EP2483195A1 - Machine de remplissage equipee d'un dispositif de nettoyage en place a elements collecteurs individuels - Google Patents
Machine de remplissage equipee d'un dispositif de nettoyage en place a elements collecteurs individuelsInfo
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
- B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
- B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
- B67C3/001—Cleaning of filling devices
- B67C3/002—Cleaning of filling devices using cups or dummies to be placed under the filling heads
- B67C3/004—Cleaning of filling devices using cups or dummies to be placed under the filling heads permanently attached to the filling machine and movable between a rest and a working position
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- the present invention relates to a filling machine equipped with a cleaning device in place.
- the invention more particularly relates to a rotary machine equipped with a plurality of filling spouts for filling hollow containers, such as bottles or jars, with all sorts of products, liquid to viscous, in particular a food product, the cleaning device comprising individual collecting elements associated with said filling spouts.
- Such rotary filling machines conventionally comprise a rotary carousel carrying a tank of filling material and a plurality of filling stations, each filling station comprising a filling spout connected to the tank, a support system for supporting a container made of filling material. below the filling spout, and metering means for delivering a determined amount of filler into each container.
- Such machines should be regularly cleaned with a cleaning agent, such as a cleaning solution (soda, acid, water or disinfectant) or pressurized steam, which is circulated through the machine. instead of the filler, to remove all traces of the product and / or any biological or bacteriological contaminants.
- a cleaning agent such as a cleaning solution (soda, acid, water or disinfectant) or pressurized steam, which is circulated through the machine.
- These cleaning devices may comprise, as described in patent document FR 2 899 220, a plurality of individual collecting elements, such as tubes or vases, each collecting element being vertically movable between a high service position in which the collector element comes into contact with sealing with a filling spout for recovering in their internal passage cleaning agent delivered by said spout, and a retracted low position in which said collector member is spaced from said filling spout to allow the filling of containers.
- the collector elements are connected to a same annular collecting tube mounted to move on a fixed frame to move all the collector elements between their two positions by vertical translation.
- the filling machines are conventionally associated with cleaning plants in place, called CIP plants, which are used to prepare cleaning solutions, send the cleaning solutions into the tank of the filling machine, then recover them, and possibly the to recycle.
- CIP plants which are used to prepare cleaning solutions, send the cleaning solutions into the tank of the filling machine, then recover them, and possibly the to recycle.
- the collection tube is connected to an intermediate tank, called recovery, equipped with a pumping system and valves to evacuate the cleaning solution to the cleaning center.
- the collecting elements In the low retracted position, the collecting elements must be placed under the receptacles to be filled.
- the vertical stroke between the two positions is relatively large, and the cleaning device has a large footprint in the lower part of the machine. Heavy and complex moving and guiding means are necessary to achieve this vertical stroke and to ensure proper movement of all the collector elements in the high position. Their presence clutters the machine tray, complicating its cleaning in case of accidental soiling.
- the collector elements can come all together on cylindrical portions of the filling spouts, sealing means formed of the scraper seals being then provided to ensure sealing.
- Such recovery tubes equipped with scraper seals and coming on the spouts, provide a good seal, even when the machine comprises a large number of filling nozzles, with differences in height between the nozzles.
- their bulk may be incompatible with conventional container support systems.
- collector elements equipped at the upper end with an O-ring capable of bearing against the conical outer surface of the filling spout or against the edge. lower annulus surrounding the spout outlet.
- Such sealing with an O-ring can not be properly ensured on a machine equipped with a large number of filling nozzles, because in practice, the differences in height between the filling spouts can not be made up by the crushing of a O-ring.
- the object of the present invention is to provide a filling machine with a cleaning device overcomes at least one of the aforementioned drawbacks.
- the subject of the present invention is a filling machine for containers comprising
- each collector element comprising an internal passage extending from an upstream end to a downstream end, and being able to come into contact with its upstream end against a filling spout for carrying out cleaning operations
- moving means able to move said collection tube between a service position in which the individual collecting elements are in contact by their upstream end against the filling spouts in order to recover in their internal passage a cleaning agent delivered by said nozzles, and a retracted position in which said collector elements are spaced from the beaks of filling to allow the filling of containers placed under the filling spouts,
- said collection tube laterally carries said individual collecting elements so that, in the retracted position of the collection tube, said collecting elements are arranged between the filling spouts, the moving means being able to move said collection tube from its retracted position to its operating position by at least one displacement in vertical translation downwards, parallel to the longitudinal axes of the filling spouts, followed by a horizontal displacement, perpendicular to the longitudinal axes of the filling spouts, so that the upstream end of each collecting element is substantially centered along the longitudinal axis of a filling spout.
