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WO2009004500A1 - Valve de remplissage pour machine de remplissage - Google Patents

Valve de remplissage pour machine de remplissage Download PDF

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WO2009004500A1
WO2009004500A1 PCT/IB2008/051147 IB2008051147W WO2009004500A1 WO 2009004500 A1 WO2009004500 A1 WO 2009004500A1 IB 2008051147 W IB2008051147 W IB 2008051147W WO 2009004500 A1 WO2009004500 A1 WO 2009004500A1
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false bottle
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Marco Botti
Gino Orlandini
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Sbc Bottling & Canning SpA
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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
    • B67C3/002—Cleaning of filling devices using cups or dummies to be placed under the filling heads
    • B67C3/004—Cleaning of filling devices using cups or dummies to be placed under the filling heads permanently attached to the filling machine and movable between a rest and a working position

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  • the present invention relates to a filling valve for a filling machine, in particular a filling machine able to operate in an aseptic environment.
  • filling machines are used which comprise a plurality of filling valves to introduce fluid products into containers to be filled through appropriate nozzles.
  • the filling valves are rinsed by making a washing liquid circulate within them and expelling it through the nozzles; in practice, the filling valves are operated as in the actual filling process, but using a washing fluid instead of the filling products.
  • Said washing fluid (generally a liquid) expelled by the nozzles of the filling valves is collected in appropriate containers, known as false bottles.
  • said false bottles are constituted by the blanks able to be transformed into bottles by means of a blowing step; said blanks have reduced dimensions relative to treated bottles, but their opening has the size, so they easily couple with the nozzles.
  • actuating means are provided that raise and lower the false bottle; said actuating means comprise a hook and a complex system of levers.
  • Providing a false bottle stably associated to a corresponding filling valve is, in itself, particularly convenient.
  • An object of the present invention is to eliminate the aforesaid drawbacks and to make available a filling valve for a filling machine provided with a false bottle associated therewith, permanently and in such a way as to make the washing process particularly simple and effective.
  • the filling valve of the present invention that is characterised by the content of the appended claim and in particular in that the means for actuating the false bottle comprise an elastic element operatively active on the false bottle to thrust it towards the nozzle, when the false bottle is in the working position.
  • - figure 1 shows a perspective view of a filling valve according to the present invention, with the false bottle in a resting position
  • - figure 2 shows the valve of figure 1, with the false bottle in a lateral view, in the resting position
  • FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of the valve of figure 1, with the false bottle in an intermediate position
  • FIG. 4 shows a bottom view of the valve of figure 1, with the false bottle in the first intermediate position
  • FIG. 5 shows a lateral view of the valve of figure 1, with the false bottle in the first intermediate position
  • - figure 6 shows a bottom view of the valve of figure 1, with the false bottle rotate relative to the first intermediate position
  • - figure 7 shows a perspective view of the valve of figure 1, with the false bottle in a second intermediate position
  • FIG. 8 shows a bottom view of the valve of figure 1, with the false bottle in the second intermediate position
  • - figure 9 shows a lateral view of the valve of figure 1, with the false bottle in the second intermediate position
  • - figure 10 shows a perspective view of the valve of figure 1, with the false bottle in working position
  • - figure 11 shows an open lateral view of the valve of figure 1, with the false bottle in working position
  • - figure 12 shows a lateral view of the valve of figure 1, with the false bottle in working position.
  • the reference number 1 designates a filling valve according to the present invention.
  • the filling valve 1 is applied in particular in a filling machine, according to the prior art.
  • the filling valve 1 comprises a valve body 2, having an internal passage
  • valve body 2 for a fluid, and a nozzle 4 through which the fluid is ejected outside the valve body 2.
  • the filling valve 1 ejects from the nozzle 4 a filling fluid to insert into a container to be filled, the container being positioned below the nozzle 4, according to the prior art.
  • the filling valve 1 In a process of washing the filling valve 1, the filling valve 1 itself ejects a washing fluid from the nozzle 4, cleaning itself, according to the prior art.
  • the filling valve 1 comprises a false bottle or a dummy bottle 5, able to receive the washing fluid during the washing process, to avoiding dispersing said fluid into the surrounding environment.
  • the false bottle 5 is associated to the valve body 2, therefore, the false bottle 5 is integrated in the filling body 1 in permanent fashion.
  • the false bottle 5 is associated to the filling valve 1 such as to be movable between a working position, in which it receives the washing fluid ejected from the nozzle 4 in the washing process, and a position of non interference with the filling process.
  • the filling valve 1 comprising a carriage 6 slidably associated to the valve body 2 and movable along a longitudinal axis of the filling valve 1.
  • the filling valve 1 also comprises means for rotating the shaft 7 around an axis, constituted preferably by an electric actuator (not shown because they are known in themselves).
