EP2451739A1 - Guide track for caps - Google Patents

Guide track for caps

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EP2451739A1
EP2451739A1 EP10742177A EP10742177A EP2451739A1 EP 2451739 A1 EP2451739 A1 EP 2451739A1 EP 10742177 A EP10742177 A EP 10742177A EP 10742177 A EP10742177 A EP 10742177A EP 2451739 A1 EP2451739 A1 EP 2451739A1
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Emmanuel Roth
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Sidel Engineering and Conveying Solutions SAS
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67B—APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS
    • B67B3/00—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps
    • B67B3/02—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps by applying flanged caps, e.g. crown caps, and securing by deformation of flanges
    • B67B3/06—Feeding caps to capping heads

Abstract

The invention relates to a guide track associated with a capping machine, comprising a capping head (4) that is adjustable to fit the different formats of bottles (1). Said track comprises, upstream from and adjacemt to the capping head (4), a telescopic portion (9) consisting of a section (16) rigidly connected to said capping head (4) and movable with the latter, and a stationary section (15) rigidly connected to a general frame (2). The telescopic portion (9) of the guide track (6) for caps (5) comprises side walls (19-22), the surface of which is smooth, i.e. continuous and uniform, regardless of the position of the stationary section (15) and the movable section (16) in relation to one another. The stationary section (15) and the movable section (16) are transversely shifted, and guided with regard to one another, by means of a runner system (32).

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COULOIR DE GUIDAGE POUR ARTICLES DE BOUCHAGE  GUIDING CORRIDOR FOR CLOSURE ARTICLES
La présente invention concerne le domaine des machines de bouchage de bouteilles et, plus particulièrement, le couloir de guidage d'articles de bouchage du genre capsules métalliques ou autres qui permet d'alimenter la tête de bouchage de ladite machine. The present invention relates to the field of bottle capping machines and, more particularly, the guide corridor of corking articles of the metal cap or other type which makes it possible to feed the capping head of said machine.
L'alimentation d'une tête de bouchage, avec des capsules métalliques par exemple, s'effectue généralement au moyen d'un long couloir de guidage qui s'étend entre la machine d'orientation et de triage des capsules et ladite tête de bouchage. Ce long couloir de guidage comporte, en amont de la tête de bouchage, une portion verticale qui se présente sous la forme d'une colonne dénommée chute gravitaire .  The feeding of a closure head, with metal caps for example, is generally effected by means of a long guide corridor which extends between the machine for orienting and sorting the capsules and said closing head. . This long guide corridor comprises, upstream of the closure head, a vertical portion which is in the form of a column called gravity fall.
Avec l'amélioration des cadences de ces machines de bouchage, il est envisageable de les utiliser pour traiter successivement plusieurs séries de bouteilles de types différents et en particulier des séries de bouteilles dont la taille, c'est-a-dire la hauteur, peut varier d'une série a l'autre.  With the improvement of the rates of these capping machines, it is conceivable to use them to successively treat several series of bottles of different types and in particular series of bottles whose size, that is to say the height, can vary from one series to another.
Cette flexibilité et cette polyvalence des machines impliquent une gestion du déplacement vertical de la tête de bouchage et, par voie de conséquence, une gestion identique du mouvement de la partie aval du couloir pour modifier la dimension de la chute gravitaire.  This flexibility and versatility of the machines involve management of the vertical displacement of the closure head and, consequently, identical management of the movement of the downstream part of the corridor to modify the size of the gravity chute.
La présente invention propose un aménagement de ce couloir de guidage pour capsules métalliques, lequel aménagement permet de régler automatiquement la longueur et la hauteur du couloir de guidage de ces capsules et en particulier la dimension de la partie verticale de la chute gravitaire du couloir qui se situe juste en amont de la tête de boucαage, de façon a faire correspondre cette variation de la dimension dudit couloir de guidage avec la variation de taille des bouteilles ; on obtient ainsi, une auto-adaptation du couloir de guidage selon la dimension des articles a boucher. The present invention proposes an arrangement of this guiding corridor for metal capsules, which arrangement makes it possible to automatically adjust the length and the height of the guiding corridor of these capsules and in particular the dimension of the vertical part of the gravity drop of the corridor which is located just upstream of the boucαage head, so as to match this varying the size of said guide corridor with the variation in size of the bottles; this gives a self-adaptation of the guide corridor according to the size of the articles to be plugged.
