Abstract: The aseptic packaging installation comprises a bench under a ceiling, a line of machines mounted on the bench in a packaging zone subjected to a sterile laminar flow traveling vertically from the ceiling at a rate adapted to establish a first pressure in the packaging zone that is higher than a surrounding pressure, an intervention zone adjacent to the packaging zone, and subjected to a one-way flow of clean air travelling vertically from the ceiling of the intervention zone at a rate that is adapted to establish a second pressure in the intervention zone that is lower than the first pressure but higher than the surrounding pressure.

Abstract: An installation for packaging a product in receptacles. The installation includes a series of filler stations each having a filler spout having a spout body with a top end connected to a filler spout feed duct and a bottom end provided with an orifice fitted with a controlled valve. The filler spout is fitted with a looping duct opening into the spout body above the controlled valve and connected by a link member to a general feed duct at a point between a stop valve and an isolation valve. A purge valve is connected to the general feed duct between the isolation valve and the link member.

Abstract: A method of transporting containers, each comprising a body having a bottom and, at its opposite end, a mouth, the method comprising the steps of: supporting each container over a portion only of its bottom by means of a support that is movable with the container, and centering the mouth of the container on a container travel path, the centering being provided by clamping a portion of the container in the neighborhood of its mouth; and moving the containers as supported in this way.

Abstract: The container capping device includes a capping head carried by a hollow support member in the shape of a bracket, vertically movable and including a vertical part going through a cover, with the rotation driving mechanism of the capping head and the control mechanism of the jaws of the capping head being enclosed in the part of the support member which extends above the cover.

Abstract: The magnetic actuator device of the invention comprises a magnetic field generator external to the duct and a permanent magnetic field generator internal to the duct, separated from the magnetic field generator external to the duct by a non-magnetic separator wall, and connected to a moving member, the permanent magnetic field generator internal to the duct being dimensioned to have a face spaced apart from the separator wall so as to define a space that can receive particles of metal without the actuator device jamming.

Abstract: An installation for sterilizing articles comprises an enclosure having an inlet opening and an outlet opening, a support device for moving the articles inside the enclosure, and two electron bombardment members disposed on different orientations relative to the articles to be sterilized and inclined relative to the longitudinal axis of the articles.

Abstract: A filler spout comprising a tubular body having a transverse partition pierced by an opening forming a valve seat which is associated with a main valve member that is connected to a piston extending in a pilot cavity connected to an exhaust orifice and to a pilot duct having a pilot orifice provided with a controlled pilot valve member, the pilot duct opening out to a face of the piston that causes the main valve member to move towards an open position when the pilot duct is fed with a liquid under pressure.

Abstract: A device for screwing caps onto receptacles, the device comprising a rotary spindle having a first end provided with a cap gripper head and a second end connected to a two-portion clutch member, one of which portions is constrained to rotate with the second end of the rotary spindle, and the other of which portions is constrained to rotate with a drive shaft on the same axis as the spindle and associated with a drive member, wherein the portions of the clutch member comprise a magnetic bell and a magnetic core having dimensions suitable for enabling it to be engaged in the bell, the device further comprising a displacement member for displacing the bell and the core relative to each other between a position in which the core is engaged in the bell and a position in which the core is disengaged from the bell.

Abstract: A device for screwing caps onto receptacles, the device comprising a rotary spindle having a first end provided with a cap gripper head and a second end connected to a two-portion clutch member, one of which portions is constrained to rotate with the second end of the rotary spindle, and the other of which portions is constrained to rotate with a drive shaft on the same axis as the spindle and associated with a drive member, wherein the portions of the clutch member comprise a magnetic bell and a magnetic core having dimensions suitable for enabling it to be engaged in the bell, the device further comprising a displacement member for displacing the bell and the core relative to each other between a position in which the core is engaged in the bell and a position in which the core is disengaged from the bell.

Abstract: An installation for filling receptacles by weight, the installation comprising a platform having secured thereto at least one filler spout and a weighing device which is vertically below the filler spout and which comprises a receptacle support member associated with a weighing member. The installation is distinguished in that the weighing device includes a link member between the support member and the weighing member, the link member enabling the support member to be moved relative to the weighing member between a high position in which the filler spout is engaged in the receptacle, and a low position in which the filler spout is disengaged from the receptacle, and in that the weighing device includes a locking member for locking the link member with the support member in its high position.