  • a shelf 8 arranged in a transverse plane.
  • the shelf 8 has a recess oriented upwards in the longitudinal direction; said recess, originally, defines the false bottle 5. Therefore, in the preferred embodiment illustrated the false bottle 5 is shaped as a cup incorporated in the shelf 8 integral with the shaft 7.
  • an action of the means for rotating the shaft 7 entails a rotation of the false bottle in a transverse plane.
  • a roller 9 that constitutes an abutment able to interact with a cam (which is a part of the filling machine not illustrated, according to a technique known in itself) to cause the lowering of the carriage 6 itself.
  • the filling valve 1 originally comprises an elastic element 10 (constituted for example by a spring) interposed between the valve body 2 and the carriage 6 in such a way as to exert an upward thrust on the carriage 6.
  • the lowering of the carriage 6 entails a crushing of the elastic element 10, i.e., the lowering of the carriage 6 by the cam interacting with the roller 9 overcomes the action of the elastic element 10.
  • the elastic element 10 is operatively active on the false bottle 5 itself to thrust it towards the nozzle 4.
  • the elastic element 10 thrusts the carriage 6 and the false bottle therewith upwards against the nozzle 4.
  • the cup shape of the false bottle 5 enables, originally, the include the nozzle 4 in a closed volume, under the received thrust of the elastic element 10, when the false bottle 5 is in the working position.
  • the filling valve 1 also comprises, in the preferred embodiment illustrated, a ring surface 11 positioned around the nozzle 4. Said ring surface 11 interacts with the false bottle 5 when the false bottle is in the working position to close in sealed fashion around the nozzle 4 the volume defined by the false bottle 5 itself.
  • the elastic element 10 is operatively active on the false bottle 5 itself to maintain it in a position of non interference with the nozzle 4, preferably flanking the valve body 2 at a higher level than that of the nozzle.
  • the elastic element 10 thrusts the carriage 6 and the false bottle therewith upwards, in the absence of the action of the cam.
  • the operation of the filling valve 1 is described.
  • the false bottle 5 is kept in position of non interference with said process (hence with the nozzle 4) by the action of the elastic element 10.
  • the false bottle 5 is actuated from the resting position to the working position, synchronously relative to the expulsion of the washing fluid; subsequently, the false bottle 5 is returned from the resting position to the working position.
  • the actuation of the false bottle 5 from the resting position to the working position takes place in through successive steps.
  • the false bottle 5 is actuated from the resting position (shown in figures 1 and 2) to a first intermediate lowered position (shown in figures 3, 5 and 5). Said actuation takes place by effect of the action of the cam on the carriage 6.
  • the false bottle 5 is actuated from the first intermediate position to a second intermediate position (shown in figures 7, 8 and 9). Said actuation takes place by effect of the action of the actuator on the shaft 7.
  • the shelf 8 is positioned in such a way that it can be lifted at the flank of the valve body, in raised position (e.g. in the resting position).
  • the false bottle 5 is rotated integrally with the shelf 8 (relative to the first intermediate position) in such a way as to be aligned with the longitudinal axis of the filling valve 1, i.e. with the axis along which the washing fluid is expelled from the nozzle 4.
  • figure 6 shows a transitory position in the passage from the first to the second intermediate position.
  • the false bottle 5 is actuated from the second intermediate position to the working position (shown in figures 10, 11 and 12). Said actuation takes place by effect of the action of the elastic element 10, which, exerting a return force on the carriage 6, thrusts the false bottle 5 upwards, so that an upper edge of the false bottle 5 presses against the ring surface 11.
  • the present invention also makes available a method for washing the filling valve 1 in a filling or rinsing machine or in another similar machine. Said method comprises the following steps.
  • said first and second intermediate position are lowered position relative to the resting position, in which the false bottle 5 is flanked to the side of the valve body 2.
  • the false bottle In the working position, the false bottle is at a lower level relative to the resting position, but higher relative to the first and second intermediate position.
  • said levels should be seen to refer to the longitudinal axis of the filling valve 1, which, in the preferred embodiment illustrated, is vertical.
  • the present invention also makes available a filling machine comprising a plurality of filling valves 1, each of said filling valves being the filling valve described above.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne une valve de remplissage (1) pour machine de remplissage comprenant une fausse bouteille (5) associée de manière mobile à la valve (1), des moyens d'actionnement de la fausse bouteille (5) entre une position de repos et une position de travail, dans laquelle la fausse bouteille (5) est couplée à une buse (4) de la valve de remplissage pour recevoir un liquide de lavage expulsé par la buse (4), lesdits moyens d'actionnement comprenant un élément élastique (10) opérationnellement actif sur la fausse bouteille (5) pour pousser celle-ci vers la buse (4), lorsque la fausse bouteille (5) se trouve dans la position de travail. Dans les valves de remplissage pourvues de fausses bouteilles leur étant associées de manière permanente, les systèmes connus pour actionner les fausses bouteilles sont compliqués et peu fiables, et sont, par conséquent, coûteux et peu efficaces.
PCT/IB2008/051147 2007-07-04 2008-03-27 Valve de remplissage pour machine de remplissage Ceased WO2009004500A1 (fr)

