EP2719655B1 - Dispositif de traitement de récipients et procédé de nettoyage pour un tel dispositif - Google Patents

Dispositif de traitement de récipients et procédé de nettoyage pour un tel dispositif Download PDF

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EP2719655B1
EP2719655B1 EP13188007.2A EP13188007A EP2719655B1 EP 2719655 B1 EP2719655 B1 EP 2719655B1 EP 13188007 A EP13188007 A EP 13188007A EP 2719655 B1 EP2719655 B1 EP 2719655B1
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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
    • 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
    • B67C2003/228—Aseptic features
    • 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
    • B67C2003/2688—Means for filling containers in defined atmospheric conditions

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  • the present invention relates to a device for treating containers with a treatment medium in a beverage filling plant, preferably a filler, a rinser or a sterilizer, and a method for cleaning such a device.
  • Devices for treating containers in a beverage filling plant for example fillers, rinsers or sterilizers, are known in the art. These devices are often designed as rotary machines, in which usually a rotating rotor is provided, by means of which the containers to be treated are treated in a continuous process.
  • a rotary filler for example, containers are received by a transfer point and then filled with the beverage during the passage of the treatment angle via a plurality of filling elements arranged on the rotor, before they are then transferred to a subsequent treatment section.
  • a housing which can fulfill different functions.
  • a housing can be provided to provide accident protection for the revolving rotor.
  • a housing is also suitable for providing a hygienic insulation from the environment.
  • aseptic fillers are mentioned, in which the rotor within a housing, which is then referred to as insulator, is arranged. Within the housing, so in the insulator space, a sterile atmosphere is provided and the penetration of germs in this insulator space is prevented by appropriate seals.
  • the corresponding insulator spaces in which the rotors of such container treatment devices rotate in rotation must be periodically subjected to internal cleaning or internal sterilization. Accordingly, the housing inner surfaces are acted upon by cleaning nozzles, which are usually attached to the rotor of the container treatment device, with a cleaning medium or a sterilization medium.
  • cleaning nozzles which are usually attached to the rotor of the container treatment device, with a cleaning medium or a sterilization medium.
  • the corresponding cleaning or sterilization medium is supplied to the corresponding cleaning nozzle, so that the entire interior, and in particular also the entire inner surface of the housing enclosing the rotor, is acted upon by the corresponding cleaning or sterilization medium.
  • a feeding of the respective media from the stationary system components, for example a frame carrying the rotor, to the rotating system components is usually achieved via a so-called media rotary distributor.
  • a media rotary distributor is a fixed shaft, on which media outlets are provided, on which so-called distribution tracks are arranged, and a rotatably connected to the rotor sleeve, which rotates about the shaft together with the rotor.
  • different distributor tracks can be delimited from one another, which in each case remove the corresponding medium from a medium outlet from the stationary shaft and then pass it on to a transmission within the rotor.
  • the seals of the media rotary distributor are susceptible to wear and therefore have a regular need for maintenance and a leakage potential.
  • seals in the range of sterile treatment rooms, for example in an isolator room undesirable because germs can settle in the undercut areas, whereby the cleaning or sterilization effort is increased.
  • a rotary distributor rotor device for treating containers which has a rotary connection for fluid transport, and in which an outlet opening for the exit of a cleaning fluid is provided on the rotor assembly
  • the DE 10 2011 008 878 A1 1 shows a device according to the preamble of claim 1 and a filling element for container treatment machines in the form of filling machines, a container treatment machine and a method for cleaning machine elements on container treatment machines according to the preamble of claim 10.
  • the DE 196 43 838 A1 shows a filler cleaning with a master container.
  • the DE 28 45 646 A1 shows a circulating vessel treatment plant.
  • the apparatus for treating containers with a treatment medium in a beverage filling plant preferably the filler, rinser or sterilizer comprises a rotating rotor for treating containers to be treated, at least one rotating with the rotor cleaning nozzle for applying a cleaning medium to the rotor surrounding plant areas, and a circulating with the rotor treatment media intake.
