US20050121104A1 - Beverage filling plant for filling beverage containers with a beverage having a device for the feeding and removal of beverage containers - Google Patents

Beverage filling plant for filling beverage containers with a beverage having a device for the feeding and removal of beverage containers Download PDF

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US20050121104A1
US20050121104A1 US10/985,640 US98564004A US2005121104A1 US 20050121104 A1 US20050121104 A1 US 20050121104A1 US 98564004 A US98564004 A US 98564004A US 2005121104 A1 US2005121104 A1 US 2005121104A1
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  • the present application relates to a beverage filling plant for filling beverage containers with a beverage having a device for the feeding and removal of kegs, barrels, drums, casks, cans and similar containers from a conveyor belt to a linear conveyor or revolving carousel turntable as well as for the return of said containers to a removal conveyor belt with a star wheel as described herein below.
  • a beverage filling plant for filling beverage containers with a beverage can possibly comprise a beverage filling machine with a plurality of beverage filling positions, each beverage filling position having a beverage filling device for filling beverage containers with a liquid beverage.
  • the filling devices may have an apparatus designed to introduce a predetermined volume of liquid beverage into the interior of beverage containers to a substantially predetermined level of liquid beverage.
  • the apparatus designed to introduce a predetermined flow of liquid beverage further comprises an apparatus that is designed to terminate the filling of the beverage containers upon the liquid beverage reaching the predetermined level in the beverage containers.
  • Container handling machines for example.
  • the containers are fed upright and in the correctly oriented position to the handling machine on a conveyor belt, whereby the container inlet and outlet are each in the form of a star wheel.
  • the inlet star wheel conveys the containers to the carousel turntable of the machine and the outlet star wheel removes the handled containers from the machine and transports them back onto the removal conveyor belt that runs past said machine.
  • devices of this type can also be used for other cylindrical containers and other machines, for example bottling and labeling machines, inspection and test machines, drum filling machines etc. It is thereby customary to provide a specific set of star wheels for each container diameter.
  • devices of this type have two coaxial star wheels that are non-rotationally connected to each other, whereby one arm forms a rear stop for the containers to be guided, and located between these two star wheels is a central, coaxial star wheel, of which the arms facing the one, above mentioned arm form a front stop for the containers, and means are provided to rotate the center star wheel with respect to the star wheel pair by such an angle that the device can be adapted to accommodate containers with different diameters.
  • the object of the present application is to create a suitable feeding and/or removal device for different containers in which there is essentially no need for adjustable or convertible star parts or star pocket levels that can be rotated in relation to each other.
  • This task is accomplished by a device for the feeding and removal of containers, in particular for the feeding of upright barrels, cans, bottles and similar containers from a conveyor belt to a linear conveyor or revolving carousel turntable or also for the return of said containers to a removal conveyor belt with a star wheel, the star pockets of which or the arms of which can be brought at least partly in contact with the container and which are realized so that they can be adjusted to accommodate different containers, in which the pushing and/or centering arms or faces of the star wheel can be driven independently and can be adjusted in their rotational position to accommodate different container diameters by a rotational adjustment to the current container cylinder diameter, with reference to the container midpoint, and to the corresponding position in the machine.
  • the pushing and/or centering arms of the star wheel can be advanced or retracted, or moved forward or moved backward, by the partial amount of the center offset of the respective different container diameters and/or can be brought into the pushing position.
  • inventions or “embodiment of the invention”
  • word “invention” or “embodiment of the invention” includes “inventions” or “embodiments of the invention”, that is the plural of “invention” or “embodiment of the invention”.
  • inventions or “embodiment of the invention”
  • the Applicant does not in any way admit that the present application does not include more than one patentably and non-obviously distinct invention, and maintains that this application may include more than one patentably and non-obviously distinct invention.
  • the Applicant hereby asserts that the disclosure of this application may include more than one invention, and, in the event that there is more than one invention, that these inventions may be patentable and non-obvious one with respect to the other.
