Vial capping device and vial capping method
AssigneeYuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd.
InventorsShoji Yuyama, Katsunori Yoshina, Yoshihiko Ide
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Abstract
Provided are a vial capping device and a vial capping method allowing the cap to be reliably fastened to the vial with a simple construction. The vial capping device has: a cap installation ring (35) equipped with an inner periphery thread (56) to be threadedly engaged with a thread (9) of an outer peripheral surface of a cap (1); a holding device (71) for holding a vial (1); a movement device (71) for bring ing at least one of a thread (6) of the inner peripheral surface of the cap attached to the cap (2) installation ring (35) and an opening (3) of the vial (1) close to the other; and a tightening motor (42) for rotating at least one of the cap installation ring (35) and the holding device (71).
Claims12
A vial capping device in which a thread is provided on each of an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface of a cap, a thread being provided on an outer peripheral surface of a vial opening, the cap being equipped with an engagement portion, the vial being equipped with a rotation restricting portion, the vial being closed by threadedly engaging the thread of the inner peripheral surface of the cap with the vial opening, and rotation of the cap being locked through engagement of the engagement portion of the cap and the rotation restricting portion of the vial, the vial capping device comprising:
- a cap installation ring equipped with an inner periphery thread to be threadedly engaged with the thread of the outer peripheral surface of the cap;
- a holding device for holding the vial;
- a movement device for bringing at least one of the thread of the inner peripheral surface of the cap attached to the cap installation ring and the opening of the vial close to the other;
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- a tightening motor for rotating at least one of the cap installation ring and the holding device.
A vial capping method for a vial capping device in which a thread is provided on each of an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface of a cap, a thread being provided on an outer peripheral surface of a vial opening, the cap being equipped with an engagement portion, the vial being equipped with a rotation restricting portion, the vial being closed by threadedly engaging the thread of the inner peripheral surface of the cap with the vial opening, and rotation of the cap being locked through engagement of the engagement portion of the cap and the rotation restricting portion of the vial, the vial capping method comprising the following procedures to:
- threadedly engage the thread provided in the inner periphery of a cap installation ring and an outer periphery thread of the cap;
- bring the thread of the outer peripheral surface of the vial opening close to the thread portion of the cap inner peripheral surface;
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- rotate the cap installation ring in the closing direction by a motor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.