US 12,214,916 B2Granted

Machine arrangement and method for filling and sealing containers

AssigneeSyntegon Technology GmbH

InventorsMatthias Schwandt, Steffen Haefelein, Bjoern Krause, Christopher Klemm, Andreas Kuba, Sebastian Gran

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Abstract

The present invention relates to a machine arrangement, in particular for processing pharmaceutical products, comprising a processing station (2) for filling and sealing containers, in particular with pharmaceutical products, a handling device (3) for feeding and removing the containers into the machine arrangement, wherein the handling device (3) is designed to feed and remove containers only from exactly one side of the machine arrangement into the machine arrangement, wherein the processing station (2) has at least one work region (4) for receiving an empty container, at which the empty container is filled and sealed, wherein the processing station (2) has at least one storage region (5) for the temporary storage of filled and sealed containers, and wherein the handling device (3) is designed to feed empty containers to the processing station (2) and remove filled and sealed containers from the storage region (5).

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Dependent claims

A machine arrangement, comprising

a processing station (2) for filling and sealing containers,
a handling device (3) for feeding containers into and removing containers from the machine arrangement,
wherein the handling device (3) is designed to feed containers into the machine arrangement and remove containers from the machine arrangement on a same side of the machine arrangement,
wherein the processing station (2) has at least one work region (4) for receiving an empty container, at which the empty container is filled and sealed,
wherein the processing station (2) has at least one storage region (5) for the temporary storage of filled and sealed containers, the at least one storage region (5) being located within the machine arrangement,
wherein the at least one storage region (5) and the at least one working region (4) are arranged in separate and different positions, and
wherein the handling device (3) is designed to feed empty containers to the processing station (2) and remove filled and sealed containers from the storage region (5).

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Facts

Application: 17/612,101Filed 31 Mar 2020
Priority: DE 10 2019 207 282.818 May 2019
Published: US 2022/0212818 A17 Jul 2022
Granted: 4 Feb 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

B65B 3/003
Packaging plastic material, semiliquids, liquids or mixed solids and liquids, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes,…:…
B65B 7/16
Closing containers or receptacles after filling: closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of,…
B65B 7/28
Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons: by applying…
B65B 65/006
Packaging lines, e.g. general layout: multiple parallel packaging lines

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