EP3169457B1 - Machine de traitement de récipients - Google Patents

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EP3169457B1
EP3169457B1 EP15734618.0A EP15734618A EP3169457B1 EP 3169457 B1 EP3169457 B1 EP 3169457B1 EP 15734618 A EP15734618 A EP 15734618A EP 3169457 B1 EP3169457 B1 EP 3169457B1
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Ludwig Clüsserath
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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
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    • B08B9/44—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks by using apparatus into or on to which containers, e.g. bottles, jars, cans are brought the apparatus being characterised by means for conveying or carrying containers therethrough the means being for loading or unloading the apparatus
    • 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
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  • the present invention relates to a container treatment machine for treating containers with at least one transport element having container receptacles, which is rotatably driven about an axis of rotation and with which the containers to be treated fed via a container inlet can be conveyed to treatment stations and, after treatment there, to a container outlet.
  • a cleaning device for containers such as ampoules, bottles or the like
  • the conveyor device has radially protruding tongs on a conveyor wheel, four of which are arranged on a carrier.
  • the carriers are rotatably arranged on the conveyor wheel by means of shafts, so that the containers fed in upright can be turned around a horizontal axis for spraying and blowing out.
  • the carriers are also arranged on the conveyor wheel so that they can be moved radially.
  • DE 10 2006 028266 A1 discloses a container treatment machine for treating containers with at least one transport element having container receptacles, which is rotatably driven about an axis of rotation and with which the containers to be treated fed via a container inlet can be conveyed to treatment stations and, after treatment there, to a container outlet, the container receptacles with the Pivoting the transport element between a loading position with the container opening upwards and a treatment position with the container opening downwards, the pivoting device having a pivot drive for pivoting the pivot arm.
  • the object of the invention is to develop such a generic container treatment machine in such a way that treatments of the containers in an overhead position, for example for rinsing, chemical or physical (UV light, radioactive rays, electrostatic discharge, etc.) treatment or measurement of the container interior are possible .
  • this object is achieved by a container treatment machine having the features of claim 1.
  • Advantageous further developments of the invention are the subject of the dependent claims.
  • the transport element is arranged to be pivotable about a horizontal axis together with the container receptacles by means of a pivoting device.
  • the transport element When the transport element is pivoted, its container receptacles are moved between loading positions in which the container with its container opening is moved protrude above, and pivoted to a treatment position in which they protrude with the container opening down.
  • the advantage of the device according to the invention is that the transport element enables the machine to be loaded with containers using technically simple means and many containers to be pivoted into an overhead position at the same time.
  • the transport element of the container treatment machine can be designed as a partial circular ring, that is to say preferably as a partial circular ring of a maximum of 180 °.
  • the angle of the pitch circle can also be larger.
  • This circular ring has container receptacles on its outer circumference, which are filled with containers in a loading position at the container inlet. After each filling with a container, the transport element continues to rotate by a pitch corresponding to the angular spacing of the container receptacles until all the container receptacles of the transport element are loaded.
  • the entire transport element is pivoted, preferably by an angle of 180 ° around a horizontal axis by means of a pivoting device, with the containers fed in the loading position with the container opening upwards being pivoted with the pivoting of the transport element into a treatment position in which the container opening in Essentially facing down.
  • the pivoting device can, however, be designed to rotate the transport element through a full circle of 360 degrees.
  • the transport element is preferably held rotatably on a carrier via a rotary drive, and the pivoting device contains a pivoting drive for pivoting the carrier.
  • This embodiment of the invention is very easy to implement, since it makes use of a conventional design of a transport element, which is then simply hung in a pivotable manner by means of the pivoting device.
  • Existing container handling machines can also be retrofitted with the swivel function.
  • the transport element is usually designed as a transport star which has the container receptacles on its outer circumference.
  • the Container receptacles formed on the outer circumference of the transport element recesses corresponding to the geometry of the container.
  • they can also be attached to the transport element as separate elements in the form of clamps or grippers acting on the container circumference or on the container mouth.
