EP2432715A1 - Method for transporting containers by partially supporting the latter, and facility implementing said method - Google Patents

Method for transporting containers by partially supporting the latter, and facility implementing said method

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EP2432715A1
EP2432715A1 EP10723047A EP10723047A EP2432715A1 EP 2432715 A1 EP2432715 A1 EP 2432715A1 EP 10723047 A EP10723047 A EP 10723047A EP 10723047 A EP10723047 A EP 10723047A EP 2432715 A1 EP2432715 A1 EP 2432715A1
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support
container
containers
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André Graffin
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Serac Group SAS
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
    • B65G47/74—Feeding, transfer, or discharging devices of particular kinds or types
    • B65G47/84—Star-shaped wheels or devices having endless travelling belts or chains, the wheels or devices being equipped with article-engaging elements
    • B65G47/846—Star-shaped wheels or wheels equipped with article-engaging elements
    • B65G47/847—Star-shaped wheels or wheels equipped with article-engaging elements the article-engaging elements being grippers
    • 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
    • B67C7/004—Conveying; Synchronising the containers travelling along a circular path

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  • the present invention relates to a container transport method that can be used, for example, to move containers in a container treatment plant comprising, for example, a washer, a blower, a filler, a capper and / or a labeler.
  • the invention also relates to such an installation.
  • the invention applies more particularly to the displacement of the containers along at least partially circular paths in installations comprising gripping members of the containers circulating along said trajectories.
  • facilities comprising adjacent rotating platforms, one of which comprises a support arranged to support the entire bottom of the containers and the other comprises means for gripping the body of each container.
  • the means of capture are arranged to support each container at the point of passage of the path from one platform to another. This requires having specific gripping tools for each type of container.
  • An object of the invention is to transport containers in a container treatment facility by limiting the use of gripping tools specific to each type of container.
  • a method of transporting containers comprising a body having a bottom and, on the opposite side, a mouthpiece, the method comprising the steps of: supporting each container on only a portion of its bottom by means of a mobile support with the container and ensure a centering of the mouth of the container on a path of movement,
  • the gripping of the containers is provided mainly by supporting a portion of its bottom, which does not cause any particular geometric constraint on the support device.
  • the friction is limited to only part of the bottom of the containers when they are placed on the support or removed from it.
  • the centering of each container is provided by clamping a portion of the container adjacent to the mouth.
  • all the containers generally have a bottom and a neck so that the use of these two parts of the body of the container for transport allows the use of a tool common to a large number of containers subject possibly to some adaptations or adjustments related for example to the height of the containers.
  • each container is supported on about half of its bottom.
  • the containers are transferred from an upstream platform to a downstream platform, the platforms both being provided with a support for each container and in which the containers are detached from the support of the upstream platform during the transfer and, alternatively: the separation is obtained by lowering the support of the upstream platform,
  • the subject of the invention is also a container treatment installation comprising a body having a bottom and, on the contrary, a mouthpiece, the installation comprising at least one rotary platform provided with at least one support for the bottom of the containers. , the support being integral in rotation with the platform and arranged to support only a portion of the bottom of the containers.
  • the installation includes devices for centering the mouth of the containers on a predefined path of travel.
  • the support extends at most until this trajectory.
  • the support comprises at least one crown sector extending around at least part of the platform to support at least one container.
  • the installation comprises a plurality of supports each designed to support a container and, preferably, each support comprises a soleplate mounted to pivot about a horizontal axis between a raised position in which it is resiliently biased. by a spring and a lowered position in which it is brought by a fixed cam.
  • the movement of the soleplate makes it possible to eliminate friction and to limit the risk of interference of the soleplate with the bottom of the container when the container is placed on the platform.
  • the installation comprises at least two adjacent platforms each provided with at least one support and defining a trajectory of movement of the containers at least partially wrapping around each platform, the supports being tangent to each other. a crossing point of the trajectory from one platform to another.
  • FIG. 1 is a view from above of an installation according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a partial perspective view of this installation
  • FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of zone III of FIG. 2
  • FIG. 4 is a perspective view of zone IV of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the zone V of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of zone VI of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 7 is a partial top view of an installation according to an alternative embodiment.
  • the installation according to the invention described herein is intended for the treatment of containers generally designated 100 having a body 101 having a bottom 102 and the opposite a mouth 103 at the end of a neck 104 provided at the end of the treatment of a plug 105.
  • the installation comprises a frame 5 on which are mounted to pivot a plurality of platforms 10, 20,
  • platform 10 input and platform 20 output
  • platform 30 carousel insufflage or other treatment
  • platform 40 carousel filling
  • platform 50 carousel capping
  • the platforms 30, 40 and 50 are respectively surmounted by a blowing device, a filling device and a closure device not shown.
  • the installation defines a trajectory 1 of displacement of the containers in the installation so that the center of the mouth 103 of the containers 100 is centered on this trajectory 1.
  • the trajectory is wrapped partially around the platforms 10, 20, 30 , 40, 50.
  • the installation comprises a device introduction of the containers 100 into the installation that brings the containers 100 to the platform 10 and an evacuation device to support the containers 100 carried by the platform 20 and out of the installation.
  • These devices are, for example worm gear devices such as that referenced 7 for the introduction of containers in one installation.
  • Each platform 10, 20, 40, 50 is provided in its lower part with supports generally designated 60.
  • the platform 30 is provided with a support generally designated 70.
