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EP2851334B1
EP2851334B1 EP13185244.4A EP13185244A EP2851334B1 EP 2851334 B1 EP2851334 B1 EP 2851334B1 EP 13185244 A EP13185244 A EP 13185244A EP 2851334 B1 EP2851334 B1 EP 2851334B1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D25/00—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled
    • F25D25/04—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled by conveyors
    • 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
    • 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
    • B67C7/00—Concurrent cleaning, filling, and closing of bottles; Processes or devices for at least two of these operations
    • B67C7/0006—Conveying; Synchronising
    • B67C7/002—General lay-out of bottle-handling machines
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D23/00—General constructional features
    • F25D23/02—Doors; Covers
    • F25D23/028—Details
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D23/00—General constructional features
    • F25D23/06—Walls
    • F25D23/062—Walls defining a cabinet
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D23/00—General constructional features
    • F25D23/06—Walls
    • F25D23/065—Details
    • F25D23/068—Arrangements for circulating fluids through the insulating material
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D23/00—General constructional features
    • F25D23/08—Parts formed wholly or mainly of plastics materials
    • F25D23/082—Strips
    • F25D23/085—Breaking strips
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D23/00—General constructional features
    • F25D23/08—Parts formed wholly or mainly of plastics materials
    • F25D23/082—Strips
    • F25D23/087—Sealing strips
    • 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
    • B67C2003/226—Additional process steps or apparatuses related to filling with hot liquids, e.g. after-treatment
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D19/00—Arrangement or mounting of refrigeration units with respect to devices or objects to be refrigerated, e.g. infrared detectors
    • F25D19/006—Thermal coupling structure or interface
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2201/00—Insulation
    • F25D2201/10—Insulation with respect to heat
    • F25D2201/14—Insulation with respect to heat using subatmospheric pressure
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2331/00—Details or arrangements of other cooling or freezing apparatus not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • F25D2331/80—Type of cooled receptacles
    • F25D2331/803—Bottles

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  • the present invention relates to a container handling apparatus, more specifically to an apparatus for cooling filled and closed containers, such as for example plastic bottles, and for transforming them into the desired configuration.
  • the containers of the above-mentioned type after having been filled with hot - for example at about 85°C - pourable products or liquids, are first subjected to a capping operation and then cooled so as to return to a room temperature.
  • the heated air present in the top portion ("head space") of the container expands causing a stress tending to produce a general swelling of the container at the side wall and at the base wall.
  • vacuum panels In order to contain the depressive stresses generated during the cooling of the product within the containers without generating undesired deformations of the containers, they are typically provided, at the side wall, with a series of vertical panels, known as “vacuum panels". These panels, in the presence of depressive stresses, are deformed inwardly of the container allowing it to resist to the hot fill process without generating undesired deformations in other areas of the container.
  • the known containers intended to be subjected to a hot fill process can also have an optimised lower portion or base adapted to be deformed upwards under the action of the depressive stresses.
  • Patent application WO2006/068511 shows a container having a deformable base, which can have two different configurations: a first unstable configuration, in which this base has a central area projecting downwards with respect to the outermost annular area immediately adjacent thereto, and a second stable configuration, in which the central area is retracted inwardly of the container, i.e. is arranged in a higher position with respect to the adjacent annular area.
  • the base of the container has the first unstable configuration and must be supported by a special cup element to which it is coupled. Thereby, the downward deformation of the base of the container can be maximised without compromising the stable support of the container, since such a support is provided by the cup element.
  • the containers are transferred, through a plurality of conveyors, to a deforming or inverting station, in which the base can be displaced by an external action, for example a vertical thrust upwards performed by a rod or plunger, in the second stable configuration with the subsequent possibility of removing the cup element.
  • the displacement of the base of the container from the first to the second configuration determines a considerable reduction of the containment volume of the container, much higher than would be obtained in the known containers simply by the deformation of the base by the effect of the sole depressive stresses; the final effect is therefore substantially the cancellation of the depressive stresses acting on the inside of the container.
  • a new type of bottle has been recently developed, which defines a planar resting surface even in the first configuration of its base.
