EP3595999B1 - Capsuleuse - Google Patents

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EP3595999B1
EP3595999B1 EP18702249.6A EP18702249A EP3595999B1 EP 3595999 B1 EP3595999 B1 EP 3595999B1 EP 18702249 A EP18702249 A EP 18702249A EP 3595999 B1 EP3595999 B1 EP 3595999B1
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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
    • B67B3/00—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps
    • B67B3/28—Mechanisms for causing relative movement between bottle or jar and capping head

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  • the present invention relates to a rotary type capping machine for capping containers such as bottles or the like with crown caps.
  • Treatment machines for containers are typically used, for example, to equip the container in question with a label (labeling machine), to clean the container (cleaning machine), to fill it (filling machine) or to provide it with a closure, for example a screw cap or crown cap (sealing machine), of course other types of treatment machines are also possible and conceivable.
  • labeling machine labeling machine
  • cleaning machine cleaning machine
  • filling machine fill it
  • closure for example a screw cap or crown cap (sealing machine
  • a sealing machine of rotary design is known in which, among other things, the stationary central column is designed without elements for mechanical power transmission.
  • the central column can accommodate lines for kinetic energy and/or for control information and/or fluids present in electrical or optical form. As a result, a simple and cost-effective construction is realized.
  • capping machines are typically located in close proximity to preceding filling machines.
  • the capping machine in question is arranged, for example, on a front table of the filling machine in question.
  • An independent design of the capping machine is also conceivable.
  • the capping machine must be included For example, conveyor belts are connected to the preceding filling machine or subsequent system components.
  • the containers to be closed are typically equipped with a screw cap or a crown cap and the closed containers are then transported away.
  • the containers or bottles are usually transported in and out with the help of two transfer elements, on the one hand for the infeed and on the other hand for the removal of the respective container.
  • the relevant transfer element can be a conveyor belt or also a transport star or transfer star.
  • crown caps and screw cappers differ essentially in that the screw units are replaced by deformation units, which deform the crown caps during the closing process in such a way that they seal the containers airtight.
  • crown caps have a central height adjustment, which allows the capping machine to be adapted to different container heights, i. H. Container formats to adapt. This is necessary in order to always be able to transport the containers at the same height through the entire filling plant, regardless of their respective container format.
  • the height of the capping machine is adjusted manually when the container format is changed, i.e. by hand, by opening a clamp attached to an outer support column with screws and then closing it again after the capping machine has been adjusted in height to the new container format.
  • the outer support column is necessary in order to absorb the closing forces generated during the closing process.
  • the DE 2147 770 discloses a capping machine according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a capping machine of a rotating type for capping containers such as bottles or the like with crown caps, which has a height adjustment that is structurally simplified compared to the prior art while at the same time dispensing with the external support column allows.
  • a capping machine is designed according to the features of patent claim 1.
  • the dependent claims relate to particularly advantageous embodiment variants of the invention.
  • the essential aspect of the invention is to be seen in the provision of a capping machine of rotary design for capping containers such as bottles or the like with crown caps, with a stationary central column extending along a vertical central axis of the capping machine, on which at least one motor-driven rotary rotor with several stamping devices that can be lowered and lifted and below the gyroscope a carrier ring that can be driven by a motor and has several container carriers are arranged, with the relative distance between the gyroscope and the carrier ring being adjustable along the vertical central axis of the sealing machine by moving the gyroscope and/or the carrier ring along the central column is, in which several container closing positions are formed between the gyroscope and the carrier ring, each with at least one closing device, with a closing device in its respective closing liableposition has at least one stamping device arranged on the gyroscope for applying a closing force to a corresponding crown cap of the container held standing on the associated container carrier, with the stationary central
  • a central idea of the invention is that, apart from the central column and the elements carried by it, no further supporting column or supporting structure is provided in the rotating closing machine.
  • carrier ring is to be understood very generally as a carrying element for the circulating and standing transport of containers, ie also a plate, wheel or star shape or the like.
  • the at least one controlled clamping device can particularly advantageously have a clamping position and/or a release position.