  • the supports 60 and 70 are integral in rotation with the platforms 10, 20 , 40, 50, and 30 respectively.
  • Each support 60 comprises a column 61 extending under the platforms 10, 20, 40, 50 and having a free end on which is articulated a rocker 62.
  • the rocker 62 has a sole end 63 and an opposite end 64 connected to the corresponding platform 10, 20, 40, 50 by a spring 65 (see in particular FIG. 3).
  • the rocker 62 is movable between a lowered position and a raised position of the sole 63 and the spring 65 ensures the return of the rocker 62 to the raised position of the sole 63.
  • the raised position is defined by a stop 66 secured to the column 61 and on which bears a portion 67 of the rocker 62 when the sole 63 is in the raised position.
  • the end 64 is provided with a roller 68 around an axis perpendicular to the platform 10, 20, 40, 50 to cooperate during the rotation of the corresponding platform with a cam 69 secured to the frame 5 and arranged to bring the rocker 62 in the lowered position of the sole 63.
  • the support 70 comprises ring segments 71 coaxial with the platform 30 (see in particular FIGS. 3 and 4).
  • the ring segments 71 are fixed in height.
  • the sole 63 and the ring segments 71 are arranged to support at most half of the bottom 102 and extend to the path 1.
  • the containers 100 can be transferred directly from one platform to another in the zone where the trajectory 1 passes from one platform to another and where the supports 60,70 are tangent to each other.
  • Each platform 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 is provided on its upper part with clamps generally designated 90 holding the containers 6 on the supports 60, 70.
  • Each gripper 90 comprises two jaws 91, 92 which have jaw-forming portions 91.1, 92.1 provided with a V-cut 91.2, 92.2 for gripping the body 101 in the vicinity of the mouth 103 and more particularly the neck 104 (except with respect to the clamps 90 secured to the platform 20 which enclose the cap 105 engaged on the neck 104).
  • the jaw 91 of each clamp
  • the axes 91.3 and 92.3 are vertical and cross perpendicularly the radial direction of said platform.
  • the shaft 91.3 is mounted on an end 91.4 opposite to the jaw portion 91.1 and provided with a lever 91.5 equipped with a roller 93 of vertical axis to cooperate during the rotation of the corresponding platform with a cam 94 which is fixed relative to the frame 5 and arranged to control the pivoting of the jaw 91 in a direction of opening of the jaw
  • the axis 92.3 is mounted on an end 92.4 opposite to the jaw portion 92.1 and provided with a lever 92.5 having a free end drop of water engaged in a housing 91.6 formed of a rounded cutout which is formed in the jaw 91 so that the jaw 91 moving in the open position causes a displacement of the same amplitude of the jaw 92 towards its open position.
  • a helical compression spring 95 extends between the lever 91.5 and the jaw portion 92.1 to bias the jaws 91, 92 into their closed position. The clamp 90 thus makes it possible to hold the mouthpiece
  • the clamps 90 integral with the platform 50 hold the containers 100 by the lower part of the neck 104 while the clamps 90 of the platform 20 grip the containers 100 by the cap 105 engaged on the neck 104 and possess an outer diameter which is greater than that of the neck.
  • FIG. 7 there is shown an installation comprising two platforms each equipped with a support 260, 270 (which are visible only here).
  • Each support comprises a disk or a ring having an outer periphery toothed such that the teeth of each support are interposed at the point of tangency between two adjacent teeth of the other support.
  • containers are supported over the entire dimension of the bottom measured in the radial direction of the platforms but on only a portion of the bottom dimension measured transversely to the radial direction.
  • Two teeth of the supports 260, 270 can therefore simultaneously support the same container at the point of tangency of the platforms.
  • an installation may include a different number of supports 60 and / or 70 and for example comprise only supports 60 or supports 70.
  • the supports 70 may comprise only one crown in one piece.
  • the supports 60 and 70 can support more or less half of the bottom of the containers but not all of them.
  • An installation may, however, include supports similar to the supports 60 and 70 and traditional supports supporting the entire bottom of the containers.
  • the supports 60 and 70 may be adjustable in height by means of a screw / nut system with a vertical axis or by any other system comprising, for example, cylinders or linear electric actuators.
  • a deformable parallelogram device By connecting the soleplate 63 of the supports 60 to the column 61 by a deformable parallelogram device, it is possible to have a support automatically adapting to the height of the containers.
  • the structure of the clamps is completely independent of the support of the containers by their bottom.
  • support devices on the support including elastic grippers, controlled clamps, open cells facing a rail for holding containers in the cells ...
  • the clamps can grip the containers on another part of the body that the neck and for example on the central portion of the body.
  • the height-adjustable support is located downstream and rises to bear against the bottom of the container and take it off the support located upstream, and / or,
  • the mobile support height is located upstream and down to deposit the container on the support downstream.
  • the rise and fall of the supports are realized by means of cams such as cams 69. This facilitates the transfer of containers and limit the risk of unbalance containers when transferring the upstream platform to the downstream platform.

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Abstract

The invention relates to a method for transporting containers (100) comprising a body (101) having a bottom (102) and, opposite the latter, a mouth (103), the method including the steps of: holding each container by only a portion of the bottom thereof by means of a holder that is movable with the container and ensuring the mouth of the container is centred over a path travelled by the container, said centring being ensured by clamping a portion of the container next to the mouth (103) thereof; and moving the thus-held containers.

