EP2490949B1 - Tête de buse et machine de remplissage ainsi équipée - Google Patents

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EP2490949B1
EP2490949B1 EP10825276.8A EP10825276A EP2490949B1 EP 2490949 B1 EP2490949 B1 EP 2490949B1 EP 10825276 A EP10825276 A EP 10825276A EP 2490949 B1 EP2490949 B1 EP 2490949B1
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Lasse Andersen
Stefan Sollerhed
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B3/00—Packaging plastic material, semiliquids, liquids or mixed solids and liquids, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, or jars
    • B65B3/22—Defoaming liquids in connection with filling
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B39/00—Nozzles, funnels or guides for introducing articles or materials into containers or wrappers
    • B65B39/001—Nozzles, funnels or guides for introducing articles or materials into containers or wrappers with flow cut-off means, e.g. valves
    • B65B39/004—Nozzles, funnels or guides for introducing articles or materials into containers or wrappers with flow cut-off means, e.g. valves moving linearly
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B39/00—Nozzles, funnels or guides for introducing articles or materials into containers or wrappers
    • B65B2039/009—Multiple outlets

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  • the present invention relates to a filling assembly, in particular to a filling assembly including a nozzle head suitable for filling liquids prone to foam and splash into packages having a rounded bottom surface. Moreover, the present invention relates to a filling machine including the filling assembly described earlier.
  • a related problem is splashing, where the jets of injected liquid impinges on the walls of the package or into the liquid contained in the package, and causes liquid to splash out of the package. Both problems are aggravated by filling rate and distance between nozzle head and package, and they are coupled in that increased foam generation results in decreased splashing, the foam acting as a splash damper absorbing droplets.
  • the present applicant has revealed that the problems are particularly severe for a certain type of package, namely the so called carton bottle which is comprised of a cylindrical sleeve made of packaging laminate and a plastic top connected to the laminate sleeve at one end thereof.
  • the plastic top comprises a neck either closed by a membrane or a cap covering the pouring opening of the carton bottle, and generally has curved shoulders.
  • a carton bottles is manufactured with an open bottom to enable, inter alia, filling from the bottom when the carton bottle is in an upside-down condition. After filling the bottom of the carton bottles is sealed and formed into the desired shape.
  • the filling is done in a number of steps wherein a predetermined partial volume of the product to be packed is filled in every step.
  • Especially the first filling step may result in an undesirable amount of product splashing as a result of the filling jets hitting the inside of the membrane or cap closing the neck, if a standard filling nozzle injecting the product straight into the package is used. After the jets hit the membrane or cap they turn upwards maintaining almost the same speed which results in the splashing, and also foaming. This may be compared with a classic package having a right angled shoulder, which is less efficient when it comes to reversing the momentum of the injected liquid, and this is less prone to splashing.
  • a known solution regarding reduction of foaming and splashing is to direct the flow of injected liquid towards the interior side walls of the package. This is accomplished by using a nozzle head having several nozzle openings guiding the injected liquid towards the walls of the package. In this way the flow may be guided by the walls and enter the liquid already present in the package with a weaker tendency of admixing air into it, and since direct impacts with one end of the container is avoided splashing will also decrease.
  • One such device is disclosed in US-4 711 277 .
  • the invention is directed towards further improving prior art in relation to filling of a package, for example a carton bottle of the described type.
  • the problem of the prior art is that because of the valve means the flow of product enters the inlets of the filling nozzles from only one direction. The flow is therefore less well-defined and leads to increased forming and splashing.
  • the present invention provides a solution to this problem and other drawbacks existing in prior art.
  • US4375826 discloses another solution with a rotary filling apparatus where containers are travelling on an annular conveyor belt while the filling apparatus comprises filling nozzles arranged on a crank rotatably arranged on a shaft.
  • the rotational speed of the nozzles on the crank is adapted to match the rotational speed of the container.
  • the filling nozzle heads are provided with thin elongated channels with through which the product to be filled exits. The flow of the product entering the filling nozzles is controlled by a valve means having a flat valve face movable in and out of engagement of the inlets of the filling nozzles.
  • inventive filling assembly is defined in claim 1, and the characterizing features results in the advantages obvious from the detailed description. Preferred embodiments are defined by the dependent claims.
  • a filling machine provided with the filling assembly according to one or more of its embodiments is defined in claim 11.
  • Fig. 1 is a partial cross sectional view of a filling assembly 1 including a nozzle head 2 according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
  • the filling assembly 1 is attached to a dish box 4 to form a filling unit 5 the illustrated assembly is part of a filling station of a filling machine for filling pourable food stuff into packaging containers.
  • the packaging containers have been sterilized prior to filling, and maintenance of aseptic conditions until the packaging containers have been filled is a paramount issue in this context.
