EP4108627A1 - Appareil pour emballer un produit coulant - Google Patents

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EP4108627A1
EP4108627A1 EP22167792.5A EP22167792A EP4108627A1 EP 4108627 A1 EP4108627 A1 EP 4108627A1 EP 22167792 A EP22167792 A EP 22167792A EP 4108627 A1 EP4108627 A1 EP 4108627A1
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Filippo DAZZI
Alessandro Fusaro
Michele Soncini
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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
    • B67C7/00—Concurrent cleaning, filling, and closing of bottles; Processes or devices for at least two of these operations
    • B67C7/0073—Sterilising, aseptic filling and closing
    • 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
    • B67C3/007—Applications of control, warning or safety devices in filling machinery
    • 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
    • B67C2003/228—Aseptic features

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  • the present invention relates to apparatus for packaging a pourable product, preferably a pourable food product.
  • the present invention will refer, without loss of generality, to an apparatus for filling containers, for example plastic or glass bottles, with a pourable product, preferably a pourable food product.
  • Apparatuses are known for packaging pourable products, preferably a pourable food product such as, for example, water, wine, milk, beer, fruit juices, yoghurt, emulsions, sport drinks, tea, granular products like sugar or salt, or powder products like cocoa or ground coffee.
  • a pourable food product such as, for example, water, wine, milk, beer, fruit juices, yoghurt, emulsions, sport drinks, tea, granular products like sugar or salt, or powder products like cocoa or ground coffee.
  • apparatuses configured to fill containers such as bottles, jars or similar with a predetermined quantity of pourable product and subsequently seal them by applying respective stoppers or caps.
  • a packaging apparatus of the above-mentioned type comprises at least a packaging unit for packaging the pourable product; in particular, a typical apparatus comprises:
  • the apparatuses of the above-mentioned type further comprise an isolation chamber housing, at least partially, the filling unit and the capping unit and configured to contain therein a controlled atmosphere, so that the filling and capping units can operate in sterile and/or aseptic conditions.
  • the isolation chamber therefore defines a sterile and/or aseptic environment of the packaging apparatus, necessary to guarantee the above-mentioned operating conditions.
  • working fluids such as, for example, pressurization or flushing fluids used in or in correlation with the container filling process, like carbon dioxide, nitrogen, air or other gases, or washing or rinsing or sterilization fluids such as, for example, water.
  • Said working fluids must necessarily be sterile and/or aseptic, so as to guarantee the above-mentioned operating conditions.
  • sampling devices which generally comprise a filter on which an initially sterile culture medium is arranged configured to support and host one or more microbiological cultures.
  • each filter is positioned inside the isolation chamber, in sterile conditions, in order to be lapped (crossed) by the working fluid/s to be tested.
  • the filter is removed and analysed to determine the degree of sterility/asepticity of the working fluid.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for packaging a pourable product, which is highly dependable and has a limited cost, and meets at least some of the needs specified above connected with the apparatuses of a known type.
  • the number 1 indicates overall an apparatus for packaging a pourable product, preferably a pourable food product such as, for example, water, wine, milk, beer, fruit juices, yoghurt, emulsions, sport drinks, tea, granular products like sugar or salt, or powdered products like cocoa or coffee.
  • a pourable food product such as, for example, water, wine, milk, beer, fruit juices, yoghurt, emulsions, sport drinks, tea, granular products like sugar or salt, or powdered products like cocoa or coffee.
  • the present invention will refer, without loss of generality, to an apparatus 1 for filling containers 2, for example plastic or glass bottles, small bottles, jars and similar, with a predetermined quantity of pourable product.
  • the apparatus 1 comprises at least one filling machine 3 (known per se and not described in detail) which receives, in use, the containers 2 to be filled from a feeding device 4 thereof and configured to fill said containers 2 with the pourable product.
  • the filling machine 3 is configured to fill containers 2 with the pourable product.