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ITPR20070051 ITPR20070051A1 (it) 2007-07-04 2007-07-04 Valvola di riempimento per una macchina riempitrice
ITPR2007A000051 2007-07-04

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EP2496512A4 (fr) * 2009-11-06 2013-06-26 Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance Machine de remplissage à vanne de fermeture étanche
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EP2275381A3 (fr) * 2009-07-16 2013-01-02 Krones AG Dispositif de remplissage de boissons à l'aide d'une commande de chaperons CIP
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EP2496512A4 (fr) * 2009-11-06 2013-06-26 Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance Machine de remplissage à vanne de fermeture étanche
EP2409946A2 (fr) 2010-07-19 2012-01-25 Krones AG Dispositif de traitement de récipients dotés d'un capuchon de lavage
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EP2409947A2 (fr) 2010-07-19 2012-01-25 Krones AG Dispositif de remplissage pour récipients dotés d'un système de nettoyage
EP2409946A3 (fr) * 2010-07-19 2013-01-02 Krones AG Dispositif de traitement de récipients dotés d'un capuchon de lavage
EP2409947A3 (fr) * 2010-07-19 2013-01-02 Krones AG Dispositif de remplissage pour récipients dotés d'un système de nettoyage
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DE102010027624A1 (de) 2010-07-19 2012-01-19 Krones Aktiengesellschaft Vorrichtung zum Behandeln von Behältnissen mit Spülkappe
EP2409948B1 (fr) * 2010-07-21 2016-01-27 Krones AG Dispositif et procédé de remplissage de récipients avec des produits de nettoyage
EP2832681A1 (fr) * 2013-07-30 2015-02-04 Sidel S.p.a. Con Socio Unico Tête de remplissage et procédé
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