US3478785A - Counter pressure filling machine with a plurality of chambers - Google Patents

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US3478785A
US3478785A US645556A US3478785DA US3478785A US 3478785 A US3478785 A US 3478785A US 645556 A US645556 A US 645556A US 3478785D A US3478785D A US 3478785DA US 3478785 A US3478785 A US 3478785A
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Rudolf Mallrich
Hermann Kolb
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • 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
    • B67C3/06—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus using counterpressure, i.e. filling while the container is under pressure
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  • the present invention relates to a counter-pressure filling machine with a preferably annular upper section forming *a liquid receiving container, and equipped with a plurality of filling units, said upper section being connected through a central column with a lower section carrying supporting means for the vessels to be filled.
  • the said filling units are connected to separate chambers for respectively receiving liquid, loading gas and a return gas.
  • the arrangement is such that the liquid pressure and the loading pressure are controllable by an adjustable diaphragm valve common to all of said filling units, whereas the return gas pressure for each filling units is individually adjustable by an individual throttle, the throttled return gas from each filling element being conveyed into a chamber communicating with the atmosphere.
  • rI ⁇ he present invention concerns lcounter-pressure multichamber filling machines.
  • the chambers are customarily provided in an upper portion carryingfthe filling elements and in a central column which establishes communication between the upper portion and a l'ower machine part containing the lifting elements.
  • the individual filling elements on the upper portion of the machine communicate with the chambers through conduits and passages in such a way that following the placing of a vessel pressed against the filling elements under preload, the gas under pressure or clamping gas (Spanngas.) which is displaced by the infiowing liquid passes into the return gas chamber through an opened passage.
  • gas under pressure or clamping gas spanngas.
  • a return gas conduit without the heretofore known control by means of a diaphragm control valve can be of advantage with the above mentioned filling machines and that it will suffice to withdraw the return gas merely under throttled condition.
  • the present invention suggests, in connection with bottle filling machines of the above mentioned type, to control the liquid and preloading pressure by means of an adjustable diaphragm control device common to all lling elements, and to control the return gas pressure by throttling means respectively individually associated with each filling element lwhile passing the throttled return gas from each filling element into a chamber of the central column which chamber communicates with the atmosphere.
  • the throttle may be arranged in the return gas path of the filling elements within the element housing or outside the element housing in the return gas conduit leading to the return gas chamber.
  • the throttle itself is advantageously exchangeably arranged in the return gas path so that at any desired time a throttle can be inserted in conformity with the respective liquid to be filled into the vessels.
  • the filling machine illustrated in the drawing comprises primarily a lower section 11 rotatably mounted on a stand 10 and equipped with bottle supports 12 adapted selectively to be raised and lowered, and is further provided with a central column 13 and an upper section 14 supported thereby.
  • an annular container 15a which comprises a liquid chamber 15 and a loading gas chamber 16 separated from the liquid chamber 15 by a partition 16a.
  • Filling elements 17 are connected to the upper section 14 and are arranged in alignment with the bottle supports 12 of the lower machine section 11. Each element 17 communicates with chamber 16 and 15 through conduits 18 and 19. Moreover, each of the elements 17 communicates through a conduit 20 with a return gas chamber 21 arranged in the central column 13.
  • Chamber 21 in its turn is adapted to communicate with the atmosphere through a conduit 23 which is adapted to be closed by means of a valve 22.
  • a throttle 24 is exchangeably inserted in the return gas path 25 of each filling element 17.
  • Throttle 24 may advantageously be arranged in the conduit 20 outside the element housing or, if desired, may be arranged within the housing body at the exit to said conduit 20. Moreover, the said throttle 24 may at the inlet side or the inlet and outlet side be protected by a screen against the entrance of foreign bodies.
  • the gas and liquid paths 18, 25 and 19 of the filling elements 17 equipped with a filling pipe 26 and a centering funnel 27 are respectively controlled by a valve-like control element 28. Abutment elements not shown on the circumference of the machine bring about the control movements of the elements 28.
  • the feeding lines 31 and 32 for the liquid and the loading gas come together in a central pipe section 30V in the upper section 14 of the machine.
  • the liquid conduit 31 is connected to chamber 15 through the intervention of a plurality of distributing conduits 33.
  • Conduit 23 communicating with the return gas chamber 21 leads out of the pipe section 30.
  • Control valve 35 consists primarily of two pressure chambers 37 and 38 which are separated from each other by a diaphragm 36.
  • the upper chamber 37 communicates through a passage 39 with the liquid conduit 31, whereas the lower chamber 38 directly communicates with the loading gas conducting conduit 32.
  • the gas supply is controlled by a valve 40.
  • a spring-urged valve 40 which is adjustable selectively by means of a control element 41.
  • the bottles fed in a continuous manner by a conveyor belt not shown to the filling machine are transferred to the rotating bottle supports 12 and by means of the latter are pressed against the centering funnel 27 of the filling elements.
  • a pressedon bottle is in customary manner pre-loaded in conformity with the liquid pressure while by means of the control valve 28 a connection to the chamber 16 is established and the loading gas flows through conduit 18 into the bottle.
  • the liquid follows from chamber 15 through conduit 19 and fills pipe 26.
  • the gas displaced from the interior of the bottles and passing through return gas passage of pipe 26 and the return gas path 25 of filling element 17 as well as through conduit 20 to chamber 21 will be conveyed through throttle 24 before it enters the said chamber and from there passes through conduit 23 and open valve 22 into the atmosphere.
  • This throttle which advantageously has a nozzle-shaped central bore of a diameter varying from 0.7 to 0.9 mm. reduces the cross section of the return gas path and brings about that the return gas will not escape shockwise but in a delayed manner. This in turn brings about a uniform filling of the bottles vhich is practically non-sensitive with regard to pressure variations in the liquid conveying conduit.
  • a counter-pressure filling machine especially bottling machine, which comprises: a rotatable lower section including supporting means for the vessels to be filled, a central column supported by said lower section, areturn gas receiving chamber supported by said central column and adapted to communicate with the atmosphere, an upper section supported by said central column and including container means for receiving and releasing the liquid to be filled into vessels on said supporting means, a plurality of filling units respectively aligned with said supporting means for filling vessels on said supporting means, first conduit means communicating 4with said container means and adapted to be' connected to a supply of liquid to be conveyed to said container means, second conduit means adapted to be connected to a supply of loading gas and leading to said filling units for filling units for conveying loading gas into the vessels to be filled on said supporting means prior to said vessels being filled with liquid, diaphragm valve' means common to allrof said filling units and having one side of the diaphragm thereof in communication with said first conduit means and having the opposite side of said diaphragm in communication with said second conduit
  • a machine which includes final conduit means leading from said return gas receiving chamber to the atmosphere, and valve means adapted selectively to be closed and opened and arranged in said final conduit means.
  • each of said throttling means is in series with said third conduit means, and control element means individually adjustable and provided also in series with said third conduit means supplemental to said throttling means to assure crossse'ctional reduction of return gas passage in delayed manner for uniform filling operation.

