US3565132A - Apparatus for filling bottles with a powder - Google Patents

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US3565132A
US3565132A US800880A US3565132DA US3565132A US 3565132 A US3565132 A US 3565132A US 800880 A US800880 A US 800880A US 3565132D A US3565132D A US 3565132DA US 3565132 A US3565132 A US 3565132A
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  • the present invention relates to an apparatus for filling bottles with equal volumetric doses of powder.
  • the expression powder is intended to cover any product of fine particle size which has the physical appearance of a powder regardless of whether or not it possesses easy-flowing properties.
  • a tray in the vertical plane comprising cells the bottom of which is alternately subjected to vacuum and then to a gas pressure in order to retain and then eject a certain dose of powder;
  • an apparatus for filling bottles with a powder such apparatus com prising a turntable rotatable about a vertical axis, and having a plurality of radially extending grooves, in the upper surface of the turntable; powder supply means above the turntable so that powder can be fed to the grooves; a plurality of bottle lo cation means below, and rotatable with the turntable, each of the location means being in communication with one of the grooves so that the powder can leave the grooves and fall into the bottles; a doctor blade associated with each of the grooves; vertical drive means for the doctor blades to move the doctor blades into and out of the grooves; radial drive means for the doctor blades to move the doctor blades radially with respect to the grooves; means for supplying bottles to the location means; means for withdrawing bottles from the location means and means for rotating the turntable.
  • FIG. 1 is a plan view of one embodiment of apparatus according to the invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a section along the line lI-II of the apparatus of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view of the four cams of the apparatus of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 4 is a development of the two doctor blade lifting cams shown in FIG. 3;
  • FIGS. 5 to 7 are fragmentary sectional views, similar to a part of FIG. 2, showing three different positions of one of the doctor blades.
  • FIG. 8 is a fragmentary sectional view, to a larger scale, showing the operation of the push rods associated with the annular cams. 1
  • a base 1 has mounted thereon, at its center a vertical shaft 2, and concentric therewith annular cams 3, 7 and 8. Also mounted on the base 1, between cams 3 and 7 concentric to the shaft 2, is a circular roller track 5.
  • the vertical shaft 2 is keyed to a pinion 11, driven by a second pinion 11A, and also to a turret 6, rotatable on the track 5, the turret 6, together with a hub 12, a tray 14 and an upper plate 16 forming a turntable.
  • a stationary vertical shaft 50 Coaxially mounted above the shaft 2 is a stationary vertical shaft 50, carrying a cam 13, and a powder reservoir 19, provided with rotatable stirrers 20.
  • the upper plate 16 is formed with a plurality of radially extending grooves 17, located immediately below the reservoir 19, which, it will be noted from FIG. 1 is of oval cross section as viewed in plan. 1
  • Each of the grooves 17 cooperatewith a funnel 18, below which may be mounted a bottle 15, carried on the upper end of a push rod 4 which is caused to rise and fall by the cam 3.
  • Each of the radial grooves 17 has associated therewith a doctor blade 10 mounted on an arm 21 rockable about a pivot 22,
  • a rotary feed table 25 supplies the bottles 15 to the turntable in which they are located in notches formed in the tray 14 below the funnels 18; the bottles are removed at a rotary takeoff table 26.
  • Cam 8 can be moved concentrically relative to cam 7 by means of an annular rack 42 cooperating with a pinion 45, driven by a wormwheel 44 and a worm 43.
  • Lubrication for all the moving parts is supplied by a duct 51 in the stationary vertical shaft 50, oil flowing into an upper sump 46 above the turret 6, and around the push rods 4 and 9 to a lower reservoir 47, from which it flows outwardly through an aperture 52 to be recycled by a pump (not shown) to the duct 51.
  • the oval cross section of the powder reservoir includes a semicircle, of which the diameter corresponds essentially to the free space between the outer diameter of the stationary vertical shaft 50, and a circle which is tangent to the inner periphery of each of the funnels 18.
  • the cross section continues by an arc of 2 ,,360 (n being the number of grooves in the plate 16) of this tangential circle to the inner periphery of the funnels 18.
  • a further circular portion joins this are with a symmetrically disposed circular arc.
  • the stirrers are of the anchor sweeping type and rotate in opposite senses at the same speed. This speed. can be adjusted depending on the powders employed and preferably possess inclined blades so as not to lift the powder up.
  • the lower lip of the reservoir is parallel to the upper plate 16, only leaving minimum play between the lower lip and the plane surface of the plate 16.
  • the reservoir is fed to a constant level by a conventional device (not shown).
  • the form of the push rods is such as to'provide an upper portion formed with an annular groove 27, and a lower portion 36.
  • the two portions each include springs 34 and 35, the spring 34 abutting on the upper end of the cam follower rod 37, while the upper end of the spring 35 abuts on the lower end of the upper portion 4.