  • the filling unit with its large interior surface area therefore has to be cleaned and sterilized on a regular basis. If the unit is arranged in an aseptic environment, the cleaning and sterilization should preferably be performed without disturbance of the aseptic conditions.
  • the dish box 4 a portion of which is shown in Fig. 1 , comprises vertical through holes 6, in which the nozzle head 2 may be inserted with a clearance.
  • the through holes 6 may comprise a first portion having a first diameter, followed by a second portion having another diameter, i.e. the opening 12 in the dish box, to be described.
  • the dish box 4 also comprises a horizontal channel 8, interconnecting all vertical through holes 6. Not shown in the drawing are blocking means that may be controlled to seal the openings 12 of the dish box 4 from below.
  • the pourable product have to pass these openings 12 in order to reach the packaging container below, and by sealing off the openings 12 the filling station may be separated from the rest of the filling machine.
  • the openings 12 are as small as possible.
  • smaller opening 12 enables a smaller distance between adjacent filling assemblies 1, which in turn may enable shorter indexing steps and an increased production rate. Smaller openings 12 further enables less bulky mechanics for the blocking means.
  • the filling unit 5 may be cleaned, sterilized by pressurized steam or by other means, flushed etc, without affecting the rest of the filling machine.
  • the filling assembly 1 comprises a housing 14 having an inlet 16 for the pourable product.
  • a rod 18 is arranged centrally and controlled by a servomotor to move up and down.
  • the servomotor enables maximal controllability and adjustability, yet other drive means are also possible.
  • a resilient membrane 20 separates the product containing portions of the filling assembly 1 from the rest.
  • a throttle device 22 is arranged on the rod 18 and cooperates with a bulge 24 of the housing 14 to provide a seal in a closed position. Portions of the circumference of the throttle device 22 are recessed, such that the flow may be controlled with improved accuracy as the throttle device 22 moves towards an open position (upwards). In such an instance channels with increasing diameter may be formed between the throttle device 22 and the bulge 24 before the throttle device 22 is moved enough to loose contact with the bulge 24 completely.
  • a valve cone 26 is arranged at the distal end of the rod 18 .
  • the valve cone 26 comprises a body of stainless steel overmoulded with silicone. The side of the valve cone 26 facing downwards is essentially planar but for a central recess 28.
  • a rim 30 surrounding the recess 28 is arranged to provide a seal towards inlets 32 in the nozzle head 2, via the silicone coating.
  • the central recess 28 is in fluid communication with a volume above the valve cone 26 by means of at least one passage 34. This prevents the occurrence of vacuum as the valve cone 26 is raised, which could affect the controllability. It also enables more surfaces to be cleaned automatically.
  • the passage or passages 34 are preferably located at an uppermost location of the recess 28.
  • One further effect of the passage 34 and the central recess 28 is that as the flow of product enters the inlets 32 from more than one direction. As a result the flow through the channel will be more well-defined, and in that way the passage 34 also assists in reducing foaming and splashing.
  • This methodology may also be advantageously used for other applications than the present embodiment, or even invention. It may e.g. be utilized in a nozzle assembly having the corresponding or even the same construction as the present invention upstream of the inlets 32. such construction may have more than one set of inlets 32, such that e.g. there are two sets of inlets distributed around the center of the nozzle head at two different radii. In such a situation the above construction will result in that the product may reach the two sets of inlets simultaneously, resulting in a well-defined and even output of fluid from the nozzle head.
  • the present invention therefore relates to a filling assembly constructed in accordance with the above description, including such a valve cone combined with a nozzle head having more than one set of inlets.
  • a filling assembly constructed in accordance with the above description, including such a valve cone combined with a nozzle head having more than one set of inlets.
  • the recess and the passage may also be formed from essentially the same volume, such that the passage more resembles a continuation of the recess rather than a small diameter bore.
  • the valve cone may e.g. also be designed as a series of interconnected concentric ring structures, interconnected by material bridges. The ring structures are then used to cover the inlets and the recess and the passage will then by defined as the volume between the rings. A person skilled in the art will realize that the shape and position of the "ring" will be defined by the arrangement of the inlets.
  • valve cone having an outer perimeter where it is contacting a nozzle head, as is known, the valve cone being characterized in that it allows access, fluid communication, with the nozzle head radially inside of said outer perimeter.
  • the nozzle head 2 has several through holes or channels 10 arranged to guide the pourable product from the upper to the lower side of the nozzle head 2.
  • the through holes 10 are straight channels, yet since the cleaning is performed by injecting a fluid through the through holes they may also have a more complicated shape.