Le couloir de guidage est associe a une machine de bouchage polyvalente qui comporte une tête de bouchage mobile verticalement, lequel couloir peut avoir une section rectangulaire ou autre ; il est aménage pour permettre la circulation continue d'articles du genre capsules métalliques et il comprend, d'une part, une sole et un guide frontal, ou supérieur, qui sont écartes d'une distance sensiblement supérieure a l'épaisseur desdites capsules et, d'autre part, des parois latérales qui sont espacées d'une distance qui est sensiblement supérieure au diamètre correspondant a l'encombrement desdites capsules, lequel couloir comporte une portion telescopique qui est constituée d'un tronçon solidaire de ladite tête de bouchage et qui est mobile avec cette dernière et, d'un tronçon fixe solidaire de la partie du couloir d'amenée desdits articles métalliques, laquelle portion telescopique se règle ainsi automatiquement lors du réglage de la position de ladite tête de bouchage, suite au changement de taille des bouteilles a boucher.  The guide channel is associated with a versatile capping machine which has a vertically movable capping head, which passage may have a rectangular section or the like; it is arranged to allow the continuous circulation of articles of the metal capsule type and comprises, firstly, a sole and a front guide, or superior, which are spaced a distance substantially greater than the thickness of said capsules and on the other hand, lateral walls which are spaced apart by a distance which is substantially greater than the diameter corresponding to the bulk of said capsules, which corridor comprises a telescopic portion which consists of a section secured to said closure head and which is movable with the latter and, a fixed section secured to the portion of the supply passage of said metal articles, which telescopic portion is thus automatically adjusted when adjusting the position of said closure head, following the change in size bottles to butcher.
Toujours selon l'invention, la portion telescopique du couloir de guidage des capsules métalliques comporte des parois latérales dont la surface est lisse, c'est-a-dire continue et uniforme sur toute la longueur de ladite portion telescopique, quelle que soit la position du tronçon mobile par rapport au tronçon fixe.  Still according to the invention, the telescopic portion of the guide channel of the metal capsules comprises side walls whose surface is smooth, that is to say continuous and uniform over the entire length of said telescopic portion, whatever the position of the mobile section relative to the fixed section.
Selon une autre disposition de l'invention, les deux tronçons de la portion telescopique du couloir de guidage : le tronçon fixe et le tronçon mobile, sont décales transversalement, guides l'un par rapport a l'autre, au moyen d'un système de glissières. According to another embodiment of the invention, the two sections of the telescopic portion of the guide corridor: the fixed section and the movable section are cross shifts, guides relative to each other, by means of a system of slides.
Toujours selon l'invention, la continuité de la portion telescopique du couloir de guidage entre les deux tronçons qui sont deplaçables l'un par rapport a l'autre, est assurée au moyen d'une chicane en forme de Z ou de baïonnette, laquelle chicane comprend - deux portions qui sont disposées en oblique par rapport aux couloirs d'entrée et de sortie des tronçons fixe et mobile respectivement, et - une portion qui est parallèle auxdits couloirs d'entrée et de sortie desdits tronçons, ladite portion parallèle étant de longueur variable, réglée en fonction du mouvement du tronçon mobile dudit couloir, lors d'un changement de taille des bouteilles a boucher.  Still according to the invention, the continuity of the telescopic portion of the guide passage between the two sections which are displaceable relative to each other, is provided by means of a baffle Z-shaped or bayonet, which baffle comprises - two portions which are arranged obliquely with respect to the inlet and outlet passages of the fixed and movable sections respectively, and - a portion which is parallel to said inlet and outlet passages of said sections, said parallel portion being variable length, adjusted according to the movement of the movable section of said corridor, during a size change bottles to plug.
Selon une autre disposition de l'invention, la portion extensible de la chicane est délimitée par des parois latérales qui sont constituées, pour l'une, d'une paroi latérale appartenant au tronçon fixe et, pour l'autre, d'une paroi latérale appartenant au tronçon mobile.  According to another embodiment of the invention, the extensible portion of the baffle is delimited by side walls which consist, for one, of a side wall belonging to the fixed section and, for the other, of a wall lateral part belonging to the movable section.
Toujours selon l'invention, la paroi oblique supérieure (rive gauche) du tronçon fixe, correspondant a l'entrée de la chicane, s'étend au-dessus de la sole du tronçon mobile, jusqu'au niveau de la paroi latérale (rive gauche) dudit tronçon mobile, pour former une continuité entre lesd^tes parois qui délimitent cette rive gauche, c'est-a-dire celle dudit tronçon fixe et celle dudit tronçon mobile. Still according to the invention, the upper oblique wall (left bank) of the fixed section, corresponding to the inlet of the baffle, extends above the sole of the movable section, to the level of the side wall (bank left) of said movable section to form a continuity between lesd ^ thy walls defining the left bank, that is to say that of said fixed portion and that of said movable section.
