Apparatus for handling syringe bodies

An apparatus for handling a plurality of finished syringe bodies comprising:

• a planar supporting plate,
• a mounting plate provided with a plurality of foot members and connected with said supporting plate, said mounting plate being positioned substantially parallel to said supporting plate by a plurality of spacing pieces, both said supporting plate and said mounting plate being provided with a plurality of receiving openings for said finished syringe bodies which traverse coaxial openings in the plates pairwise;
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• a retaining plate provided with a plurality of holes coaxial to and registering with said receiving openings and attachable detachably to said supporting plate on a side of said supporting plate facing away from said mounting plate, the boundaries of said holes in said retaining plate forming an axial contacting surface for said finished syringe bodies placed in said receiving openings, at least one of said supporting plate, said mounting plate, said retaining plate, and said closure member being provided with a plurality of sterilization-promoting flow passages.

An apparatus for handling a plurality of finished syringe bodies comprising:

• a planar supporting plate;
• an mounting plate attached to said supporting plate by a plurality of spacing pieces so that said supporting plate is substantially parallel to said mounting plate and said mounting plate is provided with a plurality of foot members, said mounting plate being provided with a plurality of receiving openings for said furnished syringe bodies positioned pairwise coaxial to each other;
• a retaining plate provided with a plurality of holes coaxial to said receiving openings and connected detachably to said supporting plate on the side facing away from said mounting plate, the boundaries of said holes in said retaining plate forming an axial contacting surface for said finished syringe bodies in said receiving openings, said spacing pieces being divided transverse to the axes thereof and being releasably attached with each other each by a socket sleeve and a socket foot insertable in said socket sleeve, the end of said socket foot carrying an eccentric disk mounted eccentrically on the axis of said socket foot which is found in the extended generated surfaces of said socket foot depending on the rotational position of said eccentric or projectes beyond said socket foot radially and engages in an inner circular groove provided in said spacing piece;
• a closure member plate movable toward said mounting plate and mountable in a parallel orientation on said mounting plate, said closure member plate having a plurality of mounting sockets for said closure members which are positioned coaxial to said receiving openings in said mounting plate, said foot members being provided with an axially extending guiding surfaces for said closure member plate which are cylindrical inner surfaces of tubular pieces forming said foot members in which a plurality of guide pins protruding vertically from said closure member plate are guided axially slidably, the front ends of said guide pins being truncated cone shaped and a coil spring being mounted coaxial to each of said guide pins bearing on one end on said closure member plate and on the other end on the front end of said foot member;
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• a plurality of positioning devices in the form of a plurality of grooves, toothed bars or recesses are provided on said supporting and/or mounting plates for automatic manipulation.