- the collecting elements are arranged between the filling spouts, and the displacement of the collection tube between its two positions is carried out by combining a vertical movement and a horizontal movement.
- a displacement requires little space under the filling spouts and makes it possible to limit the travel strokes between the operating position and the retracted position, which makes it possible to reduce the risk of positioning defects between the spouts and the collecting elements.
- displacement means that are simple in design and production and compact, and thus to offer filling machines reduced height. The distance between the nozzles and the collection tube being reduced, the path traveled by the cleaning agent between the nozzles and the outlet of the collection tube is reduced, which reduces the pressure losses and the surfaces to be cleaned, thus improving the quality and the cleaning time.
- the collection tube according to the invention can be arranged at a height which allows a return of cleaning solutions to a cleaning plant, by simple gravity, without the need for intermediate tray with pumping system and of valves. Removing this intermediate tray allows the cleaning unit to be installed near the filling machine, thus integrating the automation systems of the machine and the cleaning unit into a common electrical cabinet.
- at least the collecting elements, and preferably the collecting elements and the collection tube are arranged substantially at or above the lower edges of the filling spouts in the retracted position of the collection tube.
- the horizontal displacement is followed by a displacement in vertical translation upwards, parallel to the longitudinal axes of the filling spouts.
- the machine according to the invention can be of linear type with a substantially linear collection tube arranged parallel to the filling spouts, or rotary type.
- the machine is of rotary type, said filling stations being arranged at regular angular gaps on a support structure rotatably mounted on a fixed frame, said collection tube is of generally annular shape and carries laterally, on the inner side or on the outer side of the circle described by the filling nozzles, with regular angular spaces, the individual collecting elements, said collection tube being mounted movably on said support structure via said moving means, said moving means being able to move the tube collection in vertical translation and in rotation, said horizontal displacement consisting of a rotation about the axis of rotation of the support structure, at an angle corresponding to a maximum of half a step between two successive filling spouts.
- each individual collector element comprises a first vertical tube, of vertical axis, having an open upper end constituting said upstream end of the collector element and a lower end closed by a substantially horizontal wall, and a second tube , preferably substantially horizontal, integral with the first tube, the internal passage of which opens out at a first end into the internal passage of the first tube, its second end constituting the second end of the collecting element by which the latter is fixed radially to the tube of annular collection.
- the annular collection tube and the second tubes are of substantially circular section, the second tubes preferably being fixed tangentially to the lower wall of the collecting element and / or tangentially to the wall of the collection tube, so that the bottoms of the collection tube and the second tubes are substantially arranged in the same plane.
- said second tube extends radially inwardly from the collection tube, the collection tube being disposed on the outside of the circle described by the axes of the filling spouts.
- the second tube may extend radially outwards, the collection tube being disposed on the inner side of the circle described by the filler nozzles.
- the collection tube comprises a discharge outlet, the collection tube comprising two symmetrical branches of generally semi-annular shape, extending from said discharge outlet, and connecting at their end opposite to said evacuation outlet,
- each branch having a cross section increasing from its opposite end to said outlet, toward said discharge outlet, and / or
- said ends of the branches are closed, and advantageously connected rigidly to each other by a solid rod.
- the section of the collection tube advantageously increases progressively with the flow rate as the filling spouts deliver their individual flow of cleaning agent, which ensures a sufficient flow rate, by example between 1 and 2 m / s, to obtain a good cleaning of the collection tube, without fouling over time.
- the collection tube is preferably not completely closed on itself, the two branches not being in fluid communication at their ends, so as to force the cleaning agent to circulate in an imposed direction and to thus remove any stagnation zone in the collector tube, in particular between the two collector elements opposite to the exhaust outlet, which would lead to fouling over time.
- the displacement means comprise at least two carriages to which the collection tube is assembled, the collection tube being assembled to each carriage by at least one up / down vertical jack, to ensure displacements in vertical translation. of the collection tube, said carriages being slidably mounted on a circular horizontal guide rail integral with the rotary support structure, at least one rotation cylinder being mounted between the support structure and a carriage to ensure the rotational displacement of the collection tube.
