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EP3135628B1
EP3135628B1 EP15306332.6A EP15306332A EP3135628B1 EP 3135628 B1 EP3135628 B1 EP 3135628B1 EP 15306332 A EP15306332 A EP 15306332A EP 3135628 B1 EP3135628 B1 EP 3135628B1
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Luca Ferrari
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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
    • 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
    • B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/22—Details
    • B67C3/26—Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks
    • B67C3/2614—Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks specially adapted for counter-pressure filling
    • 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
    • B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/22—Details
    • B67C3/26—Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks
    • B67C2003/2671—Means for preventing foaming of the liquid

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  • the present invention relates to a machine according to the preamble of claim 1, for filling containers, such as bottles, with pourable products, such as carbonated liquids, non-carbonated liquids, emulsions, suspensions and high viscosity liquids.
  • container handling plants typically including a plurality of processing stations or machines, such as rinsing machines, filling machines, capping machines and labelling machines.
  • the containers to be handled are generally fed to and removed from these machines by means of a transport system including star wheels and linear conveyors.
  • Each filling machine generally comprises a conveying wheel, which is mounted to rotate about a rotation axis, and is provided with a plurality of handling units, which are mounted along a peripheral edge of the conveying wheel, and are fed by the conveying wheel along a path extending about the rotation axis.
  • Each handling unit comprises a support device for receiving and retaining a relative container and a filling device for feeding a pourable product into the container.
  • the filling device comprises a vertical post, which has an upper wide portion and a lower narrow portion, and is engaged in a sliding manner by a tubular shutter.
  • the shutter defines, together with the post, an annular outer feeding duct, which extends between the post and the shutter, and is connected to a tank of the pourable product to be fed into the containers.
  • the shutter is axially mobile between a lowered closing position, in which the shutter is arranged in contact with the post so as to be coupled to the post in a fluid-tight manner and the outer feeding duct is closed, and a raised opening position, in which the outer feeding duct is open.
  • the shutter defines an inner feeding duct, which extends inside the shutter, and is connected to a feeding device, which is adapted to feed a gas under pressure along the inner feeding duct and into the containers.
  • the filling device comprises, furthermore, a cylindrical filling head, which is coupled to the lower end of the post in a rotary manner so as to rotate around a longitudinal axis of the post, and is provided with an annular gasket configured to be coupled to a top neck of the container in a fluid-tight manner.
  • the filling device is further provided with a gripping device for a container, which is provided with a pair of holding jaws configured to hold a container in correspondence to its top neck, and is coupled to the filling head in an angularly fixed manner so as to rotate around the longitudinal axis of the post.
  • the gripping device is further coupled to the filling head in an axially sliding manner so as to move between a raised operating position, in which the top neck of the container is coupled in a fluid-tight manner to the above mentioned annular gasket, and a lowered rest position, in which the top neck of the container is arranged at a given distance from the annular gasket.
  • the filling head and the filling valve are coupled in a fluid-tight manner to one another by interposing a mechanical sliding gasket having a rotary lower ring fixed to the filling head so as to rotate around the longitudinal axis of the post and an upper ring fixed to the lower free end of a sleeve, which is coupled in an angularly fixed and axially sliding manner to the post.
  • the upper ring is kept in contact with the lower ring by a spring, which is interposed between the post and the sleeve.
  • Number 1 in Figure 1 indicates as a whole a machine for filling containers, in particular bottles 2, with pourable products, such as carbonated liquids, non-carbonated liquids, emulsions, suspensions and high viscosity liquids.
  • Each bottle 2 has a longitudinal axis 3 and has a top neck 4 substantially coaxial with the axis 3.
  • the machine 1 comprises a filling wheel 5, which is mounted to rotate continuously (anticlockwise in Figure 1 ) about a vertical axis 6 perpendicular to the Figure 1 plane.
  • the wheel 5 receives a succession of empty bottles 2 from an input star wheel 7, which is connected to the wheel 5 at a first transfer station 8 and is mounted to rotate continuously about a respective longitudinal axis 9 parallel to the axis 6.
