EP0894543A1 - Procédé et machine pour rincer et stériliser des bouteilles avec des buses mobiles entrant dans les bouteilles - Google Patents

Procédé et machine pour rincer et stériliser des bouteilles avec des buses mobiles entrant dans les bouteilles Download PDF

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EP0894543A1
EP0894543A1 EP98830454A EP98830454A EP0894543A1 EP 0894543 A1 EP0894543 A1 EP 0894543A1 EP 98830454 A EP98830454 A EP 98830454A EP 98830454 A EP98830454 A EP 98830454A EP 0894543 A1 EP0894543 A1 EP 0894543A1
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    • 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
    • B08B9/28—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks by using apparatus into or on to which containers, e.g. bottles, jars, cans are brought the apparatus cleaning by splash, spray, or jet application, with or without soaking
    • 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
    • B08B9/28—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks by using apparatus into or on to which containers, e.g. bottles, jars, cans are brought the apparatus cleaning by splash, spray, or jet application, with or without soaking
    • B08B9/30—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks by using apparatus into or on to which containers, e.g. bottles, jars, cans are brought the apparatus cleaning by splash, spray, or jet application, with or without soaking and having conveyors
    • B08B9/32—Rotating conveyors
    • 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
    • B08B9/28—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks by using apparatus into or on to which containers, e.g. bottles, jars, cans are brought the apparatus cleaning by splash, spray, or jet application, with or without soaking
    • B08B9/34—Arrangements of conduits or nozzles

