EP4071103A1 - Füllvorrichtung für behälter und verfahren zur desinfektion von füllvorrichtungen für behälter - Google Patents

Füllvorrichtung für behälter und verfahren zur desinfektion von füllvorrichtungen für behälter Download PDF

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EP4071103A1
EP4071103A1 EP22157828.9A EP22157828A EP4071103A1 EP 4071103 A1 EP4071103 A1 EP 4071103A1 EP 22157828 A EP22157828 A EP 22157828A EP 4071103 A1 EP4071103 A1 EP 4071103A1
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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
    • B67C3/002—Cleaning of filling devices using cups or dummies to be placed under the filling heads
    • B67C3/004—Cleaning of filling devices using cups or dummies to be placed under the filling heads permanently attached to the filling machine and movable between a rest and a working position
    • 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
    • B67C2003/228—Aseptic features

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  • the object of the present invention relates to a filling apparatus for containers and a process for sanitising filling devices for containers.
  • the invention has application in the packaging of a food-grade fluid product (beverage), possibly containing solid pieces.
  • One of the reference sectors is the bottling of so-called "sensitive" food products, i.e. products that are particularly sensitive to bacteriological contamination and oxidation, such as, for example, isotonic drinks, juices, nectars, soft drinks, tea, milk-based drinks, coffee-based drinks, soups, broths, etc., for which the prevention of possible microbiological contamination throughout all packaging steps is of fundamental importance.
  • sensitive food products i.e. products that are particularly sensitive to bacteriological contamination and oxidation, such as, for example, isotonic drinks, juices, nectars, soft drinks, tea, milk-based drinks, coffee-based drinks, soups, broths, etc.
  • a filling machine comprises a plurality of stations for filling containers, in which a dosing device is present with a shutter which puts the product tank in selective communication with the dispensing nozzle.
  • the inner parts of the dosing device have to be subjected to a sanitising treatment.
  • a known solution supplies the dosing device with a sanitising fluid whilst below the dispensing nozzle a dummy bottle (or print) is positioned that is traversed by this fluid. This fluid is guided within a closed return path to the centre of the machine.
  • the dummy bottle is moved away from the dispensing nozzle, for example by means of a specific lever mechanism (see patent EP 0780338 in the name of the Applicant).
  • vapour condensate is discharged onto the gripping members below.
  • the technical task underpinning the present invention is to provide a filling apparatus for containers and a process for sanitising filling devices for containers which obviate the drawbacks of the prior art as cited above.
  • an object of the present invention is to propose a filling apparatus for containers that can be sanitised in an effective manner, avoiding at the same time an increase in the overall dimensions and/or the structural complexity thereof.
  • Another object of the present invention is to propose a process for sanitising devices for filling containers that is easily actuatable and is reliable.
  • a filling apparatus for containers comprising:
  • the confining means comprises a microbiological isolator.
  • the environment bounded thereby is a controlled-contamination environment.
  • each dummy bottle print has a through hole to enable fluid communication with the corresponding conduit.
  • the through hole is obtained laterally on the corresponding dummy bottle print.
  • the through hole is made on the bottom of the corresponding dummy bottle print.
  • each filling device is configurable at least in:
  • the filling apparatus further comprises a tank for a fluid.
  • the tank is in fluid communication with the filling devices.
  • the discharge circuit further comprises a manifold.
  • Each of the conduits has a first end in fluid communication with one of the dummy bottle prints and a second end in fluid communication with the manifold.
  • each of the conduits comprises a first rigid section and a second flexible section.
  • the second (flexible) section of each conduit leads into the manifold.
  • the discharge circuit further comprises a valve device operatively active on the manifold to enable a selective fluid communication thereof with the environment in which the prints are located.
  • the filling apparatus further comprises a rotating carousel on which the filling devices are mounted.
  • the manifold has an annular extension that follows the circumferential extension of the rotating carousel.
  • each filling device comprises a dispensing nozzle.
  • the process comprises the steps of:
  • the sanitising fluid comprises vapour.
  • the discharge conduit comprises a manifold in which the vapour is left to condense.
  • number 10 indicates a filling apparatus for containers 100, made of plastic (e.g. PET) or of glass or of another material.
  • the filling apparatus 10 comprises a plurality of filling stations, in each of which a filling device 1 is located comprising a fluid-dispensing device 2.
  • each filling device 1 comprises a valve body 3 which mainly extends along a longitudinal direction AA in which a passage 4 for a fluid is obtained.
  • This passage 4 is obtained between an inlet 5 for the fluid and a fluid-dispensing nozzle 2.
  • the fluid is supplied to the inlet 5 of each filling device 1 from a tank 20.
  • the tank 20 can contain a food fluid or a sanitising fluid, according to the status of the filling device 1.
