US3718007A - Method and apparatus for handling and cooling bottles - Google Patents

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US3718007A
US3718007A US00880740A US3718007DA US3718007A US 3718007 A US3718007 A US 3718007A US 00880740 A US00880740 A US 00880740A US 3718007D A US3718007D A US 3718007DA US 3718007 A US3718007 A US 3718007A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
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    • B08B9/00—Cleaning hollow articles by methods or apparatus specially adapted thereto 
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    • B08B9/44—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks by using apparatus into or on to which containers, e.g. bottles, jars, cans are brought the apparatus being characterised by means for conveying or carrying containers therethrough the means being for loading or unloading the apparatus
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    • C12—BIOCHEMISTRY; BEER; SPIRITS; WINE; VINEGAR; MICROBIOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING
    • C12G—WINE; PREPARATION THEREOF; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; PREPARATION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES NOT PROVIDED FOR IN SUBCLASSES C12C OR C12H
    • C12G1/00—Preparation of wine or sparkling wine
    • C12G1/08—Removal of yeast ["degorgeage"]

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  • the present invention is directed to a step in the removal of such sediment and provides a method and apparatus for conveying the bottle through a tank of glycol at a predetermined speed so that upon removal from the glycol the. champagne and sediment localized in the neck of the bottle is frozen so that it may be removed as a plug. Such removal of the plug is accomplished by other methods and apparatus not pertinent to the present invention.
  • the main object of the present invention is the provision of a method and apparatus of effectively conveying inverted champagne bottles and the like through a station at which an operation, such as freezing, may be performed.
  • Another object of the invention is the provision of a unique method of conveying inverted bottles along a pathof travel and revolving the same to an upright position after the particular operation has been accomplished.
  • Another object of the invention is the provision of an eflicient apparatus for freezing bottle necks and which apparatus includes means for effectively conveying bottles when such operation is 3,718,007 Patented Feb. 27, 1973 paratus constructed in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a fragmentary top plan view of the apparatus of FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 3 is a greatly enlarged longitudinal section through several bottle holders.
  • FIG. 4 is a fragmentary top plan view of a pair of adjoining bottle holders.
  • FIG. 5 is a cross section through one of the conveyor chains showing a portion of a bottle holder.
  • FIG. 6 is a fragmentary longitudinal section showing various portions of the conveyor and including the rear end of the same at which the bottles are turned to an upright position.
  • FIG. 7 is a fragmentary side elevation of a bottle neck immersed in the freezing solution.
  • FIG. 8 is a longitudinal section through a portion of the rear end of the conveyor showing the bottle lowering means or elevator.
  • FIG. 9 is a horizontal section taken in a plane indicated by lines 9-9 of FIG. 8.
  • FIG. 10 is a rear end elevation of the apparatus.
  • FIG. 11 is a fragmentary top plan view of the bottle removal conveyor.
  • FIG. 12 is a schematic view of the fluid pressure system and wiring.
  • the invention comprises a tank structure generally designated 1 in which is contained a low temperature fluid 2 such as glycol.
  • the tank structure 1 is supported above the floor by a housing which includes a pair of side plates 3, 4 (FIG. 2) and which side plates extend outwardly from both ends of the tank structure and support at their forward end a shaft 5 provided with a pair of sprockets 6 over which are reeved the conveyor chains 7, 8.
  • a drive shaft 11 is provided with sprockets 12 and a source of power, not shown, drives shaft 11 for moving the upper run of the conveyor from right to left seen in FIG. 1.
  • Various idlers 13 may be provided for guiding the upper runs of the chains 7, 8 along a horizontally extending path over the fluid 2 as best seen in FIG. 1.
  • Appropriate idlers 13 are also provided to guide the lower run of the conveyor and to provide an upwardly and rearwardly slanting run 14 at the forward end of the conveyor where the bottles may be manually loaded.
  • each bottle holder is hollow and generally trapezoidal in cross section and includes an upper plate 19, a lower plate 20, and a pair of side plates 21, 22.
  • a link 23 is provided pivotally connected at one end to the bottle holder and at its opposite end to the chain.
  • These links 23 support the bottle holders at their forward ends, and the rear ends of the bottle holders are pivotally connected to the chains as indicated in FIG. 3.
