USRE32025E - Cocktail filling machine and method - Google Patents
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- This invention relates generally to machines and methods for introducing measured amounts of different items (e.g., pieces of different fruits) into containers such as cans or jars, and is intended for use in food processing and canning plants.
- containers such as cans or jars
- Machines are presently available which are employed in canneries for producing canned fruit cocktail. Such products contain pieces of several kinds of fruit, such as peaches, pineapple, grapes, pears, citrus, cherries and the like.
- the machines commonly used in filling the cans or jars with measured amounts of the different fruits employ several rotary units, one for each fruit, each of which has a cylindrical hopper that supplies the fruit to underlying measuring pockets.
- the cans or other containers are moved in single file along a straight or serpentine path whereby they are successively brought into cooperative relationship with the measuring pockets of the several rotary units. While a container is in registry with the measuring pocket of a rotary unit, the pocket delivers the measured amount of fruit into the container.
- the measuring pockets consist of telescopically fitted cylindrical parts whereby the volume can be adjusted to axial movement of the parts toward or away from each other.
- Machines as described above have a number of disadvantages.
- the construction and operation of the various parts are relatively complicated, with the result that such machines are expensive to construct and maintain.
- the inherent construction of such machines also complicates clean-up operations such as are necessary to maintain proper plant sanitation.
- When such machines are operated at speeds higher than about 250 cans per minute spillage of significant amounts of product occurs because of centrifugal force during transfer of the product to the cans. Higher filling speeds without product spillage is desirable for greater productivity and efficiency.
- an underlying container is not positioned to receive product dropped from a measuring device and in such event the product is deposited on the floor and cannot be used.
- the complicated nature of the machine does not permit the use of recovery pans to catch such products. When it is desired to include cherry halves in the mix, it is customary to slice them by a separate machine and introduce them into the cans by special feeding device.
- Another object is to provide a machine that is capable of operating speeds higher than that made possible with present machines without spilling such as is caused by centrifugal force in prior machines.
- Another object is to provide a cocktail filling machine which avoids use of rotary units such as are used in present machines, and which is characterized by straight-lined movement of means carrying measured amounts of the different fruit items, thus avoiding centrifugal forces and product spillage.
- Another object is to effect recycling of dropped product in instances where a receptacle is not below a measuring device to receive the same.
- Another object is to provide such a machine with means for orienting, slicing and introducing predetermined numbers of cherry halves into the containers.
- the machine incorporates conveyer means having a plurality of parallel flights extending laterally at right angles to the direction of conveyer movement.
- the flights move through a fruit receiving zone and then through a zone in which underlying containers are filled with several fruits.
- Each flight has a plurality of spaced pockets disposed along the length of the same, each of which serves to receive a measured amount of fruit in the fruit receiving zone.
- means is provided for introducing a particular fruit into each pocket.
- Means is provided underlying the movement of the flights in the filling zone for moving the open containers in single file, the movement being such that each container is advanced through the filling zone below the flights along a zigzag path to successively present the same to the pockets of a flight.
- Means is provided for causing the delivery of fruit from a pocket when a container is disposed below the same.
- the volumetric capacity of the pockets is adjustable.
- an end portion of each flight is adapted and cooperates with means for orienting, slicing and depositing a predetermined number of cherry halves into the containers. Also a method of supplying various items of fruit into containers making use of the above machine.
- FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of a machine incorporating the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a plan view of a machine incorporating the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 3--3 of FIG. 2.
- FIG. 4 is a plan view as indicated by the line 4--4 of FIG. 3 and showing the flights of the conveyer means and the adjustable pockets.
- FIG. 5 is a side elevational view of one of the flights of the conveyer means.
- FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 6--6 of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 7 is a detail partly in section illustrating discharge of fruit as the flights move through the filling region.
- FIG. 8 is a plan view showing some of the flights, with the underlying guide means for the containers shown in dotted lines.
- FIG. 9 is a detail showing the means employed for adjusting the volume of the pockets.
- FIG. 10 is an enlarged detail showing the means for adjusting the feed hoppers.
- FIG. 11 is an enlarged detail like FIG. 10 but showing the side walls of that hopper in a different adjusted position.
- FIG. 12 is a plan view showing a portion of some of the flights, illustrating the means employed for slicing cherries.
- FIG. 13 is a detail in section showing a cherry being oriented before slicing.
- FIG. 14 is a schematic view illustrating the means employed for discharging streams of air across the measuring pockets of the flights.
- FIG. 15 is a side elevational detail on an enlarged scale showing one of the means employed for discharging air across the measuring pockets.
- FIG. 16 is a view like FIG. 15 but looking toward the left hand end of the same.
- FIG. 17 is a schematic view illustrating one of the feed hoppers provided with means for introducing jets of air into the same.