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US4442873A (en) * 1981-11-27 1984-04-17 Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc. Container actuated counterpressure filling valve
US4693054A (en) * 1984-11-06 1987-09-15 Anheuser-Busch, Incorporated Process for filling beer into containers
US4986318A (en) * 1981-11-27 1991-01-22 Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc. Filling valve for counterpressure filling of cans
US5001878A (en) * 1985-02-26 1991-03-26 Sanfilippo John E Apparatus for providing containers with a controlled environment
US5016684A (en) * 1988-03-04 1991-05-21 Seitz Enzinger Noll Maschinenbau Aktiengesellschaft Method and apparatus for dispensing carbonated liquids, especially beverages, into containers under counter pressure
US5069020A (en) * 1990-07-13 1991-12-03 Sanfilippo John E Apparatus for providing containers with a controlled environment
US5145008A (en) * 1985-04-05 1992-09-08 Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc. Filling valve for counterpressure filling of cans
US5150740A (en) * 1989-10-12 1992-09-29 Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc. Filling valve
US6112780A (en) * 1998-04-03 2000-09-05 Meheen; David M. 4-tube apparatus for gaseous contaminant control during bottling processes
CN114084411A (zh) * 2021-11-10 2022-02-25 浙江惠迪森药业有限公司 缓冲分气装置
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US4442873A (en) * 1981-11-27 1984-04-17 Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc. Container actuated counterpressure filling valve
US4986318A (en) * 1981-11-27 1991-01-22 Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc. Filling valve for counterpressure filling of cans
US4693054A (en) * 1984-11-06 1987-09-15 Anheuser-Busch, Incorporated Process for filling beer into containers
US5001878A (en) * 1985-02-26 1991-03-26 Sanfilippo John E Apparatus for providing containers with a controlled environment
US5145008A (en) * 1985-04-05 1992-09-08 Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc. Filling valve for counterpressure filling of cans
US5016684A (en) * 1988-03-04 1991-05-21 Seitz Enzinger Noll Maschinenbau Aktiengesellschaft Method and apparatus for dispensing carbonated liquids, especially beverages, into containers under counter pressure
US5150740A (en) * 1989-10-12 1992-09-29 Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc. Filling valve
US5069020A (en) * 1990-07-13 1991-12-03 Sanfilippo John E Apparatus for providing containers with a controlled environment
US6112780A (en) * 1998-04-03 2000-09-05 Meheen; David M. 4-tube apparatus for gaseous contaminant control during bottling processes
US11370646B2 (en) * 2018-12-05 2022-06-28 Krones Ag Device and method for filling a fill product into a container to be filled in a beverage bottling plant
CN114084411A (zh) * 2021-11-10 2022-02-25 浙江惠迪森药业有限公司 缓冲分气装置

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