  • the container handling machine includes at least one guide element, e.g. a guide plate which secures the container in the container receptacles when the transport element is pivoted.
  • a guide element e.g. a guide plate which secures the container in the container receptacles when the transport element is pivoted.
  • spray nozzles are preferably arranged, which are arranged below the container mouth or can also protrude into the containers when they are pivoted into the treatment position by means of the transport element and the pivoting device. In this way, the containers can then be easily rinsed.
  • the spray nozzles can also be vertically movable so that the spray nozzles are guided vertically upwards into the containers after they have reached their treatment position.
  • the pivoting angle of the pivoting device is preferably 180 °, whereby the containers are tilted from a position with the container opening vertically upwards into a position with the container opening vertically downwards, which is very well suited for treatment.
  • the containers can be cleaned using a spray nozzle, electrostatically discharged (ionized air) or measured using an interior measuring probe.
  • the transport element is designed over a full circle and has container receptacles on its entire outer circumference at the same angular intervals (division).
  • all container receptacles can be pivoted according to the full circle, in which case the container treatment machine should preferably be designed in such a way that that the pivoting of the transport element is also accompanied by a translational movement, so that the treatment position of each container is spaced from the loading positions.
  • the transport element is held on a carrier, for example a swivel arm, which not only swivels the transport element through 180 °, but also swivels it laterally out of the entire area of the loading positions.
  • the carrier or swivel arm is preferably aligned perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the swivel device.
  • the container treatment machine In the treatment position, the container treatment machine preferably contains at least one upwardly directed spray nozzle for each container which protrudes into the container when this is upside down in the treatment position. In this way, the container treatment machine can easily be implemented as a container dishwasher.
  • the spray nozzles are preferably arranged to be vertically movable, so that they can be guided into the interior of the container over a greater length, with the result that thorough cleaning of all areas of the interior of the container is possible.
  • the spray nozzles of the treatment positions are arranged on a vertically movable manifold, in which case the spray nozzles are not moved individually but together by means of the manifold, which is technically easy to implement.
  • the distributor preferably contains a horizontally extending distributor pipe which is bent in the manner of a partial circle so that it extends under at least part of all treatment positions of the machine, preferably under all treatment positions.
  • the distributor function is combined with the structural support function of the distributor for the spray nozzles. It is also possible to provide a plurality of distributor pipes arranged next to one another with different spray media.
  • the containers can then be moved from spraying station to spraying station by means of a swiveling and / or rotating movement.
  • the transport element is preferably a transport or transfer star, which has a plurality of pocket-like and circumferentially open container receptacles on its circumference, which are provided at equal angular distances from one another with respect to the axis of rotation.
  • the transfer stars can, however, also be equipped with grippers or clamps for receiving the container, which makes pocket-like container receptacles unnecessary.
  • the transport or transfer star does not have to cover a complete circle of 360 °, but can also only contain a partial circle of more or less than 180 °, e.g. in a training as a partial circular ring, which simplifies the implementation of the pivoting movement.
  • the container treatment machine preferably contains at least one conveying device for the supply and removal of the containers, at least one part of the conveying device located under the transport element being pivotably arranged.
  • the conveying device can be swiveled out of the way during the swiveling process of the transport element, so that they do not hinder their movement.
  • This then also makes it possible to position two or more independently rotatable or pivotable transport elements on a pivot axis, which requires a pivot range of 360 °.
  • the pivotable part of the conveyor device is preferably arranged to be pivotable downwards, in which way a free space is created under the transport element without requiring additional space at the side.
  • the pivoting of this part of the conveyor device can preferably be synchronized with the pivoting of the transport element by means of the pivot device, which can preferably be implemented via a control of the container handling machine and / or a control of the filling system.
  • the invention relates in the same way to a filling system with a container treatment machine according to one of the preceding embodiments.
  • the filling system also contains at least one conveying device and a filling device for the containers.
  • the containers can be formed by different types of containers, such as bottles, PET bottles or glass bottles, cans, kegs or party cans, to name just a few.