- the machine comprises a general evacuation device integral with the fixed frame, comprising a discharge tube, preferably disposed on the outside of the collection tube and, able to come substantially opposite the the discharge outlet of the collection tube when the collection tube is in the operating position and the support structure in a given fixed position, said discharge tube being operable in horizontal translation between a spaced apart position and an active position in which it connect to the exhaust outlet of the collection tube.
- a general evacuation device integral with the fixed frame, comprising a discharge tube, preferably disposed on the outside of the collection tube and, able to come substantially opposite the the discharge outlet of the collection tube when the collection tube is in the operating position and the support structure in a given fixed position, said discharge tube being operable in horizontal translation between a spaced apart position and an active position in which it connect to the exhaust outlet of the collection tube.
- each collecting element is equipped with sealing means through which said collecting element comes into contact with a filling spout, to guarantee the seal between the filling spout and the collecting element in its operating position
- said sealing means preferably comprising an annular inflatable membrane mounted at the upstream end of the collecting element and able to come into contact with the filling spout when it is in an inflated state and the collection tube is in its service position.
- the annular inflatable membranes make it possible to effectively compensate for the positioning defects of the individual collecting elements with respect to their respective filling spouts, namely the differences in height between the filling spouts and / or the differences in height between the collecting elements, and / or the misalignment of their vertical axes, and thus to ensure a tight connection of all the collector elements of the machine with the filling spouts.
- the annular inflatable membrane is able to bear against the lower edge of the filling spout, around the discharge port, the membrane passing at its center cleaning agent leaving the filling spout.
- said inflatable membrane is adapted to grip laterally the cylindrical wall of the filling spout.
- the plating pressure is supported only by the filling spout.
- the membrane exerts no vertical force on the filling spout, and it is therefore not necessary to strengthen the structure supporting the filling spouts, nor that supporting the collector elements.
- the filling spouts can then easily be carried directly by their feed lines fixed rigidly in the lower part of the distribution means, formed for example of a central tank, the metering means being advantageously directly carried by the spout of filling.
- the inflatable membrane of a collecting element is mounted on the upper edge of the first tube of the collecting element by means of at least one flange fixed on said first tube by means of screws or threaded rods, and tightened from the upper edge of the flange, and / or tightened, if necessary by means of nuts, by the lower edge of said first tube, after insertion of the threaded bolts or bolts into longitudinal bores of said first tube.
- the inflatable membranes can be easily mounted and disassembled.
- each filling station comprises a container support device, preferably comprising at least one holding element adapted to cooperate with the neck of a container, such as a clamp, said support structure of the machine comprising an upper column carrying at its upper end, possibly via a support ring, the distribution means and the filling spouts, and a lower column carrying the support devices, and in which is slidably mounted the first column, the upper column being operable between a low position for the filling operations and a high position to separate said support devices, in particular said holding elements, filling spouts for the cleaning operations.
- a container support device preferably comprising at least one holding element adapted to cooperate with the neck of a container, such as a clamp
- said support structure of the machine comprising an upper column carrying at its upper end, possibly via a support ring, the distribution means and the filling spouts, and a lower column carrying the support devices, and in which is slidably mounted the first column, the upper column being operable between a low position for the fill
- the machine may advantageously comprise means for centering the collection tube in the retracted position and in the operating position, these centering means being formed for example by stops on the guide rail and / or by means integral with the support structure which cooperate with complementary means integral with the collection tube.
- FIGS. 1A and 1B show two perspective views of a rotary filling machine according to the invention, equipped with a cleaning device, the collection tube carrying the individual collecting elements being in the service position;
- Figures 2A and 2B show views similar to Figures 1A and 1B, the collection tube being in the retracted position;
- FIG. 3 shows an enlarged partial sectional view of Figure 1A, according to a radial sectional plane passing through a collector element, illustrating the inflatable membrane of said collector member in an inflated state, in contact with a filling spout;
- FIG. 4 shows an enlarged partial view of the filling spout and the associated collector member of Figure 3;
- FIG. 5A represents a view similar to FIG. 4, the membrane being in a non-inflated or non-deformed state
- Figure 5B is a view similar to Figure 5A according to another sectional plane, illustrating a possible fastening system from below the inflatable membrane;
- FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the annular collection tube carrying the collector elements, the latter not being equipped with their inflatable membrane;
- Figure 7 is a view similar to that of Figure 5B, illustrating a collector element according to a first embodiment
- FIG. 8 is a view similar to that of Figure 3, illustrating a collector element according to a second embodiment
- FIG. 9 is a top view of a collector according to a third embodiment; and, FIG. 10 is a sectional view along section plane XX of FIG. 9.
