Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
  • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
  • B01F23/00—Mixing according to the phases to be mixed, e.g. dispersing or emulsifying
  • B01F23/40—Mixing liquids with liquids; Emulsifying
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
  • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
  • B01F33/00—Other mixers; Mixing plants; Combinations of mixers
  • B01F33/80—Mixing plants; Combinations of mixers
  • B01F33/84—Mixing plants with mixing receptacles receiving material dispensed from several component receptacles, e.g. paint tins
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
  • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
  • B01F35/00—Accessories for mixers; Auxiliary operations or auxiliary devices; Parts or details of general application
  • B01F35/80—Forming a predetermined ratio of the substances to be mixed
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
  • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
  • B01F2101/00—Mixing characterised by the nature of the mixed materials or by the application field
  • B01F2101/06—Mixing of food ingredients
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
  • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y10S366/00—Agitating
  • Y10S366/601—Motor control

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a plant for the continuous production of at least two different liquid food mixtures, each consisting of a mixture of several liquid mixture components and having at least one common mixture component, which plant is intended for connection to continuously operating filling elements for the liquid food mixtures.
• liquid food mixtures can, for example, be directly consumable beverages, with or without CO2, can also only be in the form of a so-called syrup, which, as is known for various beverages, is sent to the end consumer in containers so that it is only diluted with water immediately before serving and possibly getting CO2.
• Such liquid food mixtures can also be in the form of a cream, for example a milk product.
• Such liquid food mixtures generally consist of at least two mixture components.
• one of the mixture components can be the co-agent that gives the taste, the property of the end product.
• nente which is often in the form of a concentrate
• the other of the mixture components can be water, in certain cases a concentrated sugar solution or a liquid sweetener.
• the named flavoring concentrate is a mixture consisting of several mixture components.
• the said other mixture component which in turn can be a mixture in various cases, is added to this concentrate mixture.
• the other mixture component can therefore only be water (obviously treated) on the one hand, and on the other hand, for example, a mixture of water and a concentrated sugar solution.
• one of the liquid food mixtures can have a mixture component which gives it the taste or a plurality of mixture components which give it a taste, and a further mixture component intended for dilution and / or sweetening or again such mixture components, for example water, concentrated sugar solution and in water dissolved invert sugar.
• the invention seeks to remedy this.
• the invention as characterized in the claims, solves the problem of creating a system for the continuous provision of at least two different liquid food mixtures, in which only a single system part is required for the mixture components common to the several food mixtures.
• Another object is to create a system for the continuous supply of at least two different liquid food mixtures, each consisting of a mixture of several liquid mixture components and having at least one common mixture component, which system for connection to at least two continuously operating filling systems for these liquid Food mixtures is determined, which is characterized by a first supply station for at least one mixture component assigned to a first liquid food mixture, with at least one first outflow line, with at least one further supply station for at least one further mixture component assigned to a further liquid food mixture at least one further outflow line, through a single base component supply station for at least one mixture commonly assigned to each liquid food mixture component, with at least one discharge line for this mixing component, and by an arrangement of shut-off valves which alternately allows communication between only the at least first outflow line and the at least one outflow line for the common mixture component, or only between the at least one further outflow line and the at least one outflow line for the common mixture component, around a. to allow alternating intermittent flow of the at least one first and the at least one further mixture component with simultaneous continuous flow of
• Figure 1 shows schematically and simplified the flow diagram of a system for the production and filling of several drinks
• Figure 2 shows a flow diagram of another
• the manufacture of beverages is only an example.
• the system can also be used to manufacture cre e-shaped products.
• at least one must the products are not necessarily a ready-to-drink beverage. It could be a so-called syrup, which is only finally diluted with water when it is used up.
• the system has a first supply station 1 with two first storage tanks 4 and 14 with agitators 106 and 107.
• a mixture component for a first drink is arranged in each of the storage containers 4 and 14. When mixed together, these two different mixture components determine the taste of the final drink. It must be noted that, according to another embodiment, this first supply station can only contain a single storage container if only one flavor-giving mixture component is necessary for the final drink.
• Another supply station 2 of the system has two further storage containers 24 and 34 with agitators 108 and 109. A mixture component for another beverage is arranged in each of these further storage containers 24 and 34. When mixed together, these two, further different, mixture components determine the taste inherent in the further final drink.
• this supply station 2 only has a single one
• Storage can contain, if for the final Drink only a flavor-giving mixture component is necessary.
• the supply stations 1 and 2 can also have three or more storage containers if three mixture components are required for the final drink, each of which is different from the other.
• the system also has a basic component supply station 3.
• three storage containers 44, 54, 64 are drawn, i.e. that there are three different mixture components.
• fewer or more than three mixture components can be assigned to the basic component supply station 3, that is to say fewer or more than three storage containers can be arranged.
