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Filling valve for a filling machine

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EP0615948A2
European Patent Office
The aim is to improve the design and to simplify the control of the valve. This is achieved in that a
first spring (18) is provided in a filling valve (1) for filling containers (28) under counterpressure,
which stretches the gas pipe (15) around the valve closing body (8) at a distance from one another,
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the gas pipe bears against an upper stop (22) of the valve closing body and a second spring (25) Download PDF
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with a greater pre-tension than that of the first spring (18) is present and the gas tube is brought into
its lower end position by the first spring when the control cam (13) is turned downwards , wherein
Other languages: German, FrenchInventor: Heinz-Michael
the valve body (8) remains in the closed position and can be moved into the open position by the
Zwilling, Siegmar Sindermann, Axel TheineCurrent Assignee
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action of the switching cam (13) on the second spring (25) against the force of the first spring (18).
KHS GmbH
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Application EP94100315A events

1993-02-06 Priority to DE19934303524

1994-01-12 Application filed by KHS GmbH

1994-09-21 Publication of EP0615948A2

1994-10-12 Publication of EP0615948A3

1996-05-01 Application granted

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1996-05-01 Publication of EP0615948B1

B65B39/004
Nozzles, funnels or guides for introducing articles or materials into containers or
2014-01-12 Anticipated expiration
wrappers with flow cut-off means, e.g. valves moving linearly
Status Expired - Lifetime

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[0001 The invention relates to a filling valve for a container filling machine, in
] particular for filling drinks into containers such as bottles, cans and the
like under counterpressure, the filling valve being a gas pipe which can be
raised and lowered within a valve closing body and a centering bell which
can be raised and lowered independently of this for sealing the container
mouth from the ambient atmosphere and the control movement of the
valve or the movable valve parts can be initiated at least partially by a
rotary pinion which can be actuated outside the boiler receiving the filling
valves and has switching cams.
[0002 Such a filling valve is known for example from DE-OS 2 126 113. This is a
] valve for filling beverage cans, the liquid to be filled being under pressure
and a corresponding counterpressure also being built up in the can to be
filled. For this purpose, the can is preloaded with the pressure prevailing
in the boiler and, after the pressure has been equalized, the actual filling
valve is opened so that the liquid in the boiler can flow into the can using
the geodetic gradient. The liquid rises during the filling process to the
lower opening of the return gas pipe, whereupon the further filling process
stops automatically because no return gas exchange from the container
or the can can take place back into the boiler. This is followed by the
pressure relief of the can, which is then removed from the filling valve and
closed. A centering bell is provided to seal the can on the filling element a
differential pressure chamber works, with which the tulip seal is pressed
against the container mouth during the filling process. In this known can
filling valve, the gas pipe is movably guided within the filling valve body.
However, it has a rigid connection to the centering bell, so that the gas
pipe end always protrudes a certain distance above the lower edge of the
centering bell according to the desired filling height. Accordingly, the
lifting movement of the centering tulip must be designed to be larger by at
least this protruding gas pipe piece, so that a certain amount of space
remains between the tulip or the gas pipe bottom edge and the top of the
box during the insertion of the box under the centering bell or under the
1. Filling valve for a container filling machine, in particular for filling
beverages in containers such as bottles, cans and the like, under
counterpressure, the filling valve comprising a gas pipe which can be
raised and lowered within a valve closing body and a centering bell
which can be raised and lowered independently of this for sealing the
container mouth from the Has ambient atmosphere and the control
movements of the valve or the movable valve parts can be introduced at
least partially from a rotary pinion with switching cams which can be
controlled outside the boiler receiving the filling valves, characterized
in that a first spring (18) is provided, which the gas pipe (15) and the
Valve closing body (8) spans from each other at a distance, the gas
pipe (15) abutting an upper stop (22) of the valve closing body (8), that
on the valve closing body (8) a second spring (25) with a greater pre-
tension than that of the first spring ( 18) is present and that at dev
rotation of the switch cam (13) the gas pipe (15) is released and brought
into its lower end position by the first spring, the valve closing body (8)
remaining in the closed position and by the action of the switch cam
(13) on the second spring (25) against the Force of the first spring (18)
can be brought into the open position.
2. Filling valve according to the preamble claim 1, characterized in
that the valve closing body (8) by the internal pressure of the
boiler acting on a sealing body (23) of the gas pipe (15) via a
stop connection (21, 22) effective against the force of a spring
(18) by means of the Gas pipe (15) is held in the closed position.
3. Filling valve according to claim 1, characterized in that when the
second spring (25) is relieved, the first spring (18) exerts the
closing movement of the valve closing body (8) while the gas
pipe (15) is still in the lower stop position.

