US 12,455,029 B2
Pipe and container treatment facility comprising such a pipe
André Jean-Jacques Graffin, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to Serac group, La Ferte Bernard (FR)
Appl. No. 17/919,141
Filed by Serac group, La Ferte Bernard (FR)
PCT Filed Apr. 15, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/059833
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 14, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/209571, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 21, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. FR2003788 (FR), filed on Apr. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0160509 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. F16L 27/08 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 27/0857 (2013.01) 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An installation for processing containers, comprising:
a movable support having mounted thereon a liquid delivery circuit and delivery spouts vertically movable and connected to the liquid delivery circuit by a pipe assembly,
wherein the pipe assembly comprises at least a first segment, a second segment, and a hinged element connecting the first segment to the second segment while allowing a predetermined angular deflection of the first segment relative to the second segment under a predetermined minimum force during displacement of the delivery spouts,
wherein the hinged element comprises a first tubular endpiece connected to the first segment and a second tubular endpiece connected to the second segment and hinged to the first tubular endpiece to allow the predetermined angular deflection,
wherein materials of the first segment, the second segment, the first tubular endpiece and the second tubular endpiece are rigid under the predetermined minimum force,
wherein the hinged element comprises a tube having ends connected to the first tubular endpiece and the second tubular endpiece so as to be elastically deformable under the predetermined minimum force over the predetermined angular deflection, and
wherein the endpieces are connected to each other by at least one hinge pin.