  • this three bar linkage support for the bottle holders permits the conveyors to go around the sprockets 6, 12 without jamming.
  • the supporting means for the bottle holders permits the bottles 25 to be supported on the bottle holders at an angle inclined to the vertical as best seen in FIG. 3.
  • each bottle holder At equally spaced points along the length of each bottle holder the top 19 and bottom 20 are provided with registering circular openings 27, 28 respectively.
  • the opening 27 is relatively large in diameter to accommodate the juncture between the generally cylindrical portion of the bottle and the bottle neck.
  • the circular opening 28 is considerably smaller than opening 27 so as to fit the reduced diameter portion of the neck of the bottle 25.
  • the frozen plug is indicated at 29 (-FIG. 7).
  • the bottles 25 are subsequently removed from the bottle holders when the structure of 23 is inverted so that the bottles are upright. For this reason the peripheral margin of opening 28 is swaged inwardly as seen in FIG. 3 to facilitate movement of the crown cap past the openin 28.
  • FIG. 6 the various positions of the bottles that are pertinent to the present invention are shown.
  • the bottles are substantially vertical as they are manually loaded on upwardly and rearwardly inclined run 14 of the conveyor.
  • the bottles are substantially inclined to the vertical as indicated.
  • an arcuate guide plate 32 This guide plate 32 is readily removable for a reason to be described and to this end is provided with upper and lower pins 33, 34 which are adapted to be received within slots 35, 36 respectively formed in plates 37 which in turn are fixedly secured to vertically extending supports 38 (FIG.
  • the bottle support 41 is fixedly secured to a block 53 which is in turn secured to the upper end of a piston rod 54 of air cylinder 55.
  • the body of this air cylinder 55 is fixedly secured to a portion of the fixed housing such as indicated at 56.
  • a movable rail 60 is swung upwardly into engagement with the sides of the bottles opposite the switch plate 46.
  • Said rail 60 extends the entire length of bottle support 41 and is fixedly secured to a yoke 61 which in turn is pivotally connected at its ends to bottle support 41 as indicated at 62.
  • One end of yoke 61 is provided with a lug 64 which is swingably connected to the upper end of a rod 65 which is swingably secured at its lower end to the lower end of connecting rod 66 of air cylinder 67.
  • a pair of guide rods 70 are connected at their upper ends to bottle support 41 and are slidably received at their lower ends in a horizontally extending member 71 fixedly secured to the housing of the apparatus.
  • a switch 78 is provided which is adapted to engage the leading bottle of a row of bottles that has been removed from the elevator. When said switch 78 is engaged this signals the fact that all of the bottles in a row have been removed and the closing of said switch actuates solenoid 80 of valve 74 thereby returning the elevator to its upper position to await the arrival of the next row. At the same time cylinder 67 is returned to its previous position and the rail 60 swings downwardly.
  • the above described method and apparatus permit the handling of a relatively large number of bottles at a uniform rate of speed and also permits an efficient freezing of the necks of the bottles as a step in the removal of the sediment. It will be understood that the conveyor moves at a relatively low rate of speed since it is necessary to immerse the necks of the bottles for a sufiicient length of time to permit freezing to take place. Since all of the bottles are subjected to exactly the same movements a uniformity in product is insured.
  • Bottles that are one-fifth of a gallon in volume may also be handled by the above described apparatus since the diameter of such a smaller bottle indicated at 25' in FIG. 3 is the same at the neck of the bottle which engages apertures 28 of the bottle holder.
  • the bottom guide 32 (FIG. 6) is made removable and another guide 32' may be substituted and supported in like manner as guide 32 when it is desired to run smaller bottles of the one-tenth gallon size for eX- ample.
  • the elevator 41 it is necessary for the elevator 41 to be raised to a higher position in order to support the bottoms of the smaller bottles. This is achieved by making the piston rod 54 of sufiicient length to slidably extend through the bottom of cylinder 55 and inserting a spacer 88 between the lower end of the piston rod and the lower end of the cylinder 55 when it is desired to run the larger bottles. By removing the spacer 88 the elevator above de scribed is permitted to move to a higher position so as to engage the bottoms of the smaller bottles (see FIG. 6).