  • the at least one clamping device can have at least one annular clamping section that forms at least one elastically deformable contact section with which the clamping device clamps in its clamping position on the outer lateral surface of the central column.
  • the at least one clamping device has at least a first and a second clamping section with a corresponding first and second system section. Further advantageously, the first and second clamping sections can be provided spaced apart from one another along the central axis.
  • first and second clamping section can each have an annular fluid channel which opens fluid-tight into a common supply channel, wherein the common supply channel in turn can in turn be associated with a valve device.
  • the clamping device ideally has a metal contact surface that forms a wall of the hydraulic line at least in sections and can be elastically deformed by the selected internal/fluid pressure in order to realize clamping on the central column.
  • the pressures to be provided are in the range from 60 to 100 bar.
  • a clamping device to be operated with a pneumatic system, which, however, is generally not provided for safety reasons because of the high pressures required.
  • the permanent sliding properties can be improved in all systems if a piston guide band is arranged around the central column at least in the system section, which is designed, for example, as a Teflon sliding band, made of the compound PTFE-carbon or PTFE-bronze, although other materials are also possible.
  • the at least one clamping device can also preferably be arranged fixedly on an underside of a top plate.
  • the closing machine will have at least one clamping device, which has at least one ring-shaped clamping section or one clamping section with a positive-locking contour.
  • the form-fitting contour can be, for example, a polygon, for example with a quadrilateral or hexagonal cross-sectional area or contour.
  • the clamping section has at least one elastically deformable system section which the clamping device can be clamped in its clamping position on the outer surface of the central column.
  • the closing machine has at least one lifting and lowering device, by means of which the distance between the gyroscope and the carrier ring along the central column can be adjusted.
  • the lifting and lowering device can preferably be fixedly arranged on an upper side of the top plate. However, this fixed arrangement can also take place in a purely form-fitting manner via suitable centering points and centering feet.
  • the lifting and lowering device can preferably be designed as a spindle drive device.
  • a hydraulic device with a suitable position control can also be provided.
  • substantially in the context of the invention means deviations from the exact value by +/-10%, preferably by +/-5% and/or deviations in the form of changes that are insignificant for the function.
  • the capping machine denoted generally by 1 in the figures is of a rotary design for capping containers 2 such as bottles or the like with a crown cap 3, which is also referred to as a crown cap.
  • a filling machine for filling the container 2 with a liquid filling material is usually provided in close proximity to such a closing machine 1 in the transport direction TR.
  • the containers 2 then filled by means of the filling machine are conveyed to the closing machine 1 via transport devices, for example conveyor belts, and are transferred here on the input side to the actual closing machine 1 by transfer elements, for example an infeed star wheel, which are also not shown in detail.
  • transfer elements for example an infeed star wheel
  • the sealing machine 1 has a stationary central column 4 that extends along a vertical central axis MA, on which at least one motorized rotary drive 5 with a plurality of stamping devices 6 and below the rotary motor 5 a motorized rotary drive ring 7 with a plurality of container carriers 8 are arranged.
  • the two motor drives of the gyroscope 5 and the carrier ring 7 are synchronized via a controller.
  • the revolving rotors 5 and 7 can be driven jointly and synchronously by a common motor and via suitable power transmission units.
  • the central column 4 is arranged, for example, on a machine base 9, in particular firmly connected to it, the machine base 9 making contact with the hall floor on the side opposite the central column 4 and thus being designed as a base.
  • the scope of the present invention is not left if the central column 4 is fastened directly or indirectly to the hall floor or a base frame or a housing.
  • the central column 4 can be made of a metallic material, for example a stainless Cr or CrNi steel, and be tubular.
  • the central column 4 can be made of a solid material or can also be hollow on the inside.
  • the central column 4 can have several central column sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, which can differ in their respective outer diameters.
  • the Central column 4 has a first central column section 4.1, which is firmly connected to the machine base 9 with its first free end face, while the second central column section 4.2 adjoins the first central column section 4.1 directly adjacent to and in contact with the free end face opposite the first side.
