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WO1999062766A1 - Appareil doseur volumetrique de matiere pateuse permettant le remplissage d'une chaine d'emballage par thermoformage - Google Patents

Appareil doseur volumetrique de matiere pateuse permettant le remplissage d'une chaine d'emballage par thermoformage Download PDF

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WO1999062766A1
WO1999062766A1 PCT/ES1999/000164 ES9900164W WO9962766A1 WO 1999062766 A1 WO1999062766 A1 WO 1999062766A1 ES 9900164 W ES9900164 W ES 9900164W WO 9962766 A1 WO9962766 A1 WO 9962766A1
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Narciso Lagares Corominas
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B3/00—Packaging plastic material, semiliquids, liquids or mixed solids and liquids, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, or jars
    • B65B3/26—Methods or devices for controlling the quantity of the material fed or filled
    • B65B3/30—Methods or devices for controlling the quantity of the material fed or filled by volumetric measurement
    • B65B3/32—Methods or devices for controlling the quantity of the material fed or filled by volumetric measurement by pistons co-operating with measuring chambers

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  • the present invention concerns a volumetric dosing apparatus of pasty material, especially for minced meat and the like, for filling a thermoforming packaging line, of the type comprising at least one dosing chamber, of known, adjustable capacity, capable of be filled and emptied cyclically, automatically, to form portions of identical volume and deposit them in thermoformed cavities that move in a conveyor belt below said chamber.
  • Patent WO 9014578 Some apparatus for volumetric dosing of this type are known in the state of the art, mention may be made of Patent WO 9014578, in which a machine is described which includes a dosing chamber with an inlet and an outlet at one of its ends. Said dosing chamber is provided inside a distributor to alternately communicate said chamber with said inlet and with said outlet, and of a plunger capable of being freely displaced by the effect of the pressure exerted by a pasty matter introduced to the chamber of dosing by means of a feeder, a pump or the like, through said inlet and said distributor in the inlet position.
  • the aforementioned free travel of the piston goes from a first position to a second position, preset by a stop, precisely adjustable using a spindle system, which defines the volume to be dosed. Then said piston is driven in the opposite direction, by means of compressed air, being forced to return to said first position by displacing the dosed volume of pasty matter through said distributor in a position of communication with said outlet, from where it is capable of being collected in a container, or sausage.
  • Said apparatus has pneumatic means that lift the entire dosing chamber in order to allow access to the alternative distributor for periodic extraction, cleaning and / or inspection.
  • the apparatus described above is fully effective in terms of formation of portions of the same volume, but, nevertheless, has the disadvantage of performing the expulsion of the portions in a horizontal direction, inappropriate for filling thermoformed cavities arranged on a continuous conveyor belt.
  • Another drawback lies in the low production capacity of said apparatus due to the existence of a single dosing chamber, especially considering that the conveyor belt admits, thanks to its width, multiple longitudinal rows of thermoformed cavities.
  • thermoforming packaging line provided with multiple outlet openings for the dosed portions positioned vertically downwards, mounted on a support liable to be placed above a conveyor belt, so that said outlet openings are facing and close to thermoformed cavities arranged thereon.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide an apparatus of the type referred to with means for accessing the distributor mechanism that are simple, easy to handle and safe for the operator.
  • the apparatus of the invention has a combined system formed by pistons for the extraction of the volume portions of the interior of the chambers. , which correspond to the doses themselves, and of some pushers to completely empty the sections inside the valve body.
  • said pushers are provided with stems that protrude through the upper end of the dosing chambers while the plungers are provided with central holes through which they can freely slide along a portion of said stems.
  • the upper ends of all said rods are fixed to a plate provided with a sliding slide inserted in a second rod topped by both ends by two stops.
  • a pneumatic cylinder moves a pneumatic clamp capable of grasping said plate to force, through their respective rods, the pushers to individually carry out the said path through the interior of the valve body, and to release said plate to allow said pushers, together with their corresponding plungers, make their joint route through the inside of their corresponding dosing chambers, displaced by the pressure of the pasty matter during filling, and impelled by compressed air injected by the upper end of said chambers during emptying.
  • the said plate When the pushers, together with the corresponding pistons, initiate the travel portion through the inside of the dosing chambers, the said plate, released from said clamp, makes contact with the upper stop of the second rod by dragging it in its path until the said one bottom stop makes contact with a block located in a predetermined position, precisely adjustable by means of a spindle driven by an electric motor.
  • the distance corresponding to the path between the two stops in combination with the inner diameter of the chambers of dosage, it determines the volume of the portions of pasty matter formed, therefore being able to regulate and predetermine with precision said volume regulating the position of said block.
  • the materialization of the housing of the valve body and its corresponding ducts and openings is carried out by means of a block fixed in a cantilever to a side cabinet, adjustable in height and provided with rolling feet, on which block a carrier base plate is hinged on a hinge. said dosing chambers with all their corresponding mechanisms, covered by a housing.
  • Said block incorporates airtight fixing means for said plate in the working position, as well as a cover on one end also hinged and provided with sealing means.
  • Said side cabinet incorporates a pneumatic cylinder for actuating the valve body, as well as electrical and pneumatic circuits with their corresponding control devices.
  • the apparatus of the present invention is capable of being positioned so that its dosing head is above a conveyor belt, with said outlet openings facing and close to thermoformed cavities arranged thereon, for filling, the Dosed portion formation cycles synchronized with stop and advance cycles of said conveyor belt.
  • Fig. 1 is a general perspective view of an apparatus according to the invention
  • Fig. 2 is a cross-section, according to a conventional 90 ° plane of Fig. 3, of an apparatus according to the present invention
  • Fig. 3 is a cross-section, according to a conventional 90 ° plane of Fig. 2, of an apparatus according to the present invention
  • Figs. 4 and 5 are enlarged detail views of the assembly of the valve body and the dosing chambers in an apparatus according to the invention
  • Y Figs. 6 to 9 are schematic cross sections illustrating a sequence of the different phases of the operation of the present apparatus. For greater clarity in the drawing some elements have been represented with their most separate positions, and even some have been removed.