  • the wheel 5 releases a succession of filled bottles 2 to an output star wheel 10, which is connected to the wheel 5 at a second transfer station 11 and is mounted to rotate continuously about a respective longitudinal axis 12 parallel to the axes 6 and 9.
  • Wheel 5 is provided with a plurality of handling units 13, which are equally angularly spaced about the axis 6, are mounted along a peripheral edge of the wheel 5, and are moved by the wheel 5 along a path P extending about the axis 6 and through the stations 8 and 11.
  • each handling unit 13 comprises a filling device 14 comprising, in turn, a vertical post 15 with a cylindrical shape, which has a longitudinal axis 16 parallel to axis 6, and is radially delimited by an inner wall comprising an upper wide portion 17 and a lower narrow portion 18.
  • the post 15 is engaged in a sliding manner by a shutter 19 with a tubular shape, which is mounted inside the post 15 coaxial to the axis 16, and defines, together with the post 15, a filling valve 20 of the filling device 14.
  • the shutter 19 is coupled to the post 15 by means of a deformable annular membrane (not shown), which is interposed between the post 15 and the shutter 19 itself.
  • the shutter 19 defines, together with the post 15, an annular outer feeding duct 21, which extends between the post 15 and the shutter 19, and is connected to a tank (not shown) of the pourable product to be fed into the bottles 2.
  • the shutter 19 is axially mobile between a lowered closing position (not shown), in which the shutter 19 is arranged in contact with the inner wall of the post 15 so as to be coupled to the post 15 in a fluid-tight manner and close the duct 21, and a raised opening position ( Figure 2 ), in which the duct 21 itself is open.
  • the shutter 19 is moved to its raised opening position - and normally kept there - by a spring (not shown), which is mounted between the post 15 and the shutter 19 coaxial to the axis 16, and is moved to its lowered closing position, against the action of the spring (not shown), by an actuating cylinder (not shown).
  • the actuating cylinder (non shown) is obtained in the post 15 coaxial to the axis 16, is connected to a known pneumatic device, which is not shown, and is provided with a piston, which extends perpendicularly to the axis 16 and is coupled to the shutter 19 in an axially and angularly fixed manner.
  • the shutter 19 has, furthermore, a swirler 22, which is obtained on the outer surface of the shutter 19 itself, and extends along - and around - the axis 16, so as to cause the pourable product fed along the duct 21 to have a swirling movement.
  • the shutter 19 defines an inner feeding duct 23, which extends inside the shutter 19, and is connected to a supply device (not shown), which is adapted to feed a gas under pressure along the duct 23 and into the bottles 2.
  • the filling device 14 comprises, furthermore, a cylindrical filling head 24, which extends around the post 15 coaxial to the axis 16, projects axially below the lower end of the post 15, and defines, together with the filling valve 20, a supply path for the pourable product into the bottle 2.
  • the filling head 24 is coupled to the post 15 in an axially fixed manner and, furthermore, is coupled to the post 15 in a rotary manner by interposing an upper rolling bearing 25a and a lower rolling bearing 25b, so as to rotate, relative to the post 15 itself and under the thrust of an actuating device 26, around the axis 16.
  • the device 26 comprises an electric motor 27, which is fixed to the post 15, and is provided with an output shaft 28 having a longitudinal axis 29 that is parallel to the axis 16.
  • the shaft 28 is coupled to the filling head 24 by means of a pair of gears 30, of which one is splined to the shaft 28 and the other is obtained on the outer surface of the filling head 24 itself.
  • the lower end of the filling head 24 is provided with a gasket 31 made of an elastomer material, which has an annular shape coaxial to the axis 16, and faces, in use, the top neck 4 of the bottle 2.
  • the filling device 14 cooperates with a gripping member 32 for a bottle 2 comprising a support plate 33, which protrudes below the filling head 24, is coupled to the filling head 24 in an angularly fixed manner, and, furthermore, is coupled to the filling head 24 in an axially sliding manner so as to move, relative to the filling head 24, parallel to the axis 16.
  • the support plate 33 supports a pair of holding jaws 34, which are configured to hold a relative bottle 2 in correspondence to its top neck 4.
  • the jaws 34 are hinged to the plate 33 so as to rotate, relative to the plate 33 itself, around respective fulcrum axes 35, which are parallel to one another and to the axis 16.