  • this new type of bottle has a peripheral annular area defining the planar resting surface ensuring a stable support, and a central recessed area that, in both first and second configuration, does not project downwards beyond the peripheral annular area.
  • This kind of bottle does not need the use of the special cup elements mentioned above, but can be transported by planar support elements or conventional conveyors.
  • containers leaving the cooling station have non-well defined or random geometries, which further vary due to subsequent lowering of the temperature to the room temperature. This makes difficult their transportation to the deformation station, requiring sophisticated conveying systems; even using the bottles having a planar resting surfaces in both first and second configurations, non-symmetrical deformations of the bases thereof may produce undesired inclinations of such bottles, with consequent difficulties in conveying and accumulating them.
  • WO2005/12091 discloses a container handling apparatus as defined in the preamble of claim 1.
  • numeral 1 indicates as a whole a handling apparatus for performing a plurality of operations on containers, in particular plastic bottles 2, so as to transform them in a final configuration, in which they are filled with a pourable product, such as a non-carbonated liquid product, closed with respective caps 3 and labelled with respective labels 4.
  • a pourable product such as a non-carbonated liquid product
  • apparatus 1 comprises:
  • each bottle 2 has a longitudinal axis A, a base 12 and a neck 13 defining an opening (not visible) for pouring the product contained in bottle 2.
  • base 12 has an annular area 15 having axis A, radially external and defining an annular resting surface of relative bottle 2, and a central recessed area 16, surrounded by annular area 15 and arranged normally higher along axis A with respect to annular area 15 in a vertical position of bottle 2, i.e. with neck 13 placed above base 12; in other words, central area 16 is arranged at a distance from neck 13 along axis A smaller than the distance, along the same axis, between neck 13 and annular area 15.
  • Base 12 is deformable and can have two different configurations, shown in Figures 3 and 4 .
  • first configuration Figure 3
  • second configuration Figure 4
  • central area 16 is instead retracted inwardly of relative bottle 2 with respect to the first configuration, i.e. central area 16 is arranged at a smaller distance along axis A from neck 13 with respect to the first configuration.
  • bottles 2 have, in the second configuration of base 12, a containing volume smaller than that in the first configuration.
  • Bottles 2 are fed to filling machine 5 in an open condition and in a vertical position, i.e. with bases 12 arranged below respective necks 13.
  • each bottle 2 After being filled with the pourable product at filling machine 5 and closed with a relative cap 3 at capping machine 6, each bottle 2 is fed in the vertical position to cooling station 7, in which its temperature is lowered to a given value close.
  • the cooled bottles 2 are fed to the deforming station 8 with their bases 12 in the first configurations, i.e. deformed and swollen downwards, and within the bottles 2 there are depressive stresses which tend to displace the bases 12 towards the second configuration.
  • base 12 of each bottle 2 is deformed into the second configuration so as to reduce its containment volume and cancel the depressive stresses acting on the inside of the bottle 2.
  • Bottles 2 are then released from deforming station 8 in the second configuration, which corresponds to the desired final configuration, in which application of labels 4 can be performed.
  • cooling station 7 basically comprises a cooling tunnel 17 and transportation means 18 for advancing bottles 2 inside the cooling tunnel 17. More specifically, cooling tunnel 17 has an inlet portion 19 for receiving a plurality of filled and closed bottles 2 from capping machine 6 and an outlet portion 20 for releasing a plurality of cooled bottles 2.
  • Deforming station 8 is arranged at outlet portion 20 of cooling tunnel 17 so that bottles 2 are transferred from cooling tunnel 17 to deforming station 8 without any intermediate conveyor located therebetween.
  • Deforming station 8 is partially housed inside outlet portion 20 of cooling tunnel 17.
  • deforming station 8 may be completely housed inside outlet portion 20 of cooling tunnel 17 or even integrated into outlet portion 20.
  • deforming station 8 may be arranged externally adjacent to outlet portion 20 of cooling tunnel 17.
