EP4015405B1 - Buse de distribution d'un produit alimentaire fluide - Google Patents

Buse de distribution d'un produit alimentaire fluide Download PDF

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EP4015405B1
EP4015405B1 EP21215013.0A EP21215013A EP4015405B1 EP 4015405 B1 EP4015405 B1 EP 4015405B1 EP 21215013 A EP21215013 A EP 21215013A EP 4015405 B1 EP4015405 B1 EP 4015405B1
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Vladimir Viktorov
Carmen VISCONTE
Marco Longo
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
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  • the present invention relates to a nozzle for dispensing a flowable foodstuff product, in particular a foodstuff cream, of the type comprising: an inlet opening, an outlet opening and a duct that connects the inlet opening with the outlet opening;
  • a nozzle of the type referred to above is, for example, used for dispensing foodstuff creams in the field of industrial processes for filling containers on an industrial line.
  • a technical problem inherent in applications of this type regards the need to prevent dripping of the product step interruption of dispensing, between the end of an operation of filling of a container and start of a new operation on a new container.
  • any possible dripping of the product soils the conveying line of the containers and can thus cause, in the long run, jamming of the line, and on the other hand also soils the top edges of the containers and can thus create more or less serious problems in a subsequent step of closing of the containers.
  • the product that has dripped onto the top edges of the containers may, for example, prevent hermetic closing using sealing films of containers that are to be sealed along their top edges.
  • Such a nozzle is known, for example, from US US2004/118480 A1 .
  • the annular shape increases the capacity of the nozzle to withhold the residual mass that remains suspended in the terminal phase of the dispensing operation, this thanks to the high perimeter-to-area ratio of the cross section of the delivery mouth that is a consequence of the annular shape, and that causes increase of the surface forces acting on the product which counter the force of gravity and the force of inertia acting on the suspended mass at the end of delivery.
  • the aim of the present invention is to provide a further improved solution to solve the technical problem discussed above.
  • the present invention regards a nozzle for dispensing a flowable foodstuff product, in particular in the liquid or semi-liquid state.
  • the nozzle described herein has been obtained specifically for dispensing foodstuff creams. In any case, the nozzle described herein may be advantageously used also for other applications. The applications may regard both Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids.
  • the nozzle described herein is designed for dispensing foodstuff products on industrial production lines, for example for filling containers or else for filling products that are to be filled.
  • the nozzle described herein designated as a whole by the reference number 10, comprises a main module 20, which has an inlet opening 21, an outlet opening 22, and a duct 23 that connects the inlet opening 21 to the outlet opening 22.
  • the nozzle 10 comprises a secondary module 40, which is mounted within the duct 23 and at the outlet opening 22.
  • the module 40 may be fixed to the module 20 according to known modalities (not illustrated herein).
  • the main module 20 defines a reference axis R along which the duct 23 extends longitudinally.
  • the duct 23 has a cross section - orthogonal to the reference axis R - increasing in the direction from the inlet opening 21 to the outlet opening 22.
  • the duct 23 has an intermediate stretch 23A having a frustoconical shape, which is oriented so as to define a cross section increasing in the direction from the inlet opening 21 to the outlet opening 22.
  • the main module 20 further comprises an outer portion 24 provided for connection to a dispensing apparatus of a conventional type.
  • the portion 24 may, for example, be threaded.
  • a generic dispensing apparatus is provided with a system for supply of the product that comprises a flow-generating device, for example a pump, and at least one duct for carrying the product to a dispensing nozzle. Via the portion 24 the nozzle 10 can be connected to the aforesaid duct.
  • the main module 20 has a substantially cylindrical inner surface 25, the geometrical axis of which coincides with the reference axis R and which delimits the outlet opening 22.
  • the secondary module 40 has, in turn, an outer surface 41 that faces the inner surface 25.
  • a delivery mouth 60 that has an annular shape and extends around the reference axis R.
  • the delivery mouth 60 has a cylindrical geometry; i.e., the section of flow defined thereby does not vary along the reference axis R.
  • the delivery mouth 60 generates a flow F of product that distributes around the reference axis R according to a tubular conformation ( Figure 4 ).
  • the two modules 20, 40 can each be obtained in a single body or else through assembly of a number of components as in the embodiment illustrated.
  • the module 20 comprises an outer body 20A and an insert 20B designed to define the inner surface 25 and to fix the secondary module 40.
  • the nozzle 10 may, instead, comprise a single body having the configuration illustrated above, characterized by the inlet opening 21, the duct 23, the outlet opening 22, and the delivery mouth 60.
