EP2387542A2 - Tête de bouchage pour machine à boucher des récipients et machine à boucher des récipients correspondante - Google Patents

Tête de bouchage pour machine à boucher des récipients et machine à boucher des récipients correspondante

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EP2387542A2
EP2387542A2 EP09796309A EP09796309A EP2387542A2 EP 2387542 A2 EP2387542 A2 EP 2387542A2 EP 09796309 A EP09796309 A EP 09796309A EP 09796309 A EP09796309 A EP 09796309A EP 2387542 A2 EP2387542 A2 EP 2387542A2
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head
receptacle
closure
closing
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EP2387542B1 (fr
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Matthias Naaber
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KHS GmbH
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KHS GmbH
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67B—APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS
    • B67B3/00—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps
    • B67B3/20—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps by applying and rotating preformed threaded caps
    • B67B3/2013—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps by applying and rotating preformed threaded caps by carousel-type capping machines
    • B67B3/2033—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps by applying and rotating preformed threaded caps by carousel-type capping machines comprising carousel co-rotating capping heads
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67B—APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS
    • B67B3/00—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps
    • B67B3/20—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps by applying and rotating preformed threaded caps
    • B67B3/2066—Details of capping heads

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  • the invention relates to a capping head for use in container sealing machines for closing bottles or similar containers with closures, for example with screw caps, according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the invention further relates to a container closing machine for closing bottles or similar containers with such closures according to the preamble Claim 15.
  • Container closing machines for closing bottles or other containers are known in different designs.
  • container sealing machines are also known for closing bottles or other containers with screw caps.
  • the application of these closures on the container by screwing onto an external thread, which is provided in the region of the respective container mouth, by screwing with a Verschierwerkmaschine, which is equipped with a receptacle for the respective closure forming capper head.
  • the closure of the respective container takes place in such a way that the respective closure is first received in the receptacle of the closing head.
  • the closure head is at least frictionally, i. held on the container opening by means of clamping and then screwed onto the respective container with the capping head rotating about a capping axis or about an axis of the receptacle.
  • grooves and / or corrugations are provided, which thus make possible at least a partial positive connection by a toothing of the contours of the surface contiguous to one another.
  • the container With this screwing on, the container lies axially against the capping head or against the closure held in this capping head, i. in the direction of the axis of the recording with a certain force, for example, with a force of 20 kp or about 200N pressed on.
  • the object of the invention is to show a capper head, which ensures reliable closure of bottles or similar containers even with larger tolerances of the container closures.
  • a capper head according to the patent claim 1 is formed.
  • a container closure machine is the subject of patent claim 15.
  • FIG. 1 in a simplified representation of a container sealing machine of rotating design for closing bottles or similar containers with container closures in the form of cap-like screw caps;
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective detail view of the closing head of a closing tool or screw capper of the container closing machine of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 shows the closing head of FIG. 2 in a perspective detail view and in section, together with a screw cap also shown in section;
  • Fig. 4 shows the capper head in vertical section, together with a partial view of a screw cap.
  • the container sealing machine of general design generally designated 1 in FIG. 1 serves to close bottles 2 with cap-like screw caps 3, each integral with a bottom 3.1, with a cap edge 3.2 and with ribbing 3.2.1 on the cap edge 3.2, for example made of plastic are made.
  • This outer corrugation 3.2.1 is generally suitable for the inner contour 21 of a single head piece 16.
  • the container closing machine 1 consists in the manner known to those skilled in a rotatable about a vertical machine axis MA rotatably rotor 4, on whose circumference a plurality of Verschdorfpositionen 5 u.a. are each formed with a closing tool 6 in the form of a screw capper and each with a container carrier 7 for hanging support of the respective bottle 2.
  • the closing tools 6 of the closing positions 5 essentially consist of an electromotive drive 8, of a spindle 9 oriented with its axis parallel to the vertical machine axis, which is drivingly connected at its upper end to the drive 8 or to the motor shaft of this drive 8, With this, the respective screw cap 3 is removed at a non-illustrated closure transfer position with circulating rotor 4, then placed by lifting the respective bottle 2 against the capper head 10 on the bottle mouth and then on the The capper head 10, which is driven in rotation about its axis VA by the drive 8, is screwed onto the relevant bottle 2 or onto an external thread provided in the region of the bottle mouth, as is also known to the person skilled in the art.
  • central mechanical drives for capper and mechanically derived drives of the spindles 9 are known or devices in which the capper head is lowered onto a standing or suspended bottle.
  • each capper head 10 is u.a. from a bearing element or a Verschnoverkopfbasis 11, which is provided at the lower end of the spindle 9 or a spindle portion, namely spring-axially displaceable in the axial direction of the spindle 9, but drivingly connected to the spindle 9.
  • the closure head 10 is fastened with its locking head axis VA coaxially with the spindle axis on the spindle 9.
  • the closure head base 11 is formed as a molded part of a suitable material, for example of a metallic material, in one piece with an upper, plate-shaped base portion 12, which in the illustrated embodiment has a substantially square shape in plan view, and four each at a corner portion of the portion 12 provided, over a common bottom of the base portion 12 wegumble corner posts 13 made.
  • the Corner posts 13 are each designed as an angle piece with two legs 13.1 arranged at least with their outer, ie facing away from each other surface planes in planes parallel to the axis VA and perpendicular to the top and bottom of the base portion 12 and also perpendicular to each peripheral side of this base portion 12 are.
  • each corner post 13 closes at their mutually facing surface sides an angle of 90 ° with each other, which opens to the periphery of the capping head 10 and the Verschiererkopfbasis 11 out.
  • the posts are not designed as an elbow with two legs but as fingers or columns, so that each finger or column serves as a holder and / or storage for one or two joints.
  • the capper head base 11 is further formed in the center of the base portion 12 with an opening 14 which serves to fasten the capping head 10 to the spindle 9 and is provided internally with suitable connecting means, for example with an internal thread.