  • the third central column section 4.3 is provided in a contact-locking manner on it or firmly connected to it.
  • the central column 4 with its, for example, three central column sections 4.1 . . . 4.3 can be designed in one piece or in several parts. However, the individual central column sections 4.1...4.3 are always firmly connected to one another.
  • the outer diameter of the first central column section 4.1 can preferably be set larger than that of the second central column section 4.2, and this in turn larger than that of the third central column section 4.3, so that the central column 4 has a stepped structure with regard to the respective external diameter.
  • the gyroscope 5 is located on the stationary central column 4 , which is mounted circumferentially thereon and is designed to be driven by a motor and thereby rotates relative to the stationary central column 4 .
  • the gyroscope 5 is not arranged directly, but indirectly on the support column 4, since a controlled clamping device 10 is arranged between the gyroscope 5 and the central column 4, the functioning of which will be explained in more detail below.
  • the controlled clamping device 10 is located in the in figure 1 shown embodiment variant in its clamping position KP, in which it clamps the stationary central column 4 in a non-positive manner, ie in particular does not rotate with the gyroscope 5 .
  • the gyroscope 5 On the outer circumference of the clamping device 10 enclosing the central column 4 in a sleeve-like clamping manner, the gyroscope 5 is mounted circumferentially thereon, which ultimately rotates relative to the stationary central column 4 and the clamping device 10 provided for clamping in its clamping position KP.
  • the gyroscope 5 is arranged on the clamping device 10 in such a way that the gyroscope 5 can rotate in a horizontal plane around the clamping device 10, but in a Vertical displacement of the clamping device 10 along the central axis 4 moves with the clamping device 10, so is moved vertically with.
  • a top plate 11 can be fastened to the clamping device 10 , for example screwed on, to the free end face of the sleeve-shaped clamping device 10 facing away from the carrier ring 7 .
  • the top plate 11 is designed to accommodate at least one first drive motor 12, which is fastened, for example, to an upper side 11.1 of the top plate 11.
  • the first drive motor 12 is set up to initiate the rotary movement on the gyroscope 5 and is designed, for example, as a servo or synchronous motor.
  • a servo or synchronous motor is understood to mean any type of drive motor that can be operated in a controlled manner, with the angle of rotation, direction of rotation, angular velocity and torque of the drive motor being specified individually or in any combination by a control device, e.g Actual values are determined by sensors, compared with the target values and any deviations are corrected by automatic countermeasures.
  • the first drive motor 12 acts on the gyroscope 5 on the peripheral side.
  • the gyroscope 5 has an extension 13 that at least partially encloses the central column 4 in a cylindrical manner.
  • the gyroscope 5 or in particular its extension 13 is equipped on the head side with external teeth 14, in which a pinion 15 on an output shaft of the first drive motor 12 engages.
  • the extension 13 creates a frictional connection between the external teeth 14 and the actual gyroscope 5 .
  • Internal teeth or similar solutions can also be used in an analogous manner, not shown.
  • the first drive motor 12 is in this in figure 1 illustrated embodiment of the invention at the top 11.1 of the head plate 11 at the upper end of the central column 4 connected.
  • the head plate 11 connected to it via the clamping device 10 is also the same during the operation of the closing machine 1, in particular in the clamping position KP Clamping device 10, formed stationary.
  • the same also applies to the first drive motor 12 attached to the head plate 11. Rotations of the drive shaft of the first drive motor 12 are transmitted via the pinion 15 to the external toothing 14 and from here via the extension 13 to the gyroscope 5, so that the gyroscope 5 is opposite to the stationary central column 4 rotates.
  • the first drive motor 12 can also act on the outer circumference of the gyroscope 5 via a roller, a rubber roller, etc. and cause the gyroscope 5 to rotate, although this is not shown in detail in the figures.
  • a plurality of container closing positions BP are formed between the rotor 5 and the carrier ring 7.
  • Each of the several closing devices 17 in its respective container closing position BP comprises at least one lowering and lifting movable stamping device 6 arranged on the rotor 5 for applying a closing force to a corresponding crown cap 3 of the container 2 standing on the associated container carrier 8, which in particular is the pressing force is trained.