  • Each nozzle outlet 36 is arranged to direct a jet of pourable product towards the wall of a packaging container arranged below the openings 12 of the dish box 4 (see Fig. 3 ), the constraint being that the jets have to pass through the opening 12 without interaction. For several reasons already mentioned it is desired to keep the diameter of the openings 12 as small as possible.
  • the ratio between the width of the rim and the diameter of the orifice may be in the order of 0.05-0.2, preferably 0.05-0.1.
  • the present applicant does not rule out even lower ratios, yet a thinner rim is generally more difficult to produce and less durable.
  • a rim having a width of about 0.4-1.6 mm, preferably 0.4-0.8 mm which may be relevant dimensions for the orifice of one or more embodiments of the present invention.
  • the use of a nozzle head 2 having a smooth exterior design, without any crevices etc. is beneficial since it provides a surface which is relatively easy to clean and sterilize.
  • the package sealing area As a rule of thumb it is beneficial to hit the package walls as high up as possible without interfering with the portion of the package which will be included in the seal, i.e. the package sealing area.
  • One benefit with the present embodiments thereof is that it may be used to fill packages without moving the packages vertically, towards the filling nozzle.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates how close the through holes 10 are, in particular in the center of the nozzle head 2. It has been mentioned that the through holes 10 may have another shape, yet the rectilinear shape simplifies production of the nozzle head 2.
  • the nozzle head 2 also includes flanges for fastening and recesses for accommodation of sealants, yet these components are obvious for the skilled person by observing the appended drawings.
  • Fig. 2 is a side view of a nozzle head 2 included in a filling assembly according to one embodiment. The same numbers have been used to designate like parts.
  • Fig. 3 is a top view of the nozzle head of Fig. 2 , showing the inlets 32.
  • the cross sections of Fig. 4 and 5 illustrate the path of the through holes 10 through the nozzle head 2.
  • Fig. 6 illustrates a portion of a filling station 38 in a filling machine, in which a filling assembly 1 is arranged. It should be noted that the number and configuration of the filling assemblies could differ from what is disclosed in Fig.6 without departing from the scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims, e.g. one filling station could comprise more than one filling assembly, and the additional filling assemblies would not have to utilize the present invention.
  • packaging containers 40 are filled with pourable product 42.
  • the packaging containers 40 have an open bottom end, facing upwards, and the shape of the shoulders and opening device at the other end make them prone to induce splashing and foaming if a flow of pourable product is directed directly towards that region.
  • the packaging containers are moved intermittently between filling units in a machine direction MD.
  • the risk of splashing and foaming is greatest when filling pourable product 42 into an empty packaging container 40, which is why a nozzle head 2 according to one embodiment of the present invention is arranged to fill the pourable product 42 into the empty packaging container 40.
  • the number of filling units, time at each filling unit, etc. is also defined by the process upstream the filling station, such as preheating, sterilization, and venting.
  • the nozzle will be arranged in an area which is heated and in which a significant flow of (dry) air prevails. Under these circumstances there may be a risk for product to build up in the channels 10, or in the nozzle outlets 36. This will deteriorate the properties if the nozzle, and thus measures may have to be taken to avoid this build up.
  • the nozzle is provided with a cooling jacket 44, as shown in Fig. 7 .
  • the cooling jacket 44 is arranged outside of the nozzle head 2 and a cooling fluid, e.g. cooling water is allowed to flow through an annular slit 46 between the nozzle head 2 and the cooling jacket 44.
  • a cooling channel 48 (see Fig. 8 ) is defined in the annular slit 46 by means of flanges 50 ( Fig. 8 ) on the nozzle head 2.
  • the flanges 50 extend radially outwards towards the cooling jacket 44 and the construction is readily understandable from studying the fold-out view of Fig. 8 , in which the circumference of the nozzle has been parted between the cooling water inlet 45 and the cooling water outlet 47, and laid flat.
  • the flanges 50 extend from an upper part of the annular slit 46 created between the cooling jacket 44 and the nozzle head 2, to a lower part thereof.
  • the length of each flange 50 is smaller than the height of the annular slit 46, such that a fluid passage may be created above and/or below the flange 50.
  • a smaller passage 54 is arranged in an opposite relationship to the main passage 52 and thus a "shortcut" will be created, such that a flow of cooling fluid may be arranged to flow into corners where there otherwise would be a risk for the flow to stagnate. A stagnated flow, without significant exchange of cooling fluid, would act detrimentally on the cooling efficiency.
  • the task of dimensioning the main passage and the smaller passage in order to achieve an adequate flow is a task which is readily solved by the skilled person. The flow is illustrated by the larger and smaller arrows indicated in Fig. 8 .
  • arranging lips around the nozzle outlets is not limited to the described shape or path of the through holes, neither to the number of through holes provided.

