EP2733112A1 - Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Versiegeln von Kapseln auf Flaschenhälsen mit einem Haltekäfig aus Metalldraht. - Google Patents

Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Versiegeln von Kapseln auf Flaschenhälsen mit einem Haltekäfig aus Metalldraht. Download PDF

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EP2733112A1
EP2733112A1 EP13004684.0A EP13004684A EP2733112A1 EP 2733112 A1 EP2733112 A1 EP 2733112A1 EP 13004684 A EP13004684 A EP 13004684A EP 2733112 A1 EP2733112 A1 EP 2733112A1
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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
    • B67B5/00—Applying protective or decorative covers to closures; Devices for securing bottle closures with wire
    • B67B5/03—Applying protective or decorative covers to closures, e.g. by forming in situ
    • 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
    • B67B2201/00—Indexing codes relating to constructional features of closing machines
    • B67B2201/01—Orienting closure means
    • B67B2201/017—Caps

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  • the present invention relates to a method of applying sealing capsules to bottle necks provided with a retaining cage of metal wire, and to an apparatus for carrying out such method.
  • the mouth of the bottle is corked by a plug consisting of an agglomerate of cork or synthetic material, which is plugged into the bottle neck in a corking station.
  • a wirehood i.e., a cage of metal wire
  • the closure is secured by fastening a wirehood, i.e., a cage of metal wire, about the bottle neck, which wirehood retains the cork from being expelled by the pressure inside the bottle.
  • a capsule of a deformable material typically a thin metal sheet, which is applied to the bottle neck.
  • the capsule which initialy has a slightly tapered frustoconical shape, is loosely fitted on the bottle neck by a capsule dispenser, and then it is made to adhere to the bottle wall by a capsule-folding/smoothening machine.
  • the base of the wirehood typically consists of a ring made of the same metal wire, which is fastened about the bottle neck, below the neck finish, by twisting a portion of the wire in such a way as to form a locking tab which terminates with a loop.
  • the loop is grasped and untwisted, thereby opening the base of the wirehood and allowing the latter to be removed.
  • the locking tab of the wirehood is bent against the bottle wall and is hidden by the capsule, which completely covers the bottle neck with the cork and the wirehood.
  • capsules which are provided with an I-shaped slot, through which the locking tab protrudes.
  • Fig. 1 illustrates an apparatus 10 for applying sealing capsules to bottle necks N in the configuration of Fig. 2 , in which the mouth M of the bottle is closed by a cork P, which is retained in its position by a retaining cage of metal wire, or wirehood, C.
  • the base of the wirehood conventionally consists of a ring R made of the same metal wire, which is fastened about bottle neck N, below the neck finish Q, by twisting a portion of the base to form a locking tab L.
  • standard productions i.e., those productions in which locking tab L is to be covered by a capsule, before receiving the capsules the bottles are configured as shown in Fig. 2 , with locking tab L bent against the bottle wall.
  • wirehood C is assumed to have a predetermined alignment with respect to the bottle, e.g., with locking tab L rotated by 90° in the counter-clock direction (when the bottle is wached from above) with respect to a label (not shown); Therefore, the opener who holds the bottle with her/his left hand and grasps the locking tab with her/his right hand, will have the label in front of her/him.
  • the corking/aligning/wirehooding operations may be carried out conventionally by standard processes and machines which do not fall within the scope of the present invention and therefore are not discussed herein.
  • bottles B in the above-described configuration shown in Fig. 2 are carried by a conveyor belt 12 flanked by an auger 14, which is adapted to maintain the bottles equally spaced from each other.
  • a capsule dispenser 16 is arranged at the inlet end of auger 14 for laying a sealing capsule on each of the bottles carried by conveyor belt 12.
  • An expulsion starwheel 18 is arranged immediately downstream of capsule dispenser 16 for removing any bottles to be discarded from the line, where necessary.
  • capsules 20 placed on the bottle necks are of the known type shown in Fig. 3 , having a I-shaped slot 22 on its lateral wall which is adapted to be passed though by locking tab L of wirehood C.
  • the capsules will have a random orientation with respect to the respective bottles and to the wirehoods C associated to the latter.
  • a first transfer starwheel 26 arranged downstream of expulsion starwheel 18 draws the bottles from conveyor belt 12 and, according to the invention, transfers them to an encapsulating carousel 28 having a plurality of peripheral stations such as 30, e.g., twenty stations, each of which is equipped to carry out the operations described in detail below.
  • arched lines A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6 in Fig. 1 engage respective portions of the rotation of the station, which are depicted by arched lines A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6 in Fig. 1 . Certain operations are carried out simultaneously, at least partially; therefore, in some cases, the arched lines are overlapped.
  • a turntable 32 supports bottle B in each of the stations.