  • the stationary central column 4 is provided for absorbing a compensating force directed against the closing force.
  • the stationary central column 4 is provided for absorbing a compensating force directed against the closing force.
  • a fixed cam 16 of the closing machine 1 and a lowering range define an angular range in which the pressing and the closing take place.
  • the load on the cam 16 is therefore always in the same local or angular range and a permanent tilting moment is introduced into the central column 4 .
  • the clamping device 10 reliably prevents deflection in this angular range and in the respective, format-dependent height of the central column 4, with the clamping device 10 being supported by a lifting and lowering device 30.
  • the lifting and lowering device 30 in the present case comprises, for example, a spindle column 31 and a spindle drive 32, and is ideally mounted without play via two corresponding nuts and can be driven off.
  • At least the control cam 16 is fixedly arranged on an underside 11.2 of the head plate 11, along which rollers arranged, for example, on the respective stamping device 6 roll on both sides and are therefore positively guided in their height position, so that ultimately a lifting and lowering movement of the respective stamping device 6 can be generated.
  • the carrier ring 7, which is also arranged below the gyroscope 5 on the central column 4 and is mounted all around it, can be supported, for example, on a support ring 19, which is formed by the transition from the first to the second central column section 4.1, 4.2, in particular by their different outer diameters.
  • the carrier ring 7 can have external teeth 20 on its underside 7.1, which is in toothed engagement with a pinion 21.1 of a drive shaft of a second drive motor 21.
  • the second drive motor 21 can preferably be fixedly arranged on the machine base 9, for example screwed to it, and can also be designed as a servo or synchronous motor.
  • the relative distance between the gyroscope 5 and the carrier ring 7 along the vertical central axis MA can be adjusted by displacing the gyroscope 5 relative to the carrier ring 7 along the central column 4 .
  • the closing device 1 can have the motor-controlled lifting and lowering device 30, by means of which the distance of the gyroscope 5 relative to the carrier ring 7 along the central column 4 can be changed, ie adjusted. This can be realized within the scope of the present invention by shifting the gyroscope 5 and/or the carrier ring 7 along the central column 4 .
  • FIG. 1 It shows the embodiment of figure 1 a variant embodiment in which the gyroscope 5 is slidable along the central column 4, while the supporting crown 7 is provided in a fixed horizontal plane. Consequently, at least the controlled clamping device 10 is provided between the gyroscope 5 and the central column 4 and/or the support ring 7 and the central column 4, by means of which the gyroscope 5 and/or the support ring 7 in at least two different distances controlled on the central column 4 can be fixed, in particular fixed.
  • the variant of the figure 1 shows an embodiment of the invention in which a clamping device 10 is provided only between the gyroscope 5 and the central column 4 .
  • an in figure 1 not shown provide further, so additional, clamping device 10 between the support ring 7 and the central column 4, so arranged, be.
  • the first and the second central column section 4.1, 4.2 have the identical or approximately identical outside diameter.
  • the clamping device 10 can therefore preferably enclose the central column 4 in a cylindrical manner, that is to say it can be designed in the form of a sleeve.
  • the clamping device 10 particularly advantageously extends coaxially with the central axis MA along the longitudinal extension of the central column 4.
  • the clamping device 10 preferably extends in its longitudinal extent along the central column 4 from the underside 11.2 of the top plate 11 - which is attached to the free end face of the clamping device 10 - to beyond the horizontal plane spanned by the gyroscope 5 downwards. In other words, the clamping device 10 preferably protrudes beyond the underside of the gyroscope 5 in the direction of the carrier ring 7.
  • the clamping device 10 has at least one annular clamping section 10.1, 10.2.
  • the clamping device 10 preferably has a first and a second annular clamping section 10.1, 10.2, the first clamping section 10.1 being provided at a distance from the second clamping section 10.2 along the central axis MA.
