US 12,291,364 B2
Isolator system for filling a container with a liquid, transfer station for transferring a container and method therefor
Armin Merz, Ellwangen (DE); Roland Engelhard, Aurach-Weinberg (DE); Josef Veile, Westhausen (DE); and Jens Weinmann, Crailsheim (DE)
Assigned to GRONINGER & CO. GMBH, Crailsheim (DE)
Filed by Groninger & Co. GmbH, Crailsheim (DE)
Filed on Aug. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/881,407.
Application 17/881,407 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2021/052442, filed on Feb. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 102 768.0 (DE), filed on Feb. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0002088 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B65B 3/00 (2006.01); B65B 7/16 (2006.01); B65B 7/28 (2006.01); B65B 55/18 (2006.01); B65B 63/08 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 3/006 (2013.01) [B65B 7/161 (2013.01); B65B 7/2821 (2013.01); B65B 55/18 (2013.01); B65B 63/08 (2013.01)] 67 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An isolator system for filling a container with a liquid, the isolator system comprising:
a filling module having a filling station for filling the container with the liquid, a stopper placing station for placing a stopper on the filled container, and a plurality of handling devices for handling the container within the filling module;
a transferring module for transferring the container between the filling module, a crimping module, and a freeze-drying module;
a first transfer station for transferring the container to be filled into the filling module;
a second transfer station for transferring the filled container from the filling module;
a fourth transfer station, between the transferring module and the crimping module, for transferring the container between the transferring module and the crimping module;
a fifth transfer station, between the transferring module and the freeze-drying module, for transferring the container between the transferring module and the freeze-drving module; and
a control device,
wherein the control device is configured to control:
one or more of the plurality of handling devices to transfer, as a first transferring, the container to be filled from the first transfer station to the filling station;
the filling station to fill the container with the liquid;
one or more of the plurality of handling devices to transfer, as a second transferring, the container from the filling station to a stopper placing station;
the stopper placing station to place a stopper on the filled container; and
one or more of the plurality of handling devices to transfer, as a third transferring, the container from the stopper placing station to the second transfer station.