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Procédé de transport de récipients par support partiel de ceux-ci et installation mettant en œuvre ce procédé Method of transporting containers by partially supporting them and an installation implementing this method
La présente invention concerne un procédé de transport de récipients utilisable par exemple pour déplacer des récipients dans une installation de traitement de récipients comportant par exemple une laveuse, une insuffleuse, une remplisseuse, une boucheuse et / ou une étiqueteuse. L'invention a également pour objet une telle installation. L'invention s'applique plus particulièrement au déplacement des récipients selon des trajectoires au moins partiellement circulaires dans des installations comportant des organes de préhension des récipients circulant le long desdites trajectoires.The present invention relates to a container transport method that can be used, for example, to move containers in a container treatment plant comprising, for example, a washer, a blower, a filler, a capper and / or a labeler. The invention also relates to such an installation. The invention applies more particularly to the displacement of the containers along at least partially circular paths in installations comprising gripping members of the containers circulating along said trajectories.
Il est connu des installations comprenant un bâti sur lequel sont montées des plateformes adjacentes définissant une trajectoire de déplacement des récipients s' enroulant au moins partiellement autour de chaque plateforme. Les plateformes sont pourvues chacune d'un support agencé pour supporter la totalité du fond des récipients. Des étoiles rotatives de transfert sont montées entre les plateformes rotatives et sont pourvues d'alvéoles pour loger une moitié du pourtour du corps du récipient et entraîner les récipients sur un support qui s'étend de manière fixe par rapport au bâti entre les supports des deux plateformes de manière à supporter les récipients lorsque ceux-ci sont transférés d'une plateforme à l'autre par l'étoile de transfert. Ceci nécessite des outillages ayant une forme correspondant à celle du corps des récipients .It is known installations comprising a frame on which are mounted adjacent platforms defining a path of movement of the containers wound at least partially around each platform. The platforms are each provided with a support arranged to support the entire bottom of the containers. Rotating transfer stars are mounted between the rotary platforms and are provided with cavities for accommodating one half of the periphery of the container body and driving the containers on a support which extends in a fixed manner with respect to the frame between the supports of the two. platforms so as to support the containers when they are transferred from one platform to another by the transfer star. This requires tools having a shape corresponding to that of the body of the containers.
Il existe également des installations comprenant des plateformes rotatives adjacentes dont l'une comporte un support agencé pour supporter la totalité du fond des récipients et l'autre comporte des moyens de saisie du corps de chaque récipient. Les moyens de saisie, par exemple des pinces, sont agencés pour prendre en charge chaque récipient au point de passage de la trajectoire d'une plateforme à l'autre. Ceci suppose de disposer d'outillages de préhension spécifiques à chaque type de récipient.There are also facilities comprising adjacent rotating platforms, one of which comprises a support arranged to support the entire bottom of the containers and the other comprises means for gripping the body of each container. The means of capture, by example of the clamps, are arranged to support each container at the point of passage of the path from one platform to another. This requires having specific gripping tools for each type of container.
Un but de l'invention est de transporter des récipients dans une installation de traitement de récipients en limitant le recours à des outillages de préhension spécifiques à chaque type de récipient. A cet effet, on prévoit, selon l'invention, un procédé de transport de récipients comportant un corps ayant un fond et, à l'opposé, une embouchure, le procédé comprenant les étapes de : supporter chaque récipient sur une partie seulement de son fond au moyen d'un support mobile avec le récipient et assurer un centrage de l'embouchure du récipient sur une trajectoire de déplacement,An object of the invention is to transport containers in a container treatment facility by limiting the use of gripping tools specific to each type of container. For this purpose, according to the invention, there is provided a method of transporting containers comprising a body having a bottom and, on the opposite side, a mouthpiece, the method comprising the steps of: supporting each container on only a portion of its bottom by means of a mobile support with the container and ensure a centering of the mouth of the container on a path of movement,
- déplacer les récipients ainsi supportés.- move the containers thus supported.
Ainsi, la préhension des récipients est assurée principalement en supportant une partie de son fond, ce qui n'entraîne pas de contrainte géométrique particulière sur le dispositif de support. Les frottements sont limités à une partie seulement du fond des récipients lorsque ceux-ci sont mis en place sur le support ou évacués de celui-ci. De préférence, le centrage de chaque récipient est assuré par pincement d'une portion du récipient voisine de 1' embouchure .Thus, the gripping of the containers is provided mainly by supporting a portion of its bottom, which does not cause any particular geometric constraint on the support device. The friction is limited to only part of the bottom of the containers when they are placed on the support or removed from it. Preferably, the centering of each container is provided by clamping a portion of the container adjacent to the mouth.
Ceci améliore la stabilité des récipients lors de leur déplacement. Il n'est pas ici nécessaire de serrer le récipient de manière importante puisque l'essentiel de la fonction de préhension est assuré par le support, le pincement ne faisant qu'assurer le centrage de l'embouchure. En outre, tous les récipients ont en général un fond et un goulot de sorte que l'utilisation de ces deux parties du corps du récipient pour le transport permet l'utilisation d'un outillage commun à un grand nombre de récipients sous réserve éventuellement de quelques adaptations ou réglages liés par exemple à la hauteur des récipients .This improves the stability of the containers during their movement. It is not necessary here to tighten the container significantly since most of the gripping function is provided by the support, the pinch only ensuring the centering of the mouth. In addition, all the containers generally have a bottom and a neck so that the use of these two parts of the body of the container for transport allows the use of a tool common to a large number of containers subject possibly to some adaptations or adjustments related for example to the height of the containers.