  • a fluid connection is provided between at least one cleaning nozzle and the treatment medium intake.
  • the cleaning nozzle is in fluid communication with the treatment media receiving, can be dispensed with a separate supply of the cleaning medium to the cleaning nozzle.
  • a further distributor track within a media rotary distributor and thus also with rotating seals.
  • the cleaning effort for example in a beverage filling and especially in an aseptic Getränkeeab hydrollvorraum, further reduced because the complex cleaning of a media rotary distributor or another distribution track of a Media rotary distributor omitted.
  • the direct connection in fluid connection between the cleaning nozzle and the treatment media receptacle revolving around the rotor makes it possible, in accordance with an internal cleaning of the treatment medium receptacle with a corresponding cleaning or sterilization medium, to simultaneously clean the system areas surrounding the rotor, preferably an isolator chamber, via the cleaning nozzle can.
  • the cleaning process is triggered by the internal cleaning of the treatment media recording with the cleaning medium or the sterilization medium.
  • the treatment media receptacle further comprises a product retention vessel, and the fluid communication is in fluid communication with the treatment media receptacle in a region of the product retention vessel not in contact with the treatment medium in the regular treatment operation, preferably in the region of a vessel lid of the product containment vessel.
  • a control valve is arranged between the treatment medium intake and the cleaning nozzle, by means of which the admission of the cleaning valve to the cleaning medium or the sterilization medium can be controlled.
  • the cleaning nozzle can also be acted upon by the cleaning or sterilization medium and so in a rotating operation of the rotor cleaning or sterilization of the surrounding system rotor areas and preferably the inner surfaces of the housing can be achieved.
  • the apparatus further preferably comprises a media rotary distributor having a stationary part and a part rotating with the rotor for transferring media from the stationary part to the rotor.
  • control media for example hydraulic or pneumatic fluids for controlling a filling valve, for example, or other media from the stationary parts transferred to the rotor.
  • the probability of failure of the media rotary distributor can be further reduced by the fluid connection between the cleaning nozzle and the treatment media receptacle, since a distributor track and thus also the rotating seals omitted.
  • a further saving results on the cost side by saving the distribution track.
  • the product holding vessel for the treatment medium may be, for example, a central boiler or a ring kettle of a filler. Accordingly, when carrying out the cleaning and / or sterilization, the corresponding product holding vessel is filled with the respective cleaning medium and / or sterilization medium, so that an internal cleaning of the product holding vessel can be carried out.
  • a cleaning of the inner surfaces of the housing surrounding the rotor can then be carried out simultaneously, for example controlled by a valve.
  • the stationary housing parts can be acted upon by the co-moving with the rotor cleaning nozzles with cleaning and / or sterilization medium.
  • a rinser or a sterilizer for containers where the treatment medium is suitably provided in the form of a rinsing liquid or a sterilizing medium, usually no boiler is provided, but there are, for example, a distributor track and supply lines to the corresponding treatment valves.
  • a ring line is also provided, by means of which the treatment medium is supplied to the respective containers to be treated via a plurality of treatment elements arranged on the rotor.
  • the cleaning nozzles can be brought into fluid communication with the treatment media receptacle in order to be able to use the corresponding cleaning medium and / or sterilization medium for cleaning and / or sterilizing the isolator chamber during cleaning and / or sterilization of the treatment media receptacle.
  • a valve is arranged in the fluid connection between the treatment medium intake and the cleaning nozzle, by means of which the admission of the cleaning nozzle with cleaning medium and / or sterilization medium can be switched.
  • a vapor barrier is arranged in the valve rear space of the valve in order to provide a sterile closure of the valve to a sterile area of the device.
  • the treatment medium intake comprises a product holding vessel
  • the fluid connection is in fluid communication with the treatment medium intake in the region of a vessel bottom and / or a dished bottom of the product holding vessel.
  • the treatment medium intake comprises an annular product holding vessel and / or a ring line
  • the fluid connection is in fluid communication with the treatment medium receiving means on the annular product holding vessel and / or the ring line in order to allow a correspondingly simple connection.
