US 12,420,972 B2
System for transporting loose sterile closure elements
Stefan Nagler, Unterschneidheim (DE); Ulrich Krauß, Ilshofen (DE); Markus Ilgenfritz, Feuchtwangen (DE); and Albrecht Kühnle, Crailsheim (DE)
Assigned to Syntegon Technology GmbH, Waiblingen (DE)
Appl. No. 18/262,424
Filed by Syntegon Technology GmbH, Waiblingen (DE)
PCT Filed Jan. 20, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/051178
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 21, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/157219, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 28, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 101 384.4 (DE), filed on Jan. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0083615 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. B65B 55/02 (2006.01); B65B 7/28 (2006.01); B65B 37/04 (2006.01); B65B 37/10 (2006.01); B65G 47/14 (2006.01); B65G 47/19 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 55/027 (2013.01) [B65B 7/2807 (2013.01); B65B 37/04 (2013.01); B65B 37/10 (2013.01); B65G 47/1428 (2013.01); B65G 47/1457 (2013.01); B65G 47/19 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system (10) for transporting loose sterile closure elements (12) from an environment (14) of an isolator (16) into an interior (18) of the isolator (16), comprising a receptacle (24) for storing a stock quantity of closure elements (12) in the environment (14) of the isolator (16), an isolator opening (20), and a collecting device (56) for collecting the closure elements (12) and for providing the closure elements (12) in the interior (18) of the isolator (16), and further comprising a metering device (46) for controlling a target quantity of closure elements (12) to be transported from the receptacle (24) through the isolator opening (20) and into the collecting device (56), and
wherein the metering device (46) comprises at least one conveyor unit (66) with a conveyor chamber (82) whose volume is greater than a volume of an individual closure element (12).