Avantageusement, chaque récipient est supporté sur environ la moitié de son fond.Advantageously, each container is supported on about half of its bottom.
Ceci constitue un compromis optimal entre l'efficacité du support des récipients et des frottements réduits .This is an optimal compromise between the effectiveness of the container support and reduced friction.
De préférence, les récipients sont transférés d'une plateforme amont vers une plateforme aval, les plateformes étant toutes deux pourvues d'un support pour chaque récipient et dans lequel les récipients sont décollés du support de la plateforme amont lors du transfert et, alternativement : - le décollement est obtenu en abaissant le support de la plateforme amont,Preferably, the containers are transferred from an upstream platform to a downstream platform, the platforms both being provided with a support for each container and in which the containers are detached from the support of the upstream platform during the transfer and, alternatively: the separation is obtained by lowering the support of the upstream platform,
- le décollement est obtenu en élevant le support de la plateforme aval.- the separation is obtained by raising the support of the downstream platform.
Ceci permet de faciliter le transfert des récipients d'une plateforme à l'autre.This facilitates the transfer of the containers from one platform to another.
L'invention a également pour objet une installation de traitement de récipients comportant un corps ayant un fond et, à l'opposé, une embouchure, l'installation comprenant au moins une plateforme rotative pourvue d' au moins un support pour le fond des récipients, le support étant solidaire en rotation de la plateforme et agencé pour ne supporter qu'une partie du fond des récipients. L' installation comprend des dispositifs de centrage de l'embouchure des récipients sur une trajectoire prédéfinie de déplacement.The subject of the invention is also a container treatment installation comprising a body having a bottom and, on the contrary, a mouthpiece, the installation comprising at least one rotary platform provided with at least one support for the bottom of the containers. , the support being integral in rotation with the platform and arranged to support only a portion of the bottom of the containers. The installation includes devices for centering the mouth of the containers on a predefined path of travel.
Ainsi, le recours à des outillages spécifiques à chaque forme de récipients est limité. En outre, les frottements sont limités à la partie supportée du fond des récipients lorsque les récipients sont mis en place sur le support ou évacués de celui-ci.Thus, the use of tools specific to each form of containers is limited. In addition, the friction is limited to the supported part of the bottom of the containers when the containers are placed on the support or removed from it.
De préférence, le support s'étend au plus jusqu'à cette trajectoire.Preferably, the support extends at most until this trajectory.
Ceci procure un compromis optimal entre l'efficacité du support et l'encombrement du support.This provides an optimal compromise between the effectiveness of the support and the size of the support.
Selon un premier mode de réalisation, le support comprend au moins un secteur de couronne s' étendant autour d' au moins une partie de la plateforme pour supporter au moins un récipient.According to a first embodiment, the support comprises at least one crown sector extending around at least part of the platform to support at least one container.
Ce mode de réalisation est particulièrement simple. Selon un deuxième mode de réalisation, l'installation comprend une pluralité de supports agencés pour supporter chacun un récipient et, de préférence, chaque support comprend une semelle montée pour pivoter autour d'un axe horizontal entre une position relevée dans laquelle elle est rappelée élastiquement par un ressort et une position abaissée dans laquelle elle est amenée par une came fixe.This embodiment is particularly simple. According to a second embodiment, the installation comprises a plurality of supports each designed to support a container and, preferably, each support comprises a soleplate mounted to pivot about a horizontal axis between a raised position in which it is resiliently biased. by a spring and a lowered position in which it is brought by a fixed cam.
Le mouvement de la semelle permet de supprimer les frottements et de limiter le risque d'une interférence de la semelle avec le fond du récipient lors de la mise en place du récipient sur la plateforme.The movement of the soleplate makes it possible to eliminate friction and to limit the risk of interference of the soleplate with the bottom of the container when the container is placed on the platform.
Avantageusement, l'installation comprend au moins deux plateformes adjacentes pourvues chacune d'au moins un support et définissant une trajectoire de déplacement des récipients s' enroulant au moins partiellement autour de chaque plateforme, les supports étant tangents l'un à l'autre en un point de passage de la trajectoire d'une plateforme à l'autre.Advantageously, the installation comprises at least two adjacent platforms each provided with at least one support and defining a trajectory of movement of the containers at least partially wrapping around each platform, the supports being tangent to each other. a crossing point of the trajectory from one platform to another.
Ainsi, le transfert des récipients d'une plateforme à l'autre est réalisé en limitant les frottements tout en assurant une bonne stabilité des récipients.Thus, the transfer of containers from one platform to another is achieved by limiting friction while ensuring good stability of the containers.
