einer Wiegevorrichtung, die in großer Zahl auf dem Markt sind, sind ebenfalls möglich.In a modification of the described and illustrated embodiment, the weighing device may optionally also be arranged above the filling valve or at another point along the filling axis 6 '. The arms for the suspension of the holder can (obliquely) run at a correspondingly rigid design also (slightly). The weighing device preferably contains an elastically deformable material whose deformation is, for example, tapped over the measuring strip in a known manner and transmitted to a control and / or display device for evaluation. Other constructive aspects of a weighing device that are on the market in large numbers are also possible.

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  1. A filling apparatus (1) for containers (8), in particular for drinks bottles, with a filling valve (4), a holding means (7) for the container (8) in a suspended arrangement, and a weighing apparatus (9) which is associated locally with the holding means (7), characterized in that the holding means (7) is connected to the weighing apparatus (9) by way of at least one arm (10a, 10b) extending substantially vertically, in such a way that the holding means (7) and the weighing apparatus (9) are at a distance from each other which is just sufficient to receive the container (8) above its handling flange (8a) between the holding means (7) and an outlet opening (6a) of the filling valve (4).
  2. A filling apparatus according to Claim 1, characterized in that the weighing apparatus (9) is arranged substantially vertically above the container (8) present in the holding means (7).
  3. A filling apparatus according to Claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the weighing apparatus (9) is arranged on at least two opposite sides and symmetrically with respect to the filling axis (6').
  4. A filling apparatus according to any one of Claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the filling of the container (8) is carried out through the weighing apparatus (9).
  5. A filling apparatus according to any one of Claims 1 to 4, characterized in that an outlet (6) of the filling valve (4) extends through the weighing apparatus (9).
  6. A filling apparatus according to any one of Claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the weighing apparatus (9) contains an element resiliently deformable by the weight of the container (8).
  7. A filling apparatus according to Claim 6, characterized in that the resiliently deformable element is closed in an annular manner and has an opening (9a) for the filling.
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