US 12,128,208 B2
Modular unit for washing and drying containers for pharmaceutical use and production line of containers for pharmaceutical use description
Paolo Ziero, Piombino Dese (IT); and Fabio Perin, Vedelago (IT)
Assigned to STEVANTO GROUP S.P.A., Piombino Dese (IT)
Filed by Stevanato Group S.P.A., Piombino Dese (IT)
Filed on May 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/664,061.
Claims priority of application No. 102021000012950 (IT), filed on May 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0379005 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. A61M 5/00 (2006.01); B08B 3/02 (2006.01); B08B 9/08 (2006.01); B08B 9/093 (2006.01); B08B 9/20 (2006.01); B08B 9/32 (2006.01); B08B 9/42 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 5/001 (2013.01) [B08B 3/022 (2013.01); B08B 9/0813 (2013.01); B08B 9/0826 (2013.01); B08B 9/093 (2013.01); B08B 9/205 (2013.01); B08B 9/32 (2013.01); B08B 9/426 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A modular unit for washing and drying containers for pharmaceutical use comprising:
a load transfer unit, configured to take a plurality of containers for pharmaceutical use from an associable input transfer unit,
a washing tower,
a group of grippers configured to take said containers for pharmaceutical use from the load transfer unit and to load them onto said washing tower,
at least one washing station, at least one drying station and at least one unloading station for said containers for pharmaceutical use,
wherein said washing tower is configured to move the containers for pharmaceutical use through said washing stations, drying stations and unloading stations,
wherein the at least one drying station comprises at least one lower drying nozzle configured to direct a flow of air from the bottom to the top inside the containers for pharmaceutical use and at least one upper drying nozzle configured to blow air from above.