  • Apparatus for freezing the liquid in the neck of a sealed bottle of champagne comprising:
  • conveyor means for conveying bottles along a horizontal path of travel with said bottles inverted and with the necks only of said bottles immersed in said body of liquid
  • said conveyor means including a pair of opposed supporting elements spaced apart axially of a bottle and spaced from the mouth of such bottle and disposed so as to permit a bottle received between said elements to be inclined to the vertical with the bottle bottom forwardly of the bottle neck relative to the forward direction of said path of travel,
  • arcuate guide means adapted to engage the trailing edges of the bottoms of said bottles to permit said bottles to move along an arcuate path at the end of said horizontal path and to swing by gravity to a substantially upright position.
  • Apparatus for conveying bottles along a path of travel past a station at which an operation is performed on the bottles with the latter inverted and thereafter disposing such bottles in an upright position comprising:
  • conveyor means for moving a plurality of bottles along a path of travel which includes a generally horizontally extending run and a generally downwardly extending arcuate run,
  • bottle holder means carried by said conveyor and including a pair of opposed supporting elements disposed so as to permit a bottle to be inclined to the vertical in an upright position at said station with the bottle bottom forwardly of the bottle neck relative to the forward direction of said path of travel,
  • a second conveyor for conveying said bottles away from said lowering means along a horizontal path of travel

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US4541251A (en) * 1982-12-31 1985-09-17 L'air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'etude Et L'exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude Method for freezing the neck of an inverted champagne bottle
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US4765147A (en) * 1987-04-24 1988-08-23 Ozeki Sake Brewing Co., Ltd. Method for freezing sake
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US6640576B2 (en) * 2000-03-16 2003-11-04 Aga Aktiebolag Foodstuff chilling device
WO2004096970A1 (fr) * 2003-04-30 2004-11-11 Roberto Balugani Procede et dispositif permettant d'oter une capsule-couronne et d'expulser les sediments d'une bouteille de vin
FR2887863A1 (fr) * 2005-07-04 2007-01-05 Chayoux Sa Dispositif de dechargement de bouteilles depuis une installation de refroidissement
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US3861159A (en) * 1971-12-20 1975-01-21 Patrice Barbey Sealed package containing frozen liquid
US4064707A (en) * 1974-03-14 1977-12-27 Mario Connizzoli Apparatus for pre-freezing substances of products intended to be pre-freezed
US4138860A (en) * 1977-09-14 1979-02-13 U.S. Industries, Inc. Chiller for edible products
US4541251A (en) * 1982-12-31 1985-09-17 L'air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'etude Et L'exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude Method for freezing the neck of an inverted champagne bottle
US4553341A (en) * 1983-08-10 1985-11-19 Usm Corporation Apparatus for the heat treatment of lasted shoe uppers
DE3701915A1 (de) * 1987-01-23 1988-08-04 Finnah Gmbh Verfahren und maschine zur sterilverpackung von fuellguetern in behaeltern
US4765147A (en) * 1987-04-24 1988-08-23 Ozeki Sake Brewing Co., Ltd. Method for freezing sake
US5440889A (en) * 1992-11-11 1995-08-15 Sms Schloemann-Siemag Ag Method of and arrangement for cooling of hot rolled sections in particular rails
US6640576B2 (en) * 2000-03-16 2003-11-04 Aga Aktiebolag Foodstuff chilling device
WO2004096970A1 (fr) * 2003-04-30 2004-11-11 Roberto Balugani Procede et dispositif permettant d'oter une capsule-couronne et d'expulser les sediments d'une bouteille de vin
FR2887863A1 (fr) * 2005-07-04 2007-01-05 Chayoux Sa Dispositif de dechargement de bouteilles depuis une installation de refroidissement
FR2896032A1 (fr) * 2006-01-10 2007-07-13 Champagel Sa Plateau support pour la congelation des cols de bouteilles comprenant des moyens de pulverisation pour la refrigeration des corps des bouteilles et appareil comprenant un tel plateau support
US20100058776A1 (en) * 2008-03-14 2010-03-11 The Cooper Union For The Advancement Of Science And Art Bottle stand with active cooling
US8397519B2 (en) * 2008-03-14 2013-03-19 The Cooper Union For The Advancement Of Science And Art Bottle stand with active cooling

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