- FIG. 18 is a plan view of FIG. 17 showing the air discharging ducts in the side walls of the hopper.
- FIG. 19 is a detail illustrating one of the air discharging ducts shown in FIGS. 17 and 18 and the connection to the same.
- the machine illustrated in the drawing consists of a suitable frame 10 which in this instance includes the uprights 11, members 12 cross-connecting the upright members 11, the longitudinal members 13 and 14 which connect the members 12, and the longitudinal structural members 15 extending along the sides of the frame.
- a conveyer means 17 is supported by suitable track 19.
- the chains 18 engage the sprockets 23 and 24.
- that portion of the conveyor means which is inclined upwardly moves through what may be termed the fruit receiving zone A.
- the extended horizontal portion forms the container filling zone B.
- the track 19 is curved at 25 between these zones.
- the conveyer means includes the flights 27 which, as indicated at 28, are secured at their ends to corresponding links of the chains 18.
- FIGS. 4-6 illustrate the construction of the flights.
- Each flight is formed to provide a plurality of measuring pockets 31, 32, 33, 34 and 35, which have different dimensions.
- each flight is stepped as indicated at 36, 37 and 38 to provide portions of different depth for the pockets 31, 32 and 33.
- Preferably each of the pockets is adjustable as to volume, whereby the amount of each fruit supplied to a container can be adjusted as desired.
- the pocket 31 is formed by an opening 41 which extends through the flight and which is rectangular as viewed in plan.
- Members 42 are slidably seated within opening 41 and have arcuate opposed surfaces 42a which define two opposed side surfaces of the pocket 31.
- the dimensions are such that when the members 42 are positioned substantially as illustrated in FIG. 4, the measuring pocket 31 is substantially cylindrical.
- the pocket becomes oval with the major axis extending in the direction of the length of the flight.
- the major axis is at right angles to the length of the flight.
- the walls of the opening 41 are provided with ribs 43 that are slidably accommodated in grooves formed in the adjacent portions of the members 42.
- each of the members 42 is provided with an upwardly extending pin 44.
- the other pockets 32-35 are formed in the same manner as the pocket 31.
- members 46 are provided for pocket 32, members 47 for pocket 33, members 48 for pocket 34 and members 49 for pocket 35. All of these members are provided with pins 44 like the pins provided for pocket 31, and the members are similarly adjustable.
- each flight is provided with openings 52 dimensioned to loosely accommodate cherries of the maraschino type.
- the portions 51 and the openings 52 are part of means for orienting, slicing and delivering a predetermined number of cherry halves into the containers.
- the flights described above and their adjustable members for adjusting the volume of the pockets can be made of suitable material such as a relatively rigid plastic.
- a plurality of hoppers overlie the conveyer and serve to supply fruit to the several pockets of the flights.
- the members 56 form flat walls extending vertically from the conveyer means to form a hopper space 57 directly overlying the measuring pockets 31.
- the lower edges of the walls 56 are in close apposition with the upper surfaces of the flights and at their lower edges they are provided with grooves 58 which are dimensioned to accommodate the pins 44.
- the upright edge portions 59 of the walls 56, adjacent the flights carry guide members 61 that are dimensioned to form the converging paths 62 for the pins 44.
- a stationary member 63 in the form of a strip underlies the pocket 31 and extends through zone A. It terminates in zone B at a region where it is desired to discharge the fruit within the pocket.
- the other pockets 32, 33, 34 and 35 are similarly coordinated with walls forming feed hoppers for supplying particles of fruit to the pockets.
- walls 66 are coordinated with the pocket 32, walls 67 with the pocket 33, walls 68 with the pocket 34, walls 69 with the pocket 35 and walls 70 and 71 which form a hopper overlying the portion 51 of each flight.
- These walls form hopper spaces 71, 72, 73, 74 and 75, corresponding to the hopper space 57. All of these walls, with the exception of wall 70, are connected by means which serve to permit their adjustment whereby the volume of each of the pockets 31-35 can be adjusted as desired.
- the means illustrated for this purpose (FIGS.
- threaded tubes 76 which are journalled on the three support shafts or rods 79,80 and 81.
- the tubes each have right and left handed threaded engagement with the two associated walls.
- the three tubes for each of the hoppers 57, 71-74 are rotated in unison as by means of sprockets 76a that are fixed to the tubes and which are engaged by chains 77a.
- a disc or wheel 82a is secured to one of the threaded tubes of each hopper to facilitate turning.
- the wall 70a is fixed to the frame and wall 70b is engaged by threaded tubes 78, whereby only wall 70b is adjusted.
- Tubes 78 are connected for conjoint rotation by sprockets 79 and chains 77b and disc 82b is secured to one tube for manual operation.