  • a block linked to dosing chambers 4 can be seen, provided with connection means 47 to be fixed in cantilever to a side housing 41 mounted on a pair of feet 42, provided with wheels 43, capable of keeping the assembly in stable balance leaving ample space between said feet 42 and the outlet mouths of the outlet ducts 2, said housing incorporating said cylinder 19 for actuating the valve body 7, electrical circuitry and dynamic fluid elements (not shown) with corresponding control elements thereof and means 44, 45 for regulating the position of said block 9 in height so that it can be positioned above and next to containers A formed in a self-transported band B, which is an integral part of a packaging line, for example, by thermoforming.
  • Said means for regulating the position of said block 9 in height consist of fixing elements 44 fixed to a first portion 41a, associated with said at least one foot 42, of the housing 41, in cooperation with elongated holes 45 formed in a second portion 41b, carrier of said block 9, of the housing 41, and because it includes a cover 46 for protecting the dosing chambers 4 and mechanisms associated therewith 21-35.
  • Figs. 2 to 5 there is shown a part of said apparatus that includes a pair of dosing chambers 4, of axial development, each provided inside of a piston 5 that can move between a first position 5 A (see also the sequence illustrated in Figs. 6 to 9) and a second position 5B, said chambers 4 being associated, by a first end 4a, with sealing means 17, 36, to a passage duct 3 leading to a first opening 6a of a housing 6 that houses a valve body 7, whose housing 6 has a second opening 6b connected to an inlet duct 1 of pasty matter M, and a third opening 6c, directly facing the first opening 6a, connected to an outlet duct 2 of pasty material M.
  • a fluid dynamic cylinder 19 is arranged to move said valve body 7 into said housing 6 so that said second opening 6b is communicated therethrough with said dosing chamber 4, and successive and in turn, said dosing chambers 4 with said first 6a and third 6c openings.
  • the dosing chambers 4 each include a pusher 20 that moves together with the plunger 5 in the path, in both directions, between its first 5A and second 5B positions.
  • Said pusher 20 is further provided with means 21-26 for individually displacing it between a first position 20 A, adjacent to the first position 5 A of the plunger 5, and a second position 20B, flush with the mouth of the outlet duct 2 , crossing in said path the passages 3 and outlet 2 and the valve body 7.
  • Said housing 6 is embodied in a block 9, which includes said passageways 3 and outlet 2 and second opening 6b communicated with said housing 6, an articulation 16, such as a hinge, for a base plate 18 of said dosing chambers 4 , provided with appendages 35 to cooperate with a closure 17 to immobilize said chamber 4 in a working position, pressing elastic sealing joints 36 between said base plate 18 of the chambers 4 and said block 9.
  • a hinge 37 is also provided. for a cover 38 of said second opening 6b, provided with a hole 38a for said inlet conduit 1, and a closure 39 to immobilize said cover 38 in a closed position, pressing an elastic sealing gasket 40 between said cover 38 and said block 9.
  • Said valve body 7 is cylindrical and is provided on its periphery with a recess 10 that communicates through a passage 11 with an opening 12 located at one of its bases, also including, for each dosing chamber 4, a transverse orifice 13 , through, which does not interfere with said recessed 10, so that said valve body 7 is capable of rotating alternately inside its housing 6 driven by said dynamic fluid cylinder 19, with the opening 12 continuously facing the inlet opening 6b, between a first position 7A, in which the recess 11 is facing the first end 4a of the dosing chambers 4, and a second position 7B in which the transverse orifices 13, are aligned on one side, with said chambers of dosing 4 through said passages 3, and on the other with said outlet ducts 2, forming some sections, straight and uniform, of evacuation ducts through which the pushers 20 move to complete the transfer of a volume of pasty matter M, dosed, to each of said cavities A, thermoformed in a transverse row of a band B which moves below and near the
  • Said means for actuating said pusher 20 include a first rod 22, coaxial to the axis of chamber 4, bearer at one end of pusher 20 and joined at its other end, protruding from the second end 4b of chamber 4, at a plate 24 that includes a slide 25 that slides freely along a first portion 23a of a second rod 23, parallel to the first rod 22, the length of said first portion 23a being equal to the distance between the first 20A and second positions 20B of said pusher 20 in its path within the valve body 7, a dynamic fluid cylinder 21 provided with a rod 21a, with a stroke equivalent to said first portion 23a, bearing at its end of a dynamic dynamic clamp 26 capable of holding the plate is provided.
  • the piston 5 (see enlarged detail of Fig. 3) has a central hole
  • said second rod 23 includes a second sliding portion 23b capable of sliding inserted inside a hole of a block 29 fixed in a predetermined position, adjustable, by means of a spindle 30, parallel to the second rod 23, driven by a motor 31, and because said first portions 23a and second 23b incorporate respective first 32 and second 33 stops at their respective free ends, so that the slide 25, in its displacement due to the filling of the chamber 4, interferes with the first stop 32 by dragging to the second rod 23, which travels until the second stop 33 contacts said block 29 delimiting the second position 5B of the piston 5 accompanied by the pusher 20, a third rod, fixed, parallel to the spindle 30, may be provided on which You can slide inserted block 29 to cooperate in your guidance.
  • the first position 5A of the piston 5 is delimited by a shoulder 28 formed by the slightly smaller diameter of the passageway 3 communicated with the housing 6.
  • the apparatus includes an end-of-stroke detector 48 of said plunger joint travel 5 with the pusher 20, which sends a signal to stop the entry of pasty matter M through the inlet conduit 1, to move the valve body 7 of the first position 7 A to the second position 7B, and activate the entrance of the pressurized fluid F through the second end 4b of the dosing chamber 4.
  • Fig. 6 illustrates a phase in which the piston 5, together with the pusher 20 moves inside the chamber 4 under the effect of pressure exerted by a pasty matter introduced from the inlet conduit 1 through the valve body 7 in position 7A.
  • Said pasty matter is in direct contact with the pusher 20, which carries with it the piston 5 and the first rod 22, which is integral with the plate 24 carrying the slide 25 which contacts the stop 32 by dragging the second rod 23.
  • the second rod 23 slides inside a hole of a block 29, fixed in a predetermined position by means of a spindle 30 driven by a motor 31, until the stop 33 of said rod 23 makes contact with said block 29 (Fig. 7 ), delimiting the second position 5B of the piston 5.
  • the entry of pasty matter is stopped by the inlet conduit 1 and the valve body 7 rotates inside its housing 6 to adopt the second position 7A.
  • a pressurized fluid preferably air
  • the injection of a pressurized fluid is then started at the second end 4b of the chamber 4, so that the piston 5 is moves towards the first end 4a by dragging the pusher 20 and the rods first 22 and second 23, until said piston 5 abuts the shoulder 28 at the first end 4a of the chamber 4, which delimits the first position 5A of the piston 5 (Fig. 8).
  • the volume delimited by the inner diameter of the chamber 4 and the distance between said first 5A and second 5B positions constitutes the exact dose of the portions to be packaged. Said distance is determined by the position of the block 29, and coincides with a second portion 23b of the second rod 23 that slides inside a hole of said block.
  • the slide 25, integral with the plate 24 slides over the first portion 23a of the second rod 23.

