MXPA94007636A - Device for treatment of a recipe - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a device for moving with relative movement a tubular conduit relative to a container, particularly a bottle, for the purpose of treatment of the container, this device comprises a gripper for grasping or grabbing the container, first means for rotating on its axis the clamp around a substantially horizontal axis of a device support, in such a way that the container is pivoted or rotated about its axis between a grip position, in which the clamp grabs or holds the container , and a treatment position, in which the treatment of the container can be effected, the device also comprises a tubular conduit, and second means for moving the tubular conduit with a relative movement with respect to the container, between a first position, in which the Tubular conduit is separated from the container when the clamp is in its grasped position, and a second position, in which l the tubular conduit is in its treatment position with respect to the container inside the container, when the clamp is in treatment position, the device is characterized in that it comprises means for simultaneously actuating the means for pivoting or rotating the clamp on its axis, and the means for moving the tubular conduit with a relative movement with respect to the container

Description

"DEVICE FOR TREATMENT OF A RECIPIENT" Inventor: RENE PERRIER, French, domiciled at 91 rue Fernand Lafont, 07160 Le Cheylard, France.

Causates: RENE PERRIER, French, French, domiciled at 91 rue Fernand Lafont, 07160 Le Cheylard, France and ETABLISSEMENTS PERRIER, French company, domiciled at 3 rue Fernand Lafont, 07160 Le Cheylard, France.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A device is described for moving a treatment member relative to a container. The device (5) comprises a clip (11) for holding the container (2), means for pivoting the clip (11) around a substantially horizontal axis (12) of a support (51) of the device ^ as a way of making pivoting the container (2) around the shaft (12), a container treatment member, and means for moving the treatment member relative movement relative to the container (2) between a first position in which the treatment member it is separated from the container when the clamp (11) is in its clamping position, and a second position, in which the treatment member is in its treatment position relative to the container (2) inside or in proximity to the container. container, when the clamp (11) is in the treatment position. It also comprises means for simultaneously applying the radii for pivoting the clamp 11 and the means for displacing the treatment member 16 of a relative movement in relation to the container 2.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention is concerned with a device for moving a treatment member in relation to a container, particularly a bottle. It is equally concerned with the machines comprising such a device. Devices for treating a bottle in inverted position are known, for example for the purpose of rinsing. Such devices are described in detail in French Patent No. 2 660 917, 2 660 884. In these applications, the devices are mounted on the perimeter of a rotating carousel. Each device comprises a clamp for holding a bottle by its neck in vertical position. The clamp is mounted in rotation around a horizontal axis integral with the fluid injection tube that is specific to each device. The clamp is attached to a fork coupled on a fixed control bar arranged on the periphery of the carousel and from which the configuration causes the pivoting of the clamp after the rotation of the carousel. The subject bottle is thus present in inverted position with respect to the tube projecting a treatment liquid, for example rinsing, from the neck of the bottle. This device is very advantageous. It allows particularly to quickly treat a large number of bottles by limiting the risks of spoiling to the maximum. However / for certain bottle shapes and / or certain types of treatments, the projection of fluid from the neck of the bottle does not allow an optimum treatment of the entire inner surface of the bottle to be obtained. In particular, it is often necessary to carry out a powerful and complete cleaning of the bottom of the bottle where very important deposits are formed. On the other hand, it is known to fill a container or a bottle in an inclined position in relation to the vertical, in order to avoid foaming phenomena in particular: a cannula is introduced into the container in an inclined position, and this cannula is disposed by means of this cannula. liquid inside the container. The treatments of containers, particularly of bottles, also includes operations of emptying, transfer, dosing, insufflation of cold or hot air or saturated or superheated steam, interior sterilization by ultraviolet rays, and sorao operations of descapsulaje, encapsulation, tamponade, labeling, etc. Special tools are necessary for these various operations, as well as special supports and maneuvers for these tools, which