Classifications

• • 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
  • B08B9/42—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
  • B08B9/423—Holders for bottles, cell construction

Definitions

• Container cell in particular bottle cell and container basket with such container cells
• the invention relates to a container cell according to the preamble of claim 1 and to a container basket according to the preamble of claim 13.
• Container or bottle cells as part of container or bottle baskets in container or bottle washing machines are known and serve to accommodate containers during their transport with one of a variety of container or bottle baskets formed transport system through the various cleaning and treatment zones the respective container or bottle cleaning machine (DE 195 42 673 A1).
• container or bottle cells (DE 42 42 375 A1) whose wall or shell each consist of a cylindrical or polygonal-shaped portion and an adjoining tapered portion (mouth area), wherein the tapered portion and also a recorded in a cell carrier part of the cylindrical or polygonal portion are made entirely of plastic, while a projecting beyond the cell carrier and the mouth region remote portion of the shell is made of sheet metal or reinforced with a metal sheet.
• BESTATIGUNGSKOPIE by the resulting constant heating and cooling of the container cells during transport through the treatment zones to significant energy losses.
• the object of the invention is to show a container cell having a high thermal and mechanical stability and in particular also in terms of shape and structure optimally formed inner cell surface has a reduced heat capacity.
• a container cell according to the patent claim 1 is formed.
• a container basket consisting of a cell carrier and a plurality of container cells is the subject of patent claim 13.
• the container cell according to the invention connects by their special training in a surprising way the advantages of a producible in a simple manufacturing process and optimally structured at least on the inner surface of the container cell for cleaning or treatment of the container and / or shaped container cell with the advantage of reduced heat capacity and thus connected to a significant energy savings in the operation of a container with the invention equipped container cleaning machine.
• FIG. 1 in a simplified perspective partial representation of a container basket consist of a cell carrier and several provided on this cell carrier bottle or container cells;
• FIGS. 2-4 show, respectively in partial representation, a section through the jacket or the wall of a container cell of the container basket in different embodiments of the invention.
• the container basket generally designated 1 in Figures 1 and 2 consists essentially of a preferably made of corrosion-resistant sheet steel, box-like cell carrier 2 and a plurality of bottle or container cells 3, respectively used in receptacles 2.1 of the cell carrier 2 and fitting this example are held by locking twist-proof and firmly positioned.
• the container basket 1 is part of a not shown container cleaning machine for cleaning bottles or similar bottle-like containers and doing special part of a transport system of the container cleaning machine, which has a plurality of similar container baskets 1, each with its cell carriers 2 at both ends with fastening tabs on 2.2 Transport elements, for example, are held on rotating transport chains and with which the containers to be cleaned are moved through cleaning and treatment zones of the cleaning machine.
• each container cell 3 is composed of a tubular portion 4, which in the illustrated embodiment has a substantially polygonal or square outer and inner cross-section with rounded corners and in the illustration of Figure 1 at the top of the container basket 1 open is there or forms the open bottle or container cell end, as well as from an adjoining the section 4 downwards, frusto-conically tapered mouth region or section 5 together.
• a tubular portion 4 which in the illustrated embodiment has a substantially polygonal or square outer and inner cross-section with rounded corners and in the illustration of Figure 1 at the top of the container basket 1 open is there or forms the open bottle or container cell end, as well as from an adjoining the section 4 downwards, frusto-conically tapered mouth region or section 5 together.
• Against the section 5 is the respective, received in the container cell 3 container with its mouth area.
• Section 4 protrudes with a partial section 4.1 over the upper side of the cell carrier 2 and is received by a partial section 4.2 in the cell carrier 2. men.
• the section 5 protrudes beyond the underside of the cell carrier 2.
• openings 6 and 7 are provided in the wall of the container cell 3, in particular a plurality of openings 7 at the bottom of the portion 5.
• the peculiarity of the container cells 3 is now that their coat or its wall at least in the entire region 4, but preferably also in the region 5 and thus in any case over the greater part of the Be Daveerzellen-Polanin Wunsch Wunsch Lagig, i. E. at least two layers is formed, namely at least one layer of a first material for the required strength at low specific heat capacity and at least one further layer of a second material, which u.a. a protection of the container is used.
