US 11,933,798 B2
Apparatus for inspecting pharmaceutical containers
Andreas Pfister, Jonschwil (CH)
Assigned to SCHOTT PHARMA SCHWEIZ AG, St. Gallen (CH)
Filed by SCHOTT PHARMA SCHWEIZ AG, St. Gallen (CH)
Filed on Sep. 25, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/032,652.
Claims priority of application No. 19200221 (EP), filed on Sep. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0096144 A1, Apr. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. G01N 35/02 (2006.01); B65G 47/91 (2006.01); G01N 21/01 (2006.01); G01N 21/90 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01); B65G 47/84 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 35/02 (2013.01) [B65G 47/915 (2013.01); G01N 21/01 (2013.01); G01N 21/90 (2013.01); G01N 35/0099 (2013.01); B65G 47/848 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0235 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for inspecting a pharmaceutical cylindrical container made of glass or polymer, the apparatus comprising:
an inspection area;
a handling device having a first holder configured to hold a lateral surface of the pharmaceutical cylindrical container, the first holder comprising a first support wheel and a second support wheel configured so that the lateral surface of the pharmaceutical cylindrical container is supported on the first support wheel and the second support wheel in a horizontal orientation during inspection, the handling device moves such that the pharmaceutical cylindrical container is transferred from a first transfer position to the inspection area and from the inspection area to a second transfer position; and
a friction wheel, wherein the handling device and/or the friction wheel are configured to move so that the pharmaceutical cylindrical container is in contact with the friction wheel and rotated around a container longitudinal axis by the first and second support wheels and/or by the friction wheel in the inspection area,
wherein the pharmaceutical cylindrical container can be fed sync with a clock frequency of the handling device by a transportation device.