forces to multiply the machines or the supports and maneuvers. A certain rationalization appears therefore desirable. The object of the present invention is to remedy the drawbacks of known devices and machines, and to propose a new device for moving a treatment member in relation to a container, this device is adapted to be used in most of the treatment operations cited above. The present invention thus provides a device for displacing a treatment member relative to a container, particularly a bottle, from a relative movement in view of the treatment of the container, this device comprises a clamp for holding the container, first means for pivoting the container. clamp around a substantially horizontal axis of a device support, so as to pivot the container about the axis between a clamping position in which the clamp holds the container and a treatment position in which the treatment of the container can be effected. container, the device also comprises a container treatment member and means for displacing the treatment member from a relative movement relative to the container between a first position, in which the treatment member is separated from the container when the gripper is in its position. clamping position, and a second position in the cuf >The treatment member is in its treatment position relative to the container, inside or in the vicinity of the container, when the gripper is in the treatment position. According to the invention, this device is characterized in that it comprises means for actuating at the same time the means for pivoting the clamp and the means for moving the treatment member of a relative movement in relation to the container. This simultaneity of pivoting of the clamp and relative displacement of the treatment member in relation to the container allows, on the one hand, to gain time in the operations prior to the planned treatment, on the other hand an adaptation of the means of the invention case by case to each treatment operation of a container. In accordance with an interesting version of the invention, the device comprises a plate pivotably mounted around the shaft, and the plate carries on one hand the treatment member, on the other hand sliding means on which the clip is mounted on In a sliding manner, the sliding means extend in a direction substantially parallel to the axis of a container held by the clamp. The sliding of the clamp along the slide during the pivoting of the platen thus makes it possible to move the container towards the treatment member during this pivoting. According to an advantageous version of the invention, the device further comprises at least one connecting rod hingedly linked on the one hand to the clamp, on the other hand to a supporting point of the device, this connecting rod is arranged in such a way as to cause the sliding of the clamp along the slide between the clamping and treatment positions during the pivoting of the clamp. The connecting rod that joins the clamp to the support of the device forces the clamp to slide along the slide during the pivoting of the stage. According to a preferred version of the invention, the treatment member is a tubular cannula adapted to inject a fluid into a container held by the clamp: the cannula is fixed on the stage so as to extend substantially on the axis d. 5 a container held by the clamp. Thus, the pivoting of the platen and the sliding of the clamp, dispose the container around the cannula that is thus, at the end of the pivoting of the clamp, introduced into the interior of the container. According to another aspect of the present invention, the machine for treating containers, particularly bottles, comprises to the periphery of a rotating carousel treatment poles of containers distributed regularly around this carousel, it is characterized in that each treatment post comprises a device of the type cited above and according to the first aspect of the invention. Ocras features and advantages of the invention will appear still in the description given below and the preferred modes of completion. In the attached drawings: Figure 1 is an elevation view in axial section of a treatment machine according to the second aspect of the invention comprising devices according to an embodiment of the first aspect of the invention; Figure 2 is a partial elevation view of the device schematized in Figure 1, which presents the two positions of the bottle and the clamp in relation to an injection tube; Figure 3 shows a detail of Figure 2 illustrates the two positions of the bottle and the clamp in relation to the stage: Figure 4 is a diagram illustrating the feeding of the carousel tubes with different fluids; Figure 5 is a partial elevation view, similar to Figure 2, of another embodiment of the device according to the invention, adapted to a filling or dosing operation, the clamp is in the clamping position of a bottle; Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 5, the clamp is in a filling or dosing position; Figure 7 is a view similar to Figure 6, the clamp is in a slightly raised position, for adjusting the level, by overflow for example; Figure 8 is a view similar to Figure 5 showing in superposition the 2 positions of clamping and replenishing the clamp. In the embodiments described hereinabove, the device and the machine according to the invention are improvements of the device and the machine described in the French Patents.