Compact multi-functional machine for continuously processing containers or their contents

The invention relates to the processing of bottles. Its subject is an automatic machine for subjecting bottles to three consecutive operations, this machine comprising, mounted on a frame: - a carousel having a vertical axis of rotation 4 with members for alternately performing the first A and third C operation, - an intermediate transfer device having a vertical axis of rotation 12, - two transfer stars between the carousel and the intermediate transfer device, one 3 on the entry side and the other 20 on the exit side, - means capable of actuating and controlling the various elements. This machine is particularly suitable for the operations of emptying, metering and filling, and for setting bottles of wine at a level (levelling bottles of wine), according to the champagne method (méthode champenoise). L'INVENTION CONCERNE LE TRAITEMENT DE BOUTEILLES. ELLE A POUR OBJET UNE MACHINE AUTOMATIQUE POUR SOUMETTRE DES BOUTEILLES A TROIS OPERATIONS CONSECUTIVES, CETTE MACHINE COMPRENANT, MONTES SUR UN BATI : - UN CARROUSEL A AXE DE ROTATION VERTICAL 4 AVEC ORGANES POUR EFFECTUER ALTERNATIVEMENT LA PREMIERE A ET LA TROISIEME C OPERATION, - UN DISPOSITIF INTERMEDIAIRE DE TRANSFERT A AXE DE ROTATION VERTICAL 12, - DEUX ETOILES DE TRANSFERT ENTRE LE CARROUSEL ET LE DISPOSITIF INTERMEDIAIRE DE TRANSFERT, UNE 3 COTE ENTREE ET L'AUTRE 20 COTE SORTIE, - DES MOYENS APTES A ACTIONNER ET CONTROLER LES DIVERS ELEMENTS.CETTE MACHINE CONVIENT PARTICULIEREMENT AUX OPERATIONS DE VIDANGE, DE DOSAGE ET DE REMPLISSAGE, MISE A NIVEAU DES BOUTEILLES DE VIN SUIVANT LA METHODE CHAMPENOISE.