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US3854445A
US3854445A US00379096A US37909673A US3854445A US 3854445 A US3854445 A US 3854445A US 00379096 A US00379096 A US 00379096A US 37909673 A US37909673 A US 37909673A US 3854445 A US3854445 A US 3854445A
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Priority to BE144973A priority patent/BE815802A/fr
Priority to AR254080A priority patent/AR201150A1/es
Priority to GB2538474A priority patent/GB1429450A/en
Priority to CH788674A priority patent/CH584071A5/xx
Priority to IT51477/74A priority patent/IT1013437B/it
Priority to JP49065889A priority patent/JPS5744557B2/ja
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F26—DRYING
    • F26B—DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM
    • F26B21/00—Arrangements or duct systems, e.g. in combination with pallet boxes, for supplying and controlling air or gases for drying solid materials or objects
    • F26B21/006—Arrangements or duct systems, e.g. in combination with pallet boxes, for supplying and controlling air or gases for drying solid materials or objects the gas supply or exhaust being effected through hollow spaces or cores in the materials or objects, e.g. tubes, pipes, bottles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B13/00—Machines or plants for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces of objects or other work by spraying, not covered by groups B05B1/00 - B05B11/00
    • B05B13/02—Means for supporting work; Arrangement or mounting of spray heads; Adaptation or arrangement of means for feeding work
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B9/00—Cleaning hollow articles by methods or apparatus specially adapted thereto 
    • B08B9/08—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks
    • B08B9/20—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks by using apparatus into or on to which containers, e.g. bottles, jars, cans are brought
    • B08B9/28—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks by using apparatus into or on to which containers, e.g. bottles, jars, cans are brought the apparatus cleaning by splash, spray, or jet application, with or without soaking
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B9/00—Cleaning hollow articles by methods or apparatus specially adapted thereto 
    • B08B9/08—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks
    • B08B9/20—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks by using apparatus into or on to which containers, e.g. bottles, jars, cans are brought
    • B08B9/28—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks by using apparatus into or on to which containers, e.g. bottles, jars, cans are brought the apparatus cleaning by splash, spray, or jet application, with or without soaking
    • B08B9/30—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks by using apparatus into or on to which containers, e.g. bottles, jars, cans are brought the apparatus cleaning by splash, spray, or jet application, with or without soaking and having conveyors
    • B08B9/32—Rotating conveyors
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F26—DRYING
    • F26B—DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM
    • F26B15/00—Machines or apparatus for drying objects with progressive movement; Machines or apparatus with progressive movement for drying batches of material in compact form
    • F26B15/10—Machines or apparatus for drying objects with progressive movement; Machines or apparatus with progressive movement for drying batches of material in compact form with movement in a path composed of one or more straight lines, e.g. compound, the movement being in alternate horizontal and vertical directions
    • F26B15/12—Machines or apparatus for drying objects with progressive movement; Machines or apparatus with progressive movement for drying batches of material in compact form with movement in a path composed of one or more straight lines, e.g. compound, the movement being in alternate horizontal and vertical directions the lines being all horizontal or slightly inclined
    • F26B15/14—Machines or apparatus for drying objects with progressive movement; Machines or apparatus with progressive movement for drying batches of material in compact form with movement in a path composed of one or more straight lines, e.g. compound, the movement being in alternate horizontal and vertical directions the lines being all horizontal or slightly inclined the objects or batches of materials being carried by trays or racks or receptacles, which may be connected to endless chains or belts
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F26—DRYING
    • F26B—DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM
    • F26B15/00—Machines or apparatus for drying objects with progressive movement; Machines or apparatus with progressive movement for drying batches of material in compact form
    • F26B15/26—Machines or apparatus for drying objects with progressive movement; Machines or apparatus with progressive movement for drying batches of material in compact form with movement in a helical path

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  • the cans are individually transported through the apparatus by means of carriers which move them in a spiral path, while they are loosely retained in said carriers.
  • a series of spray nozzles discharge against the cylindrical surfaces of the can.
  • Another series of spray nozzles discharge upwardly into the interior of the can body to treat the inner surfaces thereof,'and to slightly lift the can bodies so they are free to rotate by virtue of contact with a rail member while being advanced at right angles to their axes.
  • the present invention is related to, and is a modification of the invention disclosed in the copending application in the name of Ralph J. Stolle, Ser. No. 276,393 filed July 31, l972, now US. Pat. No. 3,774,l82.
  • the present invention provides a substantially smaller machine, which is also much less expensive, but which gives all the advantageous results of the patented apparatus for a greater number of cans per minute.
  • the apparatus comprises a spiral tube or enclosure through which the cans to be treated pass.
  • spiral is intended to encompass a series of straight legs at an angle to the horizontal, as well as a true spiral.