Selon une autre disposition de l'invention, les portions obliques de la chicane font un angle avec la portion de longueur variable de cette chicane, lequel angle est de l'ordre de 45°. Toujours selon l'invention, pour la rive droite, d'une part, le guide frontal, ou supérieur, du tronçon fixe s'étend sur une partie de la sole mobile et sur la paroi latérale droite correspondante du tronçon mobile et, pour la rive gauche, d'autre part, le guide frontal, ou supérieur, dudit tronçon mobile s'étend sur l'extrémité de la paroi latérale gauche dudit tronçon fixe, de façon a former, au-dessus de ladite sole mobile, une continuité de la surface de guidage des capsules lorsqu'elle passent d'un tronçon a l'autre. According to another embodiment of the invention, the oblique portions of the baffle make an angle with the portion of variable length of this baffle, which angle is of the order of 45 °. Still according to the invention, for the right bank, on the one hand, the front or upper guide of the fixed section extends over a part of the movable floor and on the corresponding right side wall of the movable section and, for the left bank, on the other hand, the frontal guide, or higher, said movable section extends on the end of the left side wall of said fixed section, so as to form, above said movable hearth, a continuity of the guiding surface of the capsules as they pass from one section to another.
Selon une autre disposition de l'invention, le tronçon fixe fait office de berceau pour le tronçon mobile, lequel berceau, en forme de U comprend une semelle et des systèmes de glissières aménages sur chacun desdits tronçons.  According to another embodiment of the invention, the fixed section serves as a cradle for the mobile section, which cradle, U-shaped comprises a sole and slide systems arranged on each of said sections.
L'invention sera encore détaillée a l'aide de la description suivante et des dessins annexes, donnes a titre indicatif, et dans lesquels : The invention will be further detailed with the aid of the following description and accompanying drawings, given by way of indication, and in which:
- la figure 1 schématise la tête de bouchage d'une machine, avec un couloir telescopique selon l'invention, lequel couloir est règle pour des bouteilles de grande taille ;  - Figure 1 shows schematically the capping head of a machine, with a telescopic corridor according to the invention, which corridor is set for large bottles;
- la figure 2 représente une tête de bouchage d'une machine réglée pour des bouteilles de petite taille ;  - Figure 2 shows a closure head of a machine set for small bottles;
- la figure 3 montre, de façon plus détaillée, la portion telescopique du couloir de guidage des capsules dans une position adaptée aux bouteilles de grande taille, laquelle portion est représentée sans les guides supérieurs ; - la figure 4 montre, a une échelle plus importante, une section selon IV-IV de la figure 3, avec les guides supérieurs ; - Figure 3 shows, in more detail, the telescopic portion of the guide channel of the capsules in a position adapted to the large bottles, which portion is shown without the upper guides; - Figure 4 shows, on a larger scale, a section along IV-IV of Figure 3, with the upper guides;
- la figure 5 montre la portion telescopique du couloir de guidage dans une position adaptée au bouchage de bouteilles de petite taille, laquelle portion est représentée avec les guides supérieurs ;  - Figure 5 shows the telescopic portion of the guide channel in a position adapted to the clogging of small bottles, which portion is shown with the upper guides;
- la figure 6 montre, a une échelle plus importante, une section selon VI-VI de la figure 5 ;  - Figure 6 shows, on a larger scale, a section along VI-VI of Figure 5;
- la figure 7 est une vue en perspective du tronçon fixe de la portion telescopique, sans les guides supérieurs ;  - Figure 7 is a perspective view of the fixed portion of the telescopic portion, without the upper guides;
- la figure 8 est une vue en perspective du tronçon mobile, sans les guides supérieurs.  - Figure 8 is a perspective view of the movable section, without the upper guides.
Les figures 1 et 2 montrent, de façon schématique, les éléments essentiels d'une machine de bouchage de bouteilles 1 ; la figure 1 illustrant une machine réglée pour des bouteilles 1 de grande taille et la figure 2 illustrant une machine réglée pour des bouteilles 1 de taille plus petite. Figures 1 and 2 show, schematically, the essential elements of a bottle capping machine 1; Figure 1 showing a machine set for large bottles 1 and Figure 2 showing a machine set for bottles 1 of smaller size.
Cette machine de bouchage comporte un bâti 2 gênerai muni d'une sole 3 qui permet de convoyer les bouteilles 1. Ces bouteilles 1 se positionnent sous une tête 4 de bouchage, laquelle tête 4 est mobile verticalement, sous l'effet de moyens appropries, pour adapter sa position en fonction de la taille des bouteilles 1.  This capping machine comprises a frame 2 gennerai provided with a sole 3 which can convey the bottles 1. These bottles 1 are positioned under a head 4 capping, which head 4 is movable vertically, under the effect of appropriate means, to adapt its position according to the size of the bottles 1.