- the margins 59 of the hopper walls are connected by walls 83 (FIG. 2) of flexible material which serves to retain material within the hoppers while permitting adjustment of the walls.
- the pockets 32, 33, 34 and 35 all have underlying members or strips 84, 85, 86 and 87 which are disposed in close proximity with the lower surfaces of the flights, and which correspond generally to the member 63 for the pocket 31. These members or strips likewise terminate at various points along the fruit filling zone B where it is desired to discharge the contents of the corresponding pocket. All of the underlying strips are suitable supported from the frame of the machine. Thus the strips 63 and 84 are supported by the member 91, the strips 85 and 86 supported by the member 92, and the strips 87 and 88 supported by the member 93.
- depending members 98 and 99 are secured to one side of each of the flights and serve to carry the container pusher members 101 and 102. These pusher members or bars engage and move the containers through the various filling operations.
- Guiding means is provided for guiding containers being filled through a zigzag guideway underlying the flights in the zone.
- the guide means can consist of rods 103 that are carried by the machine frame and which engage opposite sides of a can 104 or other container. Similar rods 106 underlie the cans and are likewise carried by the machine frame.
- This guide means forms the zigzag path or guideway 107 schematically illustrated in FIG. 2.
- the guideway consists of portions 107a which are set at an angle to the length of the machine, and portions 107b which extend in the same direction as the length of the machine and to the travel of the flights in zone B.
- the first one of the portions 107a receives the cans from the conventional can feeding conveyer 108, which may be of the helicoidal type.
- the 1st one of the guideway portions 107a delivers the cans to the outgoing conveyor 109.
- Feed conveyor 108 functions to present the cans continuously, and the rate with which the cans are supplied is synchronized with movement of the flights.
- a pusher bar 101 arrives at a guideway portion 107a, it engages a can and from thence the can is caused to travel through the entire zigzag guideway until it is delivered to the outgoing conveyor 109.
- the can reaches the first guideway portion 107b, it is directly below the first pocket 31 which has just cleared the end of the corresponding strip or deadplate 63. This permits the fruit in that pocket to fall into the can while the can is travelling through the guideway portion 107b.
- Suitable means such as a nozzle may overlie the pocket 31 and apply a downwardly directed blast of air upon the pocket to insure complete discharge. This is schematically illustrated in FIG. 1 by arrow 111.
- a flight moves from the zone A into zone B the adjusting pins 44 are disengaged and therefore the members 42 are free to move apart a limited distance, thus ensuring that the fruit within the pocket will freely fall into the container.
- the can progresses through the next guideway portion 107a it is moved laterally whereby when it enters the next portion 107b it is directly below the pocket 32 and has cleared the end of the underlying strip 84.
- discharge of fruit from the pocket 32 commences and is completed by the time the can has reached the next portion 107a.
- the operations just described are repeated with the can being successively moved laterally of the machine and brought into alignment with successive overlying pockets, with the can continuing underneath a pocket for a sufficient time to ensure complete discharge of the fruit.
- the final portion 107b of the guideway brings the can beneath the portion 51 of the flights, where it receives a predetermined number of cherry halves. Thereafter the filled can is delivered to the outgoing conveyer 109.
- FIG. 7 illustrates a can underlying the flights in the process of shifting from a position below the pocket 32 of a flight to a pocket 33. Actually since this movement is synchronized with movement of the flights, the can is shifted from pocket 32 of a flight to a position below pocket 33 of the same flight. As shown in FIG. 7, strip 85 terminates to permit the contents of pocket 33 to fall into the underlying can or other container 104, and this discharge of the fruit, or dropout, occurs while the can is moving along a portion 107b of the guideway. Before the can is shifted below the next pocket, it may receive a blast of air which ensures discharge of any clinging pieces of fruit.
- the means employed for depositing cherry halves in the cans is constructed as follows.
- the strip 96 which underlies the portions 51 of the flights in zone A terminates in the adjacent portion of zone B (FIG. 2).
- the flight portions 51 overlie the upper run of an endless belt 115.
- the upper run of this belt (FIG. 3) is retained by the underlying stationary supporting plate 116, whereby the upper surface of the belt is in close proximity with the lower surfaces of the flight portions 51 (FIG. 13).
- Near the discharge end of the machine the flight portions 51 move off of the belt and over a stationary underlying strip of plate 117 (FIG. 12).
- the end loops of the belt engage sheaves, one of which is driven at a desired speed by the motor driven chain 115a.
- Suitable means is provided for slicing the cherries after their orientation.
- the portions 51 of the flights may be recessed as indicated at 118 to accommodate the flat metal blades 119.
- These blades (FIG. 12) are provided with opening 121 which are somewhat larger in diameter than the openings 52. Also the blades are formed in such a manner as to provide serrated cutting edges 122.