D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de l'invention ressortiront à la lecture de la description qui suit d'un mode de réalisation particulier non limitatif de 1' invention . II sera fait référence aux dessins annexés, parmi lesquels : la figure 1 est une vue de dessus d'une installation conforme à l'invention,Other characteristics and advantages of the invention will emerge on reading the following description of a particular non-limiting embodiment of the invention. Reference will be made to the appended drawings, among which: FIG. 1 is a view from above of an installation according to the invention,
- la figure 2 est une vue partielle en perspective de cette installation, - la figure 3 est une vue agrandie de la zone III de la figure 2,FIG. 2 is a partial perspective view of this installation, FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of zone III of FIG. 2,
- la figure 4 est une vue en perspective de la zone IV de la figure 1,FIG. 4 is a perspective view of zone IV of FIG. 1;
- la figure 5 est une vue en perspective de la zone V de la figure 1,FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the zone V of FIG. 1;
- la figure 6 est une vue agrandie en perspective de la zone VI de la figure 1,FIG. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of zone VI of FIG. 1;
- La figure 7 est une vue partielle de dessus d'une installation selon une variante de réalisation. En référence aux figures 1 à 6, l'installation conforme à l'invention ici décrite est destinée au traitement de récipients généralement désignés en 100 comportant un corps 101 ayant un fond 102 et à l'opposé une embouchure 103 à l'extrémité d'un goulot 104 pourvue à la fin du traitement d'un bouchon 105.- Figure 7 is a partial top view of an installation according to an alternative embodiment. Referring to Figures 1 to 6, the installation according to the invention described herein is intended for the treatment of containers generally designated 100 having a body 101 having a bottom 102 and the opposite a mouth 103 at the end of a neck 104 provided at the end of the treatment of a plug 105.
L' installation comprend un bâti 5 sur lequel sont montées pour pivoter une pluralité de plateformes 10, 20,The installation comprises a frame 5 on which are mounted to pivot a plurality of platforms 10, 20,
30, 40, 50 adjacentes, à savoir deux étoiles de transfert30, 40, 50 adjacent, namely two transfer stars
(plateforme 10 en entrée et plateforme 20 en sortie) , un carrousel d' insufflage ou autre traitement (plateforme 30), un carrousel de remplissage (plateforme 40), et un carrousel de bouchage (plateforme 50). Les plateformes 30, 40 et 50 sont surmontées respectivement d'un dispositif d' insufflage, d'un dispositif de remplissage et d'un dispositif de bouchage non représentés.(platform 10 input and platform 20 output), a carousel insufflage or other treatment (platform 30), a carousel filling (platform 40), and a carousel capping (platform 50). The platforms 30, 40 and 50 are respectively surmounted by a blowing device, a filling device and a closure device not shown.
L'installation définit une trajectoire 1 de déplacement des récipients dans l'installation de telle manière que le centre de l'embouchure 103 des récipients 100 soit centré sur cette trajectoire 1. La trajectoire s'enroule partiellement autour des plateformes 10, 20, 30, 40, 50. L'installation comprend un dispositif d'introduction des récipients 100 dans l'installation qui amène les récipients 100 jusqu'à la plateforme 10 et un dispositif d'évacuation pour prendre en charge les récipients 100 portés par la plateforme 20 et les sortir de l'installation. Ces dispositifs sont par exemple des dispositifs à vis sans fin tel que celui référencé en 7 servant à l'introduction des récipients dans 1' installation.The installation defines a trajectory 1 of displacement of the containers in the installation so that the center of the mouth 103 of the containers 100 is centered on this trajectory 1. The trajectory is wrapped partially around the platforms 10, 20, 30 , 40, 50. The installation comprises a device introduction of the containers 100 into the installation that brings the containers 100 to the platform 10 and an evacuation device to support the containers 100 carried by the platform 20 and out of the installation. These devices are, for example worm gear devices such as that referenced 7 for the introduction of containers in one installation.
Chaque plateforme 10, 20, 40, 50 est pourvue dans sa partie inférieure de supports généralement désignés en 60. La plateforme 30 est pourvue d'un support généralement désigné en 70. Les supports 60 et 70 sont solidaires en rotation des plateformes 10, 20, 40, 50, et 30 respectivement . Chaque support 60 comprend une colonne 61 s'étendant sous les plateformes 10, 20, 40, 50 et ayant une extrémité libre sur laquelle est articulée une bascule 62. La bascule 62 comporte une extrémité formant semelle 63 et une extrémité 64 opposée reliée à la plateforme 10, 20, 40, 50 correspondante par un ressort 65 (voir en particulier la figure 3) . La bascule 62 est mobile entre une position abaissée et une position relevée de la semelle 63 et le ressort 65 assure le rappel de la bascule 62 vers la position relevée de la semelle 63. La position relevée est définie par une butée 66 solidaire de la colonne 61 et sur laquelle vient en appui une portion 67 de la bascule 62 lorsque la semelle 63 est dans la position relevée. L'extrémité 64 est pourvue d'un galet 68 autour d'un axe perpendiculaire à la plateforme 10, 20, 40, 50 pour coopérer lors de la rotation de la plateforme correspondante avec une came 69 solidaire du bâti 5 et agencée pour amener la bascule 62 dans la position abaissée de la semelle 63.Each platform 10, 20, 40, 50 is provided in its lower part with supports generally designated 60. The platform 30 is provided with a support generally designated 70. The supports 60 and 70 are integral in rotation with the platforms 10, 20 , 40, 50, and 30 respectively. Each support 60 comprises a column 61 extending under the platforms 10, 20, 40, 50 and having a free end on which is articulated a rocker 62. The rocker 62 has a sole end 63 and an opposite end 64 connected to the corresponding platform 10, 20, 40, 50 by a spring 65 (see in particular FIG. 3). The rocker 62 is movable between a lowered position and a raised position of the sole 63 and the spring 65 ensures the return of the rocker 62 to the raised position of the sole 63. The raised position is defined by a stop 66 secured to the column 61 and on which bears a portion 67 of the rocker 62 when the sole 63 is in the raised position. The end 64 is provided with a roller 68 around an axis perpendicular to the platform 10, 20, 40, 50 to cooperate during the rotation of the corresponding platform with a cam 69 secured to the frame 5 and arranged to bring the rocker 62 in the lowered position of the sole 63.
