US20050108994A1 - Filling device with housing having a central gas discharge - Google Patents

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US20050108994A1
US20050108994A1 US10/498,436 US49843604A US2005108994A1 US 20050108994 A1 US20050108994 A1 US 20050108994A1 US 49843604 A US49843604 A US 49843604A US 2005108994 A1 US2005108994 A1 US 2005108994A1
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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
    • B65B55/00—Preserving, protecting or purifying packages or package contents in association with packaging
    • B65B55/02—Sterilising, e.g. of complete packages
    • B65B55/04—Sterilising wrappers or receptacles prior to, or during, packaging
    • B65B55/10—Sterilising wrappers or receptacles prior to, or during, packaging by liquids or gases
    • 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
    • B67C7/0006—Conveying; Synchronising
    • 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
    • B67C7/0006—Conveying; Synchronising
    • B67C7/0026—Conveying; Synchronising the containers travelling along a linear path
    • B67C7/0033—Conveying; Synchronising the containers travelling along a linear path the operation being performed batch-wise
    • 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
    • B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/22—Details
    • B67C2003/228—Aseptic features
    • 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
    • B67C3/26—Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks
    • B67C2003/2688—Means for filling containers in defined atmospheric conditions
    • B67C2003/2694—Means for filling containers in defined atmospheric conditions by enclosing a set of containers in a chamber
    • 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
    • B67C3/26—Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks
    • B67C2003/2688—Means for filling containers in defined atmospheric conditions
    • B67C2003/2697—Means for filling containers in defined atmospheric conditions by enclosing the container partly in a chamber

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  • the greater part of the filling device including conveyor chains, drive unit with chain wheels and processing stations, is enclosed in a substantially sealing manner by a large housing, in other words with the exception of the container infeed mechanism and the container discharge mechanism.
  • conditioned air is blown in at slightly positive pressure through a plurality of air infeed mechanisms in the top side of the housing. The slight positive pressure serves to prevent polluted ambient air from being able to flow inwards into the housing during the filling process, for example through the container infeed mechanism or container discharge mechanism.
  • the object of the present invention is to overcome the abovementioned disadvantages at least partially, or to provide a useful alternative, and in particular to provide a compact filling device that is flexible in use, with an optimized processing functionality. More particularly, the object of the invention is to provide a compact, substantially aseptic filling device that is equipped with a minimized working area which can be kept substantially aseptic.
  • gas supply means that are designed for supplying conditioned gases in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of conveyance are connected to the housing. This gives a further guarantee of the desired flow of conditioned gases along the containers in the direction of the gas discharge Reans.
  • the device comprises a conveyor system with container holders for conveying containers in a plurality of adjacent rows along workstations, the device being designed with a plurality of housing segments disposed adjacent to each other.
  • Each housing segment individually encloses at least partially one or more of the rows of containers to be processed.
  • Each at least partially individually enclosed row or number of rows of containers to be processed is defined as a processing line.
  • the plurality of processing lines thus defined extend adjacent to each other along a common imaginary conveyor track.
  • the plurality of processing lines and housing segments situated adjacent to each other in this case bound a common central area in the heart of the conveyor track.
  • Each housing segment is individually connected to gas supply means.
  • the gas discharge means can advantageously be effective here as common gas discharge means for the conditioned gases fed individually into the plurality of housing segments.
  • FIG. 1 is a view in perspective of a preferred embodiment of the filling device according to the invention.
  • an individual set of container holders 4 is conveyed along each processing line, each having room for a plurality of, preferably two, containers to be conveyed adjacent to each other.
  • the plurality of housing segments 15 make it possible to operate the device very flexibly, and, for example, to fill containers in different conditions on the individual processing lines. in particular, it is possible in this way to maintain separate and substantially aseptic conditions more simply and reliably in the respective processing lines. Cross-contamination cannot occur between the processing lines, while a large number of parts such as drive, container infeed mechanism, container discharge mechanism, processing stations and/or gas supply and gas discharge means can be at least partially jointly used and driven.