- the flight portions 51 are each provided with guide slots 123 engaged by pins 124 that are carried by the blade. Pin 124 also carries the cam roller 126 which is adapated to cooperate with the profiled edge of the stationary cam strip 127.
- the profiling of this strip includes a portion 128 which when engaged by roller 126 serves to move the blade to the position shown in the number 2 position of FIG. 12.
- roller 126 is engaged with a stationary cam member 134 in such a manner as to force its return.
- FIGS. 12 and 13 show the endless belt 115 together with the underlying plate or strip 116 and the strip 117 which as previously explained terminates in the region where the cherry halves are deposited to the underlying can.
- the right hand position 5 in FIG. 12 shows termination of the strip 117 and is the discharge region.
- the initial partial movement of the blade shown in the position 2 of FIG. 12 serves to grip and retain the cherries in the openings 52 without however slicing completely through the same. Complete slicing is carried out as the flight moves into position 3.
- the plate is retracted to its initial position, thus releasing the cherry halves to permit them to drop into the underlying container in position 5.
- FIG. 13 illustrates a suitable configuration for each of the openings 52.
- the leading surface 136 for each of these openings is sloped and the cherry within the opening is shown resting upon the upper run of the belt 115.
- the belt 115 is driven at a speed greater than the speed of the flights to provide a differential speed of the order of 40 to 50 feet per minute, with the result that as the flights move through the zone B, the cherries within the openings 52 are caused to spin about their stem axes and are urged against the leading surface 136, with the result that the cherries are oriented with the stem axis parallel to the belt 117 and extending at right angles to the direction of movement.
- This method of operation makes possible effective orientation with high speed movement of the flights.
- cherries By the time the cherries have reached the end of the belt conveyer and proceed over the fixed strip 117, they are properly oriented, and therefore when the slicing operation takes place between the positions 2 and 3, the cherries are sliced in a horizontal plane which is substantially coincident with the same axis.
- a deflector plate 145 is secured to each block 139 and is inclined downwardly toward the conveyer flights in zone A.
- the free end portion 146 of each plate 144 is bent to extend in a plane parallel and in close spaced relationship with the flights.
- FIGS. 17, 18 and 19 show a feed hopper having its side walls 149 provided with fittings 150 which are connected to a source of air pressure by tubes 151. Fittings 150 connect with ducts 152 formed in the side plates 149. The ducts are inclined toward the upper end of zone A and are coincident with planes generally parallel with the slope of zone A. Continuous jetting of air through ducts 152 into the fruit mass has a levitating and fluffing effect which prevents bridging or packing, with the result that the material properly progresses into the measuring pockets of the flights.
- the main conveyor is driven at a constant speed by suitable means (now shown) whereby the slats move through zones A and B at the speed desired.
- This speed may, for example, be of the order of 150 to 200 feet per minute.
- the hoppers 57, 71-74 are continuously supplied within the fruits which are desired in the cocktail mix.
- the hopper walls are individually adjusted by turning the disks 83, and this adjustment simultaneously determines the volume of each of the fruit receiving pockets. Processed cherries, such as those of the maraschino type, are likewise supplied to the hopper 75. Adjustment of the hoppers is illustrated in FIGS. 10 and 11.
- FIG. 10 shows the walls 56 for hopper 73 spread apart to provide a relatively large volume.
- FIG. 11 the threaded tube 76 has been rotated to bring the walls 56 relatively close together, thus providing a hopper of minimum volume.
- fruit from the hoppers is caused to fill the pockets and also cherries in the openings in the slat portions 51, and as the slats emerge from zone A, air jets are applied over the surfaces of the pockets to remove excess fruit.
- cans or other containers are fed continuously into one side of the machine and they are successively presented beneath the first pocket 31 of each slat, immediately after which the lower end of the pocket is opened to permit the fruit to drop into the underlying can during the time the can is moving along the first portion 107b of the guideway. Before the can is moved to the next portion 107b, it is moved laterally beneath the second pocket 32. As the can proceeds through the second portion 107b of the guideway, the fruit from the open pocket 32 falls downwardly into the can on top of the first deposited fruit. This operation is continued until the can has reached the last guideway portion 107b toward the right hand end of the machine as shown in FIG. 2.
- the can is aligned with the portions 51 of the slats which carry the sliced cherry halves. Retraction of the cutting blade as the can enters this region permits the cherry halves to fall into the can. The can then proceeds out of the machine through the outgoing conveyer 109.
- each pan is located below the region of discharge of a product.
- Such a pan 141 is shown in FIG. 3. Similar pans are indicated in FIG. 1 underlying each of the discharge regions. The upper portion of the pan is attached to the machine frame and its lower portion 142 is formed to retain fruit. Such recovered fruit can be recycled to the corresponding feed hopper.
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