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L'invention concerne un appareil doseur volumétrique de matière pâteuse permettant le remplissage d'une chaîne d'emballage par thermoformage. Cet appareil comprend une chambre doseuse (4) pourvue d'un piston (5) susceptible d'être déplacé par une matière pâteuse (M) introduite à travers une première extrémité (4a) de ladite chambre (4), entre une première position (5A) et une seconde position (5B). Ce piston est ensuite actionné au moyen d'un fluide sous pression (F) introduit par la seconde extrémité (4b), puis revient dans la première position (5A), en déplaçant un volume de matière pâteuse (M) délimité entre les positions (5A et 5B) en l'expulsant à travers la première extrémité (4a) qui est associée, par le biais d'une fermeture hermétique (3, 17), à une première ouverture (6a) d'un logement (6) renfermant un corps de soupape (7) susceptible d'être déplacé par des moyens (19). Une entrée (1) communique avec la chambre (4) à travers le logement et ladite chambre (4) communique, à son tour, avec la sortie (2) directement opposée. On prévoit également un élément poussoir (20) doté de moyens (21-26) permettant de vider le corps (7).
PCT/ES1999/000164 1998-06-04 1999-06-03 Appareil doseur volumetrique de matiere pateuse permettant le remplissage d'une chaine d'emballage par thermoformage Ceased WO1999062766A1 (fr)

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