• the first material is for example metal
• the second material is a suitable plastic, for example a fiber-reinforced plastic, e.g. fiberglass reinforced plastic.
• the container cells 3 in the illustrated embodiment of the support body 8 which forms at least the greater part of the outer surface or outer surface of the container cells 3 and is made of preferably corrosion-resistant steel sheet, and from a preferably the entire container cell inner surface forming layer or layer. 9 made of plastic, for example the fiber-reinforced plastic, eg fiberglass reinforced plastic.
• the support body 8 is made, for example, as a stamping or hydroformed sheet metal part, using a preferably corrosion-resistant steel sheet having a material thickness in the range between about 0.7 to 1, 0 mm. The production of the support body 8 then takes place, for example, so that each formed from the steel sheet two carrier parts or halves and these are joined together before the plastic layer 9 is applied. As a starting material for the production of the support body 8 and a thin-walled metal or steel pipe can be used.
• the plastic layer 9 is formed for example of a fiber-reinforced plastic and / or is applied for example by sintering, spraying, dipping or other suitable manner with appropriate shaping of the container cell inner surface.
• Figure 3 shows in a representation like Figure 2 as a further embodiment, a container cell 3a, which differs from the container cell 3 substantially only in that instead of the plastic layer 9, a plastic layer 9a is used made of a foamed plastic.
• the plastic layer 9a is provided, for example, in a molding process or in an in-mold process on the support body 8 or molded onto it. In principle, it is also possible to first produce the plastic layer 9a as a foamed plastic molded part and then to connect it to the support body 8.
• the plastic layer 9a is designed at least on its exposed surface sides as a closed-pore layer with the smoothest possible surface.
• the functional elements indicated schematically in FIG. 3 again with position 10, inter alia, for optimum positioning and / or holding of the containers to be cleaned, for creating optimum flow conditions in the container cell 3a and for improved cleaning of inaccessible container areas and gentle treatment, etc are, for example, part of the plastic 9a or formed on this layer with.
• the container cell 3 or 3a has u.a. the advantage that the container cell inner surface in terms of their shape, their course, their structuring, with regard to molded functional elements (position 10 of Figures 2 and 3), etc. can be formed in a simplified manufacturing process by the shaping process during application of the plastic layer 9 or 9a, like this
• a surface coating with nanoparticles for example with carbon nanofiber material
• a suitable matrix e.g. polymer matrix-containing mass
• the container cell 3 and 3a has a sufficiently high stability, so that while maintaining the advantage of an optimal for positioning, mounting and / or cleaning the container shape of the container cell inner surface, the total mass of the container cell 3 and 3a and In particular, the mass of plastic can be kept low, for the container cell 3 or 3a so compared to conventional container made of plastic container capacity significantly reduced heat capacity results, with the advantage of significant energy savings in the operation of a container cleaning machine.
• the described design of the container cells 3 and 3a compared to container baskets with conventional plastic container cells produced an energy saving up to 18% can be achieved.
• FIG. 4 shows a further embodiment, a container cell 3b, which differs from the container cells 3 and 3a in that the plastic layer 9 or 9a corresponding plastic layer 9b is only partially applied, resulting in a further reduction of the total mass of the plastic material .
• the partial application can be carried out in various forms, for example, by the fact that the plastic layer 9b is applied only point and / or strip-shaped or lattice-like, or is provided with corresponding openings or windows.
• container cells 3 - 3b are provided on their outer surface with a plastic layer, then these may also be applied only partially in each case in the manner described above.
• the plastic layer 9 is provided only on the inner side of the container cell.
• the respective support body 8 with a plastic layer on the outside as well, so as to also realize more complex shapes or structures, for example by a simplified shaping process on the bottle or container cell outer surface. for a simplified attachment of the container cells on the cell carrier 2, etc. serve.
• the plastic layer 9 is the preferred solution only on the inside.
• the container cells 3 and 3a have on their inside and / or outside plastic layers that differ in terms of the type of plastic material used, the properties of this material, the additives used, in particular the filler, etc., but are adapted to the respective requirements. LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

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• Rigid Containers With Two Or More Constituent Elements (AREA)

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