• Storage container 4,14,44,54,64 composed, and the second drink is composed of the mixture components of the storage container 24,34,44,54,64.
• an outlet line 5 connects to the storage container 4 and contains a shut-off element 61 in the form of a shut-off valve.
• the outlet line 5 runs to a storage vessel 51.
• the storage vessel is equipped with a level sensor device 75 which, on the control side, inter alia in connection with the shut-off valve 61 stands.
• the storage vessel 51 is followed by a feed pump 6 and a flow meter 94. These devices, ie storage vessel 51, feed pump 6, flow meter 94 together form a mass flow control device 7 in order to regulate, monitor and fundamentally calibrate the mass flow conveyed.
• the structure of this mass flow control device 7 is known and is described in detail in the published European patent application EP-A-0 678 735.
• the flow meter 94 is followed by a changeover valve 9.
• a circuit line 71 runs from the changeover valve 9 back to the storage vessel 51, and an outflow line 8 for the mixture component from the storage vessel 4 extends further from the changeover valve 9.
• the first supply station 1 has a storage container 14, an outlet line 15, and a shut-off device 62 in the form of a shut-off valve, a storage vessel 52 with a level sensor device 76, with a feed pump 16 and a flow meter 95, so that a volume flow control device 17 is again present, and also has a changeover valve 19, a circuit line 72 and an outflow line 18.
• the further supply station 2 has, for its first mixture component, a storage tank 24, an outlet line 25, a shut-off device 63 in the form of a shut-off valve, a storage vessel 53 with a level sensor device 77, a feed pump 26 and a flow meter 99, that is to say a further flow control device 27 and a changeover valve 29, a circuit line 73 and an outlet line 28.
• the further supply station 2 has a storage tank 34, an outlet line 35, a shut-off element 70 in the form of a shut-off valve, a storage vessel 60 with a level sensor device 78, a feed pump 36 and the flow meter 100 so that a mass flow Control device 37 and a changeover valve 39, a circuit line 74 and an outflow line 38.
• the shut-off valves 61, 62, 63 and 70 are connected on the control side to the corresponding level sensors 75, 76, 77 and 78 of the storage vessels 51, 52, 53 and 60 in such a way that they can be overridden. This means that despite that the shut-off valves 61, 62, 63 and 70 are in the open position for a particular operation, they can be closed briefly by a signal emitted by the level sensor devices 75, 76, 77 and 78 if in the storage vessels 51, 52, 53 and 60 a maximum permissible liquid level is exceeded.
• the two supply stations 1 and 2 are configured identically to one another with respect to the process scheme.
• the base component supply station is intended for mixture components that are present in both one and the other beverage. In the embodiment shown, it is assumed that three such mixture components are present, namely concentrated sugar solution, invert sugar solution and water.
• the base component supply station has a storage container 44 for a first mixture component with a refill line 85.
• the storage container 44 is equipped with a level sensor 91, by means of which a shut-off valve 88 arranged in a refill line 85 for the storage container 44 is controlled.
• An outlet line 45 with another shut-off element 82 in the form of a shut-off valve connects to the storage container 44.
• the output line 45 runs to a flow control device 47, which contains a feed pump 46 and a flow meter 96.
• the flow meter 96 is followed by a changeover valve 49.
• a circuit line 79 runs from the changeover valve 49 back into the outlet line 45. Furthermore, the changeover valve is followed by an outflow line 48.
• a second mixture component which is contained in both the first and the second beverage, is arranged in the storage container 54 of the base component storage station 3.
• the storage tank 54 is equipped with a level sensor 92, by means of which a shut-off valve 89 arranged in a refill line 86 for the storage tank 54 is controlled.
• An outlet line 55 connects to the storage container 54, with a further shut-off element 83 in the form of a shut-off valve.
• the output line 55 runs to a mass flow control device 57, which contains a feed pump 56 and a flow meter 97.
• the flow meter 97 is followed by a changeover valve 59.
• a circuit line 80 runs from the changeover valve 59 back into the outlet line 55. Furthermore, the changeover valve 59 is followed by an outflow line 58.
• a third mixture component which is contained both in the first and in the second beverage, is arranged in the storage container 64 of the basic component storage station 3.
• This storage tank 64 is equipped with a level sensor 93, by means of which a shut-off valve 90 arranged in a refill line 87 for the storage tank 64 is controlled.
• An outlet line 65 with a further shut-off element 84 in the form of a shut-off valve connects to the storage container 64.
• the output line 65 runs to a mass flow control device 67 which contains a feed pump and a flow meter 98.
• the flow meter 98 is followed by a changeover valve 69.
• a circuit line 81 runs from the changeover valve 69 back into the outlet line 65.
