US3151540A - Device for treatment of commodities packed in containers - Google Patents

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US3151540A
US3151540A US179388A US17938862A US3151540A US 3151540 A US3151540 A US 3151540A US 179388 A US179388 A US 179388A US 17938862 A US17938862 A US 17938862A US 3151540 A US3151540 A US 3151540A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23C—DAIRY PRODUCTS, e.g. MILK, BUTTER OR CHEESE; MILK OR CHEESE SUBSTITUTES; MAKING THEREOF
    • A23C3/00—Preservation of milk or milk preparations
    • A23C3/02—Preservation of milk or milk preparations by heating
    • A23C3/023—Preservation of milk or milk preparations by heating in packages
    • A23C3/027—Preservation of milk or milk preparations by heating in packages progressively transported through the apparatus
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23L—FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES A21D OR A23B-A23J; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OF NUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL
    • A23L3/00—Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general, e.g. pasteurising, sterilising, specially adapted for foods or foodstuffs
    • A23L3/001—Details of apparatus, e.g. for transport, for loading or unloading manipulation, pressure feed valves

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  • the invention relates to devices for treatment or" commodities packed in containers and especially for the sterilization or pasteurization of bottles filled with milk or other liquids, the said devices being of the type pro vided with a treatment chamber and tube shaped carriers moving mong a track through the said chamber, the containers being positioned in the said carriers, while at a location on the said track there is a device for feeding containers to and a device for removing containers fi'om the carriers.
  • the said treatment chamber consists among other things of a so-called overpressure steam chamber, which on either side is defined by a liquid seal, while in this chamber a temperature of 100 C. and upward can be maintained.
  • a temperature of less than 100 C. sufiices for the intended treatment it will be possible to constitute an underpressure steam chamber in the central part of the treatment chamber, the underpressure being adapted to the temperature aimed at.
  • the temperature and pressure in the steam chamber are not relevant.
  • the device for removing the containers from the carriers consists of an ejection mechanism in which a push rod with a buffer head presses against the side and, in the event of bottles, against the crown cork or capsule of the container.
  • a push rod with a buffer head presses against the side and, in the event of bottles, against the crown cork or capsule of the container.
  • the containers can be pushed out of the carriers by means of a liquid stream.
  • a still further object of the invention is to improve the eiiiciency of the installation by providing means for re circulation of the liquid.
  • FEGURE l is a diagrammatically represented side elevation of a part of the sterilization device, which is pro vided with a device for the removal of containers;
  • FIG. 1a is a View taken in the direction of arrow I in EEG. la.
  • FIGURE 2 shows on a slightly enlarged scale another embodnient for the removal of containers
  • FIGURES 3 and 4 show a View of the left side (as seen in FIG. 2) of the device for the removal of the con tainers contemplated in the direction of the arrows III and IV, respectively, in which FIGURE 4 shows a plurality of carriers;
  • FZGURES 5 and 6 represent a view of the right side (as seen in FIG. 2) of the device contemplated, in the direction of the arrows V and VI, FIGURE 5 for the sake of clarity only representing a fragment of the view in relation to the carrier shown.
  • the device to which the invention relates may be of the type as described in US. Patent No. 2,719,478, viz. a device rovided with a treatment chamber, consisting of some towers, which on the lower side are mutually connected, and a number of tube shaped carriers moving along a predetermined track through these towers.
  • the central part is constituted by an overpressure chamber, in which due to a supply of steam there is maintained a certain overpressure and in this Way a definite temperature (over 160 C).
  • the U-shaped liquid seals on either side of this steam chamber serve as a pressure maintaining device, the long leg of the U providing the required hydrostatic counter pressure.
  • FIGURE 1 A part of this device is shown in FIGURE 1 in which a tube shaped cmrier l is represented in which are two containers 2, in the shape of bottles.
  • the wall of the device is indicated by 3 and FIGURE 1 shows a section at the location where the containers 2 are removed from the carrier Fr. To that end there is provided an aperture 4 in the wall 3.
  • the device for the removal of the containers 2 is conof the one front faces of the passing carrier 1.
  • the endless belt 7 preferably consists of a number of narrow belts or ropes 7:: as revealed in FIG. 1a.
  • the belts 7a are spaced one beside the other so as to leave between them open spaces.
  • One of the turning wheels 8 of the pair is driven by a mechanism in such a way that the belt 7 advances in the direction indicated by arrows.
  • a movable stop 9 which can be placed in the path of the containers 2, lying on the belt '7.
  • the spacing of the stop 9 to the carrier 1 is at least equal to the length of this carrier 1.
