EP2716592B1 - Dispositif de remplissage - Google Patents

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EP2716592B1
EP2716592B1 EP13199887.4A EP13199887A EP2716592B1 EP 2716592 B1 EP2716592 B1 EP 2716592B1 EP 13199887 A EP13199887 A EP 13199887A EP 2716592 B1 EP2716592 B1 EP 2716592B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/06—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus using counterpressure, i.e. filling while the container is under pressure
    • B67C3/14—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus using counterpressure, i.e. filling while the container is under pressure specially adapted for filling with hot liquids
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/22—Details
    • B67C3/26—Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks
    • B67C3/2614—Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks specially adapted for counter-pressure filling
    • B67C3/2617—Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks specially adapted for counter-pressure filling the liquid valve being opened by mechanical or electrical actuation

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  • the present invention relates to a filling device according to the preamble of claim 1 for filling an article with a pourable product, in particular a pourable food product.
  • the filling device is adapted to perform a "hot” filling, i.e. to fill the articles with a pourable food product at a temperature higher than room temperature, for example 80 degrees centigrade.
  • This type of filling is generally used with especially perishable pourable products, for example energy drinks, to which a relevant amount of preservative cannot be added.
  • the filling device according to the present invention is also adapted to fill the article with a carbonated pourable product, i.e. a product containing dissolved carbon dioxide, at a room temperature, i.e. at a temperature in the range between 4 and 22 degrees centigrade.
  • a carbonated pourable product i.e. a product containing dissolved carbon dioxide
  • Filling machines comprising a filling station fed with empty articles and adapted to provide articles filled with the pourable food product.
  • the filling station substantially comprises a carousel conveyor rotating about a rotation axis, a tank containing the pourable food product and carbon dioxide, and a plurality of filling devices supported by the carousel in a position radially external with respect to the rotation axis of the carousel.
  • the carousel is provided with a plurality of support elements for respective articles provided to arrange filling mouths of respective articles in a lower position with respect to the respective filling devices and to displace the articles along a circumferential arc trajectory about the above said rotation axis integrally to the respective filling devices.
  • Filling devices are known, for example from patent application US2010/0071802 , which are connected to the carousel and can fill the articles with a hot pourable food product and fill the articles with a carbonated room temperature pourable food product.
  • the filling devices disclosed in the above cited application comprise:
  • the filling devices of the known type also comprise:
  • the pourable product flows along the first fluidic line within the article and at the same time the gas contained within the article returns, by means of the first duct and the second chamber, within the tank.
  • the second fluidic line essentially comprises:
  • the first chamber is connected to the first duct by means of two paths incident to one another in the second duct.
  • the first path comprises the third and the second duct and is controlled by the second valve while the second path comprises the fourth, the fifth and the second duct and is controlled by the third valve.
  • the second valve is displaced in the respective open position while the shutter and the first valve are maintainer in the respective closed position.
  • An operation of pressurisation of the article is subsequently performed.
  • This operation is performed by also displacing the third valve in the respective open position.
  • carbon dioxide flows from the tank to the first chamber, and therefrom, by means of the second fluidic line, reaches the first duct and, then, the article.
  • the shutter is displaced in the open position and a high speed filling of the article is performed.
  • the gas flowing out from the article flows through the first duct and partially flows along the third and the second duct towards the first chamber and partially along the fourth and fifth duct until it reaches the second duct.
  • the second valve is displaced in the respective closed position and a low speed filling step is performed.
  • the gas flowing out from the article can reach the second duct only by means of the fourth and the fifth duct, which has a throttling.
  • the shutter is arranged in the closed position.
  • the components of the filling device In order to perform the filling with the hot pourable product, the components of the filling device must be maintained hot when the operation of the filling machine is interrupted.
  • the filling devices shown in the above cited patent application also allow the circulation of the hot pourable product between the first fluidic line, the second chamber, the source of heat and the tank.
  • the first valve When the operation of the filling machine is interrupted, the first valve is displaced in the respective open position and the shutter is maintained in the respective closed position. Thereby, the pourable product recirculates between the first fluidic line, the second chamber and the tank, and is maintained at the desired temperature by the heat source.
  • a filling device according to the preamble of claim 1 is disclosed in WO 2008/138472 A1 .
  • numeral 1 indicates a filling machine limitedly to a station for filling articles 2 with a pourable food product.
  • the filling station is adapted to fill articles 2 with a pourable product, in particular a pourable food product, at a high temperature, for example 80 degrees centigrade or with a carbonated product, i.e. within which carbon dioxide is dissolved at a room temperature.
  • room temperature indicates a temperature in the range between 4 and 22 degrees centigrade.
  • the product is a food product and could be an energy drink.
  • the filling station essentially comprises:
  • path P comprises:
  • Conveyor 4 is mobile along a circular path Q1 tangent to path P, at station I.