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  1. Ensemble de remplissage (1), comprenant
    une tête de buse (2) pour remplir un liquide dans un conditionnement (40) tout en minimisant le giclage et la formation de mousse, ladite tête de buse (2) étant adaptée de façon à remplir un liquide dans un conditionnement (40) tout en étant positionnée au-dessus dudit conditionnement (40), cette tête de buse (2) comportant une surface supérieure à partir de laquelle plusieurs canaux inclinés (10) s'étendent, ces canaux (10) ayant un orifice de buse (36) dans leur extrémité en aval, de manière à ce qu'un jet de liquide injecté à travers le canal (10) puisse être dirigé vers les parois latérales du conditionnement (40), et
    un cône de soupape (26), les entrées des canaux réparties au-dessus de la surface supérieure pouvant être fermées au moyen de ce cône de soupape (26), l'orifice de la buse (36) faisant saillie hors de la surface inférieure de la tête de buse (2), dans la direction du canal (10),
    caractérisé en ce que le cône de soupape (26) a un bord (30) disposé de façon à être contre les entrées des canaux dans une position fermée, le cône de soupape ayant en outre un évidement intérieur (28) en contact fluidique avec ladite surface supérieure de la tête de buse, un passage (34) s'étendant depuis l'évidement (28) à travers le cône de soupape (26), fournissant un contact fluidique entre l'évidement et les alentours du cône de soupape.
  2. Ensemble de remplissage selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le passage (34) s'étend depuis un emplacement le plus haut de l'évidement (28).
  3. Ensemble de remplissage selon la revendication 2, dans lequel l'orifice de la buse (36) a un diamètre DO et un bord avec une largeur W, de préférence dimensionné de manière à ce que 0,05 < W/DO < 0,2, 0,05 < W/DO < 0, 1.
  4. Ensemble de remplissage selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel les canaux (10) sont disposés parallèlement à un plan comprenant l'axe central de la tête de buse à une distance, d > 0, dudit plan.
  5. Ensemble de remplissage selon l'une quelconque de la revendication 4, dans lequel ladite distance réside dans un intervalle de D < d < X, 2D étant le diamètre du canal (10) et X étant le diamètre de la tête de buse (2).
  6. Ensemble de remplissage selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel les canaux multiples (10) sont disposés comme un ensemble de canaux répartis à un rayon particulier autour d'un axe central de la tête de buse.
  7. Ensemble de remplissage selon la revendication 6, dans lequel plus qu'un ensemble de canaux (10) est disposé, et dans lequel chaque ensemble est disposé à un rayon différent.
  8. Ensemble de remplissage selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel
    une chemise de refroidissement (44) est disposée radialement à l'extérieur de la tête de buse (2),
    une entrée d'eau de refroidissement (45) et une sortie d'eau de refroidissement (47) sont disposées pour mener de l'eau de refroidissement à travers une fente annulaire (46) créée entre la chemise de refroidissement (44) et la tête de buse (2).
  9. Ensemble de remplissage selon la revendication 8, dans lequel des brides (50) de la tête de buse (2) s'étendent radialement vers l'extérieur jusqu'à la chemise de refroidissement (47), ces brides (50) s'étendant depuis une partie supérieure de la fente annulaire (46) jusqu'à une partie inférieure de celle-ci et définissant un passage principal (52) pour du fluide de refroidissement au-dessus et en dessous d'une extrémité de la bride (50), d'une manière alternée, de façon à guider un écoulement de fluide de refroidissement.
  10. Ensemble de remplissage selon la revendication 9, dans lequel un deuxième passage (54) plus petit que le passage principal (52) est disposé à l'extrémité opposée d'une bride (50) par rapport au passage principal (52).
  11. Machine de remplissage, comprenant
    un ensemble de remplissage (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes,
    une boîte à cuvette (4) renfermant ladite tête de buse (2) et ayant une ouverture (12) disposée de façon à permettre le passage d'un produit pouvant être versé éjecté de la tête de buse (2),
    un agencement transporteur agencé de façon à transporter des récipients de conditionnement (40) ayant une extrémité ouverte dirigée vers la tête de buse (2), la tête de buse (2) étant disposée de manière à ce qu'elle puisse éjecter un produit pouvant être versé dans le récipient de conditionnement (40) à travers ladite ouverture (12).
  12. Machine de remplissage selon la revendication 11, dans laquelle l'agencement transporteur est configuré de façon à transporter les récipients de conditionnement le long d'un chemin rectiligne, et à maintenir la position des récipients de conditionnement en dessous d'une ouverture de manière à ce qu'ils puissent être remplis tout en restant sur le chemin rectiligne.
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