Cette tête 4 de bouchage est alimentée en articles 5 de bouchage et en particulier en articles du genre capsules métalliques, au moyen d'un couloir 6 en forme de colonne de section rectangulaire ou autre. Ce couloir 6 est constitue, comme détailles plus loin, d'une sole, de guides frontaux, ou supérieurs, et de parois latérales disposées en vis-a-vis, formant les rives droite et gauche. Ce couloir 6 constitue une chute gravitaire en amont de la tête 4 de bouchage et il est alimente a partir d'une machine d'orientation et de triage des capsules, non représentée, généralement dénommée : cap feeder. This head 4 is supplied with capping sections 5 of clogging and pa r ticular articles of the type metal caps, by means of a passage 6 in the form of rectangular column or the like. This corridor 6 is constituted, as detailed below, of a sole, of front or upper guides, and side walls arranged vis-à-vis, forming the right and left banks. This corridor 6 constitutes a gravity drop upstream of the closure head 4 and is fed from a machine for orientation and sorting of capsules, not shown, generally referred to as: cap feeder.
Ce couloir 6 comprend deux parties : - une partie supérieure 61 qui est fixe, solidaire du bâti 2 de la machine ou autre et, - une partie inférieure 62 qui est solidaire de la tête 4 de bouchage et qui est déplacée avec cette tête 4 de bouchage lors des réglages.  This corridor 6 comprises two parts: an upper part 61 which is fixed, fixed to the frame 2 of the machine or the like, and a lower part 62 which is integral with the closure head 4 and which is displaced with this head 4 of clogging during adjustments.
La tête 4 de bouchage est guidée verticalement au moyen d'un support 7 solidaire du bâti 2 et d'un système a glissière 8 qui permet de verrouiller sa position. Dans son déplacement vertical de montée ou de baisse, lors d'un réglage, cette tête 4 de bouchage entraîne la partie 62 mobile du couloir 6.  The closure head 4 is guided vertically by means of a support 7 integral with the frame 2 and a sliding system 8 which makes it possible to lock its position. In its upward or downward vertical movement, during an adjustment, this closure head 4 drives the mobile part 62 of the corridor 6.
Ce couloir 6 comporte une portion 9 qui est telescopique, au niveau du raccordement de la partie 61 fixe et de la partie 62 mobile. Cette portion 9 telescopique permet d'absorber les variations de hauteur du couloir 6 du fait du déplacement de la tête 4 de bouchage lors d'un changement de format des bouteilles 1.  This corridor 6 comprises a portion 9 which is telescopic, at the connection of the fixed portion 61 and the movable portion 62. This telescopic portion 9 makes it possible to absorb the variations in height of the passage 6 because of the displacement of the closure head 4 during a change of format of the bottles 1.
La portion 9 telescopique comprend, comme détaillée figures 1 et 2, entre les parties 61 et 62 du couloir 6, une chicane 10 qui fait la jonction entre lesdites parties 61 et 62. Cette chicane 10, en forme de Z ou de baïonnette double, présente un double intérêt : elle permet d'absorber les variations dimensionnelles du couloir 6 lors d'un changement de format des bouteilles 1 et, en plus, elle permet de decompacter les capsules en formant une sorte de réducteur de pression. Cette réduction de pression dans la colonne de capsules 5 facilite le mouvement de ces capsules 5 dans le couloir 6 et en particulier dans la partie inférieure de ce couloir qui est reliée a la tête 4 de bouchage. The telescopic portion 9 comprises, as detailed in FIGS. 1 and 2, between the parts 61 and 62 of the passageway 6, a baffle 10 which joins the said parts 61 and 62. This baffle 10, in the form of a Z or a double bayonet, has a double interest: it allows to absorb the dimensional changes of the corridor 6 during a change of format of the bottles 1 and, in addition, it allows to decompact the capsules by forming a kind of pressure reducer. This pressure reduction in the column of capsules 5 facilitates the movement of these capsules 5 in the corridor 6 and in particular in the lower part of this corridor which is connected to the head 4 capping.
La chicane 10 comprend deux portions de couloir qui sont disposées en oblique par rapport aux parties 61 et 62 qui forment respectivement les couloirs d'entrée et de sortie des capsules au niveau de cette chicane 10 et une portion intermédiaire de couloir de longueur variable, qui est parallèle a ces parties 61 et 62.  The baffle 10 comprises two corridor portions which are arranged obliquely with respect to the parts 61 and 62 which respectively form the entry and exit passages of the capsules at this baffle 10 and an intermediate portion of the corridor of variable length, which is parallel to these parts 61 and 62.