  • the part of the decontamination station 20 along the bend section 12 comprises blow nozzles for the removal of cleaning medium residue out of the insides of the containers.
  • conditioned gases in particular sterile air
  • gas supply means 25 connect with separate nozzles to the respective outsides of the housing segments 15 , preferably by means of gas supply nozzles lying at a distance from each other, which in this case are preferably provided for each of the housing segments 15 along all sections of the conveyor track.
  • Common gas discharge means which are designed to connect to the central area 13 in the heart of the conveyor system 2 , are further provided. Together with the supply of gases to the outsides of the individual housing segments 15 , this means that during operation conditioned gases advantageously first flow along the most critical parts of the containers in which the filling apertures are situated, then flow by way of the outsides of the containers 5 and along the container holders 4 , and ultimately arrive in the central area 13 , where for all processing lines they are discharged by way of the common gas discharge means until they are outside the central area 13 .
  • the direction of flow of the gases achieved in this way inside each housing segment 15 is substantially perpendicular to the direction of conveyance of the containers holders 4 , or directed towards the central area 13 of the conveyor system 2 .
  • the central area 13 according to the invention is advantageously compact, so that an efficient discharge to the side is possible with the aid of the abovementioned gas discharge means.
  • the housing segments 15 are advantageously tunnel-shaped.
  • the tunnel opening bounded by each housing segment, viewed in cross section, is selected here in such a way that two adjacent containers 5 at least with their filling aperture part can be conveyed through it in a close fit by means of the container holders 4 .
  • the volume of the filling area to be kept conditioned is consequently minimal.
  • Driving parts of the workstations are situated as far as possible on the outside of the housing segments 15 . This also makes it possible to keep to a minimum the filling area enclosed by the housing segments 15 . Moving parts of the workstations in this case can be passed movably through walls of the housing segments 15 by means of elastic membranes.
  • the housing segments 15 are endless tunnel-shaped housing segments, each housing segment largely enclosing its own processing line that runs around the conveyor track, leaving the corresponding infeed mechanism 16 and discharge mechanism 17 clear.
  • the top and bottom track sections 10 and 11 respectively and also the bend sections 12 are enclosed here over a great part of their length.
  • the workstations situated largely outside the housing segments 15 connect to the above in a sealing manner. Thanks to the slim shape of the housing segments 15 , the desired direction of flow of conditioned gases inside each housing segment 15 can already be maintained with a slightly positive pressure.
  • a conditioned gas supply that is easy to control is produced in the filling area.
  • the quantity of conditioned gases required can advantageously be small for each processing line, thanks to the very compact design of conveyor system 2 and the compact enclosing housing segments 15 .
  • a gas distribution plate 35 is provided inside each housing segment 15 , at somie distance from the outside housing wall. In this way a gas distribution chamber 36 is formed between the housing walls and the distribution plate 35 .
  • the gas distribution plate 35 is provided with a large nuuber of passage apertures, which ensure that the gases fed into the chamber 36 by way of the gas supply means 25 are equally distributed among the containers 5 situated below said plate. In this way it will advantageously suffice to have a small number of gas supply nozzles for the gas supply means 25 lying further outside the housing segments 15 .
  • the conveyor system 2 is preferably in the form of a chainless conveyor system. In the embodiment shown, this is achieved by making the container holders 4 advance one another, in this case a drivable wheel provided with pushing elements acting intermittently or continuously on some of the container holders 4 to push them.
  • the guide profiles 9 here ensure that the container holders 4 continue to follow the imaginary looped conveyor track.
  • the chainless conveyor system 2 designed in this way with guide profiles 9 provides for the guidance of the container holders 4 in the top and bottom track sections 10 and 11 .
  • the chainless conveyor system 2 has the advantage that it is cheaper and easier to clean and keep clean than, for example, a system with container holders advanced by chains.
  • lubrication may be minimal or may even be dispensed with, and the chainless system is easy to make in a modular construction by the fact that the container holders need not be connected to each other.