  • the treatment medium intake preferably comprises a treatment medium supply for supplying the treatment medium to a treatment device for treating containers, preferably to a filling element, and / or to a storage device, preferably to a product holding vessel, and the fluid connection is in fluid communication with the treatment medium intake at the treatment medium supply.
  • the rotor is preferably housed in a housing and at least one cleaning nozzle is provided for applying a cleaning medium and / or a sterilization medium to an inner wall of the housing.
  • this at least one cleaning nozzle is arranged on the rotating part of the housing and sweeps with its spray fixed parts of the housing.
  • a method for cleaning a device for treating containers with a treatment medium in a beverage filling plant preferably for cleaning a filler, rinser or sterilizer, specified, said device comprises a circulating in a housing rotor for treating treated container, at least one with the Rotor encircling cleaning nozzle for applying a cleaning medium to a housing inner surface, as well as a rotatable with the rotor treatment media receiving comprises.
  • a cleaning medium and / or a sterilization medium is supplied to the cleaning nozzle directly from the treatment medium intake.
  • the advantages mentioned above with respect to the device can be achieved.
  • FIG. 1 shows a device 1 for treating containers, not shown here, with a treatment medium, wherein the device 1 shown here is a filler in a beverage filling plant.
  • the device 1 shown here is a filler in a beverage filling plant.
  • a filler drinks or other liquids in containers, such as bottles, are filled in a continuous process.
  • the device 1 comprises a rotor 2, on which the containers to be treated are received and on which the containers to be treated undergo the respective treatment.
  • the rotor 2 is designed as a rotor of a filler, so Accordingly, the bottles to be treated are held on the rotor while they are filled over the treatment angle across a plurality of arranged on the rotor 2 Gearorganen with the filling product.
  • the rotor 2 On the rotor 2 cleaning nozzles 30, 32, 34, 36, 38 are provided, by means of which a cleaning medium and / or a sterilization medium on the rotor 2 surrounding plant areas can be applied.
  • the rotor 2 is, at least on its sides, umhaust with a housing 4, which forms an insulator space 40 in its interior.
  • the insulator space 40 is further sealed off via the rotor roof 20 and the rotor bottom 22, so that the treatment of the containers can take place in a completely enclosed space.
  • This housing of the rotor has several functions. On the one hand, effective accident protection can be provided because a plant operator can not intervene in running plant components.
  • a volume which is hygienically isolated from the environment is provided via such an enclosure, within which a hygienically perfect treatment of the containers can be achieved. This is particularly important in the processing and bottling of beverages, which must be processed under aseptic conditions.
  • a germ-proof seal between the stationary housing wall of the housing 4 and the rotor 2 is achieved via a wear-free seal, which is designed here as a so-called water lock 42.
  • a wear-free seal which is designed here as a so-called water lock 42.
  • vacuum seals, overflow or mechanical seals can be used.
  • the cleaning nozzles 30, 32, 34 which in the in FIG. 1 shown embodiment, serve to apply to the insulator chamber 40, arranged in the insulator space 40 system components, and especially the relative to the movement of the rotor 2 fixed system components with a cleaning medium and / or a sterilization medium.
  • the cleaning nozzles 30, 32, 34 serve, inter alia, also to pressurize the housing inner surfaces of the housing 4 with the cleaning medium and / or the sterilization medium.
  • the cleaning nozzles 30, 32, 34 is supplied during the rotation of the rotor 2 in accordance with a cleaning medium and / or a sterilization medium, which is then sprayed onto the housing inner surfaces.
  • the rotor 2 rotates during the supply of the cleaning or sterilizing medium to the cleaning nozzles 30, 32, 34, the entire insulator space 40 and thus the entire Housing interior swept by the cleaning medium or sterilization medium.
  • the rotor 2 further comprises a treatment medium receptacle 5 in the form of a product holding vessel 50, which rotates together with the rotor 2.
  • the product holding tank 50 is used in the filling operation of a filler to receive the filling product and then pass over corresponding, not shown here, leads to the filling elements also not shown in the figure.