D'une façon plus détaillée, figures 1 et 2, la chicane 10 du couloir 6 comprend : - une portion 11 oblique supérieure attachée a la partie 61 supérieure dudit couloir 6, - une portion 12 oblique inférieure attachée a la partie 62 inférieure dudit couloir 6, et - une portion 13 intermédiaire qui est extensible et qui est parallèle a ladite partie 61 supérieure fixe et a la partie 62 inférieure mobile.  In more detail, Figures 1 and 2, the baffle 10 of the corridor 6 comprises: - an upper oblique portion 11 attached to the upper portion 61 of said corridor 6, - a lower oblique portion 12 attached to the lower portion 62 of said corridor 6, and an intermediate portion 13 which is extensible and which is parallel to said fixed upper portion 61 and movable lower portion 62.
Les deux portions 11 et 12 obliques du couloir sont parallèles entre elles et elles font un angle a^ de l'ordre de 45° avec la portion 13 extensible. Ces trois portions 11, 12 et 13 forment un Z dont la branche centrale est extensible. On peut également dire que cette chicane 10 est en forme de baïonnette, constituée de deux baïonnettes juxtaposées dont la portion 13 est commune. The two portions 11 and 12 are oblique corridor mutually parallel and they make an angle a ^ of about 45 ° with the portion 13 stretchable. These three portions 11, 12 and 13 form a Z whose central branch is extensible. It can also be said that this baffle 10 is bayonet-shaped, consisting of two juxtaposed bayonets whose portion 13 is common.
La figure 3 montre, d'une façon plus détaillée, la portion 9 telescopique du couloir 6 avec cette chicane 10, lequel couloir 6 est représente en traits mixtes fins de part et d'autre de cette portion 9 telescopique.  Figure 3 shows, in more detail, the telescopic portion 9 of the corridor 6 with the baffle 10, which corridor 6 is shown in fine phantom on both sides of this portion 9 telescopic.
Cette portion 9 telescopique est constituée d'un tronçon 15 qui est fixe, solidaire, par exemple, du bâti 2 et d'un tronçon 16 qui est mobile, guide par rapport audit tronçon 15, lequel tronçon 16 est solidaire de la tête 4 de bouchage par l'intermédiaire de la partie 62 du couloir 6. This telescopic portion 9 consists of a section 15 which is fixed, secured, for example, to the frame 2 and a section 16 which is movable, guide relative to said section 15, which section 16 is secured to the head 4 capping via part 62 of the corridor 6.
On retrouve, sur ces deux tronçons 15 et 16, les trois portions de la chicane 10 qui a ete détaillée auparavant en liaison avec les figures 1 et 2 : - la portion 11 oblique délimitée par les repères A et B sur la figure 3, - la portion 13 intermédiaire extensible délimitée par les repères B et C et, - la portion 12 oblique délimitée par les repères C et D. Ces trois portions sont dans la continuité des parties 61 et 62 du couloir 6.  On these two sections 15 and 16, we find the three portions of the baffle 10 which has been detailed previously with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2: the oblique portion delimited by the marks A and B in FIG. 3, the extensible intermediate portion 13 delimited by the B and C marks and the oblique portion delimited by the C and D marks. These three portions are in continuity with the portions 61 and 62 of the passage 6.
Les capsules 5 circulent dans un canal 18, repère notamment figure 4, de section rectangulaire par exemple, lequel canal 18 est délimite, en largeur, par des parois latérales. Au niveau du tronçon 15, figure 3, ce canal 18 est délimite par une paroi 19 faisant office de rive gauche et une paroi 20 faisant office de rive droite. Au niveau du tronçon 16, ce canal 18 est délimite par une paroi 21 qui s'étend sur toute la longueur dudit tronçon 16, faisant office de rive gauche et par une paroi 22 qui fait office de rive droite. Cette paroi 22 s'étend sur la partie inférieure seulement du tronçon 16, sur une longueur qui correspond sensiblement a la moitié de la longueur de ce tronçon 16.  The capsules 5 circulate in a channel 18, in particular a reference mark 4, of rectangular section for example, which channel 18 is delimited, in width, by side walls. At section 15, FIG. 3, this channel 18 is delimited by a wall 19 acting as a left bank and a wall 20 as a right bank. At the level of the section 16, this channel 18 is delimited by a wall 21 which extends over the entire length of said section 16, acting as a left bank and a wall 22 which acts as a right bank. This wall 22 extends over the lower part only of the section 16, over a length that corresponds substantially to half the length of this section 16.
La paroi 19 s'étend sur la sole 23 du tronçon 16, sur toute la largeur Σ3 de cette sole, laquelle largeur correspond a la distance qui sépare les parois latérales formant rive droite et rive gauche, laquelle distance correspond sensiblement au diamètre des capsules 5 métalliques.  The wall 19 extends over the floor 23 of the section 16, over the entire width Σ3 of this hearth, which width corresponds to the distance separating the side walls forming the right bank and the left bank, which distance corresponds substantially to the diameter of the capsules 5 metal.