Le support 70 comprend des segments de couronne 71 coaxiaux à la plateforme 30 (voir en particulier les figures 3 et 4) . Les segments de couronne 71 sont fixes en hauteur .The support 70 comprises ring segments 71 coaxial with the platform 30 (see in particular FIGS. 3 and 4). The ring segments 71 are fixed in height.
La semelle 63 et les segments de couronne 71 sont agencés pour supporter au plus la moitié du fond 102 et s'étendent jusqu'à la trajectoire 1. Ainsi, les récipients 100 peuvent être transférés directement d'une plateforme à l'autre dans la zone où la trajectoire 1 passe d'une plateforme à l'autre et où les supports 60,70 sont tangents l'un à l'autre.The sole 63 and the ring segments 71 are arranged to support at most half of the bottom 102 and extend to the path 1. Thus, the containers 100 can be transferred directly from one platform to another in the zone where the trajectory 1 passes from one platform to another and where the supports 60,70 are tangent to each other.
Chaque plateforme 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 est pourvue sur sa partie supérieure de pinces généralement désignées en 90 de maintien des récipients 6 sur les supports 60, 70.Each platform 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 is provided on its upper part with clamps generally designated 90 holding the containers 6 on the supports 60, 70.
Chaque pince 90 comprend deux mâchoires 91, 92 qui ont des portions formant mors 91.1, 92.1 pourvues de découpe en vé 91.2, 92.2 pour enserrer le corps 101 au voisinage de l'embouchure 103 et plus particulièrement le goulot 104 (sauf en ce qui concerne les pinces 90 solidaires de la plateforme 20 qui enserrent le bouchon 105 engagé sur le goulot 104) . La mâchoire 91 de chaque pinceEach gripper 90 comprises two jaws 91, 92 which have jaw-forming portions 91.1, 92.1 provided with a V-cut 91.2, 92.2 for gripping the body 101 in the vicinity of the mouth 103 and more particularly the neck 104 (except with respect to the clamps 90 secured to the platform 20 which enclose the cap 105 engaged on the neck 104). The jaw 91 of each clamp
90 est articulée sur la plateforme 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 correspondante par un axe 91.3 et la mâchoire 92 est articulée à la fois sur la plateforme 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 correspondante par un axe 92.3 et sur la mâchoire 91 de manière que les mâchoires 91, 92 s'ouvrent de manière symétrique par rapport à une direction radiale de la plateforme 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 correspondante. Les axes 91.3 et 92.3 sont verticaux et croisent perpendiculairement la direction radiale de ladite plateforme. L'axe 91.3 est monté sur une extrémité 91.4 opposée à la portion formant mors 91.1 et pourvue d'un levier 91.5 équipé d'un galet 93 d'axe vertical pour coopérer lors de la rotation de la plateforme correspondante avec une came 94 qui est fixe par rapport au bâti 5 et agencée pour commander le pivotement de la mâchoire 91 dans un sens d' ouverture de la mâchoire90 is articulated on the platform 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 corresponding by an axis 91.3 and the jaw 92 is articulated both on the platform 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 corresponding by an axis 92.3 and on the jaw 91 so that the jaws 91, 92 open symmetrically with respect to a radial direction of the platform 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 correspondingly. The axes 91.3 and 92.3 are vertical and cross perpendicularly the radial direction of said platform. The shaft 91.3 is mounted on an end 91.4 opposite to the jaw portion 91.1 and provided with a lever 91.5 equipped with a roller 93 of vertical axis to cooperate during the rotation of the corresponding platform with a cam 94 which is fixed relative to the frame 5 and arranged to control the pivoting of the jaw 91 in a direction of opening of the jaw
91 (les galets 93 et la came 94 n'ont pas été représentés sur la plateforme 30) . L'axe 92.3 est monté sur une extrémité 92.4 opposée à la portion formant mors 92.1 et pourvue d'un levier 92.5 ayant une extrémité libre en goutte d'eau engagée dans un logement 91.6 formé d'une découpe arrondie qui est ménagée dans la mâchoire 91 de telle manière que la mâchoire 91 se déplaçant en position d'ouverture provoque un déplacement de même amplitude de la mâchoire 92 vers sa position d'ouverture. Un ressort hélicoïdal de compression 95 s'étend entre le levier 91.5 et la portion formant mors 92.1 pour rappeler les mâchoires 91, 92 dans leur position de fermeture. La pince 90 permet ainsi de maintenir l'embouchure91 (the rollers 93 and the cam 94 have not been represented on the platform 30). The axis 92.3 is mounted on an end 92.4 opposite to the jaw portion 92.1 and provided with a lever 92.5 having a free end drop of water engaged in a housing 91.6 formed of a rounded cutout which is formed in the jaw 91 so that the jaw 91 moving in the open position causes a displacement of the same amplitude of the jaw 92 towards its open position. A helical compression spring 95 extends between the lever 91.5 and the jaw portion 92.1 to bias the jaws 91, 92 into their closed position. The clamp 90 thus makes it possible to hold the mouthpiece
103 centrée sur la trajectoire 1 pour des goulots de diamètres différents. Ainsi, sur la figure 5, les pinces 90 solidaires de la plateforme 50 tiennent les récipients 100 par la partie inférieure du goulot 104 tandis que les pinces 90 de la plateforme 20 saisissent les récipients 100 par le bouchon 105 engagé sur le goulot 104 et possède un diamètre externe qui est supérieur à celui du goulot.103 centered on the trajectory 1 for necks of different diameters. Thus, in FIG. 5, the clamps 90 integral with the platform 50 hold the containers 100 by the lower part of the neck 104 while the clamps 90 of the platform 20 grip the containers 100 by the cap 105 engaged on the neck 104 and possess an outer diameter which is greater than that of the neck.