  • transportation means 18 basically comprise:
  • conveyor 21 advances bottles 2 along a first direction B from inlet portion 19 towards outlet portion 20 of cooling tunnel 17, whilst sequencing assembly 22 moves bottles 2 orthogonally to direction B.
  • conveyor 21 is of belt- or chain-type and comprises an endless transport element 23 moved continuously along a closed loop path and having a work portion 24, parallel to direction B, and a return portion (not shown).
  • Transport element 23 is wound in a known manner around respective pulleys (known per se and not shown), at least one of which is powered.
  • work portion 24 defines a horizontal transport plane 25 for receiving bottles 2 in random positions and multiple rows and for transferring them parallel to direction B.
  • Sequencing assembly 22 comprises a linear conveyor 26, which defines a plurality of bottle receiving seats 27, aligned along a direction C orthogonal to direction A, and is arranged immediately downstream of conveyor 21; in this way, bottles 2 are continuously transferred from transport plane 25 to receiving seats 27 of conveyor 24.
  • conveyor 26 advances bottles 2, arranged in receiving seats 27, along direction C from a side wall 28 of cooling tunnel 17 to an opposite side wall 29 of the same cooling tunnel 17.
  • Conveyor 26 is of belt- or chain-type and comprises an endless transport element 30 moved continuously along a closed loop path and having a horizontal work portion 31, coplanar with work portion 24 of conveyor 21, and a return portion (not shown).
  • Transport element 30 is wound in a known manner around respective pulleys (known per se and not shown), at least one of which is powered.
  • Transport element 30 is provided with a plurality of equally spaced, protruding paddles 32, which extend parallel to direction B and define respective receiving seats 27 for bottles 2 coming from conveyor 21.
  • Sequencing assembly 22 comprises a further linear conveyor 33, which is arranged in a position adjacent and parallel to conveyor 26 for advancing bottles 2 coming from conveyor 26 along a direction D, opposite to direction C, from side wall 29 of cooling tunnel 17 to deforming station 8. More specifically, conveyor 33 is arranged on opposite side of conveyor 26 with respect to conveyor 21.
  • conveyor 33 is of belt- or chain-type and comprises an endless transport element 34 moved continuously along a closed loop path and having a horizontal work portion 35, coplanar with work portion 31 of conveyor 26, and a return portion (not shown).
  • Transport element 34 is wound in a known manner around respective pulleys (known per se and not shown), at least one of which is powered.
  • Sequencing assembly 22 further comprises an actuator element 51 located adjacent to side wall 29 of cooling tunnel 17 and acting parallel to direction B for displacing each bottle 2 from conveyor 26 to conveyor 33.
  • Sequencing assembly 22 finally comprises a stop and release device 36 for feeding bottles 2 to deforming station 8 at given time intervals.
  • stop and release device 36 comprises interacting means 37 periodically acting on bottles 2 advanced by conveyor 33 so as to stop them at a given point along direction D and release one of them at a time after a given time interval; in practice, stop and release device 36 generates a given spacing between each bottle 2 and the following one corresponding to the spacing at which bottles 2 are received by deforming station 8.
  • stop and release device 36 comprises a wheel 38 arranged on a side of work portion 35 of conveyor 33 and having a plurality of equally spaced interacting portions 39 periodically protruding above work portion 35 for cooperating with bottles 2 and stopping them.
  • deforming station 8 basically comprises a carousel 40 mounted to rotate about a vertical central axis E orthogonal to directions B, C and D.
  • Carousel 40 receives a sequence of bottles 2 in the first configuration by conveyor 33, which cooperates with carousel 40 at a first transfer section 41, and releases a sequence of bottles 2 in the second configuration to an outlet conveyor 10, which cooperates with carousel 40 at a second transfer section 42.
  • Carousel 40 comprises a plurality of operative units 43 (only one of which shown in detail in Figures 3 and 4 ), which are uniformly distributed about axis E and are mounted at a peripheral portion of carousel 40.
  • Operative units 43 are displaced by carousel 40 along a circular processing path P which extends about axis E and through transfer sections 41 and 42.
