US 12,344,421 B2
Closing apparatus for closing pharmaceutical containers
Tobias Berger, Crailsheim (DE); Ulrich Krauss, Ilshofen (DE); and Markus Ilgenfritz, Feuchtwangen (DE)
Assigned to Syntegon Technology GmbH, Waiblingen (DE)
Appl. No. 18/251,297
Filed by Syntegon Technology GmbH, Waiblingen (DE)
PCT Filed Aug. 5, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/071895
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 1, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/096169, PCT Pub. Date May 12, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 129 169.8 (DE), filed on Nov. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0406561 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. B65B 55/19 (2006.01); B65B 3/00 (2006.01); B65B 7/28 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 55/19 (2013.01) [B65B 3/006 (2013.01); B65B 7/2821 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A closing apparatus (10) for closing pharmaceutical containers (68), the closing apparatus (10) comprising:
(i) a tool unit (18) including:
a fluid unit (90), and
a closing tool (42) for joining a closure element (78) to a pharmaceutical container (68); and
(ii) a tool receptacle (14),
wherein the fluid unit (90) has at least two filters (64, 66),
wherein the tool unit (18) is a module which is repeatedly detachable from and connectable to the tool receptacle (14) by a coupling device (16),
wherein the fluid unit (90) is configured to apply at least two different gaseous fluids to the pharmaceutical container (68), and
wherein one of the at least two filters (64, 66) interacts with one of the at least two different gaseous fluids and another of the at least two filters (64, 66) interacts with another of the at least two different gaseous fluids.