La figure 3 montre la portion 9 telescopique du couloir 6 dans une configuration qui correspond au bouchage de bouteilles 1 de grande taille, comme détaille auparavant figure 1. On remarque que la longueur T de la portion 13 extensible, délimitée par les points B et C, est relativement faible. La longueur T pourrait être quasiment nulle. FIG. 3 shows the telescopic portion 9 of the passage 6 in a configuration corresponding to the capping of large bottles 1, as detailed formerly FIG. 1. It will be noted that the length T of the extensible portion 13 delimited by the points B and C is relatively small. The length T could be almost zero.
La figure 5 montre la portion 9 telescopique dans une configuration qui correspond au remplissage de bouteilles 1 de petite taille. La longueur T de la portion 13 extensible s'est réglée automatiquement sous l'effet du déplacement vertical de la tête 4 de bouchage.  Figure 5 shows the portion 9 telescopic in a configuration that corresponds to the filling of bottles 1 of small size. The length T of the extensible portion 13 has automatically adjusted under the effect of the vertical displacement of the closure head 4.
On remarque, sur cette figure 5, ainsi que sur les figures 4 et 6, la présence des guides qui ferment la partie frontale du canal 18 dans lequel circulent les capsules 5. Chaque paroi latérale porte un guide frontal, ou supérieur, fixe par vis : - la paroi 19 porte un guide 24, - la paroi 20 porte un guide 25, la paroi 21 porte un guide 26 et - la paroi 22 porte un guide 27.  Note in this figure 5, as well as in Figures 4 and 6, the presence of the guides that close the front portion of the channel 18 in which the capsules 5. Each side wall carries a front guide, or higher, fixed by screw - the wall 19 carries a guide 24, - the wall 20 carries a guide 25, the wall 21 carries a guide 26 and - the wall 22 carries a guide 27.
Sur le tronçon 15, le guide 25 s'étend sur une partie, un tiers environ, de la sole 28 et il s'étend également sur le tronçon 16 ; il s'étend sur la partie telescopique de la sole 23 et sur la paroi 22, sur une partie qui dont la longueur varie en fonction du format des bouteilles 1 a boucher.  On the section 15, the guide 25 extends over a portion, about one third, of the sole 28 and it also extends on the section 16; it extends on the telescopic part of the hearth 23 and on the wall 22, on a portion whose length varies according to the size of the bottles 1 to butcher.
Sur le tronçon 16, le guide 26, qui est fixe sur la paroi 21, recouvre partiellement la sole 23 sur toute sa longueur et il recouvre aussi l'extrémité aval de la paroi 19 latérale, rive gauche, qui fait partie du tronçon 15.  On the section 16, the guide 26, which is fixed on the wall 21, partially covers the sole 23 over its entire length and it also covers the downstream end of the side wall 19, left bank, which is part of the section 15.
Cet aménagement perrret d'offrir une surface continue et lisse aux capsules, sur toute la longueur de la portion 9 telescopique du couloir 6. La surface des parois latérales de guidage, formant les rives droite et gauche du couloir délimite, avec la sole et les guides frontaux, une section de passage continue pour les capsules 5. En effet, les ruptures de continuité de ces parois latérales sont disposées dans des angles fermes du chemin parcouru par les capsules 5 et elles sont sans risque d'accrochage pour ces dernières. This arrangement makes it possible to offer a continuous and smooth surface to the capsules, along the entire length of the telescopic portion 9 of the corridor 6. The surface of the lateral guiding walls, forming the right and left banks of the corridor delimits, with the sole and the frontal guides, a section of continuous passage for capsules 5. Indeed, the breaks in continuity of these side walls are arranged in firm angles of the path traveled by the capsules 5 and they are without risk of snagging for the latter.
Les figures 3 a 6 montrent que le tronçon 15 est aménage pour faire également office de berceau pour le tronçon 16. Ce tronçon 15 comporte une semelle 30 qui s'étend sur une largeur qui correspond a la largeur du tronçon 16 et cette semelle 30 se prolonge par une aile 31 latérale.  FIGS. 3 to 6 show that the section 15 is arranged to also serve as a cradle for the section 16. This section 15 comprises a sole 30 which extends over a width which corresponds to the width of the section 16 and this sole 30 is extended by a side wing 31.
L'ensemble constitue par la semelle 30, par l'aile 31 et par la portion de la paroi 20 qui borde ce tronçon 16, forme un berceau a section en U, lequel berceau comporte un système de glissières latérales 32 qui sont, par exemple, constituées de rainures 33 aménagées sur le tronçon 15 et de languettes 34 aménagées sur les flancs du tronçon 16, comme détaillées figure 7 et 8.  The assembly constituted by the sole 30, by the wing 31 and the portion of the wall 20 which borders this section 16, forms a U-section cradle, which cradle comprises a system of side rails 32 which are, for example , consisting of grooves 33 provided on the section 15 and tabs 34 arranged on the flanks of the section 16, as detailed in FIGS. 7 and 8.