  • Conveyor 5 is mobile along a circular path Q2 tangent to path P, at station O.
  • Filling machine 1 also comprises ( Figures 1 to 4 ):
  • Each article 2 comprises:
  • Article 2 is in the case shown a container made of glass, plastic or cans.
  • Device 10 substantially comprises:
  • shutter 15 comprises, on the side of opening 14, a conical end portion 16 having axis B.
  • Frame 11 also comprises a bell element 17 fixed with respect to axis B and defining annular opening 14.
  • End portion 16 abuts against a section 19 of element 17 when shutter 15 is in the closed position, so as to block opening 14.
  • end portion 16 is lifted and, thus spaced along axis B, from bell element 17, when shutter 15 is in the open position so as to allow the flow of the pourable product through opening 14.
  • shutter 15 is elastically loaded by a spring 18 towards the respective closed position and is displaceable, for example by pneumatic operation means, towards the open position.
  • spring 18 is helical and extends along axis B.
  • Frame 11 further defines:
  • Duct 20 is at least partially housed within a cylindrical element 24 having axis B.
  • Spring 18 is fixed to element 24, on the side opposite to duct 20, and to shutter 15.
  • Device 10 also comprises a valve 26 interposed along fluidic line 22 and displaceable between:
  • Fluidic line 22 defines a single fluidic path for an aeriform between opening 14 and chamber 25.
  • fluidic line 22 is formed by a single duct 30 extending between mouth 23 and chamber 25.
  • the aeriform can move between opening 14 and chamber 25 only through duct 30.
  • This aeriform is the gas flowing out from article 2 through duct 20 during a filling step of article 2 ( Figure 2 ).
  • this aeriform could be carbon dioxide delivered to article 2 by means of duct 20 during a step of pressurising article 2 preceding the filling of article 2 ( Figure 1 ).
  • Device 10 further comprises:
  • chamber 40 is selectively connected fluidically to an exhaust 46 at an ambient pressure or to a heat source 39 and to tank 6.
  • chamber 40 is:
  • Device 10 further comprises:
  • Control unit 55 is also controlled by flow rate measurer 53.
  • filling machine 1 The operation of filling machine 1 is disclosed hereinafter, with reference to only one filling device 10 and a single corresponding article 2.
  • filling machine 1 is disclosed hereinafter during a filling cycle of article 2 with a carbonated pourable food product, i.e. containing dissolved carbon dioxide, at a room temperature, i.e. a temperature in the range between 4 and 22 degrees centigrade.
  • a carbonated pourable food product i.e. containing dissolved carbon dioxide
  • control unit 55 maintains chamber 40 connected to exhaust 46 at an ambient pressure and prevents (not shown) the fluidic connection between chamber 40 and heat source 39.
  • Carousel 3 receives article 2 to be filled from conveyor 4 at station I of path P, and feeds filled article 2 to conveyor 5 at station O of path P.
  • article 2 is arranged so that mouth 8 is below pouring opening 14 of duct 20 and duct 20 passes therethrough.
  • filling device 10 From a condition in which valves 26, 50, 51 and shutter 15 are all maintained by control unit 55 in respective closed positions, filling device 10 performs the following operations:
  • control unit 55 displaces, during the step of pressurisation, valve 26 in the open position so that carbon dioxide contained in tank 6 can flow along fluidic line 22 and duct 20, until it reaches mouth 8 of article 2 ( Figure 1 ).
  • control unit 55 displaces shutter 15 in the open position against the action of spring 18. Accordingly, the pourable product flows from fluidic line 12 within article 2. At the same time, the gas contained in article 2 passes through duct 20 and fluidic line 22 until it reaches tank 6 ( Figure 2 ).
  • control unit 55 displaces shutter 15 in the closed position, thus interrupting the filling of article 2 ( Figure 3 ).
  • control unit 55 displaces valve 51 to the open position, so that the gas contained in the neck portion of the article flows out from opening 44 and, by means of fluidic line 42, reaches chamber 40 and therefore exhaust 46.
  • valve 51 is returned by control unit 55 to the closed position and article 2 filled with the pourable product is withdrawn from conveyor 5 at station O and moved away from filling device 10.
  • a filling cycle of article 2 with a non-carbonated "hot" - i.e. at a temperature higher than room temperature - pourable product is disclosed hereinafter, limitedly to the steps in which it differs from the filling cycle of article 2 with a previously disclosed carbonated product.
  • This "hot” filling cycle differs from the previously disclosed filling cycle with a carbonated product in that control unit 55 maintains chamber 40 connected to tank 6 and to heat source 39, and maintains at the same time chamber 40 isolated from exhaust 46.