- the filling machine is of the rotary type, and comprises a carousel 1 comprising a support structure, intended to be rotatably mounted on a fixed frame (not shown) around an axis A of vertical rotation.
- the support structure carries filling liquid distribution means formed here of a cylindrical central tank 2, and a plurality of filling stations arranged at regular angular space around the axis A.
- the support structure comprises a drum or column 11 upper, provided at its upper end with a support ring 12 on which is mounted a cylinder 12b riser supporting the tank, the upper column being slidably mounted in a lower column 13 provided with a base 13a by which the support structure is mounted on the fixed frame.
- the two columns are integral in rotation, the upper column 11 being operable vertically via appropriate means between a high position and a low position, as described below.
- Each filling station comprises a filling device comprising a spout 3 with a discharge orifice in fluid communication with the tank 2, and metering means 4 for delivering a determined quantity of filling product into each container brought under the spout, filling station further comprising a device 5 for supporting a container R, here a bottle, for holding a container under the spout.
- the spout 3, of longitudinal axis C is formed of a generally tubular body 30 having an internal passage, an open upper axial end 34 and an open lower axial end constituting the orifice 33 of discharge of the filling spout.
- the tubular body is provided with a radial supply port.
- a supply conduit 21 is connected to the supply port 35 for supplying the filling spout with filler.
- the feed ducts of the set of nozzles are connected on one side to a filling spout and on the other side to the tank. In the present embodiment the nozzles are carried by the supply ducts fixed to the tank.
- the tubular body consists of two parts in order to facilitate assembly and disassembly of the spout: a first part 31, provided with the upper axial end 34 and the supply orifice, through which said body is mounted on the spout. support structure, and a second piece 32 provided with the discharge port 33, which is removably mounted on the first piece.
- This second piece 32 externally has a wall 320 of cylindrical shape. Its internal passage 320a has from bottom to top a cylindrical upper section, a frustoconical section gradually decreasing downwards, and a cylindrical lower section delimited by the discharge orifice.
- the cylindrical wall thus has a greater thickness at the frustoconical and lower section sections, and an annular groove 322 is formed on the lower edge of this second part in the thickness of the cylindrical wall, this groove forming an outer skirt 323 around the discharge port.
- the dosing means 4 comprise a closure system comprising a valve 41 disposed in the spout.
- This valve is controlled in opening and closing by a control system comprising a cylinder 42, for example pneumatic.
- the cylinder body is mounted on the first part of the spout and the valve 41 is connected to its rod 44, so that the valve can be moved in vertical translation by the cylinder between a closed position, illustrated in Figure 3, to close the discharge port, and one or more open positions to open the discharge port.
- the device 5 for supporting a container R is mounted at regular angular space on a ring 14 by means of assembly (not shown), this ring being fixed to the second column 13, under the tank.
- the support device comprises for example a clamp 51 adapted to grip the bottle above or below its collar located at the base of its neck, a base 52 to support the bottle at its bottom, and a wedge 53 intermediate against the cylindrical wall of the bottle.
- the clamp, the base and the wedge are adjustably mounted on a vertical rod through which the support device is mounted on the ring.
- the dosing means are, for example, of the weight type, the actuation of the jack being controlled by a weighing sensor which is placed at the level of the associated container support device of the filling station, for example at its level. assembly means or instead of its assembly means.
- the cylinder is controlled by a sensor for detecting the filling level of the container or a flow sensor that is interposed between the container and the nozzle at the time of filling or volumetric dosing means.
- the cleaning device comprises individual collecting elements 6 mounted on a generally annular collecting tube 8, also called the collecting torus, which is movably mounted on the support structure.
- the collecting elements are arranged at regular angular space on the collection tube and their number corresponds to that of the beaks of the machine.
