×

Process and apparatus for treating containers for storing substances for medical, pharmaceutical or cosmetic applications

  • US 9,828,124 B2
  • Filed: 01/14/2016
  • Issued: 11/28/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A process for the treatment or processing of containers, which serve for storing substances for medical, pharmaceutical or cosmetic applications or contain such substances, wherein the containers are conveyed automatically, by a conveyor, to processing stations or pass them for the treatment or processing, in which processa plurality of containers are conveyed by the conveyor while the containers are supported by a supporting structure in a regular two-dimensional array, wherein the supporting structure comprises a plurality of openings or receptacles, which define the regular array, andthe treatment or processing of the containers at or in at least one of the processing stations is carried out while the containers are supported by said supporting structure or while the containers are accommodated in openings or receptacles of said supporting structure,in which process a metal lid is crimped on the upper rim of the containers by a crimping device, whereinthe containers are displaced in the respective opening or receptacle in an axial direction to a raised position to be crimped and are rotated about a longitudinal axis thereof in said raised position while the containers are accommodated in the openings or receptacles of the supporting structure, andare pushed back into the openings or receptacles to be supported by said supporting structure.

View all claims
  • 2 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×