WO2016089986A1 - Système de remplissage simultané d'une pluralité de bouteilles contenant du liquide - Google Patents

Système de remplissage simultané d'une pluralité de bouteilles contenant du liquide Download PDF

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WO2016089986A1
WO2016089986A1 PCT/US2015/063411 US2015063411W WO2016089986A1 WO 2016089986 A1 WO2016089986 A1 WO 2016089986A1 US 2015063411 W US2015063411 W US 2015063411W WO 2016089986 A1 WO2016089986 A1 WO 2016089986A1
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Paul SEBERN
Frank PROANO
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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
    • B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/04—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus without applying pressure
    • 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
    • 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
    • B67C3/225—Means for filling simultaneously, e.g. in a rotary filling apparatus or multiple rows of containers
    • 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
    • B67C3/26—Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks

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  • the present invention relates to liquid container filling systems, and more particularly, to a system for simultaneous filling a plurality of reusable bottles with similar predetermined quantities of liquid for reuse of the bottled liquid.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective of an illustrative bottle filling system in accordance with the invention.
  • FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective of one of the bottle filling stations of the illustrated system
  • FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective of the liquid manifold container of the bottle filling station shown in Fig. 2, with a plurality of bottles in fill and waiting positions;
  • Fig. 4 is a side elevational view of the liquid manifold container and bottles shown in Fig. 3;
  • Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary section of one of the dispensing nozzles of the illustrated liquid manifold container
  • Fig. 6 is an exploded perspective of components of the liquid dispensing nozzle shown in Fig. 5;
  • Fig. 7 is an exploded perspective of the nozzle mounting and retention fitting shown in Fig. 5.
  • Fig. 7 is an exploded perspective of the nozzle mounting and retention fitting shown in Fig. 5.
  • FIG. 1 there is shown an illustrative bottle filling system 10 in accordance with the invention for simultaneously refilling a multiplicity of bottles 11, such as reusable bottles for containing cleaning solutions and sanitizers used in hotels and other commercial establishments. While the present invention will be described in connection with refilling of reusable bottles, it will be understood that it may be used for filling bottles with other liquids, and the term bottle, as used herein, is intended to encompass other types of liquid containers.
  • the bottle filling system 10 in this case has a frame support structure 12 comprising a plurality of upright frame members 14 which support a lower base platform 15, an intermediate platform 16, and an upper platform 18.
  • the illustrated system 10 includes two substantially identical bottle filling stations 20, 21, one station 20 in this case being operable for filling bottles with a cleaning chemical, and the other station 21 being operable for filling bottles with a liquid sanitizer.
  • the bottle filling station 20 includes a feed tank 24 of a cleaning chemical supported on the upper frame platform 18, and the bottle filling station 21 includes a feed tank 25 of a sanitizer also supported on the upper frame platform 18.
  • the feed tanks 24, 25 may be replenished with respective cleaning and sanitizing liquids from outside supply sources, which may include an electro lyzing system, such as shown in U.S. patent number 8,753,489 assigned to the same assignee of the present invention, with an outlet for electrolyzed alkaline water being fed to the cleaning liquid supply and the outlet for electrolyzed hypochlorous acid directed to the liquid sanitizer supply.
  • outside supply sources which may include an electro lyzing system, such as shown in U.S. patent number 8,753,489 assigned to the same assignee of the present invention, with an outlet for electrolyzed alkaline water being fed to the cleaning liquid supply and the outlet for electrolyzed hypochlorous acid directed to the liquid sanitizer supply.
  • the overhead feed tank 25 for the sanitizer in this case is smaller in size than the overhead feed tank 24 for the cleaning liquid.
  • the sanitizer feed tank 25 in the illustrated embodiment is replenished with sanitizing liquid by pumping from a supply tank 26 located on the lower platform 15 of the support structure.
  • a supply tank 26 located on the lower platform 15 of the support structure.