  • To reinforce the closure head base 11 in the region of the opening 14 of the base portion 12 is integrally formed on its upper side with an opening 14 enclosing annular projection 15.
  • Each capping head 10 further consists of a sleeve-like head piece 16, which serves for receiving the respective screw cap 3 and for screwing this closure 3 onto the respective bottle 2 to be closed.
  • the sleeve-like head piece 16 is formed in the illustrated embodiment of a total of four segments 17, which complement each other to the sleeve-like head piece 16 and each adjacent surfaces 18 adjoin each other, (surfaces) lie in planes that are radial or substantially to the axis KA the sleeve-like head piece 16 are oriented.
  • the head piece 16 forms an opening on the inside, which is open at the lower side of the base portion 12, but slightly spaced from this bottom upper end 16.1 of the head piece 16 and also at the base portion 12 remote from the lower end 16.2 of the head piece 16.
  • the segments 17 are in the region of the lower end 16.2 of the head piece 16 with their surfaces 18 against each other, so that the axis formed by the axis of the opening 19 KA of Head 16 is coaxially aligned with the axis VA and the inner surface of the opening 19 in both an upper Opening portion 19.1, as well as in a lower portion 19.2 Vietnamesezylinderför- mig or substantially circular cylindrical is formed.
  • the inner diameter of the opening portion 19.1 is slightly larger than the inner diameter of the opening 14 in the illustrated embodiment.
  • the inner diameter of the opening portion 19.2 is slightly larger than the inner diameter of the opening portion 19.1.
  • the opening portion 19.2 forms the receptacle 20 for receiving and holding a respective screw cap 3 by clamping. With the header 16 empty, i. in the absence of screw 3 in the receptacle 20, the inner diameter of the opening portion 19.2 is therefore slightly smaller than the outer diameter of the cap-like screw caps third
  • the head piece 16 and the segment 17 forming this head piece are designed at the lower end 16.2 with a rounded end face. Furthermore, at the lower end 16.2, the opening section 19.2 merges into an opening section 19.3 which is somewhat larger in diameter and then forms the lower, open end of the opening 19 or receptacle 20.
  • annular axial bearing surface 22 is formed in the opening 19, against which the respective recorded in the receptacle 20 screw 3 is supported when closing with its bottom 3.1, thereby u.a. a clear axial positioning of each screw 3 in the receptacle 20 is achieved.
  • the segments 17 are each provided with two over the outer surface of these segments or the head piece 16 wegumble, ear or lug-like in the illustrated embodiment, holding arms 23, in such a way that the two support arms 23 in an axial direction tangential to the axis KA concentrically enclosing circle line are offset from each other and each support arm 23 is in the region of a surface 18, namely the top 16.1 of the head piece 16 substantially closer than the bottom 16.2 of this head piece.
  • the bearing holes 25 pass through in the support arms 23 and are held at both ends to one of the corner posts 13, the segments 17 are pivotally connected to the Versch redesignerkopfbasis 11.
  • the bearing pins 24 each extend between two corner posts 13 and are aligned with their axis parallel to one side of the substantially square executed base portion 12 of the Verschiererkopfbasis 11 and thus tangent to a the axes VA and KA concentrically enclosing circle line, so the segments 17 about the axis of the associated hinge pin 24 at least at the lower end 16.2 of the head piece 16 relative to the axis KA are radially outwardly and inwardly pivotable.
  • the holding arms 23 With their sides facing away from each other, the holding arms 23 are supported in each case against a leg 13.1 of the relevant corner post 13, so that the segments 17 are held non-displaceably on the hinge pin 24 in the axial direction of the hinge pin 24.
  • an axis KA concentrically enclosing annular spring element 26 is provided on the outer surface of the head piece 16, which engages for its axial securing in an annular groove of the outer surface of the head piece 16 and in the illustrated embodiment of an O-ring of a rubber-elastic material is formed. With the spring element 26, the segments 17 are biased radially inwardly relative to the axis KA for clamping the respective screw cap 3 in the receptacle 20.
  • the segments 17, including their holding arms 23, are ideally each made identically from a suitable material, for example made of metal or a suitable plastic, so that the closing head 10 mirrors in all planes including the axes VA and KA and oriented perpendicular to the peripheral sides of the closure head base 11 - Is formed or rotationally symmetrical.
  • a suitable material for example made of metal or a suitable plastic
  • the closing head 10 mirrors in all planes including the axes VA and KA and oriented perpendicular to the peripheral sides of the closure head base 11 - Is formed or rotationally symmetrical.
  • non-symmetrical embodiments are conceivable or embodiments in which at least one segment 17 is not stored suspended, but is rigidly connected to the Verschmaschineerkopfbasis 11 in particular the base portion 12.
  • each segment 17 formed by the respective pivot pin 24 has a radial distance X from the axis VA or KA which is greater than the maximum radial distance x which the pivotal axis .alpha Having this segment 17 formed axial contact surface 22 of the axis VA or KA.
  • the bottle 2 After placing the screw cap 3 on the mouth region of a bottle 2, the bottle 2 is pressed against the screw 3 with the force F of, for example, 20 kp or about 200N, so that by this force F over each segment 17 an additional radial clamping force F 'on the in the receptacle 20 recorded closure 3 is exercised.
  • the magnitude of the clamping force F ' results from the force F and the transmission ratio of the lever arms a and A.
  • lever arm a is the mean effective distance of the axial bearing surface 22 from the axis of the associated hinge pin 24 and the lever arm A, the average effective distance of the radial bearing surface 21 from the axis of this bearing pin 24th
  • each hinge pin 24 from a reference plane BE enclosing the open side of the receptacle 2 and oriented perpendicular to the axis KA is greater than the distance y of the axial abutment surface 22 from this reference plane BE.
  • the closure head 10 thus u.a. the advantage that a reliable clamping of the respective screw cap 3 is achieved by the additional radial clamping force F 'even with larger tolerances and the diameter of the screw caps 3.
  • tolerances are caused, for example, by a shrinkage of plastics screw closures 3 and / or by a thickness which is difficult or impossible to control in terms of thickness or which is difficult to control on the screw caps 3.
  • the hinge pin 24 lie in a plane that intersects the segments 17 in the middle or below the middle and this plane is perpendicular to the axis KA.
  • the spring element 26 attached to the segments 17 from the outside at the lower end, one or more expanding spring elements are arranged at the upper end.
  • some of the lever arm ratios described above reverse according to the desired force action or must be adjusted accordingly.
  • the head piece 16 has a total of four movable segments 17, which are pivotally provided on the capper head base 11.
  • the number of movable segments 17 may also deviate from this.
  • two or three or more than four segments 17 may be provided, which then in each case, for example, in a common plane arranged axes are tangential to the Verschwinerkopfachse VA concentrically surrounding imaginary circular line are pivotable.

