US 11,866,215 B2
Opening assembly for a package
Claudio Trebbi, Medicina (IT); and Gabriele Gabusi, Castenaso (IT)
Assigned to I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.P.A., Ozzano dell'Emilia (IT)
Appl. No. 16/321,433
Filed by I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.P.A., Ozzano dell'Emilia (IT)
PCT Filed Jul. 24, 2017, PCT No. PCT/EP2017/068670
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 28, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/019782, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 1, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 102016000078059 (IT), filed on Jul. 26, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2019/0177026 A1, Jun. 13, 2019
Int. Cl. B65B 69/00 (2006.01); B65B 43/30 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 69/0025 (2013.01) [B65B 43/30 (2013.01); B65B 69/00 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An opening assembly for a package holding containers and for use with an apparatus for the handling and filling of said containers, said package comprising a tub provided with a covering film, the tub containing an internal nest of the containers, the opening assembly comprising: a programmable control and management unit and at least one clamp arranged upstream of an opening that is formed on a separation wall separating a first sterile environment from a second sterile environment, the first and second sterile environments being disposed upstream and downstream, respectively, relative to said opening, wherein said clamp is positioned adjacent to the opening, and wherein the programmable control and management unit controls and coordinates the movement of the package and the clamp to thereby move the package from the first environment to the second environment while the clamp clamps an edge of the covering film in the first environment to remove the covering film from the tub while the package is moved through the opening moving from the first environment to the second environment.