Dans la variante de la figure 7, on a représenté une installation comportant deux plateformes équipées chacune d'un support 260, 270 (qui sont seuls visibles ici) . Chaque support comprend un disque ou une couronne ayant un pourtour extérieur denté de telle manière que les dents de chaque support soient intercalées au point de tangence entre deux dents adjacentes de l'autre support. Ainsi, des récipients sont supportés sur toute la dimension du fond mesurée dans la direction radiale des plateformes mais sur une partie seulement de la dimension du fond mesurée transversalement à la direction radiale.In the variant of Figure 7, there is shown an installation comprising two platforms each equipped with a support 260, 270 (which are visible only here). Each support comprises a disk or a ring having an outer periphery toothed such that the teeth of each support are interposed at the point of tangency between two adjacent teeth of the other support. Thus, containers are supported over the entire dimension of the bottom measured in the radial direction of the platforms but on only a portion of the bottom dimension measured transversely to the radial direction.
Deux dents des supports 260, 270 peuvent donc supporter simultanément le même récipient au niveau du point de tangence des plateformes.Two teeth of the supports 260, 270 can therefore simultaneously support the same container at the point of tangency of the platforms.
Bien entendu, l'invention n'est pas limitée au mode de réalisation décrit et englobe toute variante entrant dans le champ de l'invention telle que définie par les revendications.Of course, the invention is not limited to the embodiment described and encompasses any variant within the scope of the invention as defined by the claims.
En particulier, une installation peut comprendre un nombre différent de supports 60 et/ou 70 et par exemple ne comprendre que des supports 60 ou que des supports 70.In particular, an installation may include a different number of supports 60 and / or 70 and for example comprise only supports 60 or supports 70.
Les supports 70 peuvent ne comprendre qu'une couronne en une seule pièce. Les supports 60 et 70 peuvent supporter plus ou moins de la moitié du fond des récipients mais pas la totalité de ceux-ci.The supports 70 may comprise only one crown in one piece. The supports 60 and 70 can support more or less half of the bottom of the containers but not all of them.
Une installation peut cependant comprendre des supports analogues aux supports 60 et 70 et des supports traditionnels supportant la totalité du fond des récipients .An installation may, however, include supports similar to the supports 60 and 70 and traditional supports supporting the entire bottom of the containers.
Les supports 60 et 70 peuvent être réglables en hauteur par l'intermédiaire d'un système vis/écrou d'axe vertical ou par tout autre système comprenant par exemple des vérins ou des actionneurs électriques linéaires. En reliant la semelle 63 des supports 60 à la colonne 61 par un dispositif à parallélogramme déformable, il est possible d'avoir un support s' adaptant automatiquement à la hauteur des récipients. La structure des pinces est complètement indépendante du support des récipients par leur fond.The supports 60 and 70 may be adjustable in height by means of a screw / nut system with a vertical axis or by any other system comprising, for example, cylinders or linear electric actuators. By connecting the soleplate 63 of the supports 60 to the column 61 by a deformable parallelogram device, it is possible to have a support automatically adapting to the height of the containers. The structure of the clamps is completely independent of the support of the containers by their bottom.
D'autres types de dispositifs de maintien sur le support sont envisageables et notamment des pinces élastiques, des pinces commandées, des alvéoles ouvertes en regard d'un rail de maintien des récipients dans les alvéoles...Other types of support devices on the support are possible including elastic grippers, controlled clamps, open cells facing a rail for holding containers in the cells ...
Les pinces peuvent saisir les récipients sur une autre partie du corps que le goulot et par exemple sur la portion centrale du corps.The clamps can grip the containers on another part of the body that the neck and for example on the central portion of the body.
De préférence, dans les installations dans lesquelles au moins un des supports est mobile en hauteur :Preferably, in installations in which at least one of the supports is movable in height:
- le support mobile en hauteur est situé en aval et s'élève pour prendre appui contre le fond du récipient et le décoller du support situé en amont, et/ou,the height-adjustable support is located downstream and rises to bear against the bottom of the container and take it off the support located upstream, and / or,
- le support mobile en hauteur est situé en amont et se baisse pour déposer le récipient sur le support situé en aval. La montée et la descente des supports sont réalisées au moyen de cames telles que les cames 69. Ceci permet de faciliter le transfert des récipients et de limiter le risque d'un déséquilibre des récipients lors du transfert de la plateforme amont à la plateforme aval. - The mobile support height is located upstream and down to deposit the container on the support downstream. The rise and fall of the supports are realized by means of cams such as cams 69. This facilitates the transfer of containers and limit the risk of unbalance containers when transferring the upstream platform to the downstream platform.