  • the invention can, however, also be used in conjunction with other types of conveyor systems, such as chain systems.
  • FIG. 5 shows a variant in the case of which the endless conveyor system of the filling device comprises a plurality of adjacent processing lines, each individually enclosed by a substantially endless tunnel-shaped housing segment S 1 .
  • the housing segments 51 leave common container infeed mechanisms and discharge mechanisms 52 clear.
  • the infeed mechanisms and discharge mechanisms 52 are situated close to the same bend section of the conveyor track.
  • a common automated infeed and discharge mechanism 53 is advantageously provided, which device can both place empty containers 54 in container holders 55 and remove filled containers 56 from said holders.
  • the container holders 55 are provided with retaining means 57 , which here are designed with a resilient wire construction (see FIG. 6 ).
  • conditioned gases are introduced into the housing segments 51 by way of gas supply means 65 .
  • This Is carried out at slightly positive pressure, in order to ensure that no polluted air can flow inwards through parts that have been left open, such as the infeed mechanisms and discharge mechanisms 52 .
  • the gas supply means 65 connect at several points to the outsides of the housing segments 51 .
  • Gas discharge means 66 are further provided, which discharge means connect to the central area 67 in the heart of the conveyor system. Between the laterally situated gas discharge means 66 , the central area 67 is provided with a hatch 68 that can be slid open.
  • Profiled insert plates 70 are provided inside each housing segment 51 , at some distance from the outside housing wall.
  • the plates 70 reduce the filling area at the position of the filling apertures of the containers and ensure that the gases fed into the individual housing segments 51 by way of the gas supply means 65 are better distributed and directed towards the filling apertures of the containers.
  • FIG. 6 also shows an embodiment of a wheel provided with pushing elements 72 .
  • the pushing elements 72 are designed to act upon the container holders in front of them, in order to advance said container holders.
  • FIG. 7 shows a variant of a distribution plate 75 , which is disposed in the housing segment 51 and is advantageously of a profiled design corresponding to the shape of the top side of the containers to be filled.
  • the distribution plate is preferably of an exchangeable design, so that in the event of a different type of container having to be filled, an appropriate distribution plate can be fitted.
  • Outside housing walls of the housing segments 51 may be made of transparent material, in order to be able to monitor the filling process better.
  • Providing an individual set of container holders for each processing line makes it advantageously possible to replace or exchange said container holders for a particular processing line, for example using a type that is suitable for a different size of container. This can then be carried out while filling proceeds on the other processing line. It is also possible to design the drive means in such a way here that each set of container holders is driven individually, if desired at different speeds.
  • the filling device may be designed with control means for supplying differing quantities and/or compositions of conditioned gases to the individual housing segments. Further flexibility can be achieved in this way, and the user can fill containers simultaneously as he wishes on the various processing lines under differing filling conditions that can be fully geared to the product for filling and/or the type of container to be filled.
  • the filling device according to the invention is particularly suitable for filling containers under substantially aseptic filling conditions.
  • the gas supply means are, for example, designed for supplying substantially sterile air.
  • a device may be designed with only one processing line and corresponding housing.
  • the housing preferably extends uniformly along substantially the entire processing line. It is also possible for only part of the processing line to be covered by the housing, in which case this part preferably comprises at least the drying station, the filling station and the closing station.
  • the container holders can be designed with other retaining means, such as magnets or suction cups. It is also possible for the workstations to be provided only along one of the two track sections. Upside down conveyance is then no longer necessary, and the container holders can be provided with positioning means that no longer need to retain the containers, but now only to position them reliably. Instead of providing a separate set of container holders for each processing line, it is also possible to design the conveyor system with container holders that extend along a plurality of processing lines.
  • a very compact construction of filling device is provided, by means of which filling can be carried out more cheaply and more efficiently, and by means of which conditioned filling conditions can be maintained reliably in the individual housing segments, in particular at the position of the filling apertures of the containers to be filled.
  • the invention can also already be used advantageously in conjunction with other types of conveyor systems, such as chain systems.

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