US 12,624,717 B2Granted

Device for processing pharmaceutical containers, and securing device for such a device

AssigneeBausch + Stroebel SE + Co. KG

InventorsEdgar Dell, Benjamin Spang, Daniel Prozer

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Abstract

An apparatus for processing pharmaceutical containers or components of pharmaceutical containers, and a securing device for detachably fastening a format part of an apparatus for processing pharmaceutical containers or components of pharmaceutical containers on a holding part of the apparatus. The format part has at least one container-specific, container-component-specific, or process-specific quality. The securing device includes a first securing element and a second securing element. The first securing element is arranged on or is part of the format part, and the second securing element is arranged on or is part of the holding part. The securing elements include magnetic elements that interact when the interconnected securing elements are in a securing position.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A securing device for detachably fastening a format part of an apparatus for processing pharmaceutical containers or components of pharmaceutical containers on a holding part of the apparatus, wherein the format part has at least one container-specific, container-component-specific or process-specific quality,

wherein the securing device comprises a first securing element and a second securing element, wherein the first securing element is arranged on or comprised by the format part, and the second securing element is arranged on or comprised by the holding part,
wherein the securing elements comprise a receptacle and a projection which is arranged in the receptacle when the securing elements are in a securing position, the securing elements being positively engaged with one another in the securing position,
and wherein the securing elements comprise magnetic elements which interact when the interconnected securing elements are in the securing position,
wherein the respective the magnetic element is encapsulated in the respective securing element and free of contact with the atmosphere, the magnetic elements being arranged at a distance from one another and free of contact with one another when the securing elements are in the securing position,
wherein one of the magnetic elements is arranged on a base of the receptacle, the receptacle having or forming a receiving body with a receiving space, the magnetic element being arranged in the receiving space behind a base wall on a side which faces away from the projection,
and wherein the other magnetic element is arranged on an end face of the projection, the projection having or forming a receiving body with a receiving space, the magnetic element being arranged in the receiving space behind an end wall on a side which faces away from the base.

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An apparatus for processing pharmaceutical containers or components of pharmaceutical containers, comprising at least one format part and at least one holding part assigned thereto, wherein the at least one format part has at least one container-specific, container-component-specific or process-specific quality, and wherein the at least one format part is detachably connectable to the at least one holding part by means of a securing device, wherein the securing device comprises a first securing element and a second securing element, wherein the first securing element is arranged on or comprised by the format part, and the second securing element is arranged on or comprised by the holding part,

wherein the securing elements comprise a receptacle and a projection which is arranged in the receptacle when the securing elements are in a securing position, the securing elements being positively engaged with one another in the securing position,
and wherein the securing elements comprise magnetic elements which interact when the interconnected securing elements are in the securing position,
wherein the respective the magnetic element is encapsulated in the respective securing element and free of contact with the atmosphere, the magnetic elements being arranged at a distance from one another and free of contact with one another when the securing elements are in the securing position,
wherein one of the magnetic elements is arranged on a base of the receptacle, the receptacle having or forming a receiving body with a receiving space, the magnetic element being arranged in the receiving space behind a base wall on a side which faces away from the projection,
and wherein the other magnetic element is arranged on an end face of the projection, the projection having or forming a receiving body with a receiving space, the magnetic element being arranged in the receiving space behind an end wall on a side which faces away from the base.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/339,512Filed 22 Jun 2023 · continuation
Priority: DE 10 2020 134 782.023 Dec 2020
Published: US 2023/0332634 A119 Oct 2023
Granted: 12 May 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

F16B 7/042
For tubes using the innerside thereof: with a locking element, e.g. pin, ball or pushbutton, engaging in a hole in the wall of at least one tube
B65B 3/003
Packaging plastic material, semiliquids, liquids or mixed solids and liquids, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes,…:…
B65B 3/006
Filling medical containers such as ampoules, vials, syringes or the like: related operations, e.g. scoring ampoules
B65B 7/2807
By applying separate preformed closures, e.g. lids, covers: feeding closures