Abstract: The gripping device for taking hold of receptacles comprises tongs having a first jaw fixed to a rotary platform and a second jaw mounted to pivot relative to the first jaw and provided with a control arm, and a locking member mounted to pivot eccentrically about an axis constrained to move with the rotary platform to act on the control arm of the second jaw, the locking member being provided with a drive member disposed to come to face an opening actuating member and a closing actuating member, which members are carried by a stationary frame element.

Abstract: The device for screwing on a cap comprises a gripping head fixed to a rotary spindle, and a drive shaft connected to a drive member carried by a frame, the rotary spindle and the drive shaft are connected to each other on the same axis by a resilient coupling member, connected both to the rotary spindle and to the drive shaft, and the device further comprises a detector member for detecting relative rotation between the rotary spindle and the drive shaft, and a control member for interrupting tightening of the cap when the relative rotation reaches a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: Screw cap tightener apparatus comprising a turntable, a spindle mounted on the turntable to rotate relative thereto, a screw cap gripper head secured to the spindle, drive means to rotate the spindle by exerting an off-center drive force on the spindle, means for engaging a portion of the spindle that is stationary in rotation to detect a force applied in reaction to the drive force, and means for stopping tightening, said means being connected to the detector means to stop tightening when the force applied in reaction exceeds a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: The filler spout comprises a tubular body having mounted therein a valve member and a magnetic actuator element connected to the valve member via a coupling member comprising two elements that are coupled to each other via a coupling that includes radial clearance.

Abstract: An installation for filling receptacles comprises a rotary platform supporting a first filling station comprising a first feed vessel having first filling nozzles connected thereto, and at least one second filling station comprising a second feed vessel having second filling nozzles connected thereto, the second filling nozzles being adjacent to the first filling nozzles and the installation further comprising displacement members for imparting relative displacement between the receptacles and the filling nozzles.

Abstract: A device for presenting lids to moving sealing stations. The device includes at least one lid production module mounted stationary relative to a path of the sealing stations and having a lid cutting member fitted with a cutting tool for cutting lids from a strip. Gripping members are secured to the sealing stations. The gripping members are disposed relative to the lid production module so as to take hold of a lid on the fly.

Abstract: The method of packaging a receptacle (2) with a product comprising different miscible ingredients comprises the steps of filling the receptacles (2) in part with a first portion of the ingredients in a first filling unit (4) comprising a series of filling stations (5), of transferring the receptacles to at least one second filling unit likewise comprising a series of filling stations (9), and of successively finishing off the filling of the receptacles with the remainder of the ingredients.

Abstract: The invention relates to a gripping clamp for receptacles, each comprising a body and a neck having a projecting collar presenting a substantially radial bearing face beside the body, the clamp having first and second jaws, the first jaw being arranged to co-operate with the bearing face of the collar and the second jaw being arranged to co-operate with a zone of the neck that extends in the vicinity of the bearing face on its side facing away from the body, when the clamp is in a closed, gripping position.

Abstract: The electromagnetic actuator comprises a coil, a magnetic actuator member mounted in the coil, at least one ring of magnetic material placed around the coil, and at least one permanent magnet adjacent to one end of the ring and disposed overlying a portion of the outside surface of the coil, the permanent magnet having a magnetic field that extends in an axial direction of the coil, the magnetic actuator member being slidably mounted in a non-magnetic guide member extending inside the coil, and the ring having an end opposite from the magnet which is spaced apart from the non-magnetic guide member by a non-magnetic gap.

Abstract: The device for screwing on a cap comprises a gripping head fixed to a rotary spindle, and a drive shaft connected to a drive member carried by a frame, the rotary spindle and the drive shaft are connected to each other on the same axis by a resilient coupling member, connected both to the rotary spindle and to the drive shaft, and the device further comprises a detector member for detecting relative rotation between the rotary spindle and the drive shaft, and a control member for interrupting tightening of the cap when the relative rotation reaches a predetermined threshold.