  • turntable 32 is rotated in such a way as to provide locking tab L of wirehood C with a predetermined orientation with respect to the station. Since, as mentioned above, wirehood C in this embodiment is assumed to have a predetermined orientation with respect to bottle B, a reference on bottle B, e.g., a recess S as typically formed on the base of the bottle, can be used for orienting the wirehood.
  • a detector 34 e.g., a mechanical probe or a photoelectric cell, in a way known per se detects recess S, thereby allowing the bottle to be oriented on the basis of it, as mentioned above.
  • neck N of bottle B is engaged by a capsule-centering head 36, which comprises a sucker-based, pick-up device 38 mounted at the lower end of a vertical suction duct 39, which is operatively connected to conventional suction means (not shown).
  • Vertical suction duct 39 can both shift vertically and rotate axially.
  • a sleeve 40 is axially slidable on vertical suction duct 39 and is suitably sized to surround the capsule with a close fit.
  • sleeve 40 is lowered about the bottle neck, while pick-up device 38 is stationary near the top of the capsule.
  • pick-up device 38 is enabled to catch capsule 20, and then is raised, along with sleeve 40, so that capsule 20 is disengaged from neck N of bottle B.
  • Pick-up device 38 is then rotated to provide slot 22 of capsule 20 with the same alignment of locking tab L with respect to the station, whereby slot 22 is aligned to locking tab L.
  • a reference notch T which is conventionally printed on the capsule ( Fig. 3 ) and can be detected by an optical sensor 42 in a way known per se, is used for orienting the capsule.
  • the next step is depicted in Fig. 1 by arched line A3.
  • arched line A3 is partially overlapped to arched line A2 as the two steps are partially simultaneous.
  • a motorized opening device 44 partially bends locking tab L of wirehood C outwards to an oblique position forming an angle of about 45° with respect to the vertical direction; however, the optimum angle for the locking tab can be determined experimentally on the basis of the real shapes of the capsule and the locking tab, as well as on the position of the slot.
  • the opening device consists of a hook 44a hinged to a slide 44b which is slidable horizontally on a guide 44c.
  • a locking device 46 which comprises a support 48 having two counterposed jaws 50, 52 hinged thereto, which are provided with respective pairs of rollers 54, 56 via which they clamp the bottle on respective opposite sides thereof.
  • the next step ( Fig. 8 ) is depicted in Fig. 1 by arched line A4. As shown, arched line A4 is overlapped to the end portion of arched line A3, thereby indicating that the two steps may be carried out simultaneously. In this step, sleeve 40 of capsule-centering head 39 is raised with respect to pick-up device 38, so that capsule 20 is uncovered.
  • a pneumatically driven punch 57 hits the lateral wall of capsule 20 at slot 22, so that the two fins 23a, 23b ( Fig. 3 ) defined between the horizontal segments of the I-shape are slightly bent inwards.
  • the bottle is returned to conveyor belt 12 by a second transfer starwheel 58, and then is conveyed to successive stations 60, in which capsule-bending/smoothening operations are carried out in a traditional manner; these final operations, which are well known per se and can be carried out in a conventional manner, will not be described herein.
  • the various movable parts of the apparatus can be driven by conventional electrical and/or pneumatic and/or hydraulic motors/actuators (not shown for simplicity) controlled by a control unit, the programming of which falls within the normal knowledge of a skilled person and therefore will not be disclosed herein.
  • a considerable advantage of the method according to the invention, as well as of the apparatus for carrying out the method, is that the operations of pulling the locking tab out of the slot are all performed on a carousel arranged beside a traditional line; the capsuled bottles are received by the carousel with a random orientation of the capsules with respect to the bottles - i.e., the same configuration at this stage of a standard production - and are returned in the same condition but with the locking tab projecting outwards from the capsule. Therefore, having a carousel properly sized and provided with an adequate number of stations, all the above-described steps can be carried out without reduction of the production yield with respect to standard productions.
  • the apparatus can still be used for standard productions, so that the continuity of the production is not affected.
  • the apparatus of the invention can be easily integrated in a traditional bottling plant, by simply relocating the various stations in such a way as to make room for carousel 28, with normal changes for a person skilled in the art.
  • the locking tab and the slot are aligned to each other indirectly, i.e., both the wirehood and the capsule are oriented on the basis of another fixed reference.
  • the method can be changed so that the position of the locking tab is detected and the capsule is oriented as a function of the detected position of the locking tab, or vice versa.
  • the sequence of the operations carried out on the carousel in certain cases, can be modified. For instance, the capsule can be oriented after that the locking tab has been bent, rather than before, and the bottle and the capsule can be aligned at the same time (second step, A2).
  • the wirehood is assumed to have a predetermined orientation with respect to the bottle; therefore, the capsule is oriented on the basis of a reference on the bottle.
  • the locking tab of the wirehood could be used as a reference for the alignment or, as mentioned above, the position of the locking tab can be detected and the capsule aligned directly to it.
  • the number of stations of the carousel can be changed and optimized as a function of the desired production yield.