La figure 7 montre le tronçon 15 fixe qui fait office de berceau pour le tronçon 16 mobile qui est représente figure 8. Le tronçon 15 fixe comporte, par exemple, des rainures 33 latérales et le tronçon mobile 16 comporte, de chaque côte, sur ses flancs, des languettes 34 qui coopèrent avec lesdites rainures 33.  FIG. 7 shows the fixed section 15 which serves as a cradle for the movable section 16 which is shown in FIG. 8. The fixed section 15 comprises, for example, lateral grooves 33 and the movable section 16 comprises, on each side, on its flanks, tabs 34 which cooperate with said grooves 33.
Le guidage du tronçon 16 par rapport au tronçon 15 peut également s'effectuer avec des moyens de guidage du type galets et rails, par exemple, lesdits galets étant installes au dos dudit tronçon fixe, sur un socle approprie, pour coopérer avec des rails verticaux qui sont solidaires dudit tronçon mobile, lesdits rails étant portes par une structure qui permet de les déporter latéralement jusqu'au niveau des galets, au dos dudit tronçon fixe. Comme détaillé auparavant, l'aménagement des parois latérales 19 et 20 du tronçon 15 et des parois 21 et 22 du tronçon 16, permet d'obtenir une continuité de ces différentes parois pour assurer le guidage des capsules 5 au niveau de leur rebord périphérique dentelé. Guiding of the section 16 with respect to the section 15 can also be carried out with guide means of the type of rollers and rails, for example, said rollers being installed on the back of said fixed section, on a suitable base, to cooperate with vertical rails which are integral with said movable section, said rails being carried by a structure which allows them to be moved laterally to the level of the rollers, on the back of said fixed section. As detailed previously, the arrangement of the side walls 19 and 20 of the section 15 and the walls 21 and 22 of the section 16 makes it possible to obtain a continuity of these different walls in order to guide the capsules 5 at their serrated peripheral rim. .
Ces parois latérales présentent une surface qui est uniforme, de l'entrée jusqu'à la sortie de cette portion 9 télescopique du couloir, c'est-à-dire une surface lisse, régulière, plane, sans trous, qui évite tout risque d'accrochage et de coincement de ces capsules 5 métalliques.  These side walls have a surface that is uniform, from the entrance to the exit of this telescopic portion 9 of the corridor, that is to say a smooth surface, even, flat, without holes, which avoids any risk of hooking and wedging of these metal capsules.

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1 - Couloir de guidage pour machine de bouchage comportant une tête (4) de bouchage qui est mobile verticalement pour s'adapter aux différents formats de bouteilles (1), lequel couloir (6) est aménage pour permettre la circulation continue d'articles (5) de bouchage et il comprend, d'une part, une sole (23, 28) et des guides frontaux (24-27) et, d'autre part, des parois latérales qui sont espacées d'une distance qui est sensiblement supérieure au diamètre desdits articles (5) de bouchage, lequel couloir (6) comporte, en amont et a proximité de ladite tête (4) de bouchage, une portion (9) telescopique qui est constituée d'un tronçon (16) solidaire de ladite tête (4) de bouchage se déplaçant avec cette dernière et, d'un tronçon (15) fixe, solidaire d'un bâti gênerai (2). 1 - Guide channel for a closure machine comprising a closure head (4) which is vertically movable to adapt to different sizes of bottles (1), which passage (6) is arranged to allow the continuous circulation of articles ( 5) and comprises, on the one hand, a sole (23, 28) and front guides (24-27) and, on the other hand, side walls which are spaced a distance which is substantially greater to the diameter of said plugging articles (5), which passage (6) comprises, upstream and in the vicinity of said plugging head (4), a telescopic portion (9) which consists of a section (16) secured to said capping head (4) moving with the latter and, a fixed section (15), secured to a gernerai frame (2).
2 - Couloir de guidage selon la revendication 1, caractérise en ce que la portion (9) telescopique du couloir (6) de guidage des articles (5) de bouchage, comporte des parois latérales dont la surface est lisse, c'est-a-dire continue et uniforme sur toute la longueur de ladite portion (9) telescopique, quelle que soit la position du tronçon (15) et du tronçon (16) l'un par rapport a l'autre faisant la jonction entre les deux couloirs de guidage.  2 - guiding channel according to claim 1, characterized in that the portion (9) of the telescopic guideway (6) for guiding articles (5) has side walls whose surface is smooth, that is continuous and uniform throughout the length of said portion (9) telescopic, regardless of the position of the section (15) and the section (16) relative to each other making the junction between the two corridors of guide.