  • the apparatus 1 further comprises a capping machine 5 (known per se and not described in detail) which receives, in use, the containers 2 filled by the filling machine 3.
  • the capping machine 5 is configured to apply a cap to each single container 2 and to feed said filled and closed containers 2 to an outlet conveyor 6.
  • the containers 2 are fed to the outlet conveyor 6 to be conveyed towards any subsequent labelling, packaging and storage operations.
  • the apparatus 1 may not comprise the capping machine 5.
  • the apparatus 1 comprises a first housing 7.
  • the first housing 7 delimits therein an isolation chamber 8.
  • the isolation chamber 8 is configured to contain a controlled atmosphere in a sterile and/or aseptic condition.
  • the apparatus 1 is configured so that the isolation chamber 8 contains said controlled atmosphere.
  • the first housing 7 houses the filling machine 3 and, where provided, the capping machine 5.
  • the filling machine 3 is housed in the isolation chamber 8.
  • the capping machine 5 is housed in the isolation chamber 8.
  • the isolation chamber 8 contains the controlled atmosphere and, therefore, defines a sterile and/or aseptic production area P.
  • the production area P houses the filling machine 3 and if necessary, the capping machine 5. Therefore, the isolation chamber 8 defines a sterile and/or aseptic environment of the apparatus 1. In this way, the filling machine 3 and the capping machine 5 can operate in sterile and/or aseptic conditions, to guarantee the above-mentioned standards.
  • the housing 7 comprises a delimitation wall 7a which surrounds, separates and seals the isolation chamber 8, and therefore the filling machine 3 and if necessary, the capping machine 5, from the external environment.
  • the apparatus 1 comprises at least a feeding unit 10 configured to feed a sterile and/or aseptic barrier gas, preferably sterile air, into the isolation chamber 8.
  • a sterile and/or aseptic barrier gas preferably sterile air
  • Said feeding of the barrier gas is functional to maintaining the condition of sterility and/or asepticity of the controlled atmosphere of the isolation chamber 8. Said feeding therefore serves to protect said controlled atmosphere of the isolation chamber 8.
  • the barrier gas could be fed so as to also generate an overpressure condition in the controlled atmosphere of the isolation chamber 8.
  • the feeding unit 10 is preferably fixed to the wall 7a of the housing 7 and includes known filtering and forced ventilation means to convey the sterile barrier gas into the chamber 8 and, therefore, to the production area P.
  • the feeding unit 10 comprises a HEPA or ULPA filter configured to filter air coming from the external environment, sterilize it and/or make it aseptic, and feed it into the isolation chamber 8.
  • a HEPA or ULPA filter configured to filter air coming from the external environment, sterilize it and/or make it aseptic, and feed it into the isolation chamber 8.
  • the isolation chamber 8 Since the isolation chamber 8 is sealed, it is configured to operate in conditions of overpressure with respect to the external environment.
  • the apparatus 1 comprises a fluidic circuit 11.
  • the fluidic circuit is configured to feed at least a working fluid into the isolation chamber 8 and, more in particular, into the filling machine 3.
  • a pressurization or flushing fluid which is used in, or in correlation with, the filling process of the containers 2 such as, for example, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, air or other gases, is indicated as "working fluid".
  • Said working fluid could be a fluid for rinsing at least a part of each container, for example sterile water.
  • said working fluid could be for example sterile air.
  • the working fluid is fed in a sterile and/or aseptic condition.
  • the circuit 11 comprises two main conduits or ducts 11a configured to feed two working fluids into the isolation chamber 8, more precisely to the filling machine 3.
  • Said working fluids must necessarily be sterile and/or aseptic, so as to guarantee the above-mentioned operating conditions.
  • the apparatus 1 comprises a second housing 12.
  • the second housing 12 delimits therein a test chamber 13.
  • the test chamber 13 is operatively separated from the isolation chamber 8.
  • the test chamber 13 is configured to contain a controlled atmosphere in a sterile and/or aseptic condition.
  • the apparatus 1 is configured so that the test chamber 13 contains said controlled atmosphere of the test chamber 13.