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  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Sealing Of Jars (AREA)
  • Closures For Containers (AREA)

Abstract

L'invention concerne une tête de bouchage pour machines à boucher des récipients (1) s'utilisant pour boucher des bouteilles ou des récipients similaires en les munissant d'un élément de bouchage. Ladite tête de bouchage comprend un élément tête, une cavité ménagée sur l'élément tête et ouverte au niveau de la face inférieure de la tête de bouchage et de l'élément tête, dans chaque cas pour un élément de bouchage. La cavité forme par rapport à un de ses axes au moins une surface d'appui radiale et au moins une surface d'appui axiale pour chacun des éléments de bouchage logés dans ladite cavité. La surface d'appui radiale se compose d'au moins un segment mobile pour assurer au moins un maintien à force de chaque élément de bouchage dans la cavité. Ledit segment peut être déplacé au moins dans le sens radial par rapport à l'axe de la cavité, au moins dans la zone de la surface d'appui radiale.
EP09796309.4A 2009-01-15 2009-12-15 Tête de bouchage pour machine à boucher des récipients et machine à boucher des récipients correspondante Not-in-force EP2387542B1 (fr)

Priority Applications (2)

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PL09796309T PL2387542T3 (pl) 2009-01-15 2009-12-15 Głowica zamykająca dla zamykarki do pojemników oraz zamykarka do pojemników
SI200930831T SI2387542T1 (sl) 2009-01-15 2009-12-15 Zapiralna glava za stroje za zapiranje vsebnikov in stroj za zapiranje vsebnikov

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DE102009005150A DE102009005150A1 (de) 2009-01-15 2009-01-15 Verschließerkopf für Behälterverschließmaschinen sowie Behälterverschließmaschine
PCT/EP2009/008957 WO2010081518A2 (fr) 2009-01-15 2009-12-15 Tête de bouchage pour machine à boucher des récipients et machine à boucher des récipients correspondante

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EP2387542A2 true EP2387542A2 (fr) 2011-11-23
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WO2010081518A2 (fr) 2010-07-22
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