EP2733112B1 - Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Versiegeln von Kapseln auf Flaschenhälsen mit einem Haltekäfig aus Metalldraht. - Google Patents

Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Versiegeln von Kapseln auf Flaschenhälsen mit einem Haltekäfig aus Metalldraht. Download PDF

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EP2733112B1
EP2733112B1 EP13004684.0A EP13004684A EP2733112B1 EP 2733112 B1 EP2733112 B1 EP 2733112B1 EP 13004684 A EP13004684 A EP 13004684A EP 2733112 B1 EP2733112 B1 EP 2733112B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67B—APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS
    • B67B5/00—Applying protective or decorative covers to closures; Devices for securing bottle closures with wire
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    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67B—APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS
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  • the present invention relates to a method according to the preamble of claim 1 of applying sealing capsules to bottle necks provided with a retaining cage of metal wire, and to an apparatus according to the preamble of claim 5 for carrying out such method.
  • the mouth of the bottle is corked by a plug consisting of an agglomerate of cork or synthetic material, which is plugged into the bottle neck in a corking station.
  • a wirehood i.e., a cage of metal wire
  • the closure is secured by fastening a wirehood, i.e., a cage of metal wire, about the bottle neck, which wirehood retains the cork from being expelled by the pressure inside the bottle.
  • a capsule of a deformable material typically a thin metal sheet, which is applied to the bottle neck.
  • the capsule which initialy has a slightly tapered frustoconical shape, is loosely fitted on the bottle neck by a capsule dispenser, and then it is made to adhere to the bottle wall by a capsule-folding/smoothening machine.
  • the base of the wirehood typically consists of a ring made of the same metal wire, which is fastened about the bottle neck, below the neck finish, by twisting a portion of the wire in such a way as to form a locking tab which terminates with a loop.
  • the loop is grasped and untwisted, thereby opening the base of the wirehood and allowing the latter to be removed.
  • the locking tab of the wirehood is bent against the bottle wall and is hidden by the capsule, which completely covers the bottle neck with the cork and the wirehood.
  • capsules which are provided with an I-shaped slot, through which the locking tab protrudes.
  • Fig. 1 illustrates an apparatus 10 for applying sealing capsules to bottle necks N in the configuration of Fig. 2 , in which the mouth M of the bottle is closed by a cork P, which is retained in its position by a retaining cage of metal wire, or wirehood, C.
  • the base of the wirehood conventionally consists of a ring R made of the same metal wire, which is fastened about bottle neck N, below the neck finish Q, by twisting a portion of the base to form a locking tab L.
  • standard productions i.e., those productions in which locking tab L is to be covered by a capsule, before receiving the capsules the bottles are configured as shown in Fig. 2 , with locking tab L bent against the bottle wall.
  • bottles B in the above-described configuration shown in Fig. 2 are carried by a conveyor belt 12 flanked by an auger 14, which is adapted to maintain the bottles equally spaced from each other.
  • a capsule dispenser 16 is arranged at the inlet end of auger 14 for laying a sealing capsule on each of the bottles carried by conveyor belt 12.
  • An expulsion starwheel 18 is arranged immediately downstream of capsule dispenser 16 for removing any bottles to be discarded from the line, where necessary.
  • arched lines A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6 in Fig. 1 engage respective portions of the rotation of the station, which are depicted by arched lines A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6 in Fig. 1 . Certain operations are carried out simultaneously, at least partially; therefore, in some cases, the arched lines are overlapped.
  • turntable 32 is rotated in such a way as to provide locking tab L of wirehood C with a predetermined orientation with respect to the station. Since, as mentioned above, wirehood C in this embodiment is assumed to have a predetermined orientation with respect to bottle B, a reference on bottle B, e.g., a recess S as typically formed on the base of the bottle, can be used for orienting the wirehood.
  • a detector 34 e.g., a mechanical probe or a photoelectric cell, in a way known per se detects recess S, thereby allowing the bottle to be oriented on the basis of it, as mentioned above.
  • neck N of bottle B is engaged by a capsule-centering head 36, which comprises a sucker-based, pick-up device 38 mounted at the lower end of a vertical suction duct 39, which is operatively connected to conventional suction means (not shown).
  • Vertical suction duct 39 can both shift vertically and rotate axially.
  • a sleeve 40 is axially slidable on vertical suction duct 39 and is suitably sized to surround the capsule with a close fit.
  • sleeve 40 is lowered about the bottle neck, while pick-up device 38 is stationary near the top of the capsule.