  • Theloisvorhaltekessel 50 also serves to build up the required in the individual Grein for filling the filling product hydrostatic pressure.
  • the filling level h of the filling product in the product holding tank 50 is important and the pressure applied to the filling member of the upcoming filling product can be varied over the filling level h.
  • the filling product itself will flow into the product holding vessel 50 via a filling product feed line 52.
  • the filling product supply line 52 is designed to be stationary, whereas the treatment medium receptacle 5 comprising the product holding vessel 50 rotates together with the rotor 2 around the rotor axis 200.
  • the product holding kettle 50 is usually not completely filled, but a gas space remains above the filling product.
  • the structure of such a rotary filler is known in principle.
  • a fluid connection 6 is provided between the product holding vessel 50 and the cleaning nozzles 30, 32, 34, 35 and 38.
  • the fluid connection 6 which is connected to the volume within the treatment medium receptacle via a valve 60 attached to the vessel bottom 54 of the product holding vessel 50, a fluid can accordingly be passed from the product holding vessel 50 through the valve 60 and the fluid connection 6 to the cleaning nozzles 30, 32, 34 , 36 and 38 arrive.
  • the valve 60 is arranged in the region of a dished bottom of the product holding vessel 50.
  • the cleaning and / or sterilization medium In a cleaning and / or sterilization of the treatment media receptacle 5, particularly in a cleaning and / or sterilization of the threatenvorhaltekessels 50, which in the production of the treatment medium, for example, the filling product, flowed through by a cleaning medium and / or a sterilizing medium.
  • the cleaning medium and / or the sterilization medium dwells in these plant areas and is also passed through the product leading supply lines to the filling organs to the to clean and / or sterilize the entire product route.
  • the cleaning medium and / or the sterilization medium can also flow through the product path in a reverse flow.
  • the treatment media receptacle 5 and in particular also the product holding vessel 50 is filled with the cleaning and / or sterilization medium up to a predetermined height.
  • the product holding vessel 50 is completely filled with the cleaning and / or sterilization medium - this is also referred to as a "black filling" of the product holding vessel 50.
  • the cleaning and / or sterilization medium accommodated in the treatment medium receptacle 5 and in particular in the product holding vessel 50 can be passed via the fluid connection 6 to the cleaning nozzles 30 to 38 when the valve 60 is opened.
  • the treatment media receptacle 5, the product holding vessel 50 and the cleaning nozzles 30 to 38 do not move relative to each other, but circulate together with the rotor 2, a simple transfer of the cleaning medium and / or the sterilization medium from the treatment medium receptacle 5 and in particular the Artsvorhaltekessel 50 to the Cleaning nozzles 30 to 38 can be achieved.
  • the provision of the fluid connection 6 does not necessitate a transfer of the cleaning and / or sterilization medium to the cleaning nozzles 30 to 38 by means of a separate track of a media rotary distributor. Accordingly, so rotating seals can be saved and the media rotary distributor can be performed simplified.
  • the cleaning medium and / or the sterilization medium can be supplied via the valve 60 through the fluid connection 6 to the cleaning nozzles 30, 32, 34, 36 and 38, to accordingly also a cleaning of the insulator space 40, arranged in the insulator space 40 system components and the housing inner surfaces of the To reach housing 4.
  • the cleaning nozzles 30 to 38 during the regular treatment operation ie in FIG. 1 during filling of containers with a filling product, be fluidly separated from the treatment media intake 5. Accordingly, the filling product does not flow through the cleaning nozzles 30 to 38.
  • a sterile separation between the fluid connection 6 and the product-carrying system components can be formed via a vapor barrier arranged in the valve rear space of the valve 60.
  • the rotor 2 is usually supplied via a so-called media rotary distributor 7 with various media.
  • the media rotary distributor 7 comprises a stationary shaft 70, which is fixed to the surroundings, and a sleeve 72 rotating with the rotor 2, in which corresponding distributor tracks are inserted.
  • Such media rotary distributor 7 are maintenance-prone, as here rotary seals are provided, which provide in the relative rotation between fixed shaft 70 and rotating sleeve 72 for sealing the distributor tracks, wherein alternatively a fixed sleeve in combination with a rotating shaft (not shown) is possible.
