公开(公告)号：US5267590A

公开(公告)日：1993-12-07

申请号：US957413

申请日：1992-10-05

申请人： Frank G. Pringle

发明人： Frank G. Pringle

IPC分类号： B08B1/00 ,  B08B9/42 ,  B65G15/00 ,  B65G15/22 ,  B65G15/28 ,  B65G17/00 ,  B65B3/06 ,  B65G59/02

CPC分类号： B65G17/00 ,  B08B1/00 ,  B08B9/42 ,  B65G15/00 ,  B65G15/22 ,  B65G15/28 ,  B65G2201/02 ,  B65G2201/0244

摘要： Open containers having uniform dimensions are handled in a group for loading of ballast and/or for filling with container contents prior to sealing. The containers are provided upright on a substantially unobstructed surface and are forced into a substantially contiguous array by inward pressure on the array in at least one direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axes of the containers. Compressing the array of containers in this manner moves the containers into immediately contiguous regular positions in a resulting container array, which is aligned in registry with dispensing orifices. One or more movable sweep arms which may cooperate with fixed walls laterally bounding the conveying surface are used to compress the array. The sweep arms and the fixed walls are scalloped to form receptacles defining a closest possible positioning of the peripheral containers, which during compression cause adjacent inward containers to become correctly positioned. Nozzles coupled to a material dispenser (e.g., for ballast water when running lightweight PET containers) are aligned to the resulting array and are opened momentarily or selectively to discharge into the containers.

摘要翻译： 具有均匀尺寸的敞开的容器在用于装载压载物和/或用于在密封之前填充容器内容物的组中处理。 容器在基本上无阻碍的表面上直立地设置，并且在垂直于容器的纵向轴线的至少一个方向上通过阵列上的向内的压力而被迫进入基本上邻接的阵列。 以这种方式压缩容器阵列将容器移动到最终的容器阵列中的紧密连续的常规位置，该容器阵列与注入口对齐。 一个或多个可移动的扫掠臂可以与横向限定输送表面的固定壁协作，以压缩阵列。 扫掠臂和固定壁是扇形的，以形成限定周边容器最接近可能定位的容器，在压缩过程中，相邻的内部容器变得正确定位。 联接到材料分配器（例如，当运行轻质PET容器时用于压载水）的喷嘴与所得阵列对准，并且被暂时或选择性地打开以排放到容器中。

公开(公告)号：US5305809A

公开(公告)日：1994-04-26

申请号：US963596

申请日：1992-10-20

申请人： Frank G. Pringle

发明人： Frank G. Pringle

IPC分类号： B67C3/22 ,  B67C3/26 ,  B65B1/04 ,  B65B3/04 ,  B65B37/00

CPC分类号： B67C3/22 ,  B67C3/26

摘要： A filling machine for containers simultaneously fills an array of containers, for examples immediately following depalletizing, and includes motor driven positioners for the nozzles to accommodate changes in the size of container being run. The containers are laterally abutted to occupy evenly spaced container positions, and the array can be compressed by a contoured push bar to force the entire array into registry. The nozzles are flexibly coupled to a source of material to be discharged into the containers, and are mechanically moved by actuators that displace at least a subset of the nozzles along the axes of the array. In this way the nozzles are moved into registry with the container array. The nozzles are also vertically movable relative to the containers, and each includes a valve opened by contact with a respective container, for discharging only into occupied container positions and not voids in the array. The actuators include at least one motor drive to advance and retract the nozzles along at least one of the axes, and preferably the nozzles along particular rows and columns have a common positioning motor such as a threaded rod and nut arrangement.

摘要翻译： 用于容器的灌装机同时填充容器阵列，例如在分散后立即进行，并且包括用于喷嘴的马达驱动定位器，以适应正在运行的容器的尺寸的变化。 容器横向邻接以占据均匀间隔的容器位置，并且阵列可以通过轮廓推杆被压缩以迫使整个阵列注册。 这些喷嘴柔性地联接到要排放到容器中的材料源，并且通过致动器机械地移动，致动器沿阵列的轴线移动至少一部分喷嘴。 以这种方式，喷嘴被移动到容器阵列的注册中。 这些喷嘴也可以相对于容器垂直移动，并且每个喷嘴都包括通过与相应的容器接触而打开的阀，用于仅排放到被占用的容器位置而不排出阵列中的空隙。 致动器包括至少一个马达驱动器，用于沿着至少一个轴线推进和缩回喷嘴，并且优选地，沿着特定行和列的喷嘴具有公共的定位马达，例如螺杆和螺母装置。

公开(公告)号：US5159960A

公开(公告)日：1992-11-03

申请号：US595585

申请日：1990-10-11

申请人： Frank G. Pringle

发明人： Frank G. Pringle

IPC分类号： B08B1/00 ,  B08B9/42 ,  B65G15/00 ,  B65G15/22 ,  B65G15/28 ,  B65G17/00

CPC分类号： B65G15/00 ,  B08B1/00 ,  B08B9/42 ,  B65G15/22 ,  B65G15/28 ,  B65G17/00 ,  B65G2201/02 ,  B65G2201/0244

摘要： Lightweight containers such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET) beverage bottles are rendered stable for conveyance on a horizontal conveyor by addition of water ballast. Ballast in the amount of about 3 to 10% of the bottle volume is sufficient to enable increased production line speed with fewer bottle jams due to the lightweight bottles falling over. The bottles are arranged upright, for example at the outlet of a depalletizer, and loaded with ballast from a reservoir or pressurized supply of water. Preferably, the bottles are loaded in a group and a plurality of valves having valve bodies on a movable common support open simultaneously. The ballast is removed at the bottle rinsing station, which inverts the bottles to drain the ballast as well as rinse water.

摘要翻译： 诸如聚对苯二甲酸乙二醇酯（PET）饮料瓶的轻量级容器通过添加水压载物在水平输送机上运输变得稳定。 约3至10％的瓶体积的压载物足以使得由于轻量级的瓶子倒下而导致较少的瓶塞堵塞，从而能够提高生产线速度。 瓶子直立地布置，例如在卸垛机的出口处，并且从储存器或加压供水供应装载镇流器。 优选地，瓶被装载成一组，并且多个阀具有同时开启的可移动公共支架上的阀体。 瓶子在瓶子清洗站被移走，这样可以使瓶子反向排出镇流器以及冲洗水。