  • the delivery mouth 60 defines a section of flow having a width - measured in a radial direction with respect to the reference axis R - that is variable around the reference axis R so as to define, around the reference axis R, at least one first region 61 having a width L1, and at least one second region 62 having a width L2 greater than the width L1.
  • FIG. 1 and 2 identified along the development of the delivery mouth 60 around the reference axis R are four regions 61 spaced apart by as many regions 62.
  • the individual regions 61 are each delimited by the cylindrical inner surface 25 and a cylindrical portion 41A of the outer surface 41, the geometrical axis of which coincides with the reference axis R.
  • each region 62 is delimited by the inner surface 25 and by a corresponding plane portion 41B of the outer surface 41, which is parallel to the reference axis R.
  • the regions 62 hence have a variable width L2 that reaches the maximum value L2 (MAX).
  • the delivery mouth 60 has a height - measured in a direction parallel to the reference axis R - that is variable around the reference axis R in a way proportional to the width of the mouth 60 itself so as to maintain a rate of the flow that passes through the mouth 60 that is substantially constant along the entire development of the mouth around the reference axis R.
  • the regions 62 hence have a height H2 greater than the height H1 of the regions 61.
  • the plane portions 41B have a greater extension along the reference axis R than do the cylindrical portions 41A.
  • the delivery mouth 60 provides a flow F of product that presents thickened localized areas F1, in the delivery regions 62 ( Figure 4 ).
  • the present applicant has been able to note that the localized thickening of the flow of product favours maintenance by the latter of the tubular shape throughout the duration of the dispensing operation even when delivery occurs at a high speed.
  • the tubular flow in these conditions, can collapse transversely turning into an empty cone that remains in the final dispensing phase until it brings about dripping of the product.
  • the thickened areas of the flow of product increase the radial stiffness thereof, and the flow is hence able to maintain the tubular shape also in the final instants of the dispensing operation and also in the case of high-speed delivery.
  • the product that, after interruption of dispensing, remains on the nozzle thus maintains an arrangement along the delivery mouth 60, and hence surface forces act thereon that are able to withhold it, thus preventing dripping of the product.
  • the secondary module 40 has, above the outer surface 41, a conical surface 42, the geometrical axis of which coincides with the reference axis R and which faces the inlet opening 21 so as to determine, together with the inner surface 25, a section of flow decreasing towards the delivery mouth 60.
  • the conicity of the surface 42 can be selected as a function of the desired fluid-dynamic conditions for flow of the product.
  • the surface 42 may present variations of conicity so as to be radiused to the cylindrical portions 41A of the outer surface 41; in the example illustrated, the surface 42 has, in particular, bottom portions with less pronounced conicity (see the angle ⁇ ) that connect the portions 41A with height H1 to regions of the surface 42 above the height H2 of the portions 41B.
  • the configuration described above of the delivery mouth 60 may also be obtained by envisaging a reversal of characteristics between the surfaces 25 and 41 described above, i.e., by envisaging a cylindrical outer surface 41 and an inner surface 25 defined by an alternation of cylindrical portions and plane portions.
  • the regions 62 of width L2 may be delimited, instead of by plane portions, by hollow portions, thus increasing further the difference between the widths L1, L2 of the regions 61, 62.
  • the regions 62 may present a section of different shape with respect to the one illustrated, for example a circular section, an elliptical section, a rectangular section, etc.
  • the embodiment illustrated therein differs from the one described previously in that the delivery mouth 60 has an extremely reduced height H.
  • the nozzle 10 presents at the mouth 60 a concentrated pressure drop so that the rate of the flow at outlet does not vary as the width of the mouth 60 varies between the various regions 61, 62.
  • the regions 61, 62 hence all have one and the same height (the height H, as has been seen).