  • the rotation causes wear on the seals, which necessitates regular maintenance.
  • the media rotary distributor 7 is a potential source of leakage.
  • the cleaning nozzles 30 to 38 By connecting the cleaning nozzles 30 to 38 directly to the treatment medium receptacle 5 can be dispensed with the use of a further distribution track in the media rotary distributor 7 for applying the cleaning nozzles 30 to 38 with a cleaning medium and / or sterilization medium. Accordingly, the reliability of the device 1 can be increased by eliminating a distribution track, the cost can be reduced and the cost of cleaning and sterilizing the media rotary distributor can be reduced.
  • FIG. 1 described device 1 is particularly suitable for sterilizing aseptic systems in the field of dry aseptic, in which the cleaning media and sterilization media, which are also used for cleaning and sterilization of the product route, are also used for surface sterilization of the housing inner surfaces.
  • FIG. 2 an inventive embodiment of a device 1 for treating containers with a treatment medium is shown here again in the form of a filler in a beverage filling plant.
  • a rotor 2 is provided, on which the containers to be treated are received and continuously via a plurality of provided on the rotor 2 filling members with the filling product, which in a rotating with the rotor 2
  • Treatment medium receptacle 5 comprising a Rescuevorhaltekessel 50 is provided, are filled.
  • Cleaning nozzles 30, 32, 34, 36 and 38 are provided, which are used for cleaning an insulator space 40 and in particular housing inner walls of a housing 4.
  • the cleaning nozzles 30 to 38 rotate with the rotor 2 so that when they are exposed to a cleaning medium and / or a sterilization medium, they completely cover the insulator space 40, in particular the stationary part of the insulator space 40.
  • the fluid connection 6 is formed in the upper region of the treatment medium receptacle 5, specifically in the region of the vessel lid 56 of the product holding vessel 50.
  • the fluid connection 6 is in turn connected via a valve 60 to the vessel lid 56 of the Commandervorhaltekessels 50.
  • the filling product is again introduced into the product holding vessel 50 via the filling product feed line 52 and directed to the filling members via corresponding feed lines, not shown in this drawing, in such a way that the containers can be filled with the corresponding filling product.
  • the product holding tank 50 with the respective filling product is usually not completely filled, but only up to a predetermined filling height h.
  • the overlying space and the overlying areas of the Rescuevorhaltekessels 50 come in accordance with the production usually not in contact with the filling product. At least in these areas of the envisionvorhaltekessels 50, the filling product is usually not in production.
  • the product holding vessel 50 is usually completely filled with the cleaning medium or the sterilization medium.
  • the level of the cleaning medium and / or sterilization medium in the product holding tank 50 is usually well above the liquid level in the production operation. More preferably, the product holding kettle 50 is completely filled with cleaning and / or sterilizing medium to achieve complete cleaning and / or sterilization.
  • This is also referred to as a "black filling" of the product holding vessel 50, in which the product holding vessel 50 is completely filled, ie in particular to below the vessel lid 56.
  • Such a completely filled Fernvorhaltekessel 50 offers the cleaning medium or the sterilization medium now the ability to be about the arranged in the vessel lid 56 valve 60 and the fluid connection 6 the cleaning nozzles 30 to 38 are provided.
  • valve 60 for cleaning the insulator space 40, the system components arranged in the insulator space 40, and the inner surfaces of the housing 4 are opened, so that the cleaning medium and / or the sterilization medium can flow through the fluid connection 6 to the cleaning nozzles 30 to 38.
  • a control of the cleaning of the insulator space 40 can be carried out in such a way that an interior cleaning takes place only in a predetermined period of the cleaning and / or sterilization of the product path.
  • FIG. 2 As shown, by providing the fluid connection 6 between the treatment medium receptacle 5 and the cleaning nozzles 30 to 38, a separate distribution track in the medium rotary distributor 7 for the supply of the cleaning medium and / or sterilization medium to the cleaning nozzles 30 to 38 can be saved.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 shown cleaning nozzles 36 and 38 serve to clean the area of connection of the fixed housing 4 to the rotor 2, in particular the area of the water locks 42, and / or to sterilize.