  • pick-up device 38 is enabled to catch capsule 20, and then is raised, along with sleeve 40, so that capsule 20 is disengaged from neck N of bottle B.
  • Pick-up device 38 is then rotated to provide slot 22 of capsule 20 with the same alignment of locking tab L with respect to the station, whereby slot 22 is aligned to locking tab L.
  • a reference notch T which is conventionally printed on the capsule ( Fig. 3 ) and can be detected by an optical sensor 42 in a way known per se, is used for orienting the capsule.
  • the next step ( Fig. 8 ) is depicted in Fig. 1 by arched line A4. As shown, arched line A4 is overlapped to the end portion of arched line A3, thereby indicating that the two steps may be carried out simultaneously. In this step, sleeve 40 of capsule-centering head 39 is raised with respect to pick-up device 38, so that capsule 20 is uncovered.
  • a pneumatically driven punch 57 hits the lateral wall of capsule 20 at slot 22, so that the two fins 23a, 23b ( Fig. 3 ) defined between the horizontal segments of the I-shape are slightly bent inwards.
  • the bottle is returned to conveyor belt 12 by a second transfer starwheel 58, and then is conveyed to successive stations 60, in which capsule-bending/smoothening operations are carried out in a traditional manner; these final operations, which are well known per se and can be carried out in a conventional manner, will not be described herein.
  • the various movable parts of the apparatus can be driven by conventional electrical and/or pneumatic and/or hydraulic motors/actuators (not shown for simplicity) controlled by a control unit, the programming of which falls within the normal knowledge of a skilled person and therefore will not be disclosed herein.
  • a considerable advantage of the method according to the invention, as well as of the apparatus for carrying out the method, is that the operations of pulling the locking tab out of the slot are all performed on a carousel arranged beside a traditional line; the capsuled bottles are received by the carousel with a random orientation of the capsules with respect to the bottles - i.e., the same configuration at this stage of a standard production - and are returned in the same condition but with the locking tab projecting outwards from the capsule. Therefore, having a carousel properly sized and provided with an adequate number of stations, all the above-described steps can be carried out without reduction of the production yield with respect to standard productions.
  • the apparatus can still be used for standard productions, so that the continuity of the production is riot affected.
  • the locking tab and the slot are aligned to each other indirectly, i.e., both the wirehood and the capsule are oriented on the basis of another fixed reference.
  • the method can be changed so that the position of the locking tab is detected and the capsule is oriented as a function of the detected position of the locking tab, or vice versa.
  • the sequence of the operations carried out on the carousel in certain cases, can be modified. For instance, the capsule can be oriented after that the locking tab has been bent, rather than before, and the bottle and the capsule can be aligned at the same time (second step, A2).

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  1. Verfahren zum Aufbringen von Versiegelungskapseln auf die Hälse verkorkter Flaschen, die mit einem Korkenhaltekäfig versehen sind, der aus Metalldraht (C) besteht und eine zur Wand der Flasche gebogene Verschlusslasche (L) hat, umfassend den Schritt des Zuführens der Flaschen zu einem Kapselspender (16), der dazu ausgeführt ist, eine Kapsel (20) mit einem Schlitz (22) an ihrer Seitenwand auf jeden der Flaschenhälse (N) zu platzieren,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es ferner die Schritte umfasst:
    - Zuführen der mit einer Kapsel versehenen Flaschen zu einem Karussell (28), welches mit mehreren Umfangsstationen (30) versehen ist, von denen jede eine entsprechende Flasche (B) zu empfangen und die folgenden Operationen an ihr auszuführen vermag:
    - Anheben der Kapsel (20) von dem Hals (N) der Flasche mittels einer Aufnahmeeinrichtung (38),
    - zumindest teilweises Öffnen der Lasche (L) des Käfigs (C) nach außen mittels einer Öffnungseinrichtung (44),
    - Ausrichten der Lasche (L) auf den Schlitz (22) durch axiales Drehen der Flasche (B) und/oder der Kapsel (20),
    - Wiederauflegen der Kapsel (20) auf den Flaschenhals, wobei die Lasche (L) in den Schlitz (22) reicht und aus der Kapsel hervorsteht.
  2. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Seitenwand der Kapsel, bevor die Kapsel (20) auf den Flaschenhals gelegt wird, an dem Schlitz (22) verformt wird durch Deformiermittel (57), die dazu ausgeführt sind, den Schlitz (22) zum Aufnehmen der Lasche (L) geeignet zu formen.
