Process and apparatus for cleaning container handling machines such as beverage can filling machines

US5558138A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• KHS Maschinen- und Anlagenbau AG · DE

Inventors

• Klaus-Friedrich Stock · Dortmund, DE
• Siegmar Sindermann · Bönen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 21, 1994
• Grant date: Sep 24, 1996
• Expiry date: Sep 21, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B67C3/002
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Process and apparatus for the cleaning of container handling machines such as beverage can filling machines. In the beverage industry, it is conventional to subject the container handling machines to an intensive cleaning. For this purpose, the prior art discloses washing containers which, by means of ball catches or other types of connections, are fastened to the individual handling stations or filling valves. This fastening is accomplished either by hand or by placing the washing containers on the support plate for the cans or bottles, whereby the washing containers are moved into the lower portion of the filling mechanism by means of elevating mechanisms. One disadvantage of this method is that the majority of the work involved in inserting the washing containers must be done manually. The object of the invention is to achieve an improvement, which is to be seen in the fact that a separate feed device can be moved from outside into contact with the ring gear of the container handling machine, brought together with the ring gear into a transfer position, and the individual washing containers can then be fed to this feed device one after another, and can be moved by this feed devi…