3 - Couloir de guidage selon la revendication 1, caractérise en ce que les deux tronçons (15) et (16) de la portion (9) telescopique du couloir (6) de guidage : le tronçon (15) fixe et le tronçon (16) mobile, sont décales transversalement, guides l'un par rapport a l'autre, au moyen d'un système de glissières (32) . 4 - Couloir de guidage selon la revendication 1, caractérise en ce que la continuité de la portion (9) telescopique du couloir (6) de guidage entre les deux tronçons (15) et (16), est assurée au moyen d'une chicane (10) en forme de Z ou en forme de baïonnette, laquelle chicane (10) comprend : - deux portions (11) et (12) qui sont disposées en oblique par rapport a l'entrée et a la sortie des tronçons fixe et mobile respectivement, et - une portion (13) intermédiaire qui est parallèle auxdits couloirs d'entrée et de sortie desdits tronçons, ladite portion (13) étant extensible, sa longueur étant réglée en fonction du déplacement du tronçon (16) mobile, lors d'un changement de taille des bouteilles (1 ) . 3 - guiding corridor according to claim 1, characterized in that the two sections (15) and (16) of the portion (9) telescopic guide corridor (6): the section (15) fixed and the section (16). ) movable, are shifted transversely, guides relative to each other, by means of a slide system (32). 4 - guide corridor according to claim 1, characterized in that the continuity of the portion (9) telescopic guide passage (6) between the two sections (15) and (16) is provided by means of a baffle (10) Z-shaped or bayonet-shaped, which baffle (10) comprises: - two portions (11) and (12) which are arranged obliquely with respect to the entry and exit of the fixed and movable sections respectively, and - an intermediate portion (13) which is parallel to said inlet and outlet passageways of said sections, said portion (13) being extensible, its length being adjusted according to the displacement of the movable section (16), when a change of size of the bottles (1).
5 - Couloir de guidage selon la revendication 4, caractérise en ce que la portion (13) extensible de la chicane (10) est délimitée par des parois latérales qui sont constituées, pour l'une, d'une paroi (20) latérale appartenant au tronçon (15) fixe et, pour l'autre, d'une paroi (21) latérale appartenant au tronçon (16) mobile.  5 - guiding channel according to claim 4, characterized in that the portion (13) extensible of the baffle (10) is delimited by side walls which consist, for one, of a wall (20) side belonging to the fixed section (15) and, for the other, to a side wall (21) belonging to the movable section (16).
6 - Couloir de guidage selon la revendication 5, caractérise en ce que la paroi (19) oblique supérieure du tronçon (15) fixe, correspondant a l'entrée de la chicane (10), s'étend au-dessus de la sole (23) du tronçon (16) mobile, jusqu'au niveau de la paroi (21) latérale dudit tronçon (16) mobile, pour former une continuité entre lesdites parois (19) et (21) qui délimitent la rive gauche.  6 - guide corridor according to claim 5, characterized in that the upper oblique wall (19) of the fixed section (15), corresponding to the inlet of the baffle (10), extends above the hearth ( 23) of the movable section (16), to the level of the side wall (21) of said movable section (16), to form a continuity between said walls (19) and (21) which delimit the left bank.
7 - Couloir de guidage selon la revendication 4, caractérise en ce que les portions (11) et (12) obliques de la chicane (10) font un angle avec la port on (13) extensible de cette chicane (10), lequel angle a est de l'ordre de 45° . 8 - Couloir de guidage selon la revendication 6, caractérise en ce que, pour la rive droite d'une part, le guide (25) frontal du tronçon (15) fixe s'étend aussi sur une partie de la sole (23) et de la paroi (22) latérale droite du tronçon (16) mobile et, pour la rive gauche d'autre part, le guide (26) frontal dudit tronçon mobile s'étend sur l'extrémité de la paroi (19) latérale gauche dudit tronçon (15) fixe. 7 - guide corridor according to claim 4, characterized in that the portions (11) and (12) oblique of the baffle (10) are at an angle with the port on (13) extensible of this baffle (10), which angle a is of the order of 45 °. 8 - guide corridor according to claim 6, characterized in that, for the right bank on the one hand, the guide (25) front of the section (15) fixed also extends over a portion of the sole (23) and of the right-hand wall (22) of the movable section (16) and, for the left bank, of the other part, the front guide (26) of said movable section extends on the end of the left-hand side wall (19) of said section (15) fixed.
9 - Couloir de guidage selon la revendication 3, caractérise en ce que le tronçon (15) fixe fait office de berceau pour le tronçon (16) mobile, lequel berceau, en forme de U comprend une semelle (30) et des glissières (32) aménagées sur chacun desdits tronçons.  9 - guide corridor according to claim 3, characterized in that the section (15) fixed acts as a cradle for the section (16) movable, which cradle, U-shaped comprises a sole (30) and slides (32). ) arranged on each of said sections.
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