  • the sanitising fluid is gaseous, preferably vapour.
  • a sterilising agent such as H 2 O 2 is added to the vapour.
  • the sanitising fluid is liquid.
  • a valve means 6 configured to establish a selective communication between the inlet 5 and the dispensing nozzle 2 is operatively active on the passage 4.
  • valve means 6 comprises:
  • the shutter 8 has an ogival conformation and can adopt a configuration for closing the dispensing nozzle 2, in which the dispensing of the fluid is prevented, and a configuration for opening the dispensing nozzle 2, in which the fluid is dispensed at an adjustable flow rate.
  • a flow rate selector 9 is present that is solidly fixed to the slider 7, upstream of the shutter 8 with respect to the flow of fluid to be dispensed.
  • the flow rate selector 9 can adopt different configurations so as to engage in a passage 4 defining a more or less wide gap, which corresponds to a different flow rate.
  • the valve means 6 is actuated - thus the slider 7 is moved - by a pneumatic, magnetic or electric control.
  • the filling apparatus 10 further comprises a plurality of dummy bottle prints 11, each of which is associated with one of the filling devices 1.
  • Each dummy bottle print 11 is movable at least between:
  • each dummy bottle print 11 has a concave shape.
  • the dummy bottle print 11 When it is in the first position, the dummy bottle print 11 has the concavity facing the dispensing nozzle 2 so as to receive the fluid coming from the latter.
  • the filling apparatus 10 further comprises confining means 30 bounding an environment 31 in which the prints 11 are located.
  • the confining means 30 comprises a box-shaped body (or cabin) bounding the environment 31 in which the prints 11 are located.
  • the confining means 30 comprises a microbiological isolator.
  • the environment 31 bounded thereby is a controlled-contamination environment.
  • the dispensing nozzles 2 are located in the environment 31 as defined by the confining means 30.
  • Each filling device 1 is configurable at least in:
  • the filling apparatus 10 comprises a discharge conduit 12 comprising a plurality of conduits 13.
  • the discharge conduit 12 is configured to establish a fluid communication between the dummy bottle prints 11 and the environment 31.
  • the discharge conduit 12 further comprises a manifold 14 into which the conduits 13 of the filling devices 1 open.
  • each conduit 13 has a first end 13a in fluid communication with one of the dummy bottle prints 11 and a second end 13b in fluid communication with the manifold 14.
  • each conduit 13 comprises a first rigid section 131 and a second flexible section 132.
  • each conduit 13 leads into the manifold 14.
  • the discharge conduit 12 further comprises a valve device 15 operatively active on the manifold 14 to enable a selective communication thereof with the environment 31 in which the prints 11 are located.
  • valve device 15 is of known type and will not be further described. According to the embodiment described and illustrated herein, the filling apparatus 10 is of the rotating carousel type 40.
  • the filling stations, with the relative filling devices 1, are thus distributed along the circumferential extension of the rotating carousel 40.
  • the manifold 14 is thus preferably an annular manifold that follows the circumferential extension of the rotating carousel 40.
  • the conduits 13 of the filling devices 1 open into the annular manifold 14.
  • it is the flexible sections 132 of the conduits 13 that lead directly into the annular manifold 14.
  • each dummy bottle print 11 has a through hole 16 to enable the fluid communication with the corresponding conduit 13.
  • the through hole 16 is obtained laterally on the corresponding dummy bottle print 11.
  • the through hole 16 is made on the bottom of the corresponding dummy bottle print 11.
  • the tank 20 contains a food fluid (for example a beverage) and the valve means 6 is in an open configuration (corresponding to the configuration for opening the dispensing nozzle 2) to enable the food fluid to pass through the valve body 3 of the various filling devices 1 and be dispensed by the dispensing nozzles 2.
  • a food fluid for example a beverage
  • the valve means 6 is in an open configuration (corresponding to the configuration for opening the dispensing nozzle 2) to enable the food fluid to pass through the valve body 3 of the various filling devices 1 and be dispensed by the dispensing nozzles 2.
  • the container 100 to be filled For each filling station, below the dispensing nozzle 2 the container 100 to be filled is present, which receives the food fluid.
  • the container 100 can be in contact with the dispensing nozzle 2 or be spaced apart from the latter.
  • the dummy bottle prints 11 are in the second position, so they do not interfere with the dispensing of the food fluid to the containers 100.
  • the tank 20 contains a sanitising fluid, preferably vapour.
  • valve means 6 is always in the open configuration so that the vapour passes inside the filling device 1 lapping the internal walls that bound the passage 4, the valve means 6 and reaching the dispensing nozzle 2.
  • the dummy bottle prints 11 are located in the first position, i.e. below the corresponding dispensing nozzles 2, whereby the vapour is collected in these prints 11 and discharged into the environment 31 through the discharge conduit 12.
  • the vapour passes through the through hole 16 of each dummy bottle print 11, thus reaching the conduit 13 and the manifold 14.
  • the vapour waits temporarily in the manifold 14, in which condensation forms that is discharged into the environment 31 via the valve device 15.
  • the fluid is not discharged directly into the environment by dripping from above, but is conveyed by the discharge conduit.