  • the test chamber 13 contains the controlled atmosphere and, therefore, defines a sterile and/or aseptic test area T.
  • the isolation chamber 8 is external to the test chamber 13 and the circuit 11 comprises at least a branch 11b, in the example described two branches 11b extending from the respective main ducts 11a to the test chamber 13 to convey therein the relative working fluids, so as to allow sampling of the latter inside the test chamber 13.
  • each branch 11b is configured to convey the relative working fluid into the test area T, to allow sampling of said working fluid inside the test area T and externally of the production area P.
  • each branch 11b comprises a terminal 14 arranged in the test area T (and therefore positioned in fluidic terms externally of the production area P).
  • the terminal 14 is configured to receive in coupling a test or sampling device 15.
  • the coupling between the test or sampling device 15 and the terminal 14 is functional to allow sampling of the respective working fluid inside the test area T, and externally of the production area P.
  • a user can couple the test or sampling device 15 to the terminal 14 during production, without accessing the production area P, and therefore without having to re-sterilize the production area P. Having to re-sterilize the production area P would require the user to halt production, with consequent loss of productivity.
  • sampling of the working fluid for the purposes of a working fluid sterility test can be carried out during production, avoiding any loss of productivity.
  • productivity of an apparatus 1 for packaging a pourable product in aseptic conditions is increased, said apparatus being configured to allow a user to sample the working fluid for the purposes of testing the sterility of the working fluid.
  • the first housing 7 contains the second housing 12. In this way the test chamber 13 is defined and/or delimited at least partly also by the first housing 7, so that the apparatus 1 can be more compact. In this case the first housing 7 defines an outer casing of the apparatus 1.
  • the second housing 12 comprises an opening 16 which arranges the test chamber 13 in fluidic communication with the isolation chamber 8, or the test area T with the production area P, to determine a flow of the barrier gas from the isolation chamber 8 to the test chamber 13, and therefore from the production area P to the test area T, thus also protecting the controlled atmosphere of the test chamber 13.
  • the first housing 7 can contain the second housing 12, thus obtaining a more compact apparatus, and the barrier gas can be used to protect both the isolation chamber 8 and the test chamber 13. Furthermore, the branch 11b can in this way branch off from the main duct 11a in a position closer to the isolation chamber 8.
  • Said barrier gas flow from the isolation chamber 8 to the test chamber 13 can be unidirectional.
  • a barrier gas flow is established through the opening 16, from the isolation chamber 8 to the test chamber 13.
  • the second housing 12 and the first housing 7 have in common a common wall 12a.
  • the common wall 12a allows access to the test chamber 13 from the external environment.
  • the common wall 12a is operatively interposed between the test chamber 13 and the external environment.
  • the wall 12a comprises a door or bulkhead 17 for access by the operator to the test chamber 13.
  • the architecture of the apparatus 1 is compact and simplified. Furthermore, since the bulkhead 17 is positioned in the wall 12a, which faces the external environment, the test chamber 13 can be easily accessed independently from the isolation chamber 8. In other words, to access the test chamber 13, a user does not have to pass through the isolation chamber 8.
  • At least one glove configured to extend inside the test chamber 13 is fixed in a fluid-tight manner to the common wall 12a for allowing the handling of objects therein in sealed conditions with respect to the external environment.
  • the above-mentioned glove is expediently fixed to the bulkhead 17 of the wall 12a and is configured to allow handling of the sampling devices 15 inside the test chamber 13, without it being necessary to open the bulkhead 17, and therefore in sealed conditions with respect to the external environment.
  • the operator opens the bulkhead 17 and arranges one or more previously sterilized sampling devices 15 inside the test chamber 13.
  • Said operations are carried out, in use, by the operator preferably during the production in progress in the production area P.
  • the second housing 12 thus defines a glovebox for sampling the working fluids in conditions isolated from the external environment.
  • Each branch 11b is in fluidic communication with the main duct 11a through a hydraulic node 11c.