  • the jaws 34 are moved to a clamping position - and normally kept there - by a spring 36, which is interposed between the jaws 34, and are moved to a release position by the thrust exerted on the jaws 34 themselves by the relative bottle 2 during its insertion into the gripping member 32 or its extraction from the gripping member 32.
  • the gripping member 32 is moved by an actuating cylinder 37 parallel to the axis 16 between a raised operating position, in which the top neck 4 is coupled to the gasket 31 in a fluid-tight manner, and a lowered rest position, in which the upper neck 4 is arranged at a given distance from the gasket 31 itself.
  • the filling valve 20 and the filling head 14 are coupled in a fluid-tight manner to one another by interposing a mechanical sliding gasket 38, which is mounted below the shutter 19 coaxial to the axis 16.
  • the gasket 38 comprises a rotary lower ring 39 fixed to the filling head 24 so as to rotate around the axis 16 and an upper ring 40 fixed to the lower free end of a sleeve 41, which is mounted inside the post 15 coaxial to the axis 16, and is coupled in an angularly fixed and axially sliding manner to the post 15.
  • the upper ring 40 is kept in contact with the lower ring 39 by a spring 42, which is interposed between the post 15 and the sleeve 41.
  • the filling wheel 5 comprises, furthermore, a washing device 43 to wash the gaskets 38 and, in the case in point, the lower rolling bearings 25b of the handling units 13.
  • the washing device 43 comprises an annular manifold 44, which is fixed to the wheel 5 coaxial to the axis 6; and, for each handling unit 13, a respective annular manifold 45, which is obtained in the lower end of the corresponding post 15 coaxial to the axis 16.
  • Each manifold 45 is concentric to the bearing 25b, and is connected with the manifold 44 by means of a feeding duct 46, which extends through the post 15 to feed a washing liquid for removing the residuals of the pourable product from the gaskets 38 and the lower rolling bearings 25b.
  • the supply of the washing liquid along each feeding duct 46 is selectively controlled by a supply valve 47 having a tubular valve body 48, which is fitted in the feeding duct 46, has a longitudinal axis 49 parallel to the axis 16, and is engaged in a sliding manner by a shutter 50.
  • the shutter 50 is axially mobile between a lowered closing position ( Figure 3 ), in which the shutter 50 closes the duct 46, and a raised opening position ( Figure 4 ), in which the duct 46 itself is open.
  • the shutter 50 is moved to its raised opening position - and normally kept there - by a spring 51, which is mounted between the valve body 48 and the shutter 50 coaxial to the axis 49, and is moved to its lowered closing position, against the action of the spring 51, by an actuating cylinder 52.
  • the cylinder 52 is obtained in the wheel 5 coaxial to the axis 49, is connected to a known pneumatic device, which is not shown, and is provided with a piston 53, which extends perpendicularly to the axis 49, and is coupled to the shutter 50 in an axially and angularly fixed manner.
  • the washing device 43 comprises, furthermore, for each handling unit 13, a respective annular cavity 54, which is obtained in the corresponding filling head 24 coaxial to the axis 16, extends below the manifold 45, and is shaped so as to face both the gasket 38, in particular the region between the lower ring 39 and the upper ring 40, and the bearing 25b.
  • the annular cavity 54 communicates with the manifold 45 through a plurality of holes 55, which are obtained in the post 15, and are uniformly distributed around the axis 16.
  • the annular cavity 54 communicates, furthermore, with the external environment through a pair of apertures 56, which are obtained in the filling head 24, and are uniformly distributed around the axis 16 to discharge the washing liquid.
  • the washing device 43 allows operators to perform a washing phase for removing the residuals of the pourable product from the gaskets 38 and the lower rolling bearings 25b, thus increasing the efficiency of the filling machine 1.