  • FIG. 10 shows a perspective view of a container treatment machine 10, which has a frame 12 with a stand 14. At the upper end of the frame, a swivel device 16 is held with a swivel drive 18 which rotates a swivel shaft 20.
  • a rotary drive 22, which drives a transport star 24, is arranged in the center of the pivot shaft 20.
  • the transport star 24 comprises partial circular rings 25 which are connected to one another via vertical bolts 27, which partial circular rings 25 have container receptacles 28 on the outer circumference and are connected via radial spokes 26 to a hub 29 which is driven by the rotary drive (see FIG Fig. 2 ).
  • holding arms 30 are also connected, which have a guide plate 32, which holds the containers 36 entering via a container inlet 34 in loading positions in which the containers 36 after the complete loading of the transport star with their container opening 38 oriented upwards in the container receptacles 28 are arranged.
  • the machine 10 also has a container outlet 40, to which the containers 36 are transferred after treatment in the treatment machine.
  • the container inlet 34 and the container outlet 40 are formed by a conveying device 42.
  • the transport star 24 covers a pitch circle of slightly less than 180 °, and after it has been fully loaded it has seven loading positions, that is to say it can accommodate seven containers for simultaneous treatment.
  • the pivoting device 16 When the pivoting device 16 is actuated, the rotary drive 22 and thus the transport star 24 via the hub 29 is moved from the in Fig. 1 in the loading position shown in Fig. 2 pivoted treatment position shown.
  • the containers 38 in the treatment positions pivot over a distributor 44, which is formed by a horizontally extending partially circularly curved distributor pipe 46 which is held on a pipe feed 48.
  • the distributor pipe 46 is optionally held vertically movable via the pipe feed 48.
  • the manifold 46 contains, for example, seven vertically upwardly directed spray nozzles 50 corresponding to the seven treatment positions of the fully loaded machine 10, as shown in FIG Fig. 2 is shown.
  • Containers 36 are fed to container receptacles 28 of transport star 24 via container inlet 34.
  • the transport star 24 is formed over a pitch circle of approximately less than 180 ° and has seven container receptacles 28 on its outer circumference, which correspond to the seven loading positions after the transport star 24 has been completely loaded.
  • the containers 36 are fed to these container receptacles 28, the containers being fixed during the feed and in their loading position between the container receptacles 28 of the transport star 24 and an outside guide plate 32, so that the containers 36 do not during the subsequent pivoting process by actuating the pivoting device 16 fall from their container receptacles 28.
  • the swivel shaft 20 and the entire transport star 24 rotate together with the container receptacles 28 and the guide plate 32, the containers being tilted into an overhead position laterally next to the conveying device 42.
  • the container openings 38 of the container 36 come to lie above the spray nozzles 50 of the distributor pipe 46.
  • the treatment position shown can be designed in this way be that the container opening 38 protrudes over the spray nozzles 50, with which the spray nozzles protrude into the container interior or the distributor pipe 46 can be moved vertically upwards by means of the feed pipe 48, in which case the spray nozzles 50 are vertically inserted into the container 36 after the Container in the in Fig. 2 treatment position shown have been pivoted.
  • the containers 36 can be cleaned and / or measured or prepared in some other way for a subsequent filling, for example provided with a disinfectant, fungicide or another chemical substance.
  • the Fig. 3 and 4th show a further embodiment of a treatment machine 60 according to the invention Fig. 1 and 2 Identical elements or elements with the same function are provided with identical reference symbols.
  • the treatment machine 60 from the Fig. 3 and 4th differs from the container treatment machine 10 Fig. 1 and 2 in that the transport star 62 is designed as a full circle.
  • the transport star 62 thus consists of a carrier ring 64 on the outer circumference of which the container receptacles 28 are formed at equal angular intervals.
  • the carrier ring 64 has eight container receptacles 28, which are preferably designed as circular recesses corresponding to the outer contour of the container 36.
  • the containers 36 are held by a guide plate 32 held on the pivot shaft 20 with support arms 30, so that the containers cannot slide out of the container receptacles 28 during the pivoting process.