  • the hydraulic node 11c is arranged externally to the isolation chamber 8 and to the test chamber 13.
  • each hydraulic node 11c is defined by an elbow or "T" joint.
  • the apparatus further comprises a sterilization system 18.
  • the sterilization system 18 is configured to sterilize the isolation chamber 8 and the test chamber 13 independently of each other during a process of cleaning and sterilization of the apparatus 1.
  • the sterilization system 18 comprises a plurality of nozzles 19 configured to feed a sterilization fluid into the isolation chamber 8 and the test chamber 13, separately.
  • At least one nozzle 19 is arranged inside the test chamber 13 to sprinkle it with the sterilization fluid during a sterilization step at least of the test area T.
  • the opening 16 is defined by a slot having elongated shape obtained in a wall 12b of the second housing 12 which separates the isolation chamber 8 from the test chamber 12.
  • the opening 16 is obtained in a wall 12b which is interposed between the isolation chamber 8 and the test chamber 13.
  • the opening 16 is positioned with respect to the nozzle 19 so as to avoid the sterilization fluid, which flows out of the nozzle 19 of the test chamber 13, coming into contact with the containers.
  • the test chamber 13 After the user has positioned the sampling device 15 in the test chamber 13, the test chamber 13 must be sterilized, but the production can continue thanks to the presence of the test chamber 13.
  • the positioning of the opening 16 with respect to the nozzle 13 avoids the risk of undesired contact between the sterilization fluid and the containers 2. Said undesired contact could otherwise occur due to the fact that sterilization of the test chamber 13 can be advantageously carried out during production.
  • the opening 16 could be arranged with respect to the above-mentioned nozzle 19 of the test chamber 13 so as to also prevent the sterilization fluid that flows out of the nozzle 19 from passing through the opening 16.
  • the opening 16 is positioned with respect to the nozzle 19 so as to at least prevent the sterilization fluid that flows out of the nozzle 19 lapping the containers 2 arranged in the production area P.
  • the apparatus 1 comprises a discharge collector duct 20.
  • the collector duct 20 is in fluidic communication with the isolation chamber 8 and with the test chamber 13, by means of respective discharge channels 21a and 21b. In this way the collector duct 20 can receive the sterilization fluid from the isolation chamber 8 and from the test chamber 13, and discharge said sterilization fluid outside the latter.
  • the collector duct 20 comprises a siphon 22.
  • the siphon 22 is hydraulically interposed between the discharge channel 21a of the isolation chamber 8 and the discharge channel 21b of the test chamber 13.
  • the siphon 22 is configured to receive and to fill with the sterilization fluid flowing out of the nozzle 19 of the isolation chamber 8 and/or out of the nozzle 19 of the test chamber 13.
  • the sterilization fluid fills the siphon 22, following the sterilization phase of the test chamber 13 and/or of the isolation chamber 8. In this way the sterilization fluid that has entered the siphon 22 subsequently protects the isolation chamber 8 from the test chamber 13, to further protect the controlled atmosphere in the isolation chamber 8.
  • the architecture of the apparatus 1 is further simplified, since only one discharge collector is used for the entire apparatus 1, at the same time reducing the risk of contamination of the isolation chamber 8.
  • the collector duct 20 is also configured to receive from the test chamber 13, in particular through the relative discharge channel 21b, the working fluid sampled therein.
  • the collector duct 20 can therefore discharge the working fluid outside the test chamber 13.
  • the apparatus 1 comprises a third housing 23.
  • the third housing 23 delimits therein an outlet chamber 24.
  • the outlet chamber 24 is operatively separated from the test chamber 13.
  • the outlet chamber 24 is in communication with the isolation chamber 8 to receive the packaged pourable product.
  • the outlet chamber 24 is in communication with the external environment to convey the packaged product outside the apparatus 1.
  • packaged pourable product we mean, for example, a sequence of filled containers or a sequence of filled and capped containers.