  • FIG. 3 a further embodiment of a filler is shown, wherein here again a treatment medium receptacle 5 is provided, which comprises a Fernvorhaltekessel 50 in ring form, that is a so-called ring boiler.
  • the ring boiler can also be understood as a ring line.
  • Individual flanges 500 can be recognized on the annular product holding vessel 50, via which filling product held in the product holding vessel 50 is transferred to the respective filling elements, likewise not shown in this figure.
  • Theloishaltekessel 50 is supplied via a media rotary distributor 7 and a corresponding treatment medium supply 58 with the filling product.
  • the filling product runs via a fixed axis, not shown here, over the sleeve 72, which rotates together with the rotor 2, into the treatment medium supply 58 and from there into the product holding tank 50 of the treatment medium intake 5.
  • the treatment medium supply 58 rotates with the rotor 2 and is correspondingly part of the circulating treatment medium intake 5, since in the treatment medium supply 58 also the filling product is entrained.
  • Cleaning nozzles 30 to 38 are provided again, which are provided for cleaning an insulator interior 40, arranged in the insulator interior 40 system components and / or housing inner surfaces of the housing 4.
  • the cleaning nozzles 30 to 38 apply the cleaning medium to the housing inner surfaces 4 and other system components in the insulator space 40 when they are exposed to the cleaning medium or the sterilization medium during the rotation of the rotor.
  • a fluid connection 6 is again provided, which is in fluid communication with the treatment medium supply 58 via a valve 60. Accordingly, a fluid connection between the treatment medium receptacle 5 and the cleaning nozzles 30 to 38 is again provided here. Accordingly, in normal production operation, that is to say, for example, during the filling of containers to be treated with the filling product, the valve 60 remains closed.
  • the valve 60 In the cleaning mode, in which the product path is flushed through with cleaning medium or sterilization medium, the valve 60 is opened at a specific time for a certain time, so that the cleaning medium and / or the sterilization medium are made available to the cleaning nozzles 30 to 38 via the fluid connection 6 and, accordingly, cleaning and sterilization of the insulator space 40 can be performed.
  • FIGS. 1 to 3 only devices for treating containers in the form of filling devices are shown here, instead of the filling devices, for example, a rinser or a sterilizer for containers to be treated can be constructed in the same way. Accordingly, then a fluid connection between the respective treatment media intake, so for example, the supply of a flushing fluid in a rinser or the sterilizing fluid in a sterilizer, and the respective cleaning nozzles, which can act upon cleaning or sterilizing the device according to the cleaning nozzles with the cleaning or sterilizing medium.
  • the respective treatment media intake so for example, the supply of a flushing fluid in a rinser or the sterilizing fluid in a sterilizer, and the respective cleaning nozzles, which can act upon cleaning or sterilizing the device according to the cleaning nozzles with the cleaning or sterilizing medium.

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  1. Dispositif (1) pour le traitement de récipients avec un fluide de traitement dans une installation d'embouteillage de boissons, de préférence une installation de remplissage, de rinçage ou de stérilisation, comprenant un rotor tournant (2) pour le traitement de récipients à traiter, au moins une buse de nettoyage (30 à 38) tournant avec le rotor (2) permettant de projeter un fluide de nettoyage et/ou un fluide de stérilisation sur une zone de l'installation entourant le rotor (2), ainsi qu'un réservoir de fluide de traitement (5) tournant avec le rotor (2), dans lequel il est prévu une liaison fluidique (6) entre au moins une buse de nettoyage (30 à 38) et le réservoir de fluide de traitement (5), caractérisé en ce que le réservoir de fluide de traitement (5) comprend une cuve de réserve de produit (50), et la liaison fluidique (6) est en liaison fluidique avec le réservoir de fluide de traitement (5) dans une région de la cuve de réserve de produit (50) qui ne vient pas en contact avec le fluide de traitement pendant le fonctionnement de traitement régulier.