  • the support arms 30 can also be actuated via a separate second pivot device. Then a guide plate 32 closed as a full circle can be placed over the transport star 62 after all the container receptacles 28 have been loaded.
  • the support arms 30 are for the guide plate 32 preferably arranged transversely to the pivot shaft 20 of the pivot device 16.
  • the rotary drive 22 for the transport star 62 is arranged on a carrier in the form of a swivel arm 66, which is preferably arranged transversely to the swivel shaft 20 and is connected to it.
  • the container 36 which is located in the loading position 68 closest to the swivel shaft 20, is also transferred with the swiveling of the swivel arm 66 by means of the swivel device 16 into treatment positions which are clearly spaced from the loading positions and in which the containers are arranged via spray nozzles 50 are.
  • a base element 70 is connected to the guide plate 32, which ensures that when the transport star 62 is being loaded, the containers 36 with their container bases can slide over from one division to the next and the containers 36 move from the in Fig. 3 in the loading positions shown in Fig. 4 securely holds the treatment positions shown.
  • FIGS. 5a and 5b show a side view of a part of a filling system 80 for containers with preferably liquid contents, which a container treatment machine 10, 60 of Figs. 1 to 4 contains, with the difference that two separate conveying devices instead of one conveying device 42 are provided there.
  • the container inlet 34 is in the embodiment of Figures 5a and b realized by a first conveyor device 82, which has a conveyor belt 83 which is guided between two end rollers 84, 86, wherein at least one of the two end rollers 84, 86 is driven.
  • the first conveying device 82 also contains a deflection roller 88 and a counter roller 90, the pivot axis of the pivot lever 92 being coaxial with the deflection roller 88 and the second end roller 86 being held pivotably thereto.
  • the container outlet 40 is formed in the same way as the conveyor inlet 34 by a second conveyor device 94, which has two end rollers 84, 86, a pivot lever 92 held on the deflection roller 88 and a counter roller 90.
  • Figure 5a shows the position of the first and second conveyors 82,94 when loading the container treatment machine 10, 60.
  • the part 96 of the first and second conveyor devices 82, 94 located under the container treatment machine 10, 60 is folded down, as shown in FIG Figure 5b you can see.
  • the pivot levers 92 are pivoted downwards by means of a second pivoting device not described further, as a result of which the conveyor belts 83 are folded away downwards via the deflection roller 88 and the counter roller 90.
  • the pivoting process of the pivoting device of the treatment machine can take place in such a way that it protrudes into the conveying plane of the two conveying devices 82, 94.
  • This embodiment enables a pivoting process of the pivoting device 16 of 360 ° and more and better access to the container treatment machine 10, 60 from below.
  • Fig. 6 shows a container treatment machine 100 which has a rotary drive 102 held on a stand 101, on which a transport star 104 in the form of a pitch circle with four container receptacles 28 is held.
  • the pivoting device 106 is here arranged on a head holder 110 at the upper end of the rotary / lifting rod 108, which is rotatably driven by the rotary drive 102.
  • the swivel device 106 contains a swivel drive 111, for example a servomotor, which drives a swivel shaft 112 in a rotatable manner.
  • the pivot shaft 112 is connected to the transport star 104 via the carrier 114 designed as a pivot arm. In this way, the transport star 104 can be pivoted through 180 degrees by means of the pivoting device.
  • the container treatment machine 100 has a container inlet 34 and a container outlet 40.
  • Figure 6b shows the pivoting of the transport star 104 by means of the pivoting device 106 between the loading position of the containers 36 (dashed line) and the treatment position (solid line).
  • Figure 6c shows the partially circular configuration of the transport element 104 and its pivoting direction about the pivot shaft 112, as it is in particular from Figure 6b can be seen.
  • additional guides can be provided in a manner not shown, which hold the containers in the container receptacles 28 during the pivoting process.
  • the containers 36 are made of metal, they can also be held in the transport element 104 by magnetic holders, so that no additional guides are required there.
  • the container 36 is arranged with its container opening 38 downwards vertically above corresponding spray nozzles 50, which can optionally be moved vertically upwards into the container 36.