  • An endless cable is arranged to travel through the said spiral tube, and a number of can carriers are secured to the cable.
  • the cans are transported through the apparatus by said carriers, past a series of spray nozzles which, in some sections of the apparatus spray a washing medium, in others rinse water, in others a treating or coating substance, and in others hot air.
  • Each carrier is generally a half-cylinder, of an inside diameter substantially larger than that of the cans to be treated, so as to provide for the passage of the treat ment fluid around both sides of the can.
  • a drain opening is provided substantially at the center of the semicylindrical carrier to allow a portion of the fluid to escape directly through the carrier in order to enhance the flow of treatment fluid around the can.
  • Protuberances are provided so that a uniform clearance is maintained between the can and the carrier. In this way, thorough and uniform treatment is provided.
  • the uniformity of the treatment is enhanced by the series of spray nozzles which are arranged to spray treatment fluid on the inside of the cans.
  • the inside jets lift the cans up against a rail. Since the carriers are moving along past the rail, and the cans are in contact with the rail, they are rotated so that extremely uniform results are attained.
  • the spiral path has 2% turns, with one turn constituting the wash cycle, about half of the second turn constituting a rinse cycle, the
  • FIG. 1 illustrates diagrammatically the novel approach of the present invention which will permit the achievement of the desired results.
  • the can 1 is contained within a moving carrier 2.
  • the moving carrier moves the can past a spray head 3.
  • the carrier 2 has clearance around the can body maintained by protuberances 4, and a rear fluid exit at 5.
  • the spray from the nozzle 3 provides a pattern of fluid flow around both,
  • the protuberances 4 will maintain the can in a balanced condition centrally of the carrier 2 and permit the movement of the fluid to flow around the can and to the drain opening 5 as indicated by the arrows. Drain opening 5 allows the treating materials to drain away to prevent their entrapment behind the can. Entrapment of these materials behind the can might stop any flow around the centralized can condition.
  • FIG. 2 diagrammatically shows an elevational view of the spray heads 6, 6a, and 6b to the carrier 2 and the can 1 being transported thereby.
  • the spray head 6a is directed upwardly toward the open bottom of the can so as to treat the inside thereof by spraying upwardly into the interior.
  • the spray from the nozzle 6a offsets the container weight and the pressure of spray head 6b, and lifts the can away from the bottom of the carrier until the top and forward edge of the can comes in contact with a rail 7.
  • the can 1 is raised from the carrier into abutment with the rail 7, and with the carrier moving along the rail, the can is caused to rotate.
  • the contact with the can is minimal, being substantially point contact, and light in pressure, and the can is subjected inside and outside over all its surfaces to the action of the sprays 6, 6a, and 6b.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 show the general arrangement of a can treating apparatus according to the invention.
  • the arrangement is preferably spiral in the sense that in the preferred embodiment the spiral comprises longitudinal flights connected by transverse flights, all at an angle to the horizontal.
  • the spiral path is defined by a cable 8 which travels within a housing 9, with the cable passing at each comer of the device around a series of pulleys, all indicated generally at 18.
  • the cable returns as indicated by the broken line 8a in FIG. 3.
  • the cans l are fed into the carriers by any suitable can feeding mechanism (not shown) and enter the bottom of the conveyor as indicated by the can 1a in FIG. 3. At the top of the conveyor the cans l are discharged for further processing and the endless cable returns as indicated by the line 8a to the bottom flight.
  • a suitable drive for the pulley system is provided as indicated at 10.
  • the spray heads or nozzles disposed within the casing 9 may be used for projecting any desired fluid such as a detergent solution, rinse water, acid treating solution, protective coating, or hot air for drying or curing.
  • a detergent solution such as a detergent solution, rinse water, acid treating solution, protective coating, or hot air for drying or curing.
  • the first complete turn of the spiral will be a wash cycle in which a washing medium is sprayed
  • the first half of the second convolution will be a rinse cycle where rinse water is sprayed
  • the second half of the second spiral will preferably be an acid treatment cycle wherein an acid is sprayed
  • the first half may again be a rinse cycle and the second half a drying or curing cycle.
  • the cable 8 is shown as passing through a tube 9.
  • a carrier is shown at 2 with a can shown at 1.
  • the portion of the housing or tube 9 generally indicated at l 1 is the treating chamber and the portion indicated generally at 12 is the exhaust chamber.
  • Treatment fluid is fed to the nozzles 6, 6a, and 6b through conduits 13, 13a, and 13b, and, as described above, the inside and outside of the cans are completely treated by the fluid, some of which then passes out through the drain openings into the drain section 12.
  • the drain section 12 is in effect a portion of housing 9, and the fluid discharges into the section 12 as indicated by the arrows.
