Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Churyo Engineering Kabushiki Kaisha

Shogo Yamaguchi

Kazunori Araki

Hisashi Tazuke

Enichi Yoshikawa

Sadahiro Abe

Masayuki Hayashi

Takashi Tanaka

Yasushi Ito

Hironobu Fujikake

Eiji Tachi

Masayuki Murasaki

Noriaki Matsumura

Hirofumi Ito

Munehiro Hanada

Masaru Nishimura

Sueshige Nakamura

An apparatus and method in which the lateral surface of a sealed container (11) containing a beverage liquid (12) is pressed (21, 22) for deformation to measure the internal pressure (P) of the container, and displacement caused by the pressure and the load (F, 31) applied by the pressure is detected (35) so that the gas density of the beverage liquid may be evaluated from these values. An ultrasonic pressure wave is applied (111) to the sealed container to measure the sugar content of the beverage from the propagation velocity of the pressure wave received by an ultrasonic receiver (112), container surface temperature and the ambient temperature resulting from sensors (121, 122) and a calculation unit (50). For simultaneously measuring the gas density and the sugar content a gas density measuring unit (220, 230, 240) and a sugar content measuring unit (290) are provided. In addition, for shaking the content of a sealed container in which the container (500) is placed in a water tank (503), an ultrasonic wave is generated from an ultrasonic shaker (501) provided at the bottom of the water tank to agitate the content of the container for uniformity.

Apparatus for measuring gas density and sugar content of a beverage

A control system controls an amount of liquid filled into a container such as a bottle, a can or the like to be a predetermined amount in a precise and reliable manner. Liquid to be filled into the container is fed through a filling nozzle approximately up to a level somewhat higher than a predetermined target level. Then surplus liquid exceeding the predetermined target level is controllably ejected through an ejection nozzle piping having one end inserted into the container and opened at the target level. The surplus filled liquid is ejected through the ejection nozzle piping by suction or by pressure. When the ejection of the surplus filled liquid through the ejection nozzle piping begins, the pressure in the ejection nozzle piping changes from an initial valve. The end of ejection of the surplus filled liquid is detected by a pressure sensor disposed in the ejection nozzle piping. When the pressure sensor detects that the pressure in the ejection nozzle piping returns to the original pressure, a controller operates to stop a suction or pressure source.

Filled amount control system

A method for filling liquids includes first supplying container with a gas-generating water or water in an amount somewhat greater than a predetermined amount thereof and subsequently filling the container with a predetermined amount of an undiluted solution by injection thereof, after which the excess portion of the gas-generating water or water is removed from an upper stratum or portion of liquid in the container. Thereby, the amounts of the two liquids filled into the container correspond to the predetermined amounts. By first supplying the container with the gas-generating water or water and subsequently filling the container with the undiluted solution, the gas-generating water or water is unsusceptible to mixing with the undiluted solution. The final filled quantity of the liquid product is controlled by removing excess quantity of the first supplied gas-generating water or water, whereby the accuracy of the contents and amounts of liquids filled is improved.

Filling liquids

A predetermined amount of liquid is to be filled into a container. The weight of liquid contained within a metering container is measured by a balance and a filling control valve provided at an outlet of the metering container is controlled in response to a signal issued from the weighing balance. Thereby a predetermined amount of the liquid can be filled from the metering container into the container. A control unit opens and closes the filling control valve and a feed control valve connected to a liquid feed source in response to a signal issued from the weighing balance. An inlet of the metering container is connected via a flexible pipe to an outlet of the feed control valve, and an outlet of the metering container is connected via a flexible pipe to an inlet of the filling control valve.

Method and apparatus for filling liquid into containers

An apparatus for filling a container with drink liquid from a pressurized liquid-storage tank through a filling valve includes an auxiliary tank releasable to the air and provided between the liquid-storage tank and the filling valve. The auxiliary tank is communicated with the liquid-storage tank and the filling valve. After reducing the pressure in the auxiliary tank to atmospheric pressure by opening an air releasing valve installed in the auxiliary tank, drink liquid, which was supplied from the liquid-storage tank to the auxiliary tank in advance, is supplied from the auxiliary tank to the container via the filling valve.

Apparatus for filling liquids

A container holder capable of holding various containers, such as bottles and cans, comprises a deformable container-holding member made from a plastic material, a holding frame, and an adapter plate. The central portion of the holding member is divided into several tongues, and a central hole surrouded by these tongues is formed. The holding member is sandwiched between the adapter plate and the holding frame. Depending on the kind of the container held by this holder, the adapter plate is replaced with another adapter plate. Also disclosed is a container carrier in which container holders as described above are detachably mounted. An apparatus for handling containers using this container holder comprises mechanisms for performing these handling operations and conveying the container carrier between stations for the handling operations while the containers are received in the container holder. Equipment for warming or cooling containers received in said container carrier comprises mechanisms for repeatedly turning the carrier upside down.

Equipment for handling various containers

An apparatus for mixing two kinds of liquids in a predetermined ratio by using a constant volume pump. A first liquid and a second liquid are stored in tanks and maintained at a predetermined pressure, respectively. The first and second liquids are supplied to a mixing device near the suction side, or inlet, of a constant volume pump and the second liquid supplied to the mixing device is measured by a measuring device to adjust it to a predetermined amount so that the first and second liquids are mixed in a predetermined ratio.

Apparatus for mixing liquid

An apparatus for mixing two kinds of liquid in a predetermined ratio by using a constant volume pump. A first liquid and a second liquid are stored in tanks and maintained at a predetermined pressure, respectively. The first and second liquids are supplied to a suction side or an inlet of the constant volume pump and the second liquid supplied to the pump is measured by a measuring device to adjust it to a predetermined amount so that the first and second liquids are mixed in the predetermined ratio. The apparatus is suitable for mixture of beverages and for this purpose includes evacuating the tank for the first liquid to eliminate oxygen contained in the first liquid.

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Nagoya, Japan

Shogo Yamaguchi