• the changeover valve 69 is followed by an outflow line 68. Comparing the quantity flow control devices 7, 17, 27, 37 and circuit lines 71, 72, 73, 74 of the first and second supply stations 1, 2 with the 10
• volume flow control devices 47, 57, 67 and circuit lines 79, 80, 81 of the basic component supply station 3 can be seen that storage vessels 51, 52, 53 belonging to the volume flow control devices 7, 17, 27, 37 belong to the supply stations 1, 2. 60 are present, in the case of the base component storage station 3, however, the circuit lines 79, 80, 81 are fed directly back into the output lines 45, 55, 65. However, both of these variants are possible for each supply station 1, 2, 3.
• the supply stations 1, 2 do not necessarily have to be equipped with the storage vessels 51, 52, 53, 60 in their volume flow control devices 7, 17, 27, 37.
• the circuits could be designed as for the supply station 3.
• the flow control devices 47, 57, 67 at the supply station 3 could also be equipped with storage vessels. The choice between these two variants depends on the components to be mixed together.
• the supply station 1 has the two outflow lines 8, 18, the supply station 2 has the two outflow lines 28, 38 and the basic component supply station has the three outflow lines 48, 58, 68.
• the three outflow lines 48, 58, 68 are brought together at point 101 in order to be connected to connecting line sections 20, 22.
• a first shut-off valve 21 is arranged in the first connecting line section 20. 11
• a further shut-off valve 23 is arranged in the further connecting line section 22.
• the first connecting line section 20 runs from the merged outflow lines 48, 58, 68 to the outflow lines 8, 18 of the first supply station 1 in order to be merged with the same at the point 102.
• a first transfer line 30, in which a mixer 31 is arranged, runs from the point 102 to an intermediate storage container 32.
• the further connecting line section 22 runs from the merged outflow lines 48, 58, 68 to the outflow lines 28, 38 of the supply station 2 in order to be merged with the same at the point 103.
• a further transfer line 40 in which a further mixer 41 is arranged, runs from the point 103 to a further intermediate storage container 42.
• a further mixer 41 In the mixers 31 and 41, all components of the respective drinks are mixed together, so that in the intermediate storage containers 32 and 42 the drinks are arranged or stored with the respective exact recipe.
• the first temporary storage container 32 can now be connected to a continuously operating filling system 33 (not part of the invention) in order to continuously feed it with the product.
• the reference number 104 designates (not belonging to the system according to the invention) further system parts, e.g. a system for adding CO2 and / or a system for adding water.
• the second intermediate storage container 42 can be connected to a further (not part of the invention) continuously operating filling system 43 in order to continuously feed it with the further product. 12
• the reference number 105 designates (not belonging to the system according to the invention) further system parts, e.g. a system for adding CO2 and / or a system for adding water. The operation of this system is now described below.
• Operation can be divided into two phases.
• shut-off valves 61, 62 stations 1
• 63, 70 stations 2
• shut-off valves 21, 23 in the connecting line sections 20 and 22 are controlled in cycles by a control device 50.
• This control device 50 is obviously only part of the overall control of the system.
• the shut-off valves 61 and 62 of station 1 are in the open position.
• the changeover valves 9 and 19 are in the position according to which the mixture components which are conveyed by the running pumps 6, 16 flow from the outlet lines 5, 15 into the outflow lines 8, 18 and thus to the point 102.
• the shut-off valves 82, 83, 84 of station 3 are also in the open position.
• the changeover valves 49, 59, 69 are in a position according to which the mixture components which are conveyed by the running pumps 46, 56, 66 flow from the outlet lines 45, 55, 65 into the outflow lines 48, 58, 68, to unite at position 101.
• the shut-off valve 21 in the connecting section 20 is in the open position, so that the three mixture components mentioned also flow through the connecting section 20 to the position 102 in order to unite with the mixture components from the outflow lines 8, 18.
• the entire mixture then flows from the point 102 into the transfer line 30, is completely mixed in the mixer 31 and finally flows into the intermediate storage container 32.
• the systems 104 and 33 described above ie in particular a filling system 33, can now also be used the liquid food mixture, e.g. Drink.
• shut-off valves 63, 70 of station 2 are in the closed position, so that there is no supply of mixture components from station 2.
• phase 1 After a predetermined period of time, the system switches from phase 1 to phase 2.
• shut-off valves 63 and 70 of station 2 are in the open position.
• the changeover valves 29 and 39 are in the position according to which the mixture components which are conveyed by the running pumps 26, 36 flow from the outlet lines 25, 35 into the outflow lines 28, 38 and thus to the point 103.
• shut-off valves 82, 83, 84 and the changeover valves 49, 59, 69 remain in the same position in which they are during phase 1.