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  1. Machine pour remplir des récipients (2), comprenant un dispositif de transport (5) pourvu d'une pluralité d'unités de manutention (13), dont chacune est amenée par le dispositif de transport (5) le long d'un chemin d'alimentation donné (P), et comprend un dispositif de support (32) pour recevoir et retenir un récipient relatif (2) et un dispositif de remplissage (14) pour verser un produit versable dans le récipient (2); le dispositif de remplissage (14) comprenant une valve de remplissage (20) et une tête de remplissage (24), qui est configurée de manière à être couplée au récipient (2) d'une manière étanche au fluide, et qui définit, de concert avec la valve de remplissage (20), un chemin d'alimentation pour le produit versable dans le récipient (2); le dispositif de support (32) et la tête de remplissage (24) étant couplés d'une manière angulairement fixe l'un à l'autre et étant en outre couplés à la valve de remplissage (20) d'une manière rotative afin de tourner autour d'un axe de rotation (16); le dispositif de remplissage (14) comprenant, en outre, une garniture mécanique (38) pour coupler la valve de remplissage (20) et la tête de remplissage (24) l'une à l'autre d'une manière étanche au fluide; la garniture mécanique (38) comprenant un premier anneau (40) couplé d'une manière angulairement fixe à la valve de remplissage (20) et un second anneau (39) couplé d'une manière angulairement fixe à la tête de remplissage (24); et caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend, en outre, un dispositif de lavage (43) pour laver les garnitures mécaniques de manière à éliminer les résidus du produit versable des garnitures mécaniques (38) elles-mêmes, dans laquelle la tête de remplissage (24) est couplée à la valve de remplissage (20) d'une manière rotative en interposant au moins un palier à roulement (25b); le dispositif de lavage (43) étant configuré de manière à laver les paliers à roulement (25b) de manière à éliminer les résidus du produit versable des paliers à roulement (25b) eux-mêmes.
  2. Machine selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle le dispositif de lavage (43) comprend, pour chaque unité de manutention (13), un circuit hydraulique respectif (45, 46, 54) pour fournir un liquide de lavage au moins à la garniture mécanique correspondante (38), et une vanne d'alimentation (47) afin de commander de façon sélective la fourniture du liquide de lavage le long du circuit hydraulique (45, 46, 54).
  3. Machine selon la revendication 2, dans laquelle le circuit hydraulique (45, 46, 54) comprend une première partie (46) obtenue à travers la valve de remplissage (20) et une seconde partie (54) obtenue à travers la tête de remplissage (24).
  4. Machine selon la revendication 3, dans laquelle le circuit hydraulique (45, 46, 54) comporte, en outre, au moins une ouverture (56) obtenue à travers la tête de remplissage (24) afin de connecter la seconde partie (54) à l'environnement extérieur.
  5. Machine selon la revendication 3 ou 4, dans laquelle la tête de remplissage (24) est couplée à la valve de remplissage (20) d'une manière rotative en interposant au moins un palier à roulement (25b); la seconde partie (54) du circuit hydraulique (45, 46, 54) présentant une forme annulaire, s'étendant autour de l'axe de rotation (16), et étant configurée de manière à faire face à la garniture mécanique correspondante (38), en particulier la région entre lesdits premier et second anneaux (40, 39), et le palier à roulement correspondant (25b).
  6. Machine selon l'une quelconque des revendications 2 à 5, dans laquelle le dispositif de lavage (43) comprend, en outre, un collecteur (44) connecté aux circuits hydrauliques (45, 46, 54) des unités de manutention (13).
  7. Machine selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle le premier anneau (40) est en outre couplé d'une manière axialement déplaçable à la valve de remplissage (20); un dispositif de poussée (42) étant agencé entre la valve de remplissage (20) et le premier anneau (40) afin de déplacer, et normalement de maintenir, le premier anneau (40) en contact avec le second anneau (39).
  8. Machine selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle le dispositif de support (32) comprend des moyens d'agrippement (34) qui agissent sur un goulot supérieur (4) d'un récipient (2) afin de retenir celui-ci dans une position suspendue.
  9. Machine selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle le dispositif de remplissage (14) et le dispositif de support (32) sont déplaçables l'un par rapport à l'autre entre une position de fonctionnement, dans laquelle la tête de remplissage (24) entre en contact avec un goulot supérieur (4) du récipient (2) et est couplée au récipient (2) d'une manière étanche au fluide, et une position de repos, dans laquelle la tête de remplissage (24) est espacée du goulot supérieur (4) du récipient (2).
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