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WO1993004975A1 - Machine de remplissage a sterilisation et nettoyage automatiques des ajutages dans des conditions aseptiques - Google Patents

Machine de remplissage a sterilisation et nettoyage automatiques des ajutages dans des conditions aseptiques Download PDF

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WO1993004975A1
WO1993004975A1 PCT/IT1992/000111 IT9200111W WO9304975A1 WO 1993004975 A1 WO1993004975 A1 WO 1993004975A1 IT 9200111 W IT9200111 W IT 9200111W WO 9304975 A1 WO9304975 A1 WO 9304975A1
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Franco Dall'argine
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/001—Cleaning of filling devices
    • B67C3/005—Cleaning outside parts of filling devices

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  • the invention relates to a filler machine having automatic nozzle sterilisation and cleaning under aseptic conditions.
  • the filler machine is of the positive-displacement type.
  • filling machines are not equipped with sterilising devices inasmuch as the use of sterile containers is not generally requested and there is no problem with regard to aseptic conditions: it is generally after the filling of the containers that the operations of sterilisation and pasteurisation of the filled container is proceeded to.
  • Aim of the present invention is substantially to solve the problems existing in the prior art by means of a filler machine equipped with an automatic sterilisation and cleaning system of the nozzles under aseptic conditions.
  • a further aim is to provide a filler machine equipped with delivering nozzles able to operate in a sterile atmosphere completely separated from all the other mechanical movement organs.
  • a further aim to to equip the delivering nozzles with a steam-cleaning system for the said nozzles during operation, at the end of each filling phase.
  • a rotating filler head equipped with one or more delivering nozzles, each of which nozzles is predisposed to deliver a product into a container arranged inferiorly to the nozzle; - one or more plates, each of which is arranged coaxially and inferiorly to the said nozzle to hold the container during the filling operation, said plates being supported by a rotating platform which is synchronised with the rotating filler head; a support shaft for the rotating head, which shaft incorporates a tank containing the product to be delivered into the container, which tank is connected to one or more positive-displacement batching cylinders; - command organs for the nozzles and cylinders and movement organs for the plates (9) and the inlet and outlet stars of the containers, characterised by the fact of comprising: - a sterile chamber to house the filler heads with the tank, the batching cylinders, the mechanical organs for the closing and opening of the nozzles and for the command of the cylinders of the said filler head; - a tunnel arranged internally to the
  • the said filler machine also comprises an' automatic nozzle sterilising and cleaning device. Further advantages and characteristics of the present invention will better emerge from the detailed description that follows, made with reference to the accompanying drawings, which represent a preferred embodiment here illustrated in the form of a non-limiting example, and in whic : figure 1 shows the filler machine partially in section;
  • FIG. 2 shows a particular in enlarged scale and in section, of the nozzle sterilising and cleaning device of the filling machine.
  • 1 denotes a filler machine comprising a rotating filler head 2 equipped with one or more delivering nozzles 3 to deliver a product into a container 4 arranged inferiorly to a corresponding delivering nozzle 3.
  • the rotating filler head substantially of known type, comprises a central tank 5 containing the product to be delivered into the containers 4.
  • the tank 5 is connected with a pluraltiy of po ⁇ itive- displacement batching cylinders 6 predisposed to effect the batching of the product to be delivered into each container 4 by means of relative connecting conduits 7 leading to the delivering nozzles 3.
  • the rotating filler head 2 is inferiorly closed by a separating disc 8 out of which the delivering nozzles 3 project.
  • the filler machine 1 comprises one or more plates 9, each of which is arranged coaxially and inferiorly to a relative delivering nozzle 3 and is predisposed to receive a container 4 during the filling operation.
  • the plates 9 are supported on a platform 10 rotating in synchronisation with the rotating filler head 2.
  • the filler machine 1 also exhibits a supporting shaft 11 of the rotating filler head 2 and movement organs of the plates 9 (for the lifting and rotation of the said plates 9) and further exhibits inlet and outlet stars for the containers 4, not described herein since of known type.