• the shut-off valve 23 in the connecting section 22 is in the open position, so that the three mixture components also flow from the station 3 through the connecting section 22 to the position 103 in order to unite with the mixture components from the outflow lines 28, 38.
• the entire mixture then flows from the point 103 into the transfer line 40, is completely mixed in the mixer 41 and finally flows into the intermediate storage container 42.
• liquid food mixture e.g. Drink.
• shut-off valves 21, 61, 62 are open and the shut-off valves 23, 63, 70 are closed
• the shut-off valves 23, 63, 70 are open and the shut-off valves 21, 61, 62 are closed.
• Switchover valves 29, 39 of station 2 and switchover valves 49, 59, 69 of station 3 are basically assigned to control the flow of the mixture component in question.
• the changeover valve 9 is the
• the mixture component i.e. Liquid is conveyed through the pump in a certain volume flow and measured by the flow meter 94, which regulates the delivery capacity of the pump 6 (e.g. speed).
• the changeover valve 9 is in a position according to which the outlet line 5 is connected to the outlet line 8.
• the circuit line 71 is blocked.
• the changeover valve 9 is switched over, so that the outflow line 8 is blocked, and a flow from the output line 5 into the return line 71 and back to storage vessel 51.
• the delivery capacity of the pump 6 is regulated to the desired value on the basis of the actual values measured in the flow meter 94.
• the changeover valve 9 switches on again Normal operation at. 15
• the two phases described run alternately discontinuously. This means that if the beverage mixture for the intermediate storage container 32 is produced and conveyed, no beverage mixture is conveyed into the further intermediate storage container 42.
• the two filling systems 33, 43 should be able to work continuously.
• the production output of the system according to the invention is thus at least as large as the sum of the filling capacities of all downstream filling systems, including possible dead times during the switching between the different phases. It should be noted that the duration of the different phases can be different, for example if different filling systems with different filling capacities are available. Accordingly, the respective storage volume of the intermediate storage containers 42 and 43 is on the
• the mixture components of the base component supply station are thus brought together with the mixture components of the first supply station 1 during a first time period, and the mixture components of the same base component supply station 3 are brought together with the mixture components of the further supply station 2 during a second time period.
• the one basic component supply station 3 supplies both products to be manufactured, so that this basic component supply station of the entire system only has to be present once, so that the production costs and also the costs of maintaining the system are significantly lower than in the case of two such basic component supply stations 3, as has been the case so far.
• the first liquid food mixture e.g. a first beverage consisting of the two concentrate mixture components of the storage containers 4, 14 and the "dilution or sweetening mixture components" of the storage containers 44, 54, 64
• the further liquid food mixture e.g. a further beverage consisting of the two concentrate mixture components of the storage containers 24, 34 and the "dilution or sweetening mixture components" of the storage containers 44, 54, 64.
• the two drinks do not contain the same "dilution or sweetening mixture components.
• the first beverage is a mixture of the mixture components of the storage containers 4, 14, 44 and 54
• the further beverage is a mixture of the mixture components of the storage containers 24, 34, 54 and 64. 17
• FIG. 2 shows a further embodiment of the system according to the invention, only those parts of the system that differ from the embodiment according to FIG. 1 being drawn.
• shut-off valve 111 controlled by the control device 114 is likewise arranged.
• the shut-off valves 61, 62 of station 1 and the shut-off valves 63, 70 are controlled in cycles by this control device.
• the three outflow lines 48, 58, 68 of station 3 are brought together in the same way as in the first embodiment.
• the shut-off valve 119 does not take part in the actual process of the working process.
• a single transfer line 115 runs from this mixer 116, again for both mixtures produced. At its end, this transfer line 115 branches into two branch lines 117 and 118 which run into the corresponding storage containers 32, 42.
• shut-off valves 61, 62 and 63, 70 remain unchanged.
• shut-off valve 110 is in the open position and the shut-off valve 111 is in the closed position.
• shut-off valve 111 is in the open position and the shut-off valve 110 is in the closed position.
• shut-off valves 110, 111 and 119 are closed during the short flushing phase.
• the flushing medium (different media can be used in succession, as is known to the person skilled in the art) enters the mixer 116 from the line 120 in order to flush it through and continues to flow through the line 115 in order to exit via a line 122 at a changeover valve 121 .
• shutoff valves 123, 124 are drawn for lines 117, 118 running to storage tanks 32, 42. These shut-off valves 123, 124 are open or closed, depending on the phase, since the respective mixture is obviously only allowed to flow into the storage container assigned to it.
• the advantage of this second embodiment is essentially that only one mixer 116 is required. Furthermore, at least some of the known apparatuses that analyze the mixture flowing into the storage containers 32, 42 for the correct composition need only be present once. The parts of the system assigned to the flushing must usually always, ie 19

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