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ITUB20154147A1 (it) * 2015-10-02 2017-04-02 Robino & Galandrino Spa Metodo per l'orientamento di una gabbietta di ritegno applicata al collo di una bottiglia rispetto ad una capsula sigillante sovrapposta, ed apparato per l'esecuzione di tale metodo.
CN108002320A (zh) * 2017-12-06 2018-05-08 江苏仅联合智造有限公司 自动定位压盖机
CN108016640A (zh) * 2017-12-29 2018-05-11 江苏仅联合智造有限公司 视觉定位压盖机
IT201900002655A1 (it) * 2019-02-25 2020-08-25 Prima Ind S R L Dispositivo per il posizionamento di una capsula sul collo di una bottiglia
CN112509824A (zh) * 2020-11-18 2021-03-16 合肥亭瑞电气有限公司 一种电容器封口设备及封口方法

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FR2005132A1 (de) * 1968-03-29 1969-12-05 Nackenheim Ver Kapselfab
EP0012659A1 (de) * 1978-12-02 1980-06-25 Albert Desom Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Ausrichten bedruckter Flaschenkapseln
FR2482575A1 (fr) * 1980-05-13 1981-11-20 Dekomat Sarl Procede et appareil de pose automatique de capsules de surbouchage sur des bouteilles
EP1041033A2 (de) * 1999-03-31 2000-10-04 ROBINO & GALANDRINO S.p.A. Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Zentrieren und Ausrichten von dekorativen Siegelhülsen für Flaschenhälse
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FR2482575A1 (fr) * 1980-05-13 1981-11-20 Dekomat Sarl Procede et appareil de pose automatique de capsules de surbouchage sur des bouteilles
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CN108002320A (zh) * 2017-12-06 2018-05-08 江苏仅联合智造有限公司 自动定位压盖机
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IT201900002655A1 (it) * 2019-02-25 2020-08-25 Prima Ind S R L Dispositivo per il posizionamento di una capsula sul collo di una bottiglia
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CN112509824A (zh) * 2020-11-18 2021-03-16 合肥亭瑞电气有限公司 一种电容器封口设备及封口方法
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