  • FIG. 1 shows a linear handling machine
  • FIG. 1A is a schematic illustration of a container filling plant in accordance with one possible embodiment
  • FIG. 1B shows an illustration of a beverage container handling machine according to one possible embodiment
  • FIG. 1C shows the linear handling machine of FIG. 1 with additional detail
  • FIG. 2 shows a transfer star in a prismatic realization
  • FIG. 3 shows a transfer star mechanism according to at least one possible embodiment
  • FIG. 4 shows a transfer star mechanism according to at least one possible embodiment.
  • FIG. 1A shows schematically the main components of one embodiment example of a system for filling beverage containers, specifically, an embodiment of a beverage bottling plant 100 for filling bottles B with liquid beverage filling material, in accordance with one embodiment, or in which system or plant could possibly be utilized at least one aspect, or several an aspects, of the embodiments disclosed herein.
  • FIG. 1A shows a rinsing arrangement or rinsing station 101 , to which the containers, namely bottles B, are fed in the direction of travel as is indicated by the arrow A 1 , by means of a conveyer line or conveyer arrangement to feed bottles to rinsing arrangement 103 , and downstream of rinsing arrangement or rinsing station 101 , in the direction of travel as is indicated by the arrow A 1 , the rinsed bottles B are transported to a beverage filling machine 105 by means of a conveyer line or conveyer arrangement 104 to pass bottles to filling machine that is formed, for example, by a starwheel conveyer or a plurality of starwheels of a conveyer arrangement.
  • the conveyer arrangement 104 to pass bottles to filling machine may possibly comprise a starwheel conveying structure that introduces bottles B to the filling machine 105 .
  • a closing arrangement or closing station 106 Downstream of the filling machine 105 , in the direction of travel of the bottles B, there can preferably be a closing arrangement or closing station 106 which closes the bottles B.
  • the closing arrangement or closing station 106 can, for example, be connected directly to a labeling arrangement or labeling station 108 having at least one labeling unit, device, or module for first product, each unit having a head, such as, for example, by means of a conveyer arrangement 107 to pass bottles to labeling arrangement that may be formed, for example, by a plurality of starwheels of a conveyer arrangement.
  • the labeling arrangement or labeling station 108 having at least one labeling unit, device, or module for first product, each unit having a head has, for example, three outputs, namely one output formed by a conveyer arrangement 109 to convey first product bottles for bottles B that are filled with a first product.
  • the first product may possibly be provided by a first product mixer 123 that is connected to the filling machine 105 , for example, through a conduit for first product 121 , and bottles B that are filled with a predetermined volume of liquid beverage filling material, that is, the first product, are then labeled by a labeling module in the labeling arrangement or labeling station 108 having at least one labeling unit, device, or module for first product, each unit having a head, corresponding to this first product delivered from first product mixer 123 to the beverage filling machine 105 and thence to the corresponding bottles B.
  • a labeling module in the labeling arrangement or labeling station 108 having at least one labeling unit, device, or module for first product, each unit having a head, corresponding to this first product delivered from first product mixer 123 to the beverage filling machine 105 and thence to the corresponding bottles B.
  • a second output that is formed by a conveyer arrangement 110 to convey second product bottles is provided for those bottles B that are filled with a second product.
  • the second product may emanate from a second product mixer 124 that is connected, for example, through a conduit for second product 122 to the filling machine 105 , and these bottles B filled with a predetermined volume of liquid beverage filling material comprising the second product are then correspondingly labeled by a labeling module in the labeling arrangement or labeling station 108 having at least one labeling unit, device, or module for first product, each unit having a head, corresponding to this second product.
  • a third output for example, formed by a conveyer arrangement 111 to convey incorrectly labeled bottles, removes any bottles B which have been incorrectly labeled as may have been determined by an inspecting device or an inspecting station, or an inspecting module 128 that may possibly form a part of the labeling arrangement or labeling station 108 having at least one labeling unit, device, or module for first product, each unit having a head.
  • item 112 is a central control arrangement or, expressed differently, a controller with a computer to process algorithms, which controls the operation of the above-referenced system or plant.
  • the beverage filling machine 105 is preferably of the revolving design, with a rotor 105 ′, which revolves around a vertical machine axis.