  • FIG. 7 a container treatment machine 120, which has a pivoting device 124 on a support frame 122 with three pivoting arms 126 which are preferably identical to one another and offset by 120 °.
  • the pivot device 124 can rotate the three pivot arms 126 through a full circle of 360 degrees.
  • Each pivot arm 126 has a rotary drive 22, which in each case carries a transport star 24 formed over a pitch circle.
  • Each swivel arm 126 also has a support arm 30 which holds the receptacles 36 in the receptacle receptacles 28 of the transport stars 24 while they are being transferred into or in the processing positions during treatment.
  • the treatment machine 120 has three processing positions, which are designated with 1, 2 and 3.
  • a filling device 128 is arranged above the first horizontal treatment position 1, which is designed as a filling position, which can be moved up and down in the plane of the drawing according to the double arrow, so that its filling nozzles can be arranged above or in the container openings.
  • the containers 36 are fed to the treatment position 1 of the container treatment machine 120 via a conveying device 42 and are transferred into the container receptacles 28 while the transport star 24 is rotating.
  • the pivot arms 126 are then rotated from the treatment position 1 into the treatment position 2 by means of the pivot device 124.
  • the treatment position 2 is rotated according to a horizontal axis of rotation (perpendicular to the plane of the drawing) by 120 degrees with respect to the horizontal treatment position 1, so the containers 36 are in a slightly overhead position.
  • a spray device 130 is arranged with spray nozzles 50 which are movable relative to the containers 36 located in treatment position 2 in such a way that the spray nozzles 50 are directed into the container interior.
  • the containers are treated with a treatment agent, e.g. treated with a disinfectant or a fungicide.
  • treatment position 2 The entire path from treatment position 2 to treatment position 3 is intended as a draining path in order to remove from the containers as much as possible of the treatment agent injected into the containers 36 by means of the spray device 130.
  • a gas injection device could optionally also be arranged in order to remove residues of the spray agent.
  • the swivel arm 126 of the swivel device 124 continues to rotate so that it runs back into the treatment position 1 in which the containers 36 pretreated in the treatment positions 2 and 3 can now be filled by means of the filling device 128.
  • the advantage of this embodiment is that, due to the three pivot arms 126, the cycle time for the treatment in treatment positions 1, 2 and 3 can be significantly shortened.
  • a constant, continuous full circle rotation of the swivel device 124 with short stops at the treatment positions leads to a more fluid overall movement than a swivel device in which the containers e.g. be swiveled 180 degrees back and forth.
  • pivoting movement of the pivoting device 16, 106 takes place in alternating pivoting directions, so that the pivoting angle of the pivoting device 16, 106 does not go beyond 360 °, which simplifies the transmission of media, control signals and operating energy, since this procedure there is no need for a rotary transmitter or rotary feedthrough.
  • the pivoting device also executes pivot angles that go beyond 360 °. The advantage of this procedure is that the times for the pivoting movements can be shortened in certain applications.
  • this formulation also includes several, also different, treatment media.
  • the spray nozzles 50 are designed to be vertically movable. According to the invention it is also provided that the spray nozzles 50 are additionally or alternatively designed to be horizontally movable. The same applies to the distributor 44.
  • nozzles for the treatment medium are arranged exclusively with the correct pitch at the treatment stations provided.
  • a container can also be treated on the way from one treatment station to the next, for example with a spray or cleaning medium.
  • Spray nozzles can also be arranged on the circumference of the transport star 24, which enables the containers to be treated externally.
  • the container receptacles are designed as pocket-like container receptacles that are open on the periphery, but this is not mandatory. According to the invention it is also provided that the container receptacles are designed as holding, gripping or clamp systems which hold the container on the container bottom and / or on the container body and / or on the container mouth and / or below the container mouth.

