US 11,884,436 B2
Apparatus for the packaging of containers of devices for pharmaceutical use
Davide Zuffa, Ozzano dell'Emilia (IT); and Fausto Mazza, Bologna (IT)
Assigned to Stevanato Group S.P.A., Piombino Dese (IT)
Filed by Stevanato Group S.P.A., Piombino Dese (IT)
Filed on Jun. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/808,070.
Claims priority of application No. 102021000016460 (IT), filed on Jun. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0411120 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B65B 57/06 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); B65B 5/04 (2006.01); B65B 7/02 (2006.01); B65B 31/04 (2006.01); B65B 35/16 (2006.01); B65B 43/30 (2006.01); B65B 43/36 (2006.01); B65B 51/30 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 57/06 (2013.01) [B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); B25J 13/08 (2013.01); B65B 5/045 (2013.01); B65B 7/02 (2013.01); B65B 31/04 (2013.01); B65B 35/16 (2013.01); B65B 43/30 (2013.01); B65B 43/36 (2013.01); B65B 51/30 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for the packaging of containers of devices for pharmaceutical use, comprising:
a robotic bagging arm movable from a gripping position, in which said robotic bagging arm picks up a container previously sealed by at least one protective sheet, to a release position in which said robotic bagging arm inserts said container in a bag through a suitable opening provided on a side of said bag;
wherein said robotic bagging arm is connected to at least one position control camera;
wherein said position control camera is configured to read coordinates of a midpoint of said opening with respect to a lying plane on which said bag lies and/or an angle of rotation of said bag with respect to an axis perpendicular to said lying plane, so as to ensure a correct positioning and release of said container inside said bag; and
a spreader device configured to widen said opening of said bag through which said container is to be inserted, and wherein said position control camera monitors and controls a vertical dimension of said spreader device, along a vertical axis perpendicular to the lying plane of said bag, after the spreader device has widened said opening.