Container fixing device for pharmaceutical containers, weighing station and apparatus for processing pharmaceutical containers

An apparatus for processing pharmaceutical containers, the apparatus comprising:

• at least one weighing station;
• and
• a transport device, the at least one weighing station comprising:
• at least one weighing cell;
• and
• at least one container fixing device,
• the at least one container fixing device comprising a main body for connection to or as a component of the at least one weighing cell and two or more fixing elements, the two or more fixing elements being fixed on the main body, each fixing element having at least one fixing member, which is adapted to be placed onto each pharmaceutical container, the two or more fixing elements forming one or more interspaces between the two or more fixing elements for receiving each pharmaceutical container, at least one of the fixing elements being a movable fixing element movably arranged on the main body, wherein each pharmaceutical container arranged in one of the one or more interspaces comes into contact with the movable fixing element during a relative movement with respect to the main body in an actuation direction, and the movable fixing element is transferable from a release position, in which each pharmaceutical container is insertable into one of the one or more interspaces and is removable from said one of the one or more interspaces, into a fixing position in which each pharmaceutical container is fixed by the fixing members, wherein the at least one container fixing device is designed such that each pharmaceutical container is insertable into one of the one or more interspaces in a transport direction which is oriented transversely to the actuation direction,
• wherein the containers are each held on the transport device with at least one gripping element and are transportable in a cycled manner in a transport direction, and the at least one weighing station is arranged at the transport device,
• wherein each container is movable in the transport direction into the interspace of a container fixing device, and
• wherein the at least one weighing station and the container are transferable relative to one another in the actuation direction for transferring the at least one movable fixing element from the release position into the fixing position.