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filling element. This leads to an undesirable large relief volume. 4. Filling valve according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that
[0003 In another known from DE-OS 37 25 609 can fill valve, which also works when the switching cam (13) is moved, it can be placed against
] with a differential pressure chamber, it has already been proposed to the lower end face of a sealing body (23) or against another stop
store the gas pipe independently of the up and down movable centering of the gas pipe (15), and the sealing body (23) against the inner
bell, so that only a small stroke to lower the centering bell is required. end of the boiler (2) moves.
With this valve, the gas pipe is finally lowered into the lower position by
5. Filling valve according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the
opening the closing body, which can also be lowered downwards. This
sealing body (23) of the gas pipe (15) is held in the upper
means that when the filling valve closes, the gas pipe is also raised by the
position after relieving the gas space of the container by the
amount of the closing stroke, thereby triggering a subsequent change in
internal pressure of the boiler.
the final filling level due to the after-running liquid. The gas pipe is
controlled by a piston-cylinder arrangement and the movement of the 6. Filling valve according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that there
filling valve body is carried out by a fork of a pinion control which can be is a connection to the biasing valve with the upper stop position
controlled from the outside. of the sealing body.
[0004 Based on this known filling valve, the invention has for its object to
] achieve an improvement in the design and a simplified control of the 7. Filling valve according to the preceding claims, characterized in
valve while avoiding a piston-cylinder arrangement. that the prestressing of the container interior can be initiated
[0005 This object is achieved in a filling valve of the type mentioned in that a first when a flushing valve (5) is closed.
] spring is provided which stretches the gas pipe and the valve closing
8. Filling valve according to the preceding claims, characterized in
body from one another at a distance, the gas pipe abutting an upper stop
that the valve closing body (8) is spring-closing and can be
of the valve closing body in that a second spring with a stronger spring is
brought into the open position by rotating the switching cam (13).
on the valve closing body Bias is present than that of the first spring and
that when the switch cam is turned downward, the gas pipe is released
9. Filling valve according to the preceding claims, characterized in
and brought into its lower end position by the first spring, the valve closing
that the gas pipe (15) can be connected in the upper stop
body remaining in the closed position and by the action of the switch cam
position to the feed line (34) of an annular chamber for sterilizing
on the second spring against the force of the first spring can be brought
agents (33).
into the open position.
[0006 In an independent embodiment of the invention it is further proposed that 10. Filling valve according to claim 9, characterized in that the
] the valve closing body is held in the closed position by the internal sterilization ring chamber (33) is designed as part of the ring
pressure of the boiler acting on a sealing body of the gas pipe via a stop bowl (2).
connection which acts against the force of a spring by means of the gas
pipe. 11. Filling valve according to claim 9, characterized in that the
[0007 It has proven to be advantageous that when the second spring is relieved, sterilizing ring chamber (33) is held at a distance from the ring
] the first spring exerts the closing movement of the valve closing body bowl (2) by insulating means.
while the gas pipe is still in the lower stop position.
[0008 It is also proposed that with a lifting movement of the switching cam, this
] against the lower end face of a sealing body or at another stop of the gas
pipe and can move the sealing body against the inner end face of the ring
bowl.
[0009 Further features of the invention emerge from the remaining subclaims.
][0010 Compared to the prior art, the filling valve according to the invention has
] significant advantages in the course of the control processes. This means
that there is no need to individually control the valves if the container is
missing, since the valve closing body cannot be opened if the container is
missing. Furthermore, the predetermined upper and lower stops give
exact positions of the individual parts of the filling valve individually as
well as to one another. Furthermore, a substantially improved cleaning of
the entire filling valve in the circulation system can be carried out by
switching off a piston-cylinder arrangement. In addition, the springs
required for control are arranged above the boiler filling level.
[0011 The invention is explained in more detail below on the basis of exemplary
] embodiments illustrated in the drawings:

Fig. 1
shows the filling valve in the closed position,
Fig. 2
shows the filling valve in the open position and a variant of the
filling valve with supply lines for sterilization measures.

[0012 According to the exemplary embodiment shown in FIG. 1, filling valves 1

] are arranged in a circular order on an annular bowl 2 of a rotating filling
machine (not shown further). The filling valve 1 consists of a lower
housing 3, on which a centering bell with a pressure seal 4 can be raised
and lowered. At the same time, the housing 3 receives a flushing valve 5,
which can be opened one or more times by control tracks 6 in accordance
with the desired procedure. At the lower end of the housing 3 there is the
actual valve seat 7, against which the valve closing body 8 with its seal 9
rests when the filling valve is closed. The valve closing body 8 has a
tubular extension 10 which extends into the upper space 11 of the ring
bowl 2 and can be moved into the open position by means of a pressure
sleeve 12 and a control cam 13 of a control pinion 14 which can be
placed thereon. The gas pipe 15 is arranged inside the valve closing body
8 and in the extension 10. This has a thickening 16 in its central region,
which can also be provided as a plastic bushing for guiding the extension
10. The lower end 17 of a first spring 18 is supported on this thickening
16. The upper end of this spring 18 rests on an inner ring 19 of the
extension 10 of the valve closing body 8. In this way, the valve closing
body 8 and the gas pipe 15 are braced against each other. The spring 18
also supports the contact pressure effect due to the difference in area
between the gas pipe body and valve closing body 8 after prestressing
the container. In this way, the valve closing body 8 remains in the closed
position even when the biasing valve 24 is open. When the extension 10
is mutually preloaded of the valve closing body 8 with the gas pipe 15,