- each collecting element 6 is formed of a first vertical cylindrical tube 61 of vertical longitudinal axis C, open at its upper end and whose lower end is closed by a horizontal lower wall 62. and a second horizontal cylindrical tube 63 fixed perpendicular to the cylindrical wall of the first tube by a first end, the cylindrical wall of the second tube being disposed substantially tangentially to the lower wall 62, the internal passage 630 of the second tube opening into the passage 610 internal of the first tube.
- the collector element 6 is mounted on the collection tube by the second end of its second tube 63, its internal passage 630 opening onto the internal passage 81 of the collection tube 8.
- the second tube extends radially inwardly from the collection tube, the cylindrical wall of the second tube being arranged tangentially to the cylindrical wall of the collection tube, so that the bottom of the second tube is substantially at the same level as the bottom of the collection tube.
- the collecting elements are mounted at regular angular gaps on the collection tube, so that the axes C of their first tubes 61 are arranged in a circle corresponding to that described by the axes B of said nozzles, and in a corresponding spacing pitch to that of the beaks.
- the open end of the first tube 61 is equipped with sealing means by which the collecting element comes against a spout during cleaning operations to recover the cleaning agent in its internal passage which is constituted by the internal passage 610 of the first tube and the internal passage 630 of the second tube.
- the sealing means are formed of an annular inflatable membrane 7 sealingly mounted on the upper edge 611 of the cylindrical wall of the first tube.
- the membrane is mounted by means of a ring 64 comprising a horizontal annular wall 641 extending at its outer circular edge 641b by a vertical cylindrical wall 642.
- the membrane may initially have a flat shape, and is folded on the ring so as to bring its two circular edges 71, 72 on either side of the annular wall 641 of the ring, substantially at the inner circular edge 641a, the membrane mounted on the ring having a so-called outer portion 73 of the outer side of the ring and a so-called internal portion 74 of the inner side of the ring.
- the ring is molded and initially has the shape shown in Figure 5A, with an inner portion and an outer portion, the ring then being inserted into the membrane to bring its inner circular edge 641a at the circular edges of the ring. the membrane.
- the ring 64 equipped with the membrane is placed against the upper edge 611 of the first tube by its annular wall 641, and is fixed by means of an annular mounting flange 65.
- the flange 65 is placed on the outer portion of the membrane, at the annular wall 641, and clamped by means of threaded rods 66, for example four in number.
- threaded rods 66 for example four in number.
- the cylindrical wall of the first tube is provided with longitudinal bores 612 extending from its lower edge 613 to its upper edge 61 1.
- the threaded rods are for example screwed into holes 651 threaded with the flange 65, and then welded to the flange.
- Each threaded rod is inserted through an opening 76 of the inner part of the membrane, then passes successively into a vertical bore 643 of the annular wall 641 of the ring, into an opening 75 of the outer part of the membrane, then into a bore 612 longitudinal.
- the internal portion 74 of the membrane is clamped between the flange 65 and the ring 64 and its outer portion 73 is clamped between the upper edge 611 and the ring.
- the flange can come to press the membrane on the first tube by means of screws inserted from above into blind threaded holes formed in the cylindrical wall of the first tube.
- the membrane extends vertically upwards above the flange, the cylindrical wall of the ring which extends above the flange serving as a tutor to hold the membrane in this vertical position, above the first tube of the collector element.
- the inflatable membrane may be inflated by injection of a fluid under pressure passing through a first channel 614 formed in the thickness of the cylindrical wall of the first tube, and in a second channel 644 formed in the thickness of the annular wall of the ring and which opens inside the membrane.
- the first channel 614 extends horizontally inwardly from the outer surface of the cylindrical wall of the tube, opposite the second tube 63, then vertically upward to lead to the upper edge 611, at a opening 77 formed in the outer portion of the membrane.
- the second channel 644 extends horizontally inwardly from the outer edge 641b of the annular wall of the ring, then vertically downwardly to open on the underside of the annular wall at said opening 77 of the portion. external membrane.
- the fluid supply is performed from the orifice 614a of the first channel on the cylindrical wall.
- the orifices 614a of all the collector elements are connected via flexible pipes to a supply system allowing the simultaneous supply of all the membranes in pressurized fluid.
- Each membrane is made of an elastically deformable material, such as an elastomer, for example of the silicone, EPDM nitrile EPT or EPDM type. When the membrane is pressurized, it swells and deforms as described below.
- the outer portion 73 of the membrane may be reinforced to promote the deformation of the inner portion 74, and obtain a better seal on the nozzle.
