Container handling system and handling method
AssigneeAseptic Technologies S.A.
InventorsPatrick Baleriaux, Alain Thiry
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Abstract
The invention relates to a system for handling containers suitable for containing a medicinal substance, comprising a wheel movable in rotation about an axis; container handling clamps, the clamps being hinged to the wheel and being movable between a closed configuration for gripping a container and an open configuration for releasing a container, each pair of clamps comprising ramps suitable for lifting or depositing a container as the clamps move from one configuration to another. The invention also relates to a method for handling containers.
Claims19
A system for handling containers suitable for containing a medicinal substance, the containers having a bottom, the system comprising:
- a wheel movable in rotation about an axis,
- container handling clamps, the clamps being hinged to the wheel and being movable between a closed configuration for gripping a container and an open configuration for releasing a container,
- each pair of clamps comprising ramps suitable for lifting or depositing a container as the clamps move from one configuration to another, and
- stations, the clamps being suitable for depositing a container on the stations and for lifting a container from the stations, the stations comprise a groove in which the ramps of a clamp are suitable for moving between the open and closed configurations, the ramps configured to engage a bottom of a container when the ramps move along the groove such that the container slides along the ramps to lift the container from or deposit the container on a respective station.
A method for handling containers suitable for holding a medicinal substance, the containers having a bottom, the method comprising
- providing the system comprising:
- a wheel movable in rotation about an axis,
- container handling clamps, the clamps being hinged to the wheel and being movable between a closed configuration for gripping a container and an open configuration for releasing a container,
- each pair of clamps comprising ramps suitable for lifting or depositing a container as the clamps move from one configuration to another, and
- stations, the clamps being suitable for depositing a container on the stations and for lifting a container from the stations, the stations comprise a groove in which the ramps of a clamp are suitable for moving between the open and closed configurations, the ramps engaging a bottom of a container when the ramps move along the groove such that the container slides along the ramps to lift the container from or deposit the container on a respective station;
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- handling of the containers by the system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.