  3. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Öffnungseinrichtung (44) die Lasche (L) nach außen öffnet in einem Winkel von ungefähr 45° zur Vertikalrichtung.
  4. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Operation des Ausrichtens der Lasche (L) mit dem Schlitz (22) an der Kapsel (20) die Schritte umfasst:
    - Drehen der Flasche (B) um ihre Achse solchermaßen, dass die Lasche (L) des Käfigs in einer vorbestimmten Ausrichtung bezüglich der entsprechenden Station (3) angeordnet wird, und
    - Drehen der Kapsel (20) um ihre Achse solchermaßen, dass der Schlitz (22) in derselben vorbestimmten Ausrichtung bezüglich der Station (30) angeordnet wird.
  5. Vorrichtung zum Aufbringen von Versiegelungskapseln auf die Hälse verkorkter Flaschen, die mit einem Korkenhaltekäfig versehen sind, der aus Metalldraht (C) besteht und eine zur Wand der Flasche gebogene Verschlusslasche (L) hat, mit einem Kapselspender (16), der dazu ausgeführt ist, eine Kapsel mit einem Schlitz (22) an ihrer Seitenwand auf jedem der Flaschenhälse zu platzieren,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass er ferner ein Karussell (28) aufweist mit mehreren Umfangsstationen (30), die jeweils eine entsprechende Flasche zu empfangen vermögen und versehen sind mit:
    - einer Aufnahmeeinrichtung (40), die dazu betreibbar ist, die Kapsel (20) von dem Flaschenhals (N) an einer Stelle anzuheben, so dass der Zugang zu der Lasche (L) nicht behindert ist, und sie anschließend wieder aufzulegen,
    - einer Öffnungseinrichtung (44), die dazu betreibbar ist, die Lasche (L) zumindest teilweise nach außen zu öffnen, während die Kapsel (20) sich in ihrer angehobenen Stellung befindet,
    - einer Ausrichtungseinrichtung (32, 34, 38, 42), die dazu betreibbar ist, die Flasche (B) und/oder die Kapsel (20) solchermaßen axial zu drehen, dass die Lasche (L) des Käfigs (C) zu dem Schlitz (22) der Kapsel (20) ausgerichtet ist, bevor letztere wieder aufgelegt wird.
  6. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 5,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie eine Deformiereinrichtung (57) aufweist, die dazu betreibbar ist, die Seitenwand der Kapsel an dem Schlitz (22) so zu verformen, dass der Schlitz zum Aufnehmen der Lasche (L) geeignet geformt wird, bevor die Kapsel (20) wieder auf den Flaschenhalt aufgelegt wird.
  7. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 6,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Schlitz (22) als ein "I" geformt ist und die Deformiereinrichtung einen Stempel (57) aufweist, der dazu betreibbar ist, auf die Seitenwand der Kapsel (20) an dem I-förmigen Schlitz (22) solchermaßen zu schlagen, dass die zwei zwischen den horizontalen Segmenten der I-Form gebildeten Lamellen (23a, 23b) einwärts gebogen werden.
  8. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 5 bis 7,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie eine Halteinrichtung (46) zum seitlichen Halten der Flasche aufweist, während die Lasche geöffnet wird.
  9. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 5,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Ausrichtungseinrichtung aufweist:
    - einen die Flasche (B) in der zugehörigen Station (30) abstützenden Drehtisch (32), der dazu betreibbar ist, sich zu drehen, um die Lasche (L) des Käfigs (C) in einer vorbestimmten Ausrichtung bezüglich der zugehörigen Station anzuordnen, basierend auf ersten Referenzmitteln (R), die integral mit dem Käfig ausgeführt und durch eine erste Sensoreinrichtung (34) erfassbar sind,
    - eine Kapselhalteeinrichtung (40), die um die Achse der Kapsel (20) drehbar ist und dazu betreibbar ist, sich zu drehen, um den Schlitz (22) in derselben vorbestimmten Ausrichtung bezüglich der zugehörigen Station (30) anzuordnen, basierend auf zweiten Referenzmitteln (T), die integral mit der Kapsel ausgeführt und durch eine zweite Sensoreinrichtung (42) erfassbar sind.
  10. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 9,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Kapselhalteeinrichtung (40) innerhalb einer vertikalen Hülse (38) untergebracht ist, die die Kapsel (20) im Ruhezustand umgibt, wobei die Hülse vor der Aktivierung der Deformiereinrichtung (57) vertikal in eine Stellung bewegbar ist, in der sie die Deformiereinrichtung nicht stört.
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