- »Nos. 2 660 917, 2 660 884. The present description will be based mainly on the improvements provided to this machine or this device, the detailed description of the parts that do not change the device and the machine can be found in the aforementioned patents. The embodiments that will be described relate to the treatment of bottles, but it can be another type of container (jar, test tube, glass, flask, vessel, ...). On FIG. 1, the bottle treatment machine 2 in a substantially inverted position comprises a known rotary carousel 3. The rotation of the carousel 3 is carried out according to the vertical axis 4. A series of treatment devices 5 of a bottle 2 are arranged on the contour of the carousel 3. The arrival of the bottles in view of whether treatment and the exit of the bottles processed is effected by the left of the carousel on Figure 2, by means of a shipping device not shown. Figure 2 shows the treatment device for a bottle in the position 6 corresponding to the fastening of the bottle 2 before its treatment and the position 7 corresponding to the treatment of the bottle in an inverted position. The device comprises an injection tube 8 directed towards the top, arranged in the mouth of a receptacle 9 of used treatment fluids, the tube 8 and the receptacle 9 are already known. The tube 8 allows the injection of fluid into the inverted bottle 2. Figure 1 shows the feeding 10 of the tube 8 from carrousel 3. The tube 8 and the receptacle 9 are integral with the rotating carrousel 3. On figure 2, in an equally well known manner, the device comprises grippers 11 for holding and holding the bottle 2 through its neck. It also comprises first means 12, 18, 40, 41 for pivoting the clip 11 substantially 180 ° about a first axis 12 substantially horizontal and fixed in relation to the tube 8 and the receptacle 9. These first means comprise in particular a fork 40 integral with the grippers 11 in their pivoting movement and blown on a control rod 41 of a known type. On Figure 1, the configuration of the control bar 41 on the contour of the carousel 3 causes the rotation of the clamps 11 around the axis 12. According to the invention, the device comprises a tubular conduit 16. In the present example, this conduit is rectilinear and placed on the shaft 17 of the bottle 2 held by the clamps 11. According to the invention still, the device comprises second means 20, 22, 23 to thereby make the conduit 16 inside of the bottle 2 when it is in a substantially inverted position 7. These half-seconds ensure the relative displacement of the duct 16 between a first position 6 where the duct is free of the neck of the bottle 2 and a second position 7 where the duct Couples deeply to the inside of the bottle. In the second position 7, the duct 16 constitutes the extension of the tube 8 to project the fluid to the bottom 2d of the bottle 2 substantially inverted. In the present example, the second means are arranged to ensure the relative displacement of the duct 16 simultaneously with the pivoting of the bottle 2. In addition, the duct 16 is integral with the grippers 11 in its pivoting movement. By "solidary" it is understood that the pivoting of the conduit 16 and the bottle 2 is now simultaneous and is carried out in relation to the same axis 12 and according to the same angle of pivoting. In the present example, the second means are arranged to move the grippers 11 in translation relative to the duct 16 in a direction substantially parallel to the duct 16. In the course of this translation, the duct 16 rests substantially on the axis 17 of the bottle 2. In the present example, in the first 6 and the second 7 positions, the duct 16 and the bottle 2 are in vertical position. In the present embodiment, the first means for pivoting the clamps also comprises a plate 18 which can pivot about the axis 12 and integral with the fork 40. On the figure 2, the circles 33 and 34 represent the trajectory of 2 limbs of the plate 18 during its pivoting. The plate 18 supports the duct 16 near its end 19. The second means comprises a slide 20 equally supported by the plate 18. The slide 20 is parallel to the duct 16 and thus extends vertically in the first 6 and second 7 positions. The slide 20 is for example constituted by a cylindrical rod. The body of the clamps 11 is coupled on the slide 20 to slide along it, as indicated in Figure 3. The body of the clamps 11 may have a local reinforcement 21 that extends in the direction of the slide 23 in order to improve the accuracy of guidance on the slide 20 and the strength of the body of the clamps 11 in the vicinity of the slide 23. The slide 20 allows guiding the clamps 11 in translation in the direction of the plate 18 parallel to the axis 17 from the bottle 2 and the duct 