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  1. Machine de traitement de contenants pour traiter des contenants (36) avec au moins un élément de transport (24 ; 62 ; 104) présentant des logements de contenant (28), lequel est entraîné de manière à pouvoir tourner autour d'un axe de rotation et avec lequel les contenants à traiter amenés par l'intermédiaire d'une entrée de contenants (34) peuvent être convoyés vers des postes de traitement et, après un traitement à cet endroit, vers une sortie de contenants (40), dans laquelle l'élément de transport est disposé de manière à pouvoir pivoter autour d'un axe horizontal conjointement avec les logements de contenant au moyen d'un dispositif de pivotement (16 ; 106), dans laquelle les logements de contenant (28) peuvent être pivotés avec le pivotement de l'élément de transport (24) entre une position de chargement avec une ouverture de contenant (38) vers le haut et une position de traitement avec l'ouverture de contenant vers le bas et dans laquelle le dispositif de pivotement (16, 106) présente un entraînement de pivotement (18 ; 111) pour faire pivoter un bras de pivotement (20 ; 66 ; 114), dans laquelle l'élément de transport (24 ; 104) est maintenu au niveau du bras de pivotement (20 ; 66 ; 114) de manière à pouvoir tourner par l'intermédiaire d'un entraînement en rotation (22 ; 102).
  2. Machine de traitement de contenants selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que l'angle de pivotement du dispositif de pivotement (16 ; 106) va de 60° à 360° ou est supérieur à 360°.
  3. Machine de traitement de contenants selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisée en ce que l'élément de transport (24; 62; 104) présente les logements de contenant (28) sur un arc de cercle de 120° à 360° ou de 0° à 360°.
  4. Machine de traitement de contenants selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce qu'elle présente dans la position de traitement de chaque contenant (36) au moins une buse de pulvérisation (50) dirigée vers le haut, qui est dirigée à l'intérieur du contenant (36) quand celui-ci se trouve dans la position de traitement.
  5. Machine de traitement de contenants selon la revendication 4, caractérisée en ce que les buses de pulvérisation (50) sont disposées de manière mobile verticalement et/ou horizontalement.
  6. Machine de traitement de contenants selon la revendication 4 ou 5, caractérisée en ce que les buses de pulvérisation (50) sont disposées au niveau d'un distributeur (44) mobile verticalement et/ou horizontalement.
  7. Machine de traitement de contenants selon la revendication 6, dans laquelle le distributeur (44) contient au moins un tube de distributeur (46) s'étendant de manière horizontale, lequel est cintré à la manière d'un arc de cercle de sorte qu'il s'étend sous au moins une partie de toutes les positions de traitement de la machine (10 ; 60 ; 100).
  8. Machine de traitement de contenants selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que l'élément de transport est une étoile de transport ou de transfert (24 ; 104), qui présente au niveau de sa périphérie un ou plusieurs logements de contenant (28), de préférence un ou plusieurs logements de contenant (28) de type compartiment et ouverts côté périphérie, qui sont disposés à des distances angulaires identiques les uns des autres par rapport à l'axe de rotation de l'élément de transport.
  9. Machine de traitement de contenants selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce qu'elle présente un dispositif de convoyage (82, 94, 96) pour l'amenée et l'évacuation des contenants, et qu'au moins une partie (96), se trouvant sous l'élément de transport, du dispositif de convoyage est disposée de manière à pouvoir pivoter.
  10. Machine de traitement de contenants selon la revendication 9, où la partie (96) du dispositif de convoyage (82, 94, 96) est disposée de manière à pouvoir pivoter vers le bas.
  11. Machine de traitement de contenants selon la revendication 9 ou 10, caractérisée en ce que le pivotement de la partie (96) du dispositif de convoyage (82, 94, 96) peut être synchronisé avec le pivotement de l'élément de transport (24 ; 62) au moyen du dispositif de pivotement (16).
  12. Machine de traitement de contenants selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce qu'elle présente un élément de guidage (32) pour maintenir les contenants (36) au cours de l'opération de pivotement dans les logements de contenant (28).
  13. Installation de remplissage pour des contenants avec un produit de remplissage liquide contenant au moins une machine de traitement de contenants (10; 60; 80; 100) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes et au moins un dispositif de remplissage pour remplir les contenants avec le produit de remplissage.
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