- the collection tube 8 comprises a single discharge outlet 82.
- the collection tube comprises two symmetrical tubular branches 80A, 80B of generally semi- annular shape which extend from said outlet 82 and whose ends 84a opposite to the outlet are closed. These ends 84a so-called closed, are interconnected by a rigid rod 83 full for the mechanical strength of the collection tube.
- the section of the internal passage of each branch increases from its closed end 84a to the exit.
- Each branch is formed of several sections of different cross sections, each section having a constant cross section.
- the first section 84, farthest from the outlet and of smaller section, comprises the end 84a closed and is connected by a connection 87a to a second section 85 of larger cross-section than the first section.
- This second section is connected by a connection 87b to a third section 86 of larger section than the second section.
- the third sections 86 of the branches are formed of the same piece provided with the discharge outlet 82.
- the connections are advantageously eccentric reduction type, so that the bottoms of the sections are arranged substantially in the same plane.
- Two collecting elements are mounted on the collection tube as close as possible to the closed ends, on either side of the solid rod.
- each section are adapted for each application to the number of collector elements that it carries, the number of collector elements arranged upstream with respect to the direction of flow of the cleaning agent, and the diameter discharge ports of the nozzles, in order to adapt the collection tube to the flow of cleaning agent and ensure proper cleaning of the entire inner wall of the collection tube.
- each first section, each second section and each third section respectively carry 3, 5 and 6 collecting elements.
- the maximum section section is defined by the maximum flow rate of the cleaning solutions sent to the tank.
- the tube 8 is equipped with mounting tabs 88 formed of horizontal plates fixed in the upper part of the tube, for example four tabs arranged at 90 ° from each other, with a tab on each second portion and each third portion of a branch.
- the exhaust outlet includes a straight horizontal outlet tube 820 extending radially outwardly from the collection tube.
- the collection tube is mounted on the support structure, substantially horizontally, and centered along the axis A, via its legs 88, with a displacement system 9 which is interposed between its legs and the tank and which is able to move the tube collection in rotation and in vertical translation.
- each leg of the ring is connected via two cylinders 91, 92 vertical, said up / down, on a carriage 93, the latter being slidably mounted on a circular guide rail 94 fixed horizontally to the support structure, the rotational displacement of the collection tube relative to the support structure, and around the axis A, being made with at least one jack 95, said rotation, acting on one of the carriages, for example two rotation cylinders acting on two diametrically opposite carriages.
- the mounting of the guide rail 94 is carried out by means of four radial arms 96 mounted on the raising cylinder 12b, each arm passing between two filling devices.
- the free ends of the radial arms are disposed beyond the filling devices and carry vertical rods 97 extending upwards, at the upper ends of which is assembled the rail 94.
- Each carriage generally consists of a rectangular plate bearing on one side wheels by which the carriage is slidably mounted on the rail. Both cylinders
- each rotation cylinder is pivotally assembled to the end of an outer tab fixed to the rail 94, in order to deport the cylinder body outwards, and the free end of its rod is pivotally connected to a carriage 93.
- the machine comprises a protective casing partially shown in the figures, comprising an annular horizontal wall 15 and a cylindrical wall 16.
- the nozzles 3 are arranged between two collecting elements 6, the collecting tube 8 and the collecting elements being arranged above discharge ports of the beaks.
- the first tubes 61 of the collector elements equipped with inflatable membranes are arranged between the second parts 32 of the nozzles, their axes C being positioned on the circle described by the axes B of the nozzles.
- the up / down cylinders 91, 92 are each in a retracted position, and the rotation cylinders 95 are each in an extended position.
- the up / down cylinders are initially controlled to their extended position to perform a displacement in vertical translation.
- down the collection tube from the retracted high position to a first low position, wherein the first tubes 61 equipped with inflatable membranes are disposed below the nozzles.
- the rotation cylinders 95 are controlled to their retracted position to move the collection tube in a counter-clockwise rotation at an angle corresponding to half a step between two successive beaks, until the collection tube is brought into a second position.
- the first tubes of the collector elements are arranged under the spouts, each first tube being substantially centered along the longitudinal axis B of a spout.
- the discharge orifices 33 preferably pass flush with the membranes, without contact with the latter.