16. During this translation, the duct 16 enters the bottle 2. In the present embodiment, the second means further comprise a connecting rod or connecting rod 22 which joins the clamps 11 at a point integral with the injection tube 8. This point is here a leg 23 fixed to the receptacle 9. The connecting rod or connecting rod 22 In this case, the rotational axes 24 and 25 are parallel to the axis 12. The connecting rod or connecting rod 22 is dimensioned so as to cause the slide of the clamps 11 on the slide 20 between the first 6 and second 7 positions during the pivoting of the clamps 11, of the slide 20 and of the platen 18 about the axis 12. Of course, the arrangement of the connecting rod 22 is a function of the configuration of other elements of the device and its location. In the device shown on FIG. 2, the sliding is caused in particular by the location of the axis 24 in the vicinity of the fastening of the slide 23 on the plate 18. To move from the first position 6 to the second position 7, the grippers 11 and the bottle 2 thus perform a movement that is decomposed into a rotation of the axis 12 and a translation of the axis 17, rotation and translation take place simultaneously. This movement has the effect of arranging the bottle in an inverted position 7 under the tube 8 and simultaneously introducing into the bottle the duct 16 which constitutes in the second position 7 the extension of the tub D 8. A treatment fluid is then projected by the tube 8. This fluid runs through the interior of the duct 16 and emerges inside the bottle 2 in the immediate vicinity of its bottom 26. The fluid is then evacuated along the inner wall of the bottle 2, through the plate 18 which has this effect in the vicinity of the conduit 16 evacuation voids and finally evacuated through the receptacle 9. The passage of the bottle 2 in return from the inverted position 7 to the position 6 is effected by the reverse path in the course of the succession of rotation of the carousel, thanks to the shape of the guide bar 41 as is well known. The second means may further comprise a second rod (not shown on FIG. 2 concealed by the rod or connecting rod 22, arranged analogously and symmetrically to the first rod 22 in relation to a plane parallel to the plane of the pivoting path of the arms. This last plane is the plane of the blade in the present example on FIG. 2. The second rod is, for example, located behind the slide 20 on FIG. 2, so that the two rods are on one side and on the other. of the slide 23. According to another embodiment, the means for moving the clamps in translation can also be constituted by a set of sliding tubes in each other to make a clamping of the clamps on the plate, the The movement of the resident calipers drives at least one connecting rod According to another embodiment, the operation of the calipers 11 in translation can be carried out by means of of a cat operated in a convenient way. The end 27 of the duct 16 opposite the tube 8 in the second position 7, that is to say opposite the end 19, externally presents heating means 28 of the fluid projecting in the bottle 2. The heating means 28 comprise, for example, a heating resistor supplied by energy from the carousel via adapted connections. According to the desired treatment, the heating means allow to project into the bottle 2 a hot fluid if necessary at a very high temperature. The duct 16 can present externally half 29 of emission of ultraviolet rays equally linked to carousel in an adapted manner. Such means allow a very good sterilization of the inside of the bottle during the treatment. The arrangement of the sterilization means on the duct 29 allows exposing the interior of the bottle 2 to ultraviolet radiation. In accordance with another embodiment of the invention, not shown, the conduit 16 has means for uncapping or de-encapsulating the bottle. One of these devices allows during the return of the bottle to position 7, remove or pierce the operculum of the bottle or even remove a capsule that will be placed in its place. By means of the intermediation of the supply 10, the tube 8 is selectively connected to the interior of the carousel 3, to different sources of fluid supply 30 as it is schematized on figure 4. The selection of fluid is operated by means of a distribution member 31 a classic valves operated automatically during operation of the carousel 3 by means of mechanical, pneumatic or electromagnetic means adapted and of a known type. During the carousel rotation, in the course of different stages of the treatment, the organ 31 finds each tube 8 in communication successively with several sources of fluid 30 to effect on the bottle 2 the operations performed by these fluids. In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 5 to 8, the constituent elements of the device according to the invention already described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4 carry the same reference number. A cam roller 50 that rolls or slides along a cam, not shown, configured in a suitable manner known per se, is here fixed to the end of the slide 20.