  • the rotor 105 ′ is designed to handle the bottles B by the neck.
  • a filling arrangement 114 having at least one filling device, element, apparatus, or valve comprises an apparatus configured to introduce a predetermined volume of liquid beverage filling material into the interior of bottles B to a predetermined level of liquid beverage filling material.
  • the filling device or apparatus comprises an apparatus configured to terminate the filling of bottles upon liquid beverage filling material reaching the predetermined level in bottles B.
  • the filling arrangements 114 having at least one filling device, element, apparatus, or valve, are configured and disposed to provide a predetermined flow of liquid beverage filling material from the source thereof, such as, product mixers 123 and 124 , into the bottles B.
  • the toroidal vessel 117 is a component, for example, of the revolving rotor 105 ′.
  • the toroidal vessel 117 can be connected by means of a rotary coupling or a coupling that permits rotation, and by means of the conduit for first product 121 to the external reservoir or first product mixer 123 to supply the product.
  • each filling arrangement 114 having at least one filling device, element, apparatus, or valve is preferably connected by means of two connections to a toroidal vessel 117 which contains a first product, say by means of a first connection, for example, the conduit for first product 121 , and to a second toroidal vessel which contains a second product, say by means of the second connection, for example, the conduit for second product 122 .
  • each filling arrangement 114 having at least one filling device, element, apparatus, or valve can also preferably have, at the connections, two individually-controllable fluid or control valves, so that in each bottle B which is delivered at the inlet of the filling machine 105 to a filling position 113 , the first product or the second product can be filled by means of an appropriate control of the filling product or fluid valves.
  • FIG. 1A a two-product assembly or system of a bottling plant is illustrated in FIG. 1A , the disclosure is equally applicable to single-product installations, or other commensurate embodiments.
  • FIG. 1B shows a beverage container handling machine according to one possible embodiment.
  • beverage containers 204 such as kegs or barrels, are moved along a linear conveyor belt or similar device 211 in direction of movement D 2 to an input star wheel arrangement 201 .
  • the conveyor belt 211 is provided with guide elements 206 that can engage beverage containers 204 to center them or position them so they are properly oriented with respect to the input star wheel 201 .
  • the input star wheel 201 receives the beverage containers 204 in its pockets or arms.
  • the input star wheel 201 then rotates to move the beverage containers 204 into a corresponding position in a rotary carousel 213 of a container handling station 210 , which can be a filling station for filling the beverage containers 204 with a beverage, or other such machines as labeling machines or inspection and test machines.
  • the rotary carousel 213 rotates counterclockwise in the direction D 1 as the beverage containers 204 are filled, labeled, or inspected according to the type of station in which the containers 204 are located.
  • the beverage containers 204 are rotated around and into an output star wheel 212 , which, in at least one embodiment, can be identical to the input star wheel.
  • the output star wheel 212 guides the beverage containers 204 onto the linear conveyor belt 211 , which in turn transports the containers to another section of the plant.
  • the device for the feeding and removal of containers comprises a rotating star wheel 1 with receptacle pockets, arms 2 or prisms 8 in or against which the outer cylindrical surface 3 of a container is located during the transfer.
  • the star pockets or arms 2 are preferably located in pairs on different levels with a corresponding space in between, and are operated by their own drive device 5 which is independent of the machine drive system.
  • synchronous motors, stepper motors, servo motors and other suitable motors can be used, which can be driven and actuated so that they are synchronized in terms of speed or position and/or angle.
  • the device is driven by at least one drive motor of its own, and is not mechanically connected with the drive and/or rotational movements of the container handling machine itself, means such as a rotary encoder or position transmitter etc. are provided that guarantee a positioning of the containers at the correct interval, as well as a correct drive for the device, even after operational interruptions and/or a power failure.
  • the working position or pushing position of the arms or prisms can be automatically adjusted to the different container diameters by a rotational adjustment with reference to the container diameter at its midpoint and the desired position of the container on the support plate of a revolving carousel, on a linear conveyor or in the handling position in the machine.
