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AssigneeGroninger & Co. GmbH
InventorsArmin Merz, Roland Engelhard, Josef Veile, Jens Weinmann
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An isolator system for filling a container with a liquid, the isolator system comprises a filling module having a filling station for filling the container with the liquid, a stopper placing station for placing a stopper on the filled container, and a plurality of handling devices for handling the container within the filling module; a first transfer station for transferring the container to be filled into the filling module; a second transfer station for transferring the filled container out of the filling module; and a control device. The present application also discloses a transfer station for transferring a container and several methods.
A system comprising a first module, a second module and a transfer station for transferring a container between the first module and the second module, the transfer station having at least one receptacle for receiving the container, the receptacle being open towards both modules in a transfer direction between the two modules, so that the container can be introduced into the receptacle in the transfer direction into a defined position by means of a handling device of the first module and can be removed from the receptacle in the transfer direction from the defined position by means of a handling device of the second module, wherein the transfer station has a retaining device for holding the container in the receptacle, and the retaining device comprises a biasing means configured to clamp the container transversely to the transfer direction in the defined position in space for transfer.
A method of transferring a container between a first module and a second module by means of a transfer station having a receptacle for receiving the container, the receptacle being open to both modules in a transfer direction between the two modules, the method comprising the steps of:
A transfer station for transferring a container between a first module and a second module, the transfer station having at least one receptacle for receiving the container, the receptacle being open towards both modules in a transfer direction between the two modules, so that the container can be introduced into the receptacle in the transfer direction by means of a handling device of the first module and can be removed from the receptacle in the transfer direction by means of a handling device of the second module, wherein the transfer station has a retaining device for holding the container in the receptacle, and the retaining device comprises a biasing means configured to clamp the container transversely to the transfer direction in a defined position in space for transfer, wherein the biasing means is formed by two clamping elements that are arranged perpendicular to the transfer direction opposite to the receptacle, wherein the clamping elements are arranged in such a way that they are pressed apart when a container is placed between the clamping elements to clamp the container.
A transfer station for transferring a container between a first module and a second module, the transfer station having at least one receptacle for receiving the container, the receptacle being open towards both modules in a transfer direction between the two modules, so that the container can be introduced into the receptacle in the transfer direction by means of a handling device of the first module and can be removed from the receptacle in the transfer direction by means of a handling device of the second module, wherein the transfer station has a retaining device for holding the container in the receptacle in a suspended manner, and the retaining device comprises a biasing means configured to clamp the container transversely to the transfer direction in a defined position in space for transfer.
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