  2. Dispositif (1) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'une soupape (60) est disposée dans la liaison fluidique (6) entre le réservoir de fluide de traitement (5) et la buse de nettoyage (30 à 38).
  3. Dispositif (1) selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce qu'une barrière pare-vapeur est disposée dans la chambre arrière de la soupape (60) afin de réaliser une séparation stérile de la soupape (60) à l'égard d'une zone stérile du dispositif (1).
  4. Dispositif (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la liaison fluidique (6) est en liaison fluidique avec le réservoir de fluide de traitement (5) dans la région d'un couvercle de cuve (56) de la cuve de réserve de produit (50).
  5. Dispositif (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le réservoir de fluide de traitement (5) comprend une cuve de réserve de produit annulaire (50) et/ou une conduite annulaire, et la liaison fluidique (6) est en liaison fluidique avec le réservoir de fluide de traitement (5) à la cuve de réserve de produit annulaire (50) et/ou à la conduite annulaire.
  6. Dispositif (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le réservoir de fluide de traitement (5) comprend une arrivée de fluide de traitement (58) permettant d'amener le fluide de traitement à un dispositif de traitement pour le traitement de récipients, de préférence à un organe de remplissage, et/ou à un dispositif de stockage, de préférence à une cuve de réserve de produit (50), et la liaison fluidique (6) est en liaison fluidique avec le réservoir de fluide de traitement (5) à l'arrivée de fluide de traitement (58).
  7. Dispositif (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il est prévu un distributeur rotatif de fluide (7) avec une partie stationnaire (70) et une partie (72) tournant avec le rotor (2) pour le transfert de fluides d'une région stationnaire au rotor (2) et il n'est prévu aucune piste de distributeur séparée pour la liaison fluidique (6).
  8. Dispositif (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif est configuré pour remplir, pour rincer et/ou pour stériliser des récipients à traiter et la liaison fluidique (6) est formée avec un réservoir de fluide de traitement (50, 58) pour recevoir du produit de remplissage, du fluide de rinçage et/ou du fluide de stérilisation.
  9. Dispositif (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le rotor (2) est logé dans une enceinte (4) et il est prévu au moins une buse de nettoyage (30 à 38) permettant la projection d'un fluide de nettoyage et/ou d'un fluide de stérilisation sur une paroi intérieure de l'enceinte (4).
  10. Procédé de nettoyage d'un dispositif (1) de traitement de récipients avec un fluide de traitement dans une installation d'embouteillage de boissons, de préférence pour le nettoyage d'un dispositif de remplissage, de rinçage ou de stérilisation, dans lequel le dispositif (1) comprend un rotor (2) tournant dans une enceinte (4) pour le traitement de récipients à traiter, au moins une buse de nettoyage (30 à 38) tournant avec le rotor (2) permettant de projeter un fluide de nettoyage sur une surface intérieure de l'enceinte, ainsi qu'un réservoir de fluide de traitement (5) tournant avec le rotor (2), dans lequel un fluide de nettoyage et/ou un fluide de stérilisation est envoyé à la buse de nettoyage (30 à 38) directement à partir du réservoir de fluide de traitement (5), caractérisé en ce que le réservoir de fluide de traitement (5) comprend une cuve de réserve de produit (50), et la liaison fluidique (6) est en liaison fluidique avec le réservoir de fluide de traitement (5) dans une région de la cuve de réserve de produit (50) qui ne vient pas en contact avec le fluide de traitement pendant le fonctionnement de traitement régulier.
  11. Procédé selon la revendication 11, caractérisé en ce que l'on opère la fourniture du fluide de nettoyage et/ou du fluide de stérilisation pendant un nettoyage et/ou une stérilisation du réservoir de fluide de traitement (5).
  12. Procédé selon la revendication 12, caractérisé en ce que l'on opère la fourniture du fluide de nettoyage et/ou du fluide de stérilisation pendant un laps de temps limité du nettoyage et/ou de la stérilisation du réservoir de fluide de traitement (5).
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