US 12,391,416 B2
Device for processing pharmaceutical containers, and filling device
Florian Boerret, Gaildorf (DE); Simon Ackermann, Frankenhardt (DE); and Fabian Kleinheinz, Blaufelden (DE)
Assigned to Bausch + Stroebel SE + Co. KG, Ilshofen (DE)
Filed by Bausch + Ströbel SE + Co. KG, Ilshofen (DE)
Filed on Jun. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/339,473.
Application 18/339,473 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2021/087237, filed on Dec. 22, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 134 859.2 (DE), filed on Dec. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0406554 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. B65B 3/00 (2006.01); B65B 3/28 (2006.01); B65B 7/16 (2006.01); B65B 7/28 (2006.01); B65B 43/52 (2006.01); B65B 65/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 3/003 (2013.01) [B65B 3/28 (2013.01); B65B 7/16 (2013.01); B65B 7/2807 (2013.01); B65B 7/2821 (2013.01); B65B 43/52 (2013.01); B65B 65/003 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for processing pharmaceutical containers being vials, syringes and/or carpules, comprising:
a frame which is positionable on a set-down surface and has a surface, a first side and a second side opposite the first side;
at least one processing station comprising a weighing station for the containers; and
a transport device, which is arranged between the first side and the second side, with circulating holding elements for the containers which move along a transport direction from a coupling side to a decoupling side on a transport segment and counter to the transport direction on a return segment;
wherein the at least one processing station is arranged at the transport segment, and the transport segment and the return segment define a transport plane of the transport device and are arranged directly above the surface and within an outer contour of the frame,
wherein the transport plane is inclined by an angle of inclination relative to a plane of the surface and/or a horizontal plane, and the transport segment is arranged above the return segment in the direction of gravity, and
wherein the transport device has a free space below the holding elements arranged in the transport segment, the holding elements arranged on the return segment being arranged outside the free space, with the weighing station for the containers engaging in the free space.