  • the clamping sections 10.1, 10.2 each comprise or form a system section 10.11, 10.21 which, in the clamping position KP, shown in figure 3 , clamped to the outer lateral surface of the central column 4, while the respective system section 10.11, 10.21 is in a release position FP, shown in figure 2 , from the outer lateral surface of the central column 4 is free, so is spaced radially from this.
  • the respective system section 10.11, 10.21 of the corresponding clamping section 10.1, 10.2 is made of an elastic material, for example a membrane, and is elastically deformable.
  • the at least one ring-shaped clamping section 10.1, 10.2 has an inside diameter that is a few, preferably 1/100 to 10/100 millimeters larger than the outside diameter of the central column 4 in the central column section 4.1 - 4.3 in which the clamping device 10 is provided; So in the embodiment shown figure 1 of the third central column section 4.3.
  • a piston guide band 35 is arranged in order to improve the sliding properties.
  • the clamping device 10 is designed such that it can be controlled and/or regulated, for example via the central machine control of the closing machine 1 .
  • the clamping device 10 is designed so that it can be controlled and regulated hydraulically.
  • Each clamping section 10.1, 10.2 advantageously has an annular fluid channel 10.12, 10.22, which are connected to one another in a fluid-tight manner via a common supply channel 10.3.
  • the annular fluid channels 10.12, 10.22 are provided circumferentially in the area of the respective system section 10.11, 10.21 in the associated clamping section 10.1, 10.2, and can be acted upon by a fluid, in particular a hydraulic fluid, via the common supply channel 10.3.
  • a first fluid channel 10.12 is assigned to the first clamping section 10.1 and a second fluid channel 10.22 to the second clamping section 10.2.
  • the system sections 10.11, 10.21 each form the radially inner wall of the associated fluid channel 10.12, 10.22 and is made of a metallic material, such as Cr or CrNi steel other clamping section.
  • the supply channel 10.3 can have a valve device 10.4, which is designed, for example, as a fluid pressure valve and simultaneous connection of a pressure supply, not shown in detail.
  • the clamping device 10 can are acted upon in a controlled and/or regulated manner by means of the fluid and are thus ultimately operated in their clamping position KP and/or release position FP.
  • the clamping device 10 is designed to form a suitable clamping pressure on the central column 4 in its system sections 10.11, 10.21 in the clamping position KP when it is acted upon by an appropriately incompressible fluid of 70 to 100 bar. If a compressible gas such as compressed air is used, a suitable pressure intensifier is advantageously used.
  • the figure 1 shows a variant in which the gyroscope 5 and all of the components arranged thereon, such as in particular the multiple stamping device 6, the head plate 11, the control cam 16 arranged on the head plate 11 and the clamping device 10 arranged between the gyroscope 5 and the central column 4, by means of the stroke - And lowering device 30 along the central column 4 are designed to be displaceable, thereby ultimately adjusting the distance between the gyroscope 5 and the carrier ring 7.
  • the clamping device 10 is in its release position FP during the displacement, i.e. the change in the relative distance between the gyroscope 5 and the carrier ring 7, in which it is free with its respective system sections 10.11, 10.21 from the outer lateral surface of the central column 4 comes (shown in figure 2 ).
  • the lifting and lowering device 30 is preferably provided on the upper side 11.1 of the head plate 11, in particular arranged firmly on it.
  • the lifting and lowering device 30 can be designed as a spindle drive device and have the coiled spindle column 31 and the spindle drive 32 .
  • the spindle column 31 can be attached to the upper free end face of the central column 4 and can extend along the central axis MA, which is extended upwards. In particular, the spindle column 31 can be screwed to the central column 4 .
  • the spindle drive 32 can preferably be designed as a hollow shaft motor drive that drives an internal nut that is in rotational engagement with the Spindle column 31 is stationary and converts it into a lifting and/or lowering movement of the lifting and lowering device 30 with a corresponding rotary movement of the nut in cooperation with the spindle column 31 .
  • the lifting and lowering device 30 has a frame 33 which is firmly attached to the upper side 11.1 of the top plate 11 and to the spindle drive 31, which forms a type of spindle carriage.
  • a piston guide strip is arranged on the circumference of the central column 4 in the respective contact sections 10.11, 10.21, which is designed here as a Teflon sliding strip.