  • the revolving movement of the star wheel or of the arms 2 or prisms 8 can be accelerated continuously, discontinuously, step-wise in different steps and also delayed, whereby preferably at the moment of the transfer, the speed at which the container 4 is moving and the speed of the conveyor speed or the speed of revolution of the handling machine are identical.
  • the pushing or centering arms 2 or prisms 8 which are located at the desired interval, for example, there are guide elements 6 that can be moved into a corresponding terminal position depending on the container diameter. If the container 4 is not in the correct center position in relation to the revolving support plate or to the desired handling position, these guide elements steer the containers 4 into the required position. Said guide elements can be omitted with containers 4 that are moved forward in a centering track or on conveyor devices that have lateral guides, and downstream prism-shaped guides 8 . Depending on the speed of rotation of the guide elements 2 , additional pressure or guide elements 7 can be provided to fix the containers 4 in position. In the exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 2 , the face or guide arm 2 ′ is equipped with a prism 8 .
  • the center axis 9 of the prism coincides with the center of the receiving plane, the receptacle support plate etc. or can be made to coincide with it.
  • the prism 8 can be moved on the face or the guide arm 2 to adjust to different center positions, or it can also be mounted so that it can be moved by means of a motor. When a prism 8 is used, all the guide arms or faces 2 , 2 ′ are advantageously equipped with such a prism.
  • FIG. 1C shows the linear handling machine of FIG. 1 with a control system 300 operatively connected to the rotating star wheel 1 .
  • the control system 300 can comprise a computer control system to control the movement and operation of the rotating star wheel 1 .
  • FIG. 3 shows a transfer star mechanism 301 according to at least one possible embodiment for moving beverage containers to or from a conveyor system or container handling system in a beverage container handling plant.
  • the transfer star mechanism 301 comprises an upper group of star arms 302 and a lower group of star arms 302 . These arms 302 are in pairs and project like spokes from a center column 305 which comprises at least one drive mechanism for movement of the star arms 302 .
  • a computerized control system 320 is operatively connected to the transfer star device 301 to control the movement of the transfer star device 301 and/or the star arms 302 .
  • there are four pairs of star arms 302 (only three pairs are visible), but it should be understood that it is within the scope of this application for embodiments of the transfer star mechanism 301 to have more or less than four pairs of star arms 302 .
  • FIG. 4 shows a transfer star mechanism 301 according to at least one possible embodiment. The embodiment shown is similar to that shown in FIG. 3 , but with only one set of star arms 302 .
  • the arms of the transfer star device can be adjusted in a variety of ways as to their position and movement, as described herein.
  • These various adjustment methods or structures can be used either individually or in any combination thereof to achieve an adjustable transfer star device to handle containers of various sizes and/or shapes and/or dimensions, in accordance with at least one possible embodiment.
  • the speed or rate of rotation of the transfer star device can be adjusted according to the size of the containers to be transferred.
  • the arms can be accelerated, decelerated, started and stopped, or otherwise moved in a non-constant, intermittent manner, according to the size of the containers to be transferred.
  • This speed or movement adjustment can be accomplished by a drive device incorporating servo or stepper motors or other suitable motors.
  • a computer program can control the operation of the transfer star device.
  • the speed of rotation of the transfer star device can also be adjusted with respect to the speed of rotation of a corresponding rotary container handling station, such as a rotary filling machine, and/or the speed of movement of a corresponding conveyor belt or other similar conveyor structure.
  • the transfer arms can be adjusted individually to create different-sized angles and thus different-sized star pockets for receiving and transferring containers of various sizes.
  • the individual arms can be moved by motors and controlled by a computerized control system.
  • the transfer star device can have an upper and lower set of star arms.
  • the upper or lower set can be rotationally adjusted with respect to the other one of the upper or lower set that is non-rotational in order to create star pockets of different sizes to handle containers of different sizes.
  • the star arms could be extended and retracted in a telescoping manner to increase or decrease the length of the star arms as desired.