The cam roller 50 thus pivots the grippers 11 around the substantially horizontal axis 12 of the support 51 of the device, so as to pivot the bottle 2 about the axis 12 between a fastening position, shown in FIG. 5, in which the clamps 11 hold the bottle 2 that is in vertical position, and a treatment position represented in figure 6, in which the filling of the bottle 2 can be effected. The device also comprises a cannula 16 for filling the bottle 2. This cannula is adapted to inject a fluid into the bottle 2 held by the tweezers 11 in its filling position. According to the invention, the device comprises means for actuating at the same time the means for pivoting the pins 11 and means for moving the cannula relative movement in relation to the bottle 2 between a first position in which the cannula 16 is separated from the bottle when the clamps 11 are in their clamping position, as shown in figure 5, and a second position, represented in figure 6, in which the cannula 16 is in its treatment position in relation to the bottle inside this bottle when the tweezers 11 are in treatment position. As shown in the figures, the cannula 16 is a treatment member adapted to a relative displacement in relation to the bottle 2 substantially on the axis 17 thereof. In the clamping position of the clamps 11, the cannula 16 is located substantially on the axis 17 of the bottle 2 held by the clamps 11. The means for moving the cannula 16 of a relative movement comprise means for moving the clamps 11 in translation , in relation to the cannula 16, in a direction substantially parallel to the axis 17, during the pivoting of the clamps 11. The device comprises a platen 18 mounted pivotably around the axis 12. The platen 18 carries on one hand the cannula treatment 16, on the other hand the slide 20 on which the grippers 11 are mounted in a sliding manner. The slide 20 extends in a direction parallel to the axis 17 of the bottle 2 held by the grippers 11. The slide 20 can be replaced by equivalent means, for example telescopic tubes. The device further comprises at least one connecting rod 22 linked in an articulated manner on the one hand to the clamps 11 on the other hand to a supporting point 23 of the device 50, this connecting rod 22 is arranged so as to cause the sliding of the clamps 11. along the slide 20 between the first 6 and second 7 positions during the pivoting of the clamps 11. It is seen in figure 8 that the articulation point 23 of the rod 22 on the support 51 is placed on the perpendicular bisector 42 of the segment from the right 43 which links the position 25a of the articulation point 25 of the rod 22 on the clamps 11 when the clamps are in the clamping position of a bottle 2 shown in figure 5, to the position 25b of the articulation point 25 when the clamps 11 are in their treatment position of figure 6. It is therefore understood that it is easy to determine the geometrical characteristics of the device according to the invention for a precise application. sa The position of the axis 12 is fixed. The treatment member 16 is placed in relation to this axis, on the one hand, and the grippers 11 and the bottle 2, on the other hand, in each of the 2 clamping and treatment positions. The positions 25a and 25b of the point of articulation of the rod 22 are fixed on the body 48 of the clamps, the segment 43 joining the two points 25a, 25b, and the bisector 42 of this segment is drawn. The position of the joint point 24 of the connecting rod 22 on the support 51 is then chosen at will on the mediatrix 42. The length y of the segment 43 is determined, the distance x is set to place the axis 24 (see figure 8). ). It is thus possible to choose the inclination angle A of the bottle 2 or the container, depending on the treatment or operation to be carried out and on the course of the treatment organ. It is thus known that the angle of inclination of the bottle in relation to the vertical is advantageously from 30 to 45 for a filling operation, from 50 to 60 for a dosing operation in the case of champagne, etc. It can be seen in figure 7 that the rod 44 is telescopic and can be extended against the action of an opposing spring 45. After the neck 46 of the bottle 2 comes into contact with the base 47 of the cannula 16, which makes it incapacitated all complementary sliding of the clamps along the slide 20, the telescopic rod 44 allows to continue the pivoting of the bottle 2 around the axis 12 in order to obtain an upper inclination angle of the bottle in relation to the vertical. This can be useful in certain operations, for example to regularize a fill level by overflow. Of course, the length of displacement of the clamps 11 along the slide is at least equal to the length of the cannula section introduced into the container in the treatment position. The cannula 16 is linked by any means, such as rigid, flexible tubes, etc., to an appropriate fluid source, which may be a vacuum source. Thus, a device for displacing a treatment member relative to a container from a relative movement has been described. Such a device is simple, robust, reliable, it can be adapted to a variety of treatment organs, in particular in all treatments or operations involving a fluid, such as emptying, rinsing, drying, filling, dosing, transfer, sterilization, filling of wine, of silicone. Given the pairs put into play by the different lever arms, this device can also be used for operations or treatments that do not implement any fluid but use special tools, such as uncacking, decapsulation, encapsulation, plugging, for which the tool must be arranged in proximity to the container without necessarily being introduced into it. Of course, the invention is not limited to the embodiments that have been described, and various changes and modifications may be made thereon without departing from the scope of the invention. It is thus possible to replace each of the constituent elements described by equivalent means. It is thus possible to provide on the same support 51 of the device several positions or a hole for adjusting the position of the articulation joint 24 of the rod 22 on the support, the connecting rod can be of adjustable length to associate a predetermined length to each position from point 24, in order to be able to carry out with the same device various treatment operations that need different inclinations of the same container.