  • operative units 43 are fixed to a horizontal rotating table 44 of carousel 40, have respective axes F parallel to axis E and orthogonal to path P, and extend coaxially through respective through-holes 45 of rotating table 44 and on both sides thereof.
  • Each operative unit 43 is adapted to receive a relative bottle 2 in a vertical position, i.e. having its axis A coaxial to relative axis F with neck 13 placed above base 12, and to retain this bottle 2 in the above said position along path P from transfer section 41 to transfer section 42.
  • operative unit 43 basically comprises, above rotating table 44, a support plate 46 fixed to the rotating table 44 and adapted to define a horizontal support for base 12 of a relative bottle 2.
  • support plate 46 extends orthogonally to axis F and has, on top, a horizontal resting surface 47 for supporting base 12 of relative bottle 2.
  • annular area 15 is the only part of bottle 2 contacting resting surface 47, being central area 16 retracted along axis A with respect to annular area 15 in both first and second configuration of base 12.
  • each bottle 2 when housed on relative operative unit 43, is also locked on top by a retaining member 48 cooperating with cap 3 of bottle 2.
  • Support plate 46 has a through opening 49 coaxial to axis F, and operative unit 43 also comprises a plunger 50, borne by rotating table 44 of carousel 40 on the opposite side of support plate 46 with respect to bottle 2, which is selectively displaceable along axis F, with respect to support plate 46, to act, through opening 49, on base 12 of relative bottle 2 and deform it from the first to the second configuration.
  • plunger 50 is selectively displaceable between a first resting position, in which it is spaced from base 12 of bottle 2 borne by support plate 46, and a second operative position, in which it engages opening 49 of support plate 46 and cooperates with base 12 of bottle 2 to deform it from the first to the second configuration.
  • plunger 50 is axially actuated by a fluidic actuator (known per se and not shown), for example of pneumatic type, carried by rotating table 44.
  • a fluidic actuator for example of pneumatic type
  • plunger 50 may be coupled to, or be defined, by a linear motion mobile member or may be driven by an electric motor coupled with a worm screw.
  • Bottles 2 exiting from carousel 40 of deformation station 8 are then transferred, by one or more conveyors 10, to labelling machine 9 for application of labels 4.
  • operative units 43 of carousel 40 may be incorporated in labelling machine 9, and this modified labelling and deforming machine may be advantageously arranged at outlet portion 20 of cooling tunnel 17 so that bottles 2 are transferred from cooling tunnel 17 to said modified machine without any intermediate conveyor located therebetween.
  • bottles 2 are filled on filling machine 5 with a hot pourable product, for example a liquid food product at about 85°C.
  • a hot pourable product for example a liquid food product at about 85°C.
  • empty bottles 2 are fed to filling machine 5 by an inlet conveyor 10, in the case shown a star conveyor, and after being filled, exit filling machine 5 through an outlet conveyor 10, also of the star type. From here bottles 2 reach capping machine 6, where they are closed with respective caps 3.
  • bottles 2 are fed to cooling station 7 where the product contained therein is taken to the desired temperature. During this step, depressive stresses are generated within bottles 2 and tend to shrink them.
  • bottles 2 are advanced and sequenced inside cooling tunnel 17 by conveyors 21, 26 and 33 and are fed at appropriate time intervals to deformation station 8 by stop and release device 36.
  • Bottles 2 are directly transferred to carousel 40 of deformation station 8 by conveyor 33 within outlet portion 20 of cooling tunnel 17. In particular, bottles 2 reach in a sequence the different operative units 43 of carousel 40 of deformation station 8.
  • Each bottle 2 is transferred to deforming station 8 with its base 12 in the first configuration. It may be noted, also in the above said first deformed configuration, that central area 16 of base 12 does not project downwards beyond adjacent annular area 15; thereby, annular area 15 always ensures a stable support for relative bottle 2.
  • Bottles 2 are arranged resting on support plate 46 of a relative operating unit 43. Bottles 2 are fed to deforming station 8 in a vertical position, with axes A thereof parallel to central axis E and coaxial to axes F of respective operating units 43.