  • the outlet chamber 24 houses the outlet conveyor 6 and is configured to be depressurized with respect to the isolation chamber 8 and the test chamber 13.
  • the apparatus 1 is configured so that the outlet chamber 24 is depressurized.
  • the depressurized outlet chamber 24 defines a "grey zone" which the operator can access without having to re-sterilize the isolation chamber 8, and is depressurized to extract substances potentially harmful to humans.
  • the outlet chamber 24 is positioned in communication with the external environment to allow the filled containers 2 to be conveyed outside the apparatus 1.
  • the first housing 7 contains the third housing 23.
  • the outlet chamber 24 is in fluidic communication with the collector duct 20 by means of a respective discharge channel 21c.
  • the discharge channel 21a of the isolation chamber 8 can be considered a first discharge channel 21a.
  • the discharge channel 21b of the test chamber 13 can be considered a second discharge channel 21b.
  • the discharge channel 21c of the outlet chamber 24 can be considered a third discharge channel 21c.
  • the siphon 22 is positioned hydraulically on the opposite side of the second discharge channel 21b, with respect to the third discharge channel 21c.
  • the third discharge channel 21c and the siphon 22 are positioned hydraulically on opposite sides of the second discharge channel 21b.
  • the sterilization fluid that has filled the siphon 22 ensures that the barrier fluid, once it has entered the test chamber 13 following passage through the opening 16, is conveyed into the outlet chamber 24.
  • the barrier gas flows through the second discharge channel 21b, through the part of the collector duct 20 which is arranged on the opposite side of the second discharge duct 21b with respect to the siphon 22, and through the third discharge channel 21c.
  • This part of the collector duct 20 and the siphon 22 are positioned on mutually opposite sides of the second discharge duct 21b.
  • the reference 20 indicates said part of the collector duct.
  • the second discharge channel 21b is arranged hydraulically downstream of the first discharge channel 21a, and hydraulically downstream of the siphon 22.
  • the third discharge channel 21c is arranged in turn hydraulically downstream of the second discharge channel 21b.
  • the operator accesses the test chamber 13 by opening the bulkhead 17, and places one or more sampling devices 15 inside the test chamber 13.
  • test chamber 13 is sterilized.
  • the operator couples each sampling device 15 with the respective terminal 14 by means of the glove and without opening the bulkhead 17.
  • the operator accesses the test chamber 13 again to withdraw the devices 15 and subsequently analyse them.
  • test chamber 13 After withdrawal of the devices, the test chamber 13 is re-sterilized.
  • All the operations described above are carried out only inside the test chamber 13 and the test area T and therefore externally of the production area P. More precisely, said operations are carried out in an environment, corresponding to the test area T which is defined by the test chamber 13, from which the isolation chamber 8 is protected. The unidirectional flow from the isolation chamber 8 to the test chamber 13 contributes to protecting the isolation chamber 8.
  • sampling operations can be carried out simultaneously with production, which corresponds to the packaging process of the pourable product.
  • the tests or samplings of the working fluids can be carried out during the packaging process of the pourable product, without having to stop the apparatus 1 and without having to reconstitute the controlled atmosphere in the isolation chamber 8 and in the production area P. In fact, this will have to be done only inside the test area T and the test chamber 13.
  • the apparatus 1 is configured so that the test mode is simultaneous with the production mode.
  • the isolation chamber 8 and the test chamber 13 are not in fluidic communication with each other.
  • the second housing 12 does not comprise any opening 16 and the isolation chamber 8 and the test chamber 13, and therefore the production area P and the test area T, are not in fluidic communication with each other.
  • the feeding unit 10 may also be configured to feed barrier gas into the second housing 12 independently of the first housing 7.

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DE102011122853A1 (de) * 2011-08-11 2013-02-14 Krones Aktiengesellschaft Blasmaschine, Verfahren zum Austauschen von Blasstationskomponenten sowie Getränkeabfüllanlage und/oder Getränkebehälterherstellanlage

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