  • This "hot” filling cycle also differs from the previously disclosed filling cycle with a carbonated product by not comprising the steps of pressurising and depressurising article 2 respectively before and after the step of filling article 2. Accordingly, valve 42 is maintained by control unit 55 in the closed position, during the filling cycle of article 2 with the pourable product at a temperature higher than room temperature.
  • the "hot" filling cycle differs from the previously disclosed filling cycle with a carbonated product in that, when filling machine 1 is in an operative step in which articles 2 are not filled, the pourable product is recirculated between opening 45, fluidic line 41, chamber 40, heat source 39 and tank 6 ( Figure 4 ).
  • control unit 55 arranges valve 50 in the open position.
  • the pourable product thus passes through heat source 39 and is maintained at a temperature higher that room temperature.
  • control unit 55 displaces valve 50 to the closed position.
  • control unit 55 arranges shutter 15 in the respective open position.
  • numeral 10' indicates, as a whole, a filling device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • Filling device 10' is similar to filling device 10 and will be described hereinafter only as far as it differs therefrom; corresponding or equivalent parts of filling devices 10 and 10' will be indicated where possible by the same reference numbers.
  • filling device 10' differs from filling device 10 by comprising:
  • filling device 10' is similar to the operation of filling device 10 and differs therefrom, in that, during the filling cycle of article 2 with a room temperature carbonated product, valve 26 is maintained by control unit 55 in the closed position and valve 62' is arranged by control unit 55' in the respective open position ( Figure 6 ).
  • Chamber 60' is also connected fluidically by control unit 55' with exhaust 46'.
  • control unit 55 during the filling cycle of article 2 with a room temperature carbonated product, valve 26 is maintained by control unit 55 in the open position and valve 62' is arranged by control unit 55' in the respective closed position.
  • control unit 55 maintains valves 26, 51 and 62' in the respective closed positions and arranges valve 50' in the respective open position.
  • Control unit 55 fluidically also connects chamber 60' with heat source 39 ( Figure 8 ).
  • the pourable product is recirculated between opening 45, fluidic line 41', chamber 60', heat source 39 and tanks 6 and 7.
  • filling device 10' is particularly suitable to fill articles 2 with particularly perishable pourable products.

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  1. Dispositif de remplissage (10, 10') pour remplir un article (2) avec un produit alimentaire pouvant être déversé, comprenant :
    - un réservoir (6) remplissable avec ledit produit pouvant être déversé ;
    - une première ligne fluidique (12) s'étendant entre ledit réservoir (6) et une ouverture de déversement (14), à travers laquelle ledit produit pouvant être déversé peut passer pendant une étape de remplissage dudit article (2) ;
    - un obturateur (15) déplaçable entre une position ouverte, dans laquelle il permet le passage dudit produit pouvant être déversé dudit réservoir (6) jusqu'à l'ouverture (14) par l'intermédiaire de ladite première ligne fluidique (12), et une position fermée respective, dans laquelle il empêche le passage dudit produit pouvant être déversé au niveau d'une section (19) de ladite première ligne fluidique (12) ;
    - une première chambre (60') ;
    - une deuxième ligne fluidique (22, 61') reliée fluidiquement à ladite ouverture de déversement (14) pour permettre à une première substance aériforme de s'écouler hors dudit article (2) lorsque ledit obturateur (15) est dans ladite position ouverte ou pour transporter une deuxième substance aériforme dans ledit article (2) lorsque ledit obturateur (15) est dans ladite position fermée ; et
    une troisième ligne fluidique (41') raccordable fluidiquement à un segment de ladite première ligne fluidique (12) placée en amont de ladite section (19) ;
    dans lequel :
    ladite seconde ligne fluidique (22, 61') est reliée à ladite première chambre (60') ; et
    ledit dispositif de remplissage (10') comprend en outre :
    une première vanne (62') interposée le long de ladite deuxième ligne fluidique (22, 61') ; et
    une deuxième vanne (50') interposée le long de ladite troisième ligne fluidique (41') déplaçable jusqu'à une position ouverte respective dans laquelle elle permet l'écoulement dudit produit pouvant être déversé vers ladite première chambre (60'), lorsque ledit obturateur (15) est dans ladite position fermée respective et ladite première chambre (60') est reliée fluidiquement audit réservoir (6),
    caractérisé en ce que :
    ladite première chambre (60') est sélectivement raccordable audit réservoir (6) ou à un échappement (46') ; et en ce que ledit dispositif de remplissage (10') comprend en outre une unité de commande (55') disposée de manière à ce que ladite première vanne (62') soit déplaçable dans une position ouverte dans laquelle elle permet l'écoulement de ladite substance aériforme présente dans ledit article (2) vers ladite première chambre (60'), lorsque ledit obturateur (15) est dans la position ouverte respective et ladite première chambre (60') est reliée fluidiquement audit oiifice d'échappement (46').
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