  • One feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in a device for the feeding and removal of containers, in particular for the feeding of upright barrels, cans, bottles and similar containers from a conveyor belt to a linear conveyor or revolving carousel turntable or also for the return of said containers to a removal conveyor belt with a star wheel, the star pockets of which or the arms of which can be brought at least partly in contact with the container and which are realized so that they can be adjusted to accommodate different containers, characterized by the fact that the pushing and/or centering arms or prisms of the star wheel can be driven independently, and their rotational position can be adjusted to the different container diameter by rotational adjustment with reference to the center of the container, to the diameter of the cylindrical portion of the container and to the required position of the container in the machine.
  • Another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in a device for the feeding and removal of containers, characterized by the fact that the pushing and/or centering arms or prisms of the star wheel and/or slide can be advanced or retracted by the angle required to compensate for the offset of the center of the respective different container diameters and/or can be brought into the pushing position.
  • Yet another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in a device for the feeding and removal of containers, characterized by the fact that the pushing and/or centering arms or prisms of the star wheel move the center of the container onto the center of the receiving plane of a linear conveyor or the support plates of a revolving handling machine by advancing or retracting the feeder speeds.
  • Still another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in a device for the feeding and removal of containers, characterized by the fact that the arms or prisms of the star wheel move the centers of the containers at the correct intervals to the center of the receiving or conveyor plane of a linear handling machine.
  • a further feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in a device for the feeding and removal of containers, characterized by the fact that at least the inlet-side star wheel is driven by its own motor and can be actuated and/or adjusted separately.
  • Yet another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in a device for the feeding and removal of containers, characterized by the fact that the star arms and/or prisms can be brought synchronized in terms of angle or position with the center axes of the receiving plate of the carousel turntable or of the linear handling position.
  • Still another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in a device for the feeding and removal of containers, characterized by the fact that a guide element that steers the containers into the centered position with respect to the center of the support plates or receiving plane is provided in the transfer area.
  • a further feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in a device for the feeding and removal of containers, characterized by the fact that the position of the guide element can be set automatically as a function of the size of the container to be processed.
  • Still another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in a device for the feeding and removal of containers, characterized by the fact that the center axis of the prism coincides or can be made to coincide with the center of the receiving plane.
  • a further feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in a device for the feeding and removal of containers, characterized by the fact that the prism is mounted so that it can be pushed or moved by a motor on the face or on the guide arm to adjust to different center positions.
  • a beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material having a device for the feeding and removal of containers, in particular for the feeding of upright barrels, cans, bottles and similar containers from a conveyor belt to a linear conveyor or revolving carousel turntable or also for the return of said containers to a removal conveyor belt with a star wheel, the star pockets of which or the arms of which can be brought at least partly in contact with the container and which are realized so that they can be adjusted to accommodate different containers, whereby the pushing and/or centering arms or prisms of the star wheel can be driven independently, and their rotational position can be adjusted to the different container diameter by rotational adjustment with reference to the center of the container, to the diameter of the cylindrical portion of the container and to the required position of the container in the machine.
  • beverage container filling plant for filling beverage containers, such as beverage bottles, beverage kegs, beverage barrels, beverage drums, and beverage cans, with a liquid beverage
  • said beverage container filling plant comprising: a rotatable beverage container cleaning machine being configured and disposed to clean empty beverage containers; a feed arrangement to supply empty beverage containers to said beverage container cleaning machine; a rotatable beverage container filling machine being configured and disposed to fill empty beverage containers with liquid beverage material; said beverage container filling machine comprising a plurality of beverage container filling devices for filling beverage containers with liquid beverage material; at least one storage unit being configured and disposed to store a supply of liquid beverage material; at least one supply line being configured and disposed to connect said at least one storage unit to said beverage container filling machine to supply liquid beverage material to said beverage container filling machine; a first conveyer arrangement being configured and disposed to move empty beverage containers from said beverage container cleaning machine into said beverage container filling machine
  • keg handling system and components thereof may possibly be utilized or possibly adapted for use in at least one possible embodiment of the present application may possibly be the INNOKEG CONTIKEG system manufactured by KHS Till GmbH, located at Kapellenstrasse 47-49, D-65830 Kriftel, Federal Republic of Germany.