  • the push rod 9 has two springs 30 and 33 disposed in an upper portion 9 and the lower portion 32, an annular groove 29 being formed in the upper part 9.
  • the outer portion of the rod 40 is formed with a recess 39 which cooperates with a claw 38 on the push rod controlling raising and lowering of the arm 21.
  • bottles are continuously fed into the notches on the tray 14 by rotary table 25.
  • Each bottle locates itself in the notch at the moment when the corresponding groove 17, which is going to provide it with a dose of powder, has been filled (FIG. 5).
  • the doctor blade 10 is in the position of FIG. 5, the bottle 15 is supported under the corresponding funnel 18 by the push rod 4 which has risen during the rotation of the turntable as a result of the ramp ab of the cam 3 (FIGS. 3 and 4).
  • the push rod 4 which has risen during the rotation of the turntable as a result of the ramp ab of the cam 3 (FIGS. 3 and 4).
  • push rod 9 is lifted by the ramp ef of the cam 7 and pushes the arm 21 vertically, thereby lifting the doctor blade (FIG. 6).
  • the point of the cam 13 which corresponds to f of cam 7 is the point j.
  • the cam follower 23 moves inwardly, under the action of the spring 24 and displaces the doctor blade 10, which is in its raised position, radially inwardly.
  • the doctor blade is vertically above the radially inner end of the groove 17 and as the rotation continues, the cam followers 23, moving from the position k to the position 1' moves the doctor blade radially outwardly.
  • the cam follower 33 and therewith the push rod 9 drops abruptly, the doctor blade descending sharply into the groove 17.
  • the push rod 9 and the doctor blade 10 are not operated when no bottle is present. If no bottle is present, the push rod 4 will continue to rise above the position illustrated in FIGS. 5 to 7 and will rise to the position shown in FIG. 8, in which a finger 28 is urged to the right, as the left-hand end of it rides out of the groove 27 and is forced into the groove 29 in the push rod 9. This prevents lifting of the upper end of the rod 9 when the cams 7 and 8 cause rising of the followup portion 21.
  • the spring 34 serves normally to urge a bottle in position, and the spring 35 pushes the follower 37 against the cam 3 via the lower portion 36.
  • the doses of powder are determined by the volume of the groove, it is possible to have one or more interchangeable and easily detachable upper plates 16, having different groove sections and allowing a whole range of doses to be metered.
  • the grooves may be of rectangular, semicircular or other cross section, with the doctor blades having a corresponding tip.
  • the grooves are of a rectangular section of which the depth is essentially half the width.
  • the tray 14 can also be interchangeable with other trays having different notches for the bottles of different height and diameter.
  • the base 1 was made of sheet steel and the shaft 2 of steel, while the turret 6 and hub 12 were made of cast iron.
  • the tray 14 was made of an aluminum alloy sold under the trade name Duraluminium," but it could equally be made of plastic.
  • the cams 3, 7, 8 and 13 and the rods 31 and 37 were made of a steel, the cams and the lower ends of the rods being case hardened, while the upper plate 16, the push rods 4 and 9 and the doctor blade assemblies were made of stainless steel, except the guides 32 and 36 which were made of bronze.
  • the grooves 17 were mirror polished.
  • the prototype machine was made with a SOD-millimetre diameter turret containing 18 filling positions, and it was found that a rate of 360 bottles per minute, using a powder which had a tendency to cake no problems arose.
  • two upper plates with rectangular section grooves were provided. One had 18 grooves with a width of 16 millimetres and a depth of 8 millimeters while the second had 18 grooves with a width of 10 millimetres and a depth of 6 millimetres.
  • the length of the grooves machined in the two trays was 60 millimetres, and the maximum amount of powder withdrawn was 5 ml. in the case of the first tray and 3 ml. in the case of the second tray.
  • the volumes used for measuring can range from 5 ml.
  • An apparatus for filling bottles with a powder comprising in combination:
  • c. means defining a plurality of radially extending grooves in the upper surface of said turntable
  • each of said location means being in communication with one of said grooves whereby said powder may leave said grooves and fall into said bottles;
  • radial drive means for said doctor blades effective to move said doctor blades radially with respect to said grooves
  • plan cross section of the reservoir is oval, the wall of the reservoir remote from the center of rotation of the turntable being arcuate and tangential to at least two of said funnels.
  • annular cam comprises two concentric annular cams, one of said cams being stationary and the other being rotatable and adjacent to said stationary cam, whereby rotation of said rotatable cams is effective to vary the point in the rotation of the turntable at which the said doctor blade enters said groove.

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CN114435683A (zh) * 2022-01-10 2022-05-06 黄春锋 一种生物用粉末药品的装罐设备
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