  • a tray or pallet 28 is supported on the intermediate platform 16 having a first set 30 of receptacles corresponding in number of bottles to be filled during a fill cycle of operation (Fig. 3).
  • the tray 28 in this case includes a set 30 of eight receptacles each for receiving a respective bottle or like container during a fill operation.
  • the first set 30 of receptacles and the bottles 1 1 supported therein are shown in a fill position directly under a liquid manifold container 35.
  • the intermediate platform 16 and the bottle supporting tray 28 are disposed at about waist level for convenient access by an operator, as will become apparent.
  • the manifold container 35 is adapted for gravity feeding of a predetermined quantity of liquid to the plurality of bottles in the fill position under the liquid manifold container 35 during each filling cycle of operation.
  • the liquid manifold container 35 which in this case has an elongated box like construction, is connected to the cleaning liquid supply tank 24 by piping 36 (Fig. 2).
  • the illustrated piping 36 includes an outlet 38 disposed adjacent a bottom end of the supply tank 24, a t-joint 39, a horizontal piping section which includes an intermediate union 40 coupling upstream and downstream pipe sections 41, 42, and a t-shaped downstream piping section 44 having a pair of legs communicating with opposite front and rear end sections of the manifold container 35.
  • the horizontal piping section is supported from the underside of the upper frame platform by pillow blocks 45.
  • the horizontal piping section includes a timer operated mechanical valve 48 which is sequentially operated between an open position for a predetermined time for the feed, in this instance by gravity, of a predetermined quantity of liquid from the supply tank 24 through the piping 36 and into the manifold container 35.
  • the valve 48 may be timed, for example, to be open for sufficient time to allow two gallons of cleaning liquid to flow into the manifold container 35, the amount necessary for filling the eight bottles 1 1 located in the tray 28 in the fill position.
  • the predetermined quantity of liquid directed into the manifold container 35 during a fill cycle is simultaneously discharged under gravity into the plurality of bottles 1 1 in the fill position through respective dispensing outlets, in this case in the form of dispensing nozzles 50 supported from the underside of the manifold container 35.
  • an air vent 49 is provided in an upper end of the container for venting air from and to the manifold container during filling and gravity flow discharge of liquid from the dispensing nozzles 50.
  • the dispensing nozzles 50 each define an elongated flow passage adapted to enhance laminar flow of liquid from the manifold container 35 into the respective bottles 1 1 without turbulence and air entrainment and are selectably adjustable in position to ensure accurate direction of the liquid into the bottles 1 1.
  • the dispensing nozzles 50 in this case, as depicted in Fig. 6, have a multipart component construction comprising a nozzle discharge tip 51, an intermediate section 52, and an upstream mounting section 54.
  • the intermediate section 52 has spherical upstream and downstream ends 52a, 52b which are inter-engageable with respective comparable spherical ends 51a, 54a of the nozzle tip 51 and mounting section 54 respectfully.
  • the intermediate and mounting sections 52, 54 define a 1 ⁇ 2 inch diameter liquid flow passage and the nozzle tip 51 defines a 3/8 inch liquid passage and discharge orifice.
  • respective fittings 58 (Figs. 5 and 7) are provided, each having an internal flow passage communicating between the liquid manifold container 35 and the respective dispensing nozzles, are mounted in a bottom wall 59 of the manifold container 35.
  • Each fitting 58 has an enlarged diameter upstream head or flange 60 supported on a bottom wall 59 of the manifold with a stem 61 extending through and in depending relation to the manifold bottom wall 59.
  • the fitting 58 is fixed in place by a nut 62 screwed onto a lower externally threaded section of the stem 61 with a
  • the stem 61 For supporting each respective dispensing nozzle 50, the stem 61 further has in internally threaded section into which an externally threaded upstream end 54b of the nozzle mounting section 54 is secured. With the dispensing nozzles 50 supported from the manifold wall 59 in such manner, it can be seen that entry of liquid into each dispensing nozzles 50 is through an upper end of the central passage of the fitting 58 disposed in slightly elevated relation to the bottom manifold wall 59.
  • a defined volume of liquid in this case two gallons, is introduced into the manifold container 35 by gravity flow from the overhead supply tank 24.
  • Liquid in the manifold container 35 directly flows from the plurality of dispensing nozzles 50 under the influence of a common pressure head by virtue of the uniform level of liquid within the manifold container 35, resulting in uniform filling of the bottles 1 1 in the fill position.