  • respective plungers 50 are activated to bring relative bases 12 from the first to the second configuration and thus cancel the depressive stresses acting within bottles 2.
  • bottles 2 After this operation, bottles 2 have well-defined geometries and therefore can be easily transferred to labelling machine 9 and to subsequent operating machines by using standard conveyors.
  • the integration or location of the deforming station 8 into outlet portion 20 of cooling tunnel 17 permits to simplify transportation of bottles 2 from cooling station 7 to subsequent stations or machines, such as deforming station 8 and labelling machine 9.
  • the new arrangement allows to limit the need for bottles 2 to be accumulated and to reduce the number and extension of conveyors 10 used in the apparatus 1.
  • the new solution permits to reduce footprint and complexity of the apparatus 1 with respect to known apparatus.

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  1. Appareil (1) de manipulation de containers comprenant :
    - une unité de refroidissement (7) possédant une entrée (19) pour recevoir une pluralité de containers (2) remplis et fermés, un canal de refroidissement (17), une sortie (20) pour relâcher une pluralité de containers (2) refroidis et un moyen de transport (18) pour faire avancer lesdits containers (2) dans ledit canal de refroidissement (17) ; et
    - une unité de déformation (8) pour déformer une base (12) de chaque container (2) vers l'intérieur du container (2) de sorte à réduite son volume intérieur, ladite unité de déformation (8) comprenant un carrousel à containers (40) comportant une pluralité d'unités de réception (43) pour des containers (2) respectifs, chaque unité de réception (43) comprenant un plongeur (50) mobile transversalement par rapport à la base (12) du container (2) à déformer ;
    Caractérisé en ce que l'unité de déformation (8) est agencée à la sortie (20) de ladite unité de refroidissement (7) et est au moins partiellement logée à l'intérieur de ladite sortie (20) de ladite unité de refroidissement (7), de sorte que les containers (2) sont transférés de ladite unité de refroidissement (7) vers ladite unité de déformation (8) sans qu'un convoyeur intermédiaire ne soit placé entre les deux unités, l'opération de déformation étant commencée alors que l'opération de refroidissement est en cours d'achèvement.
  2. Appareil selon la revendication 1, dans lequel les moyens de transport (18) comprennent :
    - un premier moyen de transport (21) recevant lesdits containers (2) à ladite entrée (19) et faisant avancer les containers (2) vers ladite sortie (20) ; et
    - un deuxième moyen de transport (26, 33) recevant lesdits containers (2) depuis ledit premier moyen de transport (21) et étant configuré pour positionner lesdits containers (2) dans un ordre donné pour les amener vers ladite unité de déformation (8).
  3. Appareil selon la revendication 2, dans lequel ledit premier moyen de transport (21) définit une première direction d'avancement (B) desdits containers (2), et dans lequel le deuxième moyen de transport (26, 33) définit au moins une deuxième direction d'avancement (C, D) desdits containers (2) transverse par rapport à ladite première direction d'avancement (B).
  4. Appareil selon la revendication 3, dans lequel le premier moyen de transport comprend un premier convoyeur linéaire (21) définissant un plan de transport (25) pour transférer lesdits containers (2) aléatoirement parallèlement à ladite première direction d'avancement (B), dans lequel ledit deuxième moyen de transport comprend un deuxième convoyeur linéaire (26) définissant une pluralité d'emplacements de réception (27) pour containers alignés selon ladite deuxième direction d'avancement (C).
  5. Appareil selon la revendication 4, dans lequel ledit deuxième moyen de transport comprend un troisième convoyeur linéaire (33) adjacent et parallèle audit deuxième convoyeur (26), recevant lesdits containers (2) depuis ledit deuxième convoyeur (26) et les amenant vers ladite unité de déformation (8) le long de la troisième direction d'avancement (D) opposée à ladite deuxième direction d'avancement (C) ; ledit appareil (1) comprenant en outre un dispositif (36) d'arrêt et de relargage, pour créer un espacement donné entre chaque container (2) et le container suivant correspondant à l'espacement permettant aux containers (2) d'être reçus par ladite unité de déformation (8).
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