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  • the present invention relates both to a method for rinsing or sterilizing bottles, and to a rinsing or sterilizing machine of the rotary type with movable nozzles penetrating inside the bottles.
  • rotary rinsing machines essentially two types are known: a first type with a fixed nozzle, where the bottle is arranged so that its mouth is above the nozzle which remains substantially at the height of the opening in the neck, and a second type with a movable nozzle, where the nozzle penetrates inside the bottle by a given amount.
  • the invention relates in particular to this latter type of rinsing machine.
  • the machine in question consists of a machine with manual positioning of the bottles, where there is still contact between the external surface of the nozzle and the internal surface of the bottles with the drawbacks mentioned above.
  • the machine in question consists of a rotary machine which requires a special and complex configuration of the nozzle in order to be able to strike a portion of the side walls of the bottle.
  • Rotary rinsing machines with nozzles penetrating inside the bottle are known with reference to the patent WO 95 09699 A, in which penetration of the nozzle is performed by means of relative translation of the bottle or of the means retaining it, also during a step prior to complete tilting of bottle and nozzle.
  • This solution also has the drawback of fairly long idle times since the treatment can in any case start only once tilting has occurred, when the connection to the liquid supply means is established. This connection is performed by means of contact, without the intervening arrangement of seals and therefore is unable to provide any guarantee as regards either reliability or absence of any risk of contamination.
  • One object of the present invention is to eliminate the abovementioned drawbacks and provide a method and a machine for rinsing or sterilizing bottles of the rotary type with movable nozzles penetrating inside the bottles, in which the jet emerging from the nozzle strikes both the bottom and the side walls of the bottle, as a result of a relative movement of the nozzle and the bottle which does not cause contact between the two elements, guaranteeing hygienic conditions.
  • the purpose of the machine according to the present invention is that of being able to orient the nozzle in one or more directions inclined with respect to the axis of the bottle.
  • an object of the present invention is that of providing a method and a machine which eliminates the idle time, with treatment being started prior to the total tilting of the bottle.
  • a further object of the present invention is that of dividing the step involving rotation of the bottle into a step independent of the nozzle, the latter remaining at a standstill in a substantially horizontal position, and a step integral with the nozzle with simultaneous penetration of the nozzle into the bottle. In this way the danger of dripping encountered in the other known solutions is avoided, since, along the section where the bottle is located underneath the nozzle, the axis of the nozzle itself remains in a horizontal position while the bottle returns into the vertical position.
  • the present invention has a further advantage relating to the complete lack of possible contamination of the bottle, both because the nozzle does not touch the internal walls and because the supply duct is closed and sealed, along the section between the storage tank and the nozzle.
  • the method for rinsing or sterilizing bottles according to the present invention which is characterized in that it envisages striking directly with a jet of rinsing or sterilizing liquid both the bottom and the side walls of the bottle.
  • the side walls are struck by the jet by means of inclination of the nozzle itself or by means of inclination of the bottles with respect to the jet.
  • a machine for rinsing or sterilizing bottles of the rotary type with movable nozzles penetrating inside the bottles which is characterized in that it comprises: means designed to cause rotation of the bottle independently of the nozzle until the coaxial condition of the bottle and nozzle is reached, means for relative fixing of the bottle and nozzle, which act when the coaxial condition of the two elements is reached, and means for causing rotation of the bottle integral with the nozzle, which generate at the same time the penetrating movement of the nozzle into the bottle.
  • the configuration of the machine in question is characterized also by the presence of a plurality of nozzles which are positioned with their axes substantially horizontal radially with respect to the carousel.
  • 1 denotes a fixed frame of the machine, which supports a rotating platform or carousel 2 which is made to rotate in accordance with known techniques not illustrated.
  • the carousel 2 supports a plurality of grippers 3 and a corresponding plurality of nozzles 4 which are connected to a washing liquid storage tank.
  • the bottles reach the rinsing machine in the erect position by means of a conveyor of the screw or star type.
  • Each gripper 3 is designed to grip a bottle 5 by the neck and tilt it through 180° so that the neck is directed downwards. To perform this tilting operation, the gripper 3 is supported by an arm 6 which is pivotably hinged at 7 with a fork member 8 integral with the carousel 2. For the rotation about the pivot 7, during the step where the gripper 3 and hence the bottle 5 move independently of the nozzle 4, each gripper has, integral with it, a fork member 9 which engages with a first actuating bar 10 of the known type which is circular and supported by the fixed frame 1. Closing and opening of the grippers is performed in accordance with a known technique by a cam 11 which is supported by the fixed frame 1 and with which a sliding piece 11a of the gripper of a known type interferes.
  • Each nozzle 4 consists of an external cylinder 12 which is pivotably hinged at 7 via means which allow the gripper 3 to rotate independently of the nozzle 4, until the coaxial condition of the two elements is reached, and then render the gripper 3 and the nozzle 4 integral with each other during tilting and penetration of the nozzle into the bottle.
  • the cylinder 12 forming the nozzle 4 has a longitudinal eyelet 13 through which one or more ducts 14 are able to pass (in the example illustrated two ducts 14 and 14a), said ducts connecting an external distribution block 15 to a sliding piece 16 inside the cylinder.
  • the sliding block 16 has, fixed to it, two concentric pipes 17 and 18 which are spaced so as to form a first cannula, for injection of the washing fluid, inside the pipe 17 and a second injection cannula, in the interstice 19 between the two concentric pipes.
  • the duct 14 is connected to the pipe 17, while the duct 14a is connected to the interstice 19.
  • the distribution block 15 has, connected to it, by means of articulated headers 20, two rigid pipes 21 which engage, again by means of articulated headers 22, with a distribution block 23 which is integral with the carousel 2.
  • Rigid pipes 24 supply the distributor 23 with suitable washing or sterilization liquids.
  • the external cylinder 12 has, integral with it, a fork member 25 which embraces a second actuating bar 26 which is designed to cause integral rotation of the nozzle 4 and the gripper 3 about the same pivot 7.
  • the external cylinder 12, the rotating pivot 7 and the actuating bar 26 form means for causing penetration of the nozzle into the bottle during the simultaneous rotation of bottle and nozzle, when the bottle has reached the position where it is coaxial with the nozzle itself.
  • Figure 1 illustrates the step where the bottle in the erect position is gripped around the neck by the grippers 3 and the nozzle 4 is located in the rest position with its axis in a substantially horizontal position.
  • the mouth of the bottle is located at a small distance from the nozzle and in this position it is possible to start injection of the washing liquid into the bottle.
  • the second actuating bar 26 causes rotation of the external cylinder 12 of the nozzle about the pivot 7 together with rotation of the gripper.
  • the respective actuating bars 10 and 26 may be shaped so that the bottle and nozzle are not perfectly coaxial during their rotation, as shown in Figures 6, 7 and 8. In this way the jet of washing liquid may be advantageously directed into particular zones of the bottom of the bottle or onto the side walls thereof.
  • nozzle 30 is able to perform a translatory movement vertically since it is integral with a slide 31 sliding along vertical pins 32.
  • the slide is made to perform its translatory movement by means of a cam 33 of the known type.
  • the nozzle 30 is supported by the slide 31 via a bracket 34 through which one or more ducts 35 supplying the washing fluid pass.
  • connection of said ducts to the nozzle is effected by means of an articulated header 36 so as to allow the nozzle 30 to rotate and incline to the right or to the left with respect to the vertical axis.
  • the nozzle may oscillate with respect to the axis of the bottle through a certain angle, said oscillation being imparted by the second actuating bar which is suitably shaped and having the purpose of reaching, with the jet of water, shaped zones of the bottom of the bottle (bottles with a petal-shaped bottom) or also the side walls of the bottle.
  • the nozzle in the rest position, is situated so that it is substantially horizontal and, when the bottle also reaches this position, it is possible to start washing and to continue this washing operation during simultaneous rotation of bottle and nozzle, consequently increasing the hourly productivity of the machine for the same number of nozzles mounted on the carousel.
  • a further advantage consists in the fact that the embodiment according to Figures 1 to 8 allows considerable penetration of the nozzle into the bottle with limited vertical dimensions of the gripper/nozzle assembly.
  • a method for rinsing or sterilizing a bottle whereby both the bottom and the side walls of the bottle are struck directly with a jet of liquid.
  • This rinsing method is achieved by means of inclination of the jet with respect to the axis of the bottle, as illustrated in Figures 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 or by inclining the bottle with respect to the axis of the nozzle or the jet of liquid, as illustrated in Figures 12, 13 and 14.
  • the machine will be provided with an actuating bar which is suitably shaped and allows inclination of the gripper and hence the bottle.
  • a fork member 40 is fixed on the arm 6 and has, inserted between its prongs, a magnetic plate 41 arranged opposite a permanent magnet 42 integral with the cylinder 12.
  • the function of the magnetic plate 41 and the permanent magnet 42 is that of coupling gripper and nozzle-carrying cylinder, as illustrated in Figure 16, so as to displace the nozzle from the vertical position into the horizontal position during the return movement of the gripper once washing has been performed. Displacement continues for a rotating movement of 90° until the nozzle-carrying cylinder comes into contact with the end-of-travel stopper 44.