  • the stop can be moved to the position indicated in dotted lines by means Well known in the art in which it is no longer in the'path of the containers 2.
  • a device 10 Adjacent the receiving surface 6 as contemplated in the direction of movement, a device 10 is mounted for tilting the containers 2 through about 90, that is to say for mtfving them from the prostrate position to'the upright position. Such devices are well known in the art and need no further discussion. These containers in their upright position may be conveyed further, eg to a device for filling crates.
  • the nozzle is connected by means of a duct 11 with a liquid pump 12, which sucks liquid from a tank 13, disposed on the lower side of the device.
  • the liquid ejected from the nozzle 5 and flowing downwardly through the receiving surface 6 is led to the tank 13 by way of an in- -with apertures 4.
  • Liquid issucked from the tank 13 by means of the pump 12 and fed to the nozzle 5 by way of the duct 11. This liquid issues at a relatively minor pressure but in large quantities from the nozzle 5 and penetrates the carrier 1, which is in front of the aperture 4,
  • the larger part flows through the receiving surface 6 to arrive at the tank 13 by way of the slanting plate 14 in order to start a new cycle.
  • the liquid issuing from the carrier 1 flows unhampered through the receiving surface 6 as this is constituted by a number of spaced narrow belts or ropes.
  • the belt 7 may, if need be, also consist of one single piece' which is slitted or .in which circular perforations are provided.
  • FIG. 2 shows a small part of the track of the conveyor.
  • the carrier 21 On the other side the carrier 21 is provided with a star wheel 29, the points of the star being always situated between two juxtaposed tubes 22.
  • This star wheel 29 which is rotatably supported by the chain 28, situated beside it, cooperates with a rack element 30 consisting of a plate 31 through which extend a number of short tubes 32.
  • the plate 31 is provided with at least eight of these short tubes 32, which are spaced in such a way that each star wheel 29 can cooperate therewith in the manner of a toothed wheel, when the carriers 21 pass.
  • a tube 22 is coaxially aligned with this short tube.
  • the carrier 21 performs as it were a rolling movement, the tubes 22 substantially traversing trajec- .tories of cycloidal shape.
  • the velocity of each tube 22 at the lowermost point is practically nil, so that there is plenty of time available for emptying each tube.
  • the liquid required therefor is supplied by way of eight nozzles 5, which are situated one beside the other at the end of ducts 8 in a way analoguous to that shown in FIGURE 1.
  • the open ends of the tubes 22 are provided with two strips 33, which do not hinder the supply of liquid but prevent the containers 2 from protruding outwardly.
  • the operation of the device for removal is substantially identical to that of the device according to FIGURE 1.
  • a device for the treatment of commodities packed in containers comprising a treatment chamber, tube shaped carriers movable through the said chamber along a predetermined path, said carriers being adapted to accommodate said containers therein, means for circulating a fluid stream along a path extending through the tube shaped carriers to remove containers from said carriers in said stream, said means including a plurality of nozzles located adjacent the path of the carriers for ejecting fluid into the carriers, the device further comprising means adjacent the path of the carriers for receivingcontainers from said carriers in the fluid stream, an endless conveyor belt coupled to and moving said carriers through A'm'odified embodiment'realized for that purpose is indi-. .c ated' in the FIGURES 2-6.
  • Each carrier 21 consists of One side of.
  • the carrier 21 is pivotally I axially aligned with the center of said circle and disposed at one end of the tubes for engaging said nozzles to roll therealong to cause each of said tubes to be successively aligned with a respective nozzle whereby the containers in each tube can be discharged therefrom.
  • the means for receiving containers comprises a container receiving surface constituted by a plurality of spaced narrow belts and two turningwheels over which saidnarrow belts are displaced, the fluid stream passing'through the spaces beneath the carrier path for collecting the fluid stream after the same has passed through the carriers, the means for circulating the fluid stream comprising a pump connected between the nozzle and the tank for supplying fluid to the nozzle from the tank.
  • said starshaped plate means comprises a star-shaped plate including points disposed between two juxtaposed tubes, said nozzles having a spacing along the conveyor to permit the star-shaped plate to roll along the nozzles with said points being interposed between the same.

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US1999430A (en) * 1932-03-30 1935-04-30 Schmidt John Cooking apparatus
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US2058849A (en) * 1932-01-18 1936-10-27 Hovden Company K Fish product and process of treating fish
US1999430A (en) * 1932-03-30 1935-04-30 Schmidt John Cooking apparatus
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US2740672A (en) * 1953-03-11 1956-04-03 Fuller Co Conveying apparatus
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US3759577A (en) * 1972-02-14 1973-09-18 Reed Ind Inc Coin collecting system
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