  • the manifold container 35 since the manifold container 35 remains in an unpressurized condition, the liquid discharge passing through and being emitted from the dispensing nozzles 50 has a laminar flow free of turbulence and entrained air bubbles for enabling reliable filling of bottles to substantially the same fill levels.
  • the orientation of the manifold container 35 is selectively adjustable.
  • the union 40 For pivoting the manifold container 35 between front and rear ends, the union 40 may be loosened to permit slight rotational adjustment of the downstream piping.
  • appropriate shims may be used with the pillow blocks 45.
  • fine tuning of liquid inlets to the respective dispensing nozzles may further be effected through tightening or loosening of the retaining nuts 62. Tightening of the nut 62 that secures the dispensing nozzle 50 will compress the gasket 64 effecting minor lowering of a liquid inlet end of the fitting 58 to the dispensing nozzle. Slight loosening of the nut 62 enables expansion of the gasket 64, and slight raising of the inlet defined by the fitting 58.
  • liquid inlets to the dispensing nozzles 50 precisely maintained at a common level ensures uniform liquid flow through the plurality of dispensing nozzles 50 and uniform filling of the plurality of bottles from the timed two gallon supply of liquid to the manifold container 35.
  • the bottle supporting tray 28 has a second set 30a of bottle receiving receptacles similar in number to the first set 30, and the tray 28 is manually moveable along a slide support 70 for sequentially positioning bottles 1 1 in the first and second sets 30, 30a in the fill position below the manifold container 35.
  • the bottles 1 1 in the first set 30 of receptacles are positioned in the fill position immediately below the dispensing nozzles 50 of the manifold container 35.
  • empty bottles may be positioned into the second set 30a of receptacles, in this case disposed to the left hand side of the manifold as depicted in Figs. 3 and 4.
  • the tray 28 may be manually moved along the slide support 70 to the right, as viewed in Fig. 4, for positioning the empty bottles 1 1 in the second set 30a of receptacles in the fill position beneath the manifold container 35, and positioning the bottles in the first set 30 of receptacles to the right of the manifold container 35 for easy access for removal and replacement with empty bottles.
  • the tray 28 Upon completion of the fill cycle for the bottles in the second set 30a of receptacles, the tray 28 is moveable to the left, as viewed in Figs. 3 and 4, for positioning empty bottles in the first set 30 in the fill position and the filled bottles in the second set 30a of receptacles in position for removal and replacement by new bottles for the next fill cycle.
  • the filling processing can be affected by relatively unskilled operators. It will be understood that automated means, such as a switch operated actuating mechanism, could be used for moving the tray between its respective positions on the support 70.
  • a bottle filling system for simultaneously filling a multiplicity of reusable bottles or containers, such as used in hotels and other commercial establishments, that is relatively simple and inexpensive in design, which reliably fills bottles with uniform easily controllable amounts of liquid, and which lends itself to easy use by relatively untrained personnel. Since the bottle filling system operates in a substantially unpressurized state it enables simultaneous disposition of uniform quantities of liquid into the multiplicity of containers without turbulence and entrained air that can otherwise adversely affect the fill levels of the containers.

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L'invention concerne un système de distribution de liquide, destiné à remplir simultanément une pluralité de récipients à liquide, contenant un récipient collecteur de liquide non sous pression, ayant une pluralité de sorties de distribution de liquide correspondant au nombre de récipients à remplir pendant un cycle de remplissage, une alimentation en liquide pour diriger une quantité prédéfinie fixe de liquide dans ledit récipient collecteur correspondant à la quantité nécessaire pour remplir la pluralité de récipients à liquide jusqu'à un niveau de remplissage prédéfini et ledit récipient collecteur pouvant fonctionner pour distribuer des quantités uniformes de liquide afin de remplir la pluralité de récipients à liquide à partir dudit récipient collecteur par l'intermédiaire de ladite pluralité de sorties de distribution.
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EP4631907A1 (fr) * 2024-04-12 2025-10-15 DKR Drinkatering S.r.l. Équipement de remplissage de récipients pour le remplissage d'une pluralité de bouteilles et ligne associée

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