  • the filler machine 1 comprises a sterile chamber 12 to house the tank 5, batching cylinders 6 and mechanical organs for opening and closing the delivering nozzles 3 and command.
  • the sterile chamber 12 is situated under a sterile laminar flow cap and is separated and isolated from the tunnel 13 by the separating disc 8.
  • the only components of the rotating filler head 2 in contact and in the same atmosphere as the container 4 are the delivering nozzles 3. Furthermore, in the tunnel 13, apart from the delivering nozzles 3 which effect the filling of the containers 4, there are the plates 9 supporting the containers 4 and a portion of the shaft 11 supporting the rotating filler head 2.
  • the tunnel 13 is inferiorly isolated from the sterile chamber 12 by the rotating platform 10 and, further, by steam jets.
  • the tunnel 13 further exhibits internally a pressure which is higher with respect to the sterile chamber 12 which, in its turn, is kept at a pressure which is slightly higher than that of the surrounding atmosphere, so that any passage of air can occur only from the inside towards the outside of the filling machine.
  • the tunnel 13 permits of realising the filling of the containers 4 under aseptic conditions.
  • the filler machine 1 also exhibits an automatic sterilisation and cleaning device 16 for the delivering nozzles 3, comprising an influx conduit 29 of steam jets on the delivering nozzles 3 to clean them at the end of each filling phase, when the container 4 is still below the corresponding delivering nozzle 3.
  • the filler machine 1 also comprises an automatic cleaning circuit for the machine itself, comprising a delivery conduit 17 of a cleansing fluid which, at the end of production of the filler machine 1 (for example the end of the working day) , is introduced in to the tank 5 and flows up to the delivering nozzles 3, through the tank 5, the cylinders and the conduits 7.
  • This circuit comprises a closing cone 18 arranged on the plate 9 and having the function of plugging the delivering nozzles 3, creating a connection with a flexible tube 19 which connects with the hollow supporting shaft 11 enabling the residual substance of the cleaning operation to escape.
  • the tunnel 13 is equipped inferiorly with escape zones for the steam, condensation and residues of the product, not illustrated.
  • the said escape zones coincide substantially with zones in which there are clearance spaces between moving and fixed organs.
  • the steam jets maintain the separation between tunnel 13 and sterile chamber 12.
  • 21 denotes a lifting and closing device arranged in the sterile chamber 12 and separated from the tunnel 13.
  • This lifting and closing device 21 which is activated during the cleaning phase of the filler machine 1, comprises movement means 22 which activate a lifter 23 which brings the plate 9 up to the delivering nozzle 3 so as to close the said delivering nozzle 3 during the cleaning operation.
  • the movement means 22 comprise a geared motor 24 whose shaft, by means of a pinion which meshes with a chain, moves a cogged wheel causing the lifting of the plate 9 and the closing cone 18 towards the delivering nozzle 3.
  • the lifting and closing device 21 thus is closed and separated from the remaining movement organs.
  • the product is taken from the tank 5 and passed into the batching cylinders 6, which pistons 30 effect the volumetric batching of the product into the containers .
  • the cleaning is effected by means of a circulation of water or other cleaning liquid which passes through the pistons, the conduits, the nozzles, the closing cone the flexible tube and is then removed into the hollow shaft, realising thus a circuit.
  • a circulation of water or other cleaning liquid which passes through the pistons, the conduits, the nozzles, the closing cone the flexible tube and is then removed into the hollow shaft, realising thus a circuit.
  • There follows a sterilisation phase through the circulation of steam which continues even when the plates have returned into their initial position so as to keep the slightly higher pressure of the tunnel atmosphere, which otherwise would diminish with the unloading of the condensation through the unloading zones of the tunnel 13.
  • the present invention reaches thus the proposed aims. It is able to perform a filling operation in sterile conditions, permitting the excellent conservation of the natural characteristics of the packed product, that is, vitamins, proteins, looks and colour. Furthermore, a delivering nozzle 3 can be brought into contact with the container which nozzle operates in an aseptic tunnel, while the remaining mechanical parts of the machine are kept in a different environment, separated however also from the outside.