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EP98830454A 1997-08-01 1998-07-27 Procédé et machine pour rincer et stériliser des bouteilles avec des buses mobiles entrant dans les bouteilles Expired - Lifetime EP0894543B1 (fr)

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FR2814095A1 (fr) * 2000-09-18 2002-03-22 Jean Paul Stentz Procede de sterilisation de bouteilles et machine mettant en oeuvre ledit procede
WO2006136498A1 (fr) * 2005-06-24 2006-12-28 Sidel Participations Installation produisant des bouteilles steriles par soufflage a partir de preformes sterilisees
ITTO20090837A1 (it) * 2009-10-30 2011-04-30 Sidel Spa Con Socio Unico Macchina sciacquatrice per il trattamento di contenitori, in particolare bottiglie
EP2307184B1 (fr) 2008-07-08 2016-06-29 Krones AG Installation pour la production de conteneurs avec un dispositif pour traiter une paroi extérieure des conteneurs avec un dispositif d'alimentation mobile et procédé associé
CN109158395A (zh) * 2018-10-08 2019-01-08 广州达意隆包装机械股份有限公司 一种洗瓶机构及洗瓶机
CN112386729A (zh) * 2020-08-06 2021-02-23 曹宇 一种消毒机器人
EP4403272A1 (fr) * 2023-01-19 2024-07-24 Krones Ag Dispositif et procédé de rinçage de l'intérieur d'un récipient
EP4450177A1 (fr) 2023-04-19 2024-10-23 RIPRUP Company S.A. Performance améliorée d'un distributeur de boissons

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EP0634230A1 (fr) * 1993-07-12 1995-01-18 PepsiCo, Inc. Machine pour le lavage des bouteilles à haute vitesse et dispositif de pulvérisation
DE4330335A1 (de) * 1993-09-08 1995-03-09 Kronseder Maschf Krones Spritzvorrichtung für Flaschenreinigungsmaschinen
WO1995009699A1 (fr) * 1993-10-01 1995-04-13 Etablissements Perrier Dispositif pour deplacer un organe de traitement par rapport a un recipient, aux machines de nettoyage des bouteilles

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EP0634230A1 (fr) * 1993-07-12 1995-01-18 PepsiCo, Inc. Machine pour le lavage des bouteilles à haute vitesse et dispositif de pulvérisation
DE4330335A1 (de) * 1993-09-08 1995-03-09 Kronseder Maschf Krones Spritzvorrichtung für Flaschenreinigungsmaschinen
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FR2814095A1 (fr) * 2000-09-18 2002-03-22 Jean Paul Stentz Procede de sterilisation de bouteilles et machine mettant en oeuvre ledit procede
JP4806018B2 (ja) * 2005-06-24 2011-11-02 スィデル・パルティスィパスィヨン 殺菌消毒されたプリフォームをブロー成形することにより殺菌消毒されたボトルを製造するための設備
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WO2006136498A1 (fr) * 2005-06-24 2006-12-28 Sidel Participations Installation produisant des bouteilles steriles par soufflage a partir de preformes sterilisees
EP2307184B1 (fr) 2008-07-08 2016-06-29 Krones AG Installation pour la production de conteneurs avec un dispositif pour traiter une paroi extérieure des conteneurs avec un dispositif d'alimentation mobile et procédé associé
ITTO20090837A1 (it) * 2009-10-30 2011-04-30 Sidel Spa Con Socio Unico Macchina sciacquatrice per il trattamento di contenitori, in particolare bottiglie
CN109158395A (zh) * 2018-10-08 2019-01-08 广州达意隆包装机械股份有限公司 一种洗瓶机构及洗瓶机
CN109158395B (zh) * 2018-10-08 2024-03-19 广州达意隆包装机械股份有限公司 一种洗瓶机构及洗瓶机
CN112386729A (zh) * 2020-08-06 2021-02-23 曹宇 一种消毒机器人
EP4403272A1 (fr) * 2023-01-19 2024-07-24 Krones Ag Dispositif et procédé de rinçage de l'intérieur d'un récipient
EP4450177A1 (fr) 2023-04-19 2024-10-23 RIPRUP Company S.A. Performance améliorée d'un distributeur de boissons

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