  • the respective plant sections 10.11. 10.21 two or more piston guide bands made of the same or different materials can also be arranged.
  • the dimensions are as follows in the figure 4 dimensioned in order to realize a flexible expansion of the metallic contact sections 10.11, 10.21 at an internal hydraulic pressure of approx. 80 bar.
  • the inner diameter D i of the clamping device 10 is 104 mm
  • the inner channel height D K is 40 mm
  • the wall thickness D W of the metal contact sections 10.11, 10.21 is approximately 4.5 mm.
  • FIG 5 shows a section of the second clamping section 10.2, which is designed as a conical clamping ring and can be clamped by means of at least two hydraulic cylinders 34.
  • a support ring 36.1 is arranged around the central column 4, on which one end of the hydraulically drivable cylinder 34 is mounted.
  • the free end of the working piston of the cylinder 34 is at a flange 37 a opposite conical sleeve 36.2 attached.
  • a conical clamping ring 36.3 is arranged between the support ring 36.1 and the conical sleeve 36.2, which rests with the system section 10.21 on the surface of the central column 4 in a non-positive manner.
  • a possibly provided piston guide band 35 is not shown.
  • the conical sleeve 36.2 is only shown with one end. The other end can be constructed analogously and interact with another support ring and corresponding cylinders. In a simple embodiment, the end of the conical sleeve 36.2, which is not shown, is attached directly to a head plate.
  • the displaceable support ring 36.1 advantageously has a slide ring 38, or such a slide ring 38 is provided on the central column 4 in the region of the support ring 36.1.
  • a very simple mechanical embodiment is in the figure 6 shown.
  • the central column 4 is enclosed by means of a clamping ring 45 .
  • the clamping ring 45 has at least a partial length of a first closure section 45.1 and a slightly spaced, opposite second closure section 45.2.
  • the closure element 46 has a turning knob 47 and is accommodated, for example, in bores of the closure sections 45.1, 45.2, one end of the closure element 46 having a threaded section 48 which is screwed into a corresponding nut thread of the second closure section 45.2.
  • the closure sections 45.1, 45.2 are brought closer together and the clamping ring 45 is clamped around the central column 4.
  • a possibly provided piston guide band 35 in the area of the clamping ring 45 is not shown.
  • the carrier ring 7 it is of course also possible within the scope of the present invention to design the carrier ring 7 to be movable along the central column 4 relative to the rotor 5 with a lifting and lowering device 30 as described above.

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  1. Capsuleuse (1) de construction circonférentielle pour fermer des contenants (2) tels que des bouteilles ou similaires avec des bouchons couronnes (3), avec une colonne centrale (4) stationnaire s'étendant le long d'un axe central (MA) vertical de la capsuleuse (1), sur laquelle sont disposées au moins une toupie (5), pouvant être entraînée en rotation par un moteur, avec plusieurs dispositifs de poinçonnage (6) mobiles par abaissement et par levage ainsi qu'une couronne porteuse (7), pouvant être entraînée en rotation par un moteur, avec plusieurs porte-contenants (8), disposée sous la toupie (5), dans laquelle l'espacement relatif entre la toupie (5) et la couronne porteuse (7) peut être réglé le long de l'axe central (MA) vertical de la capsuleuse (1) par le coulissement de la toupie (5) et/ou de la couronne porteuse (7) le long de la colonne centrale (4),
    où plusieurs positions de fermeture de contenants (BP) avec respectivement au moins un système de fermeture (17) sont réalisées entre la toupie (5) et la couronne porteuse (7),
    dans laquelle un système de fermeture (17) présente, dans sa position de fermeture de contenants (BP) respective, respectivement au moins un dispositif de poinçonnage (6) disposé sur la toupie (5) destiné à soumettre à l'action d'une force de fermeture un bouchon couronne (3) correspondant du contenant (2) reçu à la verticale sur le porte-contenants (8) associé,
    dans laquelle la colonne centrale (4) stationnaire est prévue pour absorber une force de compensation dirigée à l'opposé de la force de fermeture,
    et où est prévu, entre la toupie (5) et la colonne centrale (4) et/ou entre la couronne porteuse (7) et la colonne centrale (4), au moins un dispositif de serrage (10), au moyen duquel la toupie (5) et/ou la couronne porteuse (7) peuvent être fixées sur la colonne centrale (4) à au moins deux espacements différents,
    caractérisée en ce que
    l'au moins un dispositif de serrage (10) présente une position de serrage (KP) et une position de desserrage (FP).