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  1. Buse pour distribuer un produit alimentaire fluide, en particulier une crème alimentaire,
    comprenant une ouverture d'entrée (21), une ouverture de sortie (22) et un conduit (23) qui relie l'ouverture d'entrée (21) à l'ouverture de sortie (22) ;
    dans laquelle l'ouverture de sortie (22) est délimitée par une première surface (25), la buse comprenant une deuxième surface (41) tournée vers la première surface (25),
    entre la première surface (25) et la deuxième surface (41) est définie une embouchure de délivrance (60) présentant une forme annulaire, qui s'étend autour d'un axe de référence (R) ;
    pendant le fonctionnement ladite embouchure (60) délivrant un flux de produit présentant une forme tubulaire,
    ladite buse (10) étant caractérisée en ce que ladite première surface (25) et ladite deuxième surface (41) sont façonnées de telle sorte que l'embouchure de délivrance (60) définit une section de flux, dans un plan transversal par rapport à l'axe de référence (R), qui présente une largeur (L1, L2) variable autour de l'axe de référence (R), pour définir, autour de l'axe de référence (R), au moins une première région (61) présentant une première largeur (L1) et au moins une deuxième région (62) présentant une deuxième largeur (L2) plus grande que la première largeur (L1), de manière à définir, pendant le fonctionnement, un flux de produit présentant au moins une zone localisée épaissie qui est délivré par la deuxième région (62) de l'embouchure de délivrance (60).
  2. Buse selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle les première et deuxième surfaces (25, 41) sont façonnées de telle sorte que l'embouchure de délivrance (60) présente une hauteur variable autour de l'axe de référence (R) pour maintenir, pendant le fonctionnement, un débit du produit délivré qui est constant le long de toute l'étendue de l'embouchure de délivrance (60) autour de l'axe de référence (R) .
  3. Buse selon la revendication 1 ou la revendication 2, dans laquelle les première et deuxième surfaces (25, 41) sont façonnées de sorte que la première région (61) présente une première hauteur (H1) et la deuxième région (62) présente une deuxième hauteur (H2) plus grande que la première hauteur (H1).
  4. Buse selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle les première et deuxième surfaces (25, 41) sont parallèles à l'axe de référence (R).
  5. Buse selon la revendication 1 ou la revendication 2, dans laquelle soit la première soit la deuxième surface (25) est cylindrique et son axe géométrique coïncide avec l'axe de référence (R), et dans laquelle soit la deuxième soit la première surface (41) présente au moins une première partie cylindrique (41A), dont l'axe géométrique coïncide avec l'axe de référence (R),
    entre la surface cylindrique et la première partie cylindrique est définie la première région (61) de l'embouchure de délivrance (60) ; et
    dans laquelle la deuxième ou première surface (41) présente au moins une deuxième partie qui est plane (41B) ou qui de toute façon s'écarte de la conformation cylindrique de la première partie, en direction de l'axe de référence (R), pour définir la deuxième largeur (L2) plus grande que la première largeur (L1),
    entre la surface cylindrique et la deuxième partie est définie l'au moins une deuxième région (62) de l'embouchure de délivrance (60).
  6. Buse selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, comprenant une surface conique ou tronconique (42) posée au-dessus de la deuxième surface (41), la première surface (25) et la surface conique ou tronconique (42) définissant une section de flux annulaire diminuant dans la direction à partir de l'ouverture d'entrée (21) vers l'ouverture de sortie (22).
  7. Buse selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, comprenant :
    - un module principal (20), définissant l'ouverture d'entrée (21), l'ouverture de sortie (22), et le conduit (23) qui relie l'ouverture d'entrée (21) à l'ouverture de sortie (22) ;
    - une surface intérieure (25) du module principal définissant la première surface (25) ; et
    - un deuxième module (40), monté à l'intérieur du conduit (23) et au niveau de l'ouverture de sortie (22), une surface extérieure (41) du deuxième module (40) qui est tournée vers la surface intérieure (25) du module principal (20) définissant la deuxième surface (41).
  8. Procédé pour délivrer un produit alimentaire fluide, en particulier une crème alimentaire, par le biais d'un appareil de distribution comprenant une buse (10) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, qui comporte les étapes consistant à :
    - fournir un flux de produit à la buse (10) ;
    - introduire le flux de produit à l'intérieur de la buse par l'ouverture d'entrée (21) ;
    - transporter le flux de produit à travers le conduit (23) ; et
    - par l'embouchure de délivrance (60) délivrer le flux de produit dans un agencement dans lequel le produit se répartit autour de l'axe de référence (R) selon une conformation tubulaire ;
    dans lequel l'étape de délivrance comprend :
    la définition sur le flux tubulaire (F) de produit délivré par l'embouchure de délivrance (60) d'au moins une zone localisée (F1) qui est épaissie dans une direction sensiblement radiale par rapport à l'axe de référence (R).
  9. Procédé selon la revendication 8, dans lequel l'étape de délivrance comprend la délivrance du produit par l'embouchure de délivrance (60) à une vitesse sensiblement constante le long de tout le développement de l'embouchure de délivrance (60) autour de l'axe de référence (R).
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