- the up / down lower actuators 91 are then controlled in the retracted position to slightly raise the collection tube from this second low position to a service position, illustrated in FIGS. 1A, 1B, 5A and 5B, in FIG. which, the membrane of each collector element, in an uninflated state, is disposed around the cylindrical wall 320 of the second piece 32 of the spout, the discharge orifice 33 and the lower edge 323a of the skirt 323 being disposed about 2 mm above the flange 65.
- This service position is defined according to possible games of some tenths of a millimeter so that the nozzles are not in contact with the flanges of their associated collecting elements.
- a fluid under pressure can be injected into the membranes via orifices 314a, in order to inflate the membranes in an inflated state so that they abut against the cylindrical walls of the nozzles, as illustrated in the figures 1A, 1B, 3 and 5, for sealingly connecting the collector elements to the nozzles.
- the membranes are deflated by bringing the inside of the membranes back to atmospheric pressure, by placing the supply channels 614, 644 in communication with the atmospheric pressure, and the collection tube is brought back into its high position retracted by performing the sequence described above in the opposite direction: downward movement by vertical translation of the operating position to the second low position, rotation in the clockwise direction of a half step to the first lower position, then displacement upwards by vertical translation in the high retracted position.
- the upper column 11 is in the lower position to bring the nozzles closer to the containers carried by the support devices integral with the crown 14 support, and the collection tube is held in the up position retracted and rotates with the tank and the filling stations.
- the upper column 11 is raised to the upper position to clear the nozzles of the clamps 51.
- the tank is preferably stopped in rotation.
- the collection tube 8 is then brought into the operating position by actuating the cylinders 91, 92, 95, and the membranes are inflated.
- a cleaning agent is loaded into the filling liquid tank.
- the valves 41 of the nozzles are controlled in the open position to circulate the cleaning agent in the beaks and recover by the collector elements and the collection tube.
- the membranes will be maintained in the inflated state for the duration of the cleaning operation.
- the carousel is advantageously stopped in rotation in a given fixed position, so that the outlet tube 820 of the collection tube is arranged opposite a general evacuation device 89 when the collection tube is in the service position.
- the general evacuation device comprises a discharge tube 891 mounted movable in horizontal translation on a support 892 mounted on the fixed frame of the machine.
- the evacuation tube is operable, via a jack 893, between a spaced position and an active position in which it is sealingly engaged by a first end on the outlet tube 820 of the collection tube.
- the cylinder is mounted by its cylinder on the support, the end of its rod is fixed to a collar 891a of the evacuation tube, the latter being thus carried by the cylinder rod and positioned parallel to the cylinder .
- the support 892 is advantageously mounted on the fixed frame via a flexible fastening system 894, for example of silentbloc type, to compensate for any play in the alignment of the axes of the outlet tube and the discharge tube.
- the discharge tube is connected via a flexible pipe to the sewer circuit or to a circuit equipped with a pump for the closed circuit recycling of the cleaning agent to the tank.
- the evacuation tube is connected, preferably directly, without intermediate pumping system, to a cleaning unit used to prepare cleaning solutions, send them into the tank of the filling machine, retrieve them and possibly recycle them.
- the cleaning unit is able to circulate a cleaning solution in the opposite direction, the cleaning solution flowing into the collection tube and into the collector elements, in the direction of the nozzles.
- FIG. 7 illustrates an alternative embodiment in which an inflatable membrane 107 is mounted as previously by means of a ring 164 and a flange, the ring 164 being formed solely of a horizontal annular wall 1641, without a vertical cylindrical wall.
- the diaphragm is molded in the form shown in FIG. 7, and its elasticity is defined so that it deforms laterally inwards when inflated, without the need for a guardian, to come grip the beak.
- the membrane may optionally have different zones of elasticity to obtain a greater deformation of its inner part in its inflated state.
- the inner portion 174 of the membrane is for example formed of an elastomeric material having greater elasticity than that of the elastomeric material constituting the outer portion 173 of the membrane.
- the outer portion 173 comprises a reinforcement 179, for example formed of a web of fabric embedded in the elastomeric material.
- FIG. 8 illustrates a second variant embodiment in which an annular inflatable membrane 207 is mounted by means of an annular flange 165.
- the membrane is provided at its circular inner edge and its circular outer edge with a peripheral bead 278.
- the membrane covers the upper face of the flange and its inner and outer edges are brought to the side of the inner face of the flange, and its peripheral beads are housed in annular grooves 1652 formed on the inner face of the flange, on the side and else of a central circular rib of the flange.