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EP0780338A1 (de) 1995-12-22 1997-06-25 PROCOMAC S.p.A. Spülbehälter für den Reinigungszyklus einer Füllmaschine
EP2409948A2 (de) 2010-07-21 2012-01-25 Krones AG Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Befüllen von Behältnissen mit Reinigungseinrichtung
EP2847123B1 (de) * 2012-05-10 2016-02-17 KHS GmbH Füllmaschine
EP2722303B1 (de) * 2012-10-17 2016-03-23 Krones AG Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Reinigen einer Behälterbehandlungsmaschine sowie Behälterbehandlungsmaschine
EP2900590B1 (de) * 2012-09-28 2017-08-30 KHS GmbH Füllmaschine
US20200048064A1 (en) * 2017-04-27 2020-02-13 Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. Aseptic filling apparatus and method of decontaminating the same

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0780338A1 (de) 1995-12-22 1997-06-25 PROCOMAC S.p.A. Spülbehälter für den Reinigungszyklus einer Füllmaschine
EP2409948A2 (de) 2010-07-21 2012-01-25 Krones AG Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Befüllen von Behältnissen mit Reinigungseinrichtung
EP2409948B2 (de) * 2010-07-21 2020-09-30 Krones AG Vorrichtung zum Befüllen von Behältnissen mit Reinigungseinrichtung
EP2847123B1 (de) * 2012-05-10 2016-02-17 KHS GmbH Füllmaschine
EP2900590B1 (de) * 2012-09-28 2017-08-30 KHS GmbH Füllmaschine
EP2722303B1 (de) * 2012-10-17 2016-03-23 Krones AG Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Reinigen einer Behälterbehandlungsmaschine sowie Behälterbehandlungsmaschine
US20200048064A1 (en) * 2017-04-27 2020-02-13 Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. Aseptic filling apparatus and method of decontaminating the same

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