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1. Procédé de transport de récipients (100) comportant un corps (101) ayant un fond (102) et, à l'opposé, une embouchure (103), le procédé comprenant les étapes de : supporter chaque récipient sur une partie seulement de son fond au moyen d'un support mobile avec le récipient et assurer un centrage de l'embouchure du récipient sur une trajectoire de déplacement du récipient, ce centrage étant assuré par pincement d'une portion du récipient voisine de son embouchure (103) ;A method of conveying containers (100) having a body (101) having a bottom (102) and, in contrast, a mouth (103), the method comprising the steps of: supporting each container on only a portion of its bottom by means of a movable support with the container and ensure a centering of the mouth of the container on a path of movement of the container, this centering being ensured by clamping a portion of the container adjacent to its mouth (103);
- déplacer les récipients ainsi supportés.- move the containers thus supported.
2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel chaque récipient (100) est supporté sur environ la moitié de son fond (102) .The method of claim 1, wherein each container (100) is supported on about half of its bottom (102).
3. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel les récipients sont transférés d'une plateforme amont vers une plateforme aval, les plateformes étant toutes deux pourvues d'un support pour chaque récipient et dans lequel les récipients sont décollés du support de la plateforme amont lors du transfert.3. Method according to claim 1, wherein the containers are transferred from an upstream platform to a downstream platform, the platforms both having a support for each container and in which the containers are detached from the support of the upstream platform. during the transfer.
4. Procédé selon la revendication 3, dans lequel le décollement est obtenu en abaissant le support de la plateforme amont.4. The method of claim 3, wherein the detachment is obtained by lowering the support of the upstream platform.
5. Procédé selon la revendication 3, dans lequel le décollement est obtenu en élevant le support de la plateforme aval.5. Method according to claim 3, wherein the delamination is obtained by raising the support of the downstream platform.
6. Installation de traitement de récipients (100) comportant un corps (101) ayant un fond (102) et, à l'opposé, une embouchure (103), l'installation comprenant au moins une plateforme (10, 20, 30, 40, 50) rotative pourvue d'au moins un support (60, 70) pour le fond des récipients, caractérisé en ce que le support est solidaire en rotation de la plateforme et est agencé pour ne supporter qu'une partie du fond des récipients, et en ce que l' installation comprend des dispositifs de centrage (90) des récipients sur une trajectoire de déplacement des récipients de l'installation, ces dispositifs de centrage assurant un centrage par pincement d'une portion du récipient voisine de son embouchure (103) .Container processing plant (100) having a body (101) having a bottom (102) and, in contrast, a mouth (103), the installation comprising at least one platform (10, 20, 30, 40, 50) provided with at least one support (60, 70) for the bottom of the containers, characterized in that the support is integral in rotation with the platform and is arranged to support only part of the bottom of the containers , and in this that the installation comprises devices (90) for centering the containers on a path of movement of the containers of the installation, these centering devices ensuring centering by pinching a portion of the container adjacent to its mouth (103).
7. Installation selon la revendication 6, comprenant au moins deux plateformes (10, 20, 30, 40, 50) adjacentes pourvues chacune d'au moins un support (60, 70) et la trajectoire (1) de déplacement des récipients s' enroulant au moins partiellement autour de chaque plateforme, les supports étant tangents l'un à l'autre en un point de passage de la trajectoire d'une plateforme à 1' autre .7. Installation according to claim 6, comprising at least two adjacent platforms (10, 20, 30, 40, 50) each provided with at least one support (60, 70) and the trajectory (1) of displacement of the containers s' at least partially wrapping around each platform, the supports being tangent to one another at a point of passage of the path from one platform to another.
8. Installation selon la revendication 7 dans laquelle au moins un des supports est mobile en hauteur.8. Installation according to claim 7 wherein at least one of the supports is movable in height.
9. Installation selon la revendication 8, dans laquelle le support mobile en hauteur est situé en aval et s'élève pour prendre appui contre le fond du récipient et le décoller du support situé en amont. 9. Installation according to claim 8, wherein the movable support height is located downstream and rises to bear against the bottom of the container and take off the support upstream.
10. Installation selon la revendication 8, dans laquelle le support mobile en hauteur est situé en amont et se baisse pour déposer le récipient sur le support situé en aval .10. Installation according to claim 8, wherein the movable support height is located upstream and down to deposit the container on the support downstream.
11. Installation selon la revendication 6, dans laquelle le support (60, 70) s'étend au plus jusqu'à la trajectoire de déplacement.11. Installation according to claim 6, wherein the support (60, 70) extends at most to the path of displacement.
12. Installation selon la revendication 6, dans laquelle le support (70) comprend au moins un secteur de couronne (71) s' étendant autour d'au moins une partie de la plateforme (30) pour supporter au moins un récipient.12. Installation according to claim 6, wherein the support (70) comprises at least one crown sector (71) extending around at least a portion of the platform (30) for supporting at least one container.
13. Installation selon la revendication 6, comprenant une pluralité de supports (60) agencés pour supporter chacun un récipient (100).13. Installation according to claim 6, comprising a plurality of supports (60) arranged to each support a container (100).
14. Installation selon la revendication 13, dans laquelle chaque support (60) comprend une semelle (63) montée pour pivoter autour d'un axe horizontal entre une position relevée dans laquelle elle est rappelée élastiquement par un ressort (65) et une position abaissée dans laquelle elle est amenée par une came fixe (69) .14. Installation according to claim 13, wherein each support (60) comprises a sole (63) mounted to pivot about a horizontal axis between a raised position in which it is biased resiliently by a spring (65) and a lowered position in which it is brought by a fixed cam (69).
15. Installation selon la revendication 6, dans laquelle le support (60, 70) est réglable en hauteur. 15. Installation according to claim 6, wherein the support (60, 70) is adjustable in height.
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