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webs 21 rest on appropriately designed webs 22 of the extension 10. As

a result, the valve closing body 8 is held in the closed position.
[0013 At the end of the gas pipe 15 a sealing body 23 is arranged, which is
] brought into the upper position by the control cam 13 of the control pinion
14 and is held by the boiler overpressure.
[0014 When the gas pipe 15 is in the upper position, a direct connection to the
] preload valve 24 is simultaneously established. In this closed position of
the filling valve 1, the pressure sleeve 12 is also held in the upper position
by a second spring 25 with a greater pre-tension than that of the first
spring 18, a projection 26 abutting a stop 27 of the extension 10 of the
valve closing body 8.
How the filling valve works
[0015 To fill the pressurized liquid, a container 28 is first moved through feed
] stars or the like under the ring bowl and the filling valve 1 located in the
inlet area. Immediately afterwards, the centering bell 4 with its contact
seal is lowered onto the mouth of the container 28 by guide rollers and
cam tracks (not shown). As soon as the sealing has taken place, the
actual filling process can be started. For this purpose, the biasing valve
24 is first actuated by the control track 36, so that a short circuit with the
boiler gas or a separate fresh gas, the purging process is initiated with the
purge valve 5 open. If this is considered necessary, a corresponding
evacuation of the container interior or a corresponding disinfection, steam
sterilization or the like can also be carried out. As soon as the various
preparatory and / or sterilizing measures of the interior of the container
have been completed, the actual prestressing of the interior of the
container takes place to the internal pressure prevailing in the filling
machine tank. For this purpose, a pressure equalization is first carried out
in the container 28 when the biasing valve 24 is open and the flushing
valve 5 is closed, and the rotary pinion 14 is actuated by moving against a
control track, as a result of which the air tube 15 is moved downward by
the biasing of the inner spring 18. After driving a short distance, the lower
ends of the webs 21 then come against a stop 30 of the housing 3, as a
result of which the lower end position of the gas pipe 15 is reached. This
position can be seen in particular from FIG. 2. By further actuation of the
rotary pinion 14, the switching cam 13 reaches the upper end face of the
pressure sleeve 12, which then acts on the outer spring 25 and, contrary
to the inner spring 18, causes the filling valve to open immediately
because the outer spring 25 is more pretensioned than the inner one Has
spring 18. As shown in FIG. 2, the gas pipe end 31 is in its lower position,
which is also responsible for determining the fill level in the container 28.
The switching cam 13 still performs a slight overstroke and remains in this
position. The liquid in the ring bowl 2 now flows under the influence of
geodesic gradient in the container 28 and reaches the lower end face 31
of the gas pipe 15, whereby a further gas exchange is no longer possible
and in this way the final filling level is reached. Subsequently, the
switching cam 13 of the rotary pinion 14 is moved up again, whereby the
closing process for the valve closing body 8 is automatically initiated
when the pressure sleeve 12 is relieved by the inner spring 18. Here, the
pressure sleeve 12 moves with its stop edge against the stop ring 27, so
that the outer spring 25 becomes ineffective and the inner spring 18
exerts the closing process of the valve closing body 8 when the gas pipe
15 is still in the lower stop position. After a short idle stroke, the upper
region of the switching cam 13 lies against the lower end face of the
sealing body 23 and thus also moves the gas pipe 15 to the stop 22 of the
extension 10 of the valve closing body 8 and thus into the upper stop
position. Here, the seal 32 lies against the inner end face of the interior of
the boiler and at the same time creates a connection to the preload valve
24. By opening the flushing valve 5, the interior of the container above the
liquid level is then relieved and the filled container is removed from the
filling machine after the centering bell 4 has been raised. According to the
exemplary embodiment shown in FIG. 2, there is a further annular
chamber 33 with supply lines 34 above the actual ring vessel 2, which
can be used, for example, to store a sterilizing agent, for example sterile
air, steam or the like, and a direct connection to the gas pipe 15 through
the supply lines 34 has, which can be appropriately controlled by special
control valves 35.
[0016 In particular when sterilizing agents are supplied at elevated temperatures,
] the annular chamber can be arranged at a certain distance from the
annular bowl (2) by insulating means in order to exclude heat transfer to
the latter or the filling material.
[0017 In the absence of a can, there is no pressure build-up below the filling
] valve, as a result of which the contact pressure of the seal 23 is fully
retained, since the interior has atmospheric pressure in the open gas pipe
bore. As a result, the web 21 remains firmly in contact with the stop 22
and the filling valve is closed.
[0018 Although the pinion pivots in the open position and thus exerts a force on
] the sleeve 12 and the spring 25, the valve body remains in the closed
position due to the pressure difference between the internal pressure of
the boiler and the external pressure. A special control for the rotary pinion
14 is thereby omitted.

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DE19934303524
1993-02-06 1993-02-06 Valve for filling bottles etc. under pressure, especially drinks - has spring which moves gas pipe downwards while valve
remains closed, and cam acting on second spring then causes valve to open

DE9301689U
1993-02-06 1993-02-06 Filling valve for a container filling machine

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