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Machine de remplissage (1) équipée d'un dispositif (16) automatique et aseptique de stérilisation et de nettoyage des ajutages (3). Ladite machine (1) comporte une tête rotative de remplissage (2) équipée d'un ou plusieurs ajutages d'alimentation (3) servant à introduire un produit dans un récipient (4) placé sous l'ajutage (3) et porté par une plaque (9). Ladite tête rotative (2) comprend un réservoir (5) renfermant le produit à introduire et relié à un ou plusieurs cylindres doseurs (6) et à des organes de commande des divers éléments de la machine de remplissage (1). Cette dernière comporte en outre une chambre stérile (12) recevant le réservoir (5), les cylindres doseurs (6) et les pièces mécaniques de la tête rotative de remplissage (2); ainsi qu'un tunnel (13) placé à l'intérieur de la chambre stérile (12) et séparé de manière hermétique de celle-ci de manière que le remplissage des récipients (4) puisse y être effectué dans des conditions aseptiques.
PCT/IT1992/000111 1991-09-10 1992-09-08 Machine de remplissage a sterilisation et nettoyage automatiques des ajutages dans des conditions aseptiques Ceased WO1993004975A1 (fr)

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US5848515A (en) * 1995-08-11 1998-12-15 Rossi & Catelli S.P.A. Continuous-cycle sterile bottling plant
FR2810634A1 (fr) * 2000-06-21 2001-12-28 Bosch Gmbh Robert Dispositif de dosage pour produits liquides ou pateux
FR2811594A1 (fr) * 2000-07-13 2002-01-18 Bosch Gmbh Robert Procede pour le nettoyage des zones interieures d'une installation de remplissage
WO2006013405A1 (fr) * 2004-07-28 2006-02-09 Procomac S.P.A. Chargeur de bouteilles factices dans un dispositif de remplissage automatique de contenants dans des conditions aseptiques et méthode de désinfection du dit dispositif
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DE3722495A1 (de) * 1987-07-08 1989-01-19 Holstein & Kappert Maschf Fuell- und verschliessmaschine fuer gefaesse
EP0405402A2 (fr) * 1989-06-26 1991-01-02 Toyo Seikan Kaisha Limited Machine pour le remplissage aseptique

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EP0758624A1 (fr) * 1995-08-11 1997-02-19 ROSSI & CATELLI S.P.A. Installation de remplissage stérile de bouteilles suivant un cycle continu
US5848515A (en) * 1995-08-11 1998-12-15 Rossi & Catelli S.P.A. Continuous-cycle sterile bottling plant
FR2810634A1 (fr) * 2000-06-21 2001-12-28 Bosch Gmbh Robert Dispositif de dosage pour produits liquides ou pateux
FR2811594A1 (fr) * 2000-07-13 2002-01-18 Bosch Gmbh Robert Procede pour le nettoyage des zones interieures d'une installation de remplissage
ES2209576A1 (es) * 2000-07-13 2004-06-16 Robert Bosch Gmbh. Procedimiento para la limpieza del interior de una instalacion de envasado.
ES2209576B1 (es) * 2000-07-13 2005-11-01 Robert Bosch Gmbh. Procedimiento para la limpieza del interior de una instalacion de envasado.
WO2006013405A1 (fr) * 2004-07-28 2006-02-09 Procomac S.P.A. Chargeur de bouteilles factices dans un dispositif de remplissage automatique de contenants dans des conditions aseptiques et méthode de désinfection du dit dispositif
US20220063979A1 (en) * 2018-12-21 2022-03-03 Gea Procomac S.P.A. Filling device for filling a receptacle and process for the sanitisation thereof
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