- Each collector element 106 comprises, as previously, a first tube 161 and a second tube 163, and is mounted on the collection tube 8.
- the flange equipped with the membrane is placed against the upper edge 611 of the first tube by its central circular rib, and clamped as previously by the underside of the collector element by means of screws 166.
- the cylindrical wall of the first tube is provided with longitudinal bores extending from its lower edge to its upper edge. Each screw is inserted from the lower edge into a longitudinal bore of the cylindrical wall of the first tube, and is screwed into a threaded blind hole formed in the circular rib of the flange. When tightening the flange, the circular edges of the flange are clamped between the upper edge and the flange.
- the inflatable membrane may be inflated by injection of a pressurized fluid passing through a first channel 1614 formed in the thickness of the cylindrical wall of the first tube and in a second vertical channel 1652 formed in the flange which opens into the interior of the tube. the membrane.
- the first channel 614 extends horizontally inwardly from the outer surface of the cylindrical wall of the first tube, the opposite of the second tube, then vertically upwards to lead to the upper edge, at the second channel 1652 of the flange.
- the fluid supply is effected from the orifice 1614a of the first channel on the cylindrical wall.
- the membrane 207 in the inflated state abuts against the lower edge 323a of the skirt 323, around the discharge orifice 33, without contact with the latter.
- the displacement of the collection tube from its retracted position to its operating position can be carried out as before, or only by vertically downward translation then rotation of a half-step, without additional vertical translation upwards.
- the operating position then corresponds to the second low position mentioned above, the membrane then being able to deform sufficiently during pressurization to come to press against the collecting elements and to ensure a tight contact between the collecting elements and the nozzles.
- FIGS 9 and 10 illustrate a third embodiment in which an annular inflatable membrane 307 is mounted by means of a first ring 268, a second ring 264 and an annular flange 265.
- Each element 206 collector comprises as previously a first tube 261 and a second tube 263, and is mounted on the tube 8 of collection.
- the membrane 307 comprises a vertical cylindrical main wall 371 extending at each end outwards by a tab 372, 373 of T-section assembly. Each tab is connected by the foot of the T, the T-branch being arranged substantially vertically.
- the first ring 268 comprises a horizontal annular wall extending at its outer edge by a vertical annular wall.
- the second ring 264 formed of an annular vertical wall, is mounted by its lower edge 264a against the upper edge 268b of the vertical wall of the first ring 268, said edges 264a, 268b being shaped to form a T-shaped housing for receiving the lower tab 373 of the membrane 307.
- the annular flange 265 is mounted by its lower edge 265a against the upper edge 264b of the second ring 264, said edges 264b, 265a being shaped to form a T-shaped housing for receiving the upper tab 372 of the membrane.
- the membrane 307 is mounted on the second ring 264, the inner portions of the legs of the legs 372, 373 being housed in grooves of the edges 264a, 264b upper and lower of the second ring.
- the flange 265 and the first ring 268 are then placed on either side of the second ring.
- the cylindrical internal passages of the two rings and the flange form a cylindrical housing for receiving the spout.
- the two rings and the flange are externally rectangular or square to allow their assembly by their corners on the first tube 261.
- the assembly formed of the two rings, the flange and the membrane is placed on the first tube, the edge 268a lower the annular wall of the first ring against the upper edge 261a of the first tube, a seal 269 sealing plate being interposed between the two edges 268a, 261a.
- the assembly is clamped from above by means of four screws 266 passing through bores formed at the four corners of the flange 265, the second ring 264 and the first ring 268, and screwed into threaded blind holes provided on the edge upper 261a of the first tube.
- the second ring For inflation of the membrane, the second ring has a channel 264c passing through its tubular wall from side to side.
- the supply of pressurized fluid is performed from the outer orifice of the channel which is disposed substantially opposite the second tube 263.
- the nose When moving from its second low position to its operating position, the nose enters the flange 265 and the two rings 264, 268, the membrane being in an uninflated state, as illustrated in FIG. operating position, the membrane 307 is disposed around the cylindrical wall 320 of the second piece 32 of the spout.
- the lower edge 323a of the spout is disposed just above the horizontal wall of the first ring 268.
- the membrane In the inflated state, the membrane bears against the cylindrical wall of the spout.
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