It is noted that in relation to this date, the best method known to the applicant to carry out the aforementioned invention, is that which is clear from the present description of the invention.

Having described the invention as above, property is claimed as contained in the following

Claims (12)

1. A device for displacing from a relative movement a treatment member in relation to a container, particularly a bottle, for the purpose of treatment of the container, this device comprises grippers for holding the container, means for pivoting the grippers around an axis substantially horizontal of a support of the device, in order to pivot the container around the axis, between a clamping position, in which the clamps hold the container, and a treatment position in which the treatment of the container can be effected , the device also comprises a container treatment member, and means for displacing the treatment member from a relative movement relative to the container, between a first position in which the treatment member is separated from the container when the grippers are in position. its holding position, and a second position, in which the treatment organ is It finds in its treatment position in relation to the container inside or in proximity to the container, when the tweezers are in their treatment position, characterized in that it comprises means for actuating at the same time the means for pivoting the tweezers and the means for moving the treatment organ of a relative movement in relation to the container.

2. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the treatment member is integral with the grippers in their pivoting movement.

3. The device according to claim 1 or 2, the treatment body is adapted to a relative movement relative to the container, substantially on the container axis, characterized in that in the clamping position of the clamps the treatment member is located substantially in the axis of a container held by the grippers, and in that the means for moving the processing member of a relative movement comprise means for moving the grippers in translation, in relation to the processing member, in a direction substantially parallel to the axis during the pivoting of the clamps.

4. The device according to claim 3, characterized in that it comprises a plate mounted pivotably around the axis, and in that the plate carries on one hand the treatment member, on the other hand sliding means, on which the clips are mounted In a sliding manner, the slider forming means extend in a direction substantially parallel to the axis of a container held by the tweezers.

5. The device according to claim 4, characterized in that it also comprises a connecting rod, linked in an articulated manner on the one hand to the clamps, on the other hand to a support point of the device, this bevel is arranged in such a way as to cause the sliding of the device. the clamps along the slide between the first clamping positions and the second treatment position, during the pivoting of the clamps.

6. The device according to claim 5, characterized in that the articulation point of the bead on the support is placed on the bisector of the segment on the right that joins the position of the articulation point on the clamps, when the clamps are in clamping position of a container, to the position of the articulation point when the clamps are in their treatment position.

7. The device according to claim 5 or 6, characterized in that the beaker is telescopic or can be lengthened by the action of an opposing spring.

8. The device according to one of claims 4 to 7, the treatment member is a tubular cannula adapted to inject a treatment fluid into a container clamped by means of the clamps, characterized in that the cannula is fixed on the platen a way to extend sensibly in the axis of a container held by the clamps.

9. The device according to claim 8, characterized in that the length of displacement of the clamps along the length of the slide is at least equal to the length of the cannula section introduced into the container in the treatment position.

10. The device according to claim 8 or 9, the device support comprises a fluid injection tube in the container in a substantially inverted position, characterized in that the position of the cannula on the plate and the movement of the plate in relation to the support they are arranged in such a way that, in the treatment position of the forceps, the cannula constitutes the extension of the tube.

11. A machine for treating containers, particularly bottles, comprising to the periphery of a rotating carousel container treatment posts distributed regularly around this carousel, characterized in that each treatment post comprises a device according to one of claims 1 to 10.

12. The machine according to claim 11, comprising several devices according to one of claims 8 to 10, characterized in that it comprises means for selectively connecting the cannula of each device to different sources of fluid supply by means of a valve distribution organ. Automatically activated during the operation of the machine by mechanical, pneumatic or electromagnetic means. In testimony of which I sign this in this City of Mexico D.F., September 30, 1994. By: RENE PERRIER AND ETABLISSENENTS PERRIER Attorney.