  2. Capsuleuse selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que l'au moins un dispositif de serrage (10) présente au moins
    - une section de serrage (10.1, 10.2) annulaire ou une section de serrage avec un contour à complémentarité de forme, tel qu'un polygone, qui réalise au moins une section d'appui (10.11, 10.21) élastiquement déformable, par laquelle le dispositif de serrage (10) effectue le serrage, dans sa position de serrage (KP), sur la surface enveloppante extérieure de la colonne centrale (4).
  3. Capsuleuse selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que l'au moins un dispositif de serrage (10) présente au moins une première ainsi qu'une autre deuxième section de serrage (10.1, 10.2) avec une première et une deuxième section d'appui (10.11, 10.21) correspondantes.
  4. Capsuleuse selon la revendication 3,
    caractérisée en ce que la première et l'autre deuxième section de serrage (10.1, 10.2) sont prévues de manière espacée l'une par rapport à l'autre le long de l'axe central (MA).
  5. Capsuleuse selon l'une quelconque des revendications 3 ou 4, caractérisée en ce qu'au moins une des sections de serrage (10.1, 10.2) présente respectivement au moins un canal de fluide (10.12, 10.22) périphérique de forme annulaire, qui débouche de manière étanche aux fluides dans au moins un canal d'alimentation (10.3).
  6. Capsuleuse selon la revendication 5,
    caractérisée en ce que les sections d'appui (10.11, 10.21) forment au moins par endroits la paroi radialement intérieure du canal de fluide (10.12, 10.22) associé et sont formées à partir d'un matériau métallique.
  7. Capsuleuse selon la revendication 6, caractérisée en ce que la section d'appui (10.11, 10.21) est formée à partir d'un acier au Cr ou d'un acier au CrNi, idéalement est formée à partir du même matériau métallique que l'autre section de serrage (10.1, 10.2).
  8. Capsuleuse selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que l'au moins un dispositif de serrage (10) est réalisé de manière hydraulique.
  9. Capsuleuse selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes 1 à 7,
    caractérisée en ce que l'au moins un dispositif de serrage (10) est réalisé de manière pneumatique ou de manière mécanique.
  10. Capsuleuse selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que l'au moins un dispositif de serrage (10) est réalisé de manière à pouvoir être commandé et/ou régulé.
  11. Capsuleuse selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que l'au moins un dispositif de serrage (10) est disposé de manière solidaire sur un côté inférieur (11.2) d'une plaque de tête (11).
  12. Capsuleuse selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée par au moins un système de levage et d'abaissement (30), au moyen duquel l'espacement de la toupie (5) par rapport à la couronne porteuse (7) peut être réglé le long de la colonne centrale (4).
  13. Capsuleuse selon les revendications 11 et 12,
    caractérisée en ce que
    le système de levage et d'abaissement (30) est disposé de manière solidaire sur un côté supérieur (11.1) de la plaque de tête (11).
  14. Capsuleuse selon la revendication 12 ou 13,
    caractérisée en ce que
    le système de levage et d'abaissement (30) est réalisé en tant que système d'entraînement de broche ou en tant que système hydraulique avec une régulation de la position.
  15. Capsuleuse selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce qu'en dehors de la colonne centrale (4) et des éléments supportés par celle-ci, aucune autre colonne porteuse ou structure porteuse n'est prévue, sur laquelle
    une came de commande (16) est directement ou indirectement disposée et/ou sur laquelle les forces de fermeture agissant sur une came de commande (16) peuvent être transférées lors du fonctionnement conforme à l'usage prévu.
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