  • INNOKEG CONTIKEG system which are also manufactured by KHS Till GmbH, and components thereof that may be possibly be utilized or possibly adapted for use in at least one possible embodiment of the present application may possibly be VisuKeg 2000, which is the PC supported visualization program for computerized handling and control of the Contikeg plant and for the demonstration of the machine and plant processes.
  • bottling systems that may possibly be utilized or possibly adapted for use in at least one possible embodiment of the present application may possibly be found in the following U.S. patents, all assigned to the Assignee herein, namely: U.S. Pat. No. 4,911,285; U.S. Pat. No. 4,944,830; U.S. Pat. No. 4,950,350; U.S. Pat. No. 4,976,803; U.S. Pat. No. 4,981,547; U.S. Pat. No. 5,004,518; U.S. Pat. No. 5,017,261; U.S. Pat. No. 5,062,917; U.S. Pat. No. 5,062,918; U.S. Pat. No.
  • stepping motors that may possibly be utilized or possibly adapted for use in at least one possible embodiment of the present application may possibly be found in the following U.S. patents: U.S. Pat. No. 6,348,774 issued to Andersen et al. on Feb. 19, 2002; U.S. Pat. No. 6,373,209 issued to Gerber et al. on Apr. 16, 2002; U.S. Pat. No. 6,424,061 issued to Fukuda et al. on Jul. 23, 2002; U.S. Pat. No. 6,509,663 issued to Aoun on Jan. 21, 2003; U.S. Pat. No. 6,548,923 to Ohnishi et al. on Apr. 15, 2003; and U.S. Pat. No. 6,661,193 issued to Tsai on Dec. 9, 2003.
  • servo-motors that may possibly be utilized or possibly adapted for use in at least one possible embodiment of the present application may possibly be found in the following U.S. patents: U.S. Pat. No. 4,050,434 issued to Zbikowski et al. on Sep. 27, 1977; U.S. Pat. No. 4,365,538 issued to Andoh on Dec. 28, 1982; U.S. Pat. No. 4,550,626 issued to Brouter on Nov. 5, 1985; U.S. Pat. No. 4,760,699 issued to Jacobsen et al. on Aug. 2, 1988; U.S. Pat. No. 5,076,568 issued to de Jong et al. on Dec. 31, 1991; and U.S. Pat. No. 6,025 issued to Yasui on Feb. 15, 2000.
  • bottling systems which may possibly be utilized or adapted for use in at least one possible embodiment may possibly be found in the following U.S. patents: U.S. Pat. No. 6,684,602, entitled “Compact bottling machine;” U.S. Pat. No. 6,470,922, entitled “Bottling plant for bottling carbonated beverages;” U.S. Pat. No. 6,390,150, entitled “Drive for bottling machine;” U.S. Pat. No. 6,374,575, entitled “Bottling plant and method of operating a bottling plant;” U.S. Pat. No. 6,192,946, entitled “Bottling system;” U.S. Pat. No.
  • starwheels which may possibly be utilized or adapted for use in at least one possible embodiment may possibly be found in the following U.S. patents: U.S. Pat. No. 5,613,593, entitled “Container handling starwheel;” U.S. Pat. No. 5,029,695, entitled “Improved starwheel;” U.S. Pat. No. 4,124,112, entitled “Odd-shaped container indexing starwheel;” and U.S. Pat. No. 4,084,686, entitled “Starwheel control in a system for conveying containers.”
  • beverage bottling systems which may possibly be utilized or adapted for use in at least one possible embodiment may possibly be found in the following U.S. patents, and are hereby incorporated by reference as if set forth in their entirety herein: U.S. Pat. No. 6,494,238, entitled “Plant for filling beverage into beverage bottles and other beverage containers having apparatus for replacing remaining air volume in filled beverage bottles or other beverage containers;” U.S. Pat. No. 6,474,368, entitled “Beverage container filling machine, and method for filling containers with a liquid filling material in a beverage container filling machine;” U.S. Pat. No. 6,470,922, entitled “Bottling plant for bottling carbonated beverages;” U.S. Pat. No.

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