  • the cans initially rest on the ledges 2a of the carrier.
  • a can treating apparatus comprising a tube, an endless cable arranged to travel through said tube, a plurality of can carriers fixed to said cable to be transported through said tube thereby, the portion of the tube on the carrier side of said cable constituting a treatment chamber; a first series of nozzles arranged to project the fluid against the outside of the walls of cans being transported by said carrier, a second series of nozzles arranged to project the fluid downwardly onto the tops of the said cans, and a third series of nozzles arranged to project the fluid upwardly into the insides of said cans, the force of the projection of fluid upwardly from said third series of nozzles being sufficient to overbalance the projection from said second series of nozzles and the weight of the can; the portion of the tube on the other side of said cable constituting a drain manifold for said fluid; said carriers being in the form of half cylinders of a diameter providing a clearance around the outside of the cans being treated, and having a drain opening substantially centrally thereof communicating with said drain manifold, and having
  • a rail is secured on the inside of said treatment chamber at an elevation above the tops of the cans seated on said carriers, and adapted to contact the tops, and the forward edges of the tops of the cans when they are lifted off said carriers by the action of the projection from said third series of nozzles, whereby, as said cans are transported through said treatment chambers, they are caused to rotate, exposing the entire surface of each can to the action of said fluid.
  • Apparatus according to claim 4 wherein said spirally arranged tube makes about 2 /2 turns, the nozzles at about the first turn being arranged to project a spray of washing medium, the nozzles at about one-half of the second turn being arranged to project a spray of rinse water, the nozzles at about the second half of the second turn being arranged to project a spray of a treatment fluid, the nozzles at the first part of the last half turn being arranged to project a spray of rinse water. and the nozzles in the final part of the last half turn being arranged to project a blast of hot air.

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US00379096A US3854445A (en) 1973-07-13 1973-07-13 Can treating apparatus
CA200,985A CA1011100A (en) 1973-07-13 1974-05-28 Can treating apparatus
AU69633/74A AU475227B2 (en) 1973-07-13 1974-05-31 Can treating apparatus
BE144973A BE815802A (fr) 1973-07-13 1974-05-31 Dispositif de traitement de boites
AR254080A AR201150A1 (es) 1973-07-13 1974-06-05 Aparato para el tratamiento de latas
GB2538474A GB1429450A (en) 1973-07-13 1974-06-07 Can treating apparatus
JP49065889A JPS5744557B2 (fr) 1973-07-13 1974-06-10
IT51477/74A IT1013437B (it) 1973-07-13 1974-06-10 Perfezionamento nei dispositivi per il trattamento di barattoli utili in particolare per prodotti alimen tari o bevande
CH788674A CH584071A5 (fr) 1973-07-13 1974-06-10
FI1864/74A FI58446C (fi) 1973-07-13 1974-06-18 Anordning foer behandling av burkar
BR5282/74A BR7405282A (pt) 1973-07-13 1974-06-27 Aparelho para tratamento de latas
DE2432987A DE2432987C2 (de) 1973-07-13 1974-07-09 Vorrichtung zur Behandlung von Behältern
NLAANVRAGE7409308,A NL176546C (nl) 1973-07-13 1974-07-10 Inrichting voor het in- en uitwendig met vloeibaar of gasvormig medium behandelen van aan een zijde open cilindrische blikken.
DK370474AA DK139196B (da) 1973-07-13 1974-07-10 Dåsebehandlingsapparat til behandling af dåser med et fluidum.
SE7409150A SE405553B (sv) 1973-07-13 1974-07-11 Anordning for behandling av burkar
FR7424336A FR2236563B1 (fr) 1973-07-13 1974-07-12

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AR201150A1 (es) 1975-02-14
FR2236563A1 (fr) 1975-02-07
FI186474A (fr) 1975-01-14
BR7405282A (pt) 1976-02-24
DK370474A (fr) 1975-06-02
FI58446C (fi) 1981-02-10
NL176546B (nl) 1984-12-03
AU6963374A (en) 1975-12-04
AU475227B2 (en) 1976-08-12
NL7409308A (nl) 1975-01-15
FR2236563B1 (fr) 1978-07-07
DE2432987C2 (de) 1982-08-05
SE405553B (sv) 1978-12-18
NL176546C (nl) 1985-05-01
SE7409150L (sv) 1975-01-14
CH584071A5 (fr) 1977-01-31
DK139196B (da) 1979-01-08
FI58446B (fi) 1980-10-31
DE2432987A1 (de) 1975-01-30
JPS5744557B2 (fr) 1982-09-21
DK139196C (fr) 1979-07-16
BE815802A (fr) 1974-09-16
GB1429450A (en) 1976-03-24
IT1013437B (it) 1977-03-30
JPS5037584A (fr) 1975-04-08

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