Patents Assigned to SYNTEGON TECHNOLOGY GMBH
  • Patent number: 11981470
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for processing a covering roll sheet (20) of a package, wherein the covering roll sheet (20) covers a package body (51) in the manner of a lid, comprising the steps of: drawing the covering roll sheet (20) off an endless roll (22), tensioning the covering roll sheet (20), determining an offset between a first marking on the covering roll sheet (20) and a second marking (34) on the package body (51), and stretching the covering roll sheet (20) in a manner dependent on the determined offset between the first marking (33) and the second marking (34).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Syntegon Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Beck, Ruediger Karcher, Hans-Peter Stadel, Ulrich Wieduwilt, Uwe Stroinski
  • Patent number: 11939133
    Abstract: A valve for a packaging container is proposed, wherein the valve comprises at least one base film (10) with an opening (11), at least one frame film (13) encompassing a free region (17), and at least one membrane (12) which is arranged on the base film (10) and covers the opening (11), wherein a fluid is provided between the membrane (12) and the base film (10), wherein the membrane (12) is connected to a surrounding film (20) via at least one connection region (22), the surrounding film (20) being connected on one side to the base film (10) and on its other side to the frame film (13) and the membrane (12) being arranged movably within the free region (17), wherein the surrounding film (20) is open at least in one point, such that a channel (18) is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Syntegon Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Stadel, Jenny Haase, Holger Poell
  • Patent number: 11911344
    Abstract: A device for dosing a product in capsules (12) or similar, comprising at least one dosing disc (36) which has dosing openings (38), and at least two filling stations (41-45) with which groups of dosing opening (38) are associated, wherein each filling station (41-45) comprises at least one tamping pin (51-55); the tamping pin (51-55) can plunge to a specified depth (h1-h5) into the dosing opening (38) to compress the product (17), and said tamping pin has at least one pressing means (71) for producing a variable pressure (p1-p5) with which each tamping pin (51-55) elastically deflects into the dosing opening (38); and at least one adjusting means, in particular an adjusting drive (61-65), is provided in order to adjust the depth (h1 to h5) for each of the two tamping pins (51-55) independently of one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Syntegon Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Werner Runft, Thomas Brinz, Bernhard Wagner
  • Patent number: 11897130
    Abstract: A planar drive device having a first platform and having a second platform, which platforms are movable in an X-Y plane on a work bench, wherein the first platform has a frame, a transmission and a working platform for the arrangement of a work tool, wherein the transmission permits an adjustment of the distance of the working platform with respect to the X-Y plane, wherein the second platform has a frame and a drive member which is coupled in terms of movement at least indirectly to the working platform such that the distance of the working platform from the X-Y plane is adjustable by changing a distance between the two platforms within the X-Y plane. The work tool can be transferred into at least two different working states by relative movement of the platforms in the X-Y plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Syntegon Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian Schwarz, Marcus Kleinert
  • Patent number: 11897651
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (10) and a method for transferring a packaging unit (22) into a barrier system (12) for pharmaceuticals, wherein the packaging unit comprises a sterilized container (24) and at least one sterile product (26) arranged in the latter, and wherein the packaging unit, in an initial state, is surrounded by an outer packaging (30) sterilized at least on the inside, wherein the barrier system has an access opening (20) through which the packaging unit can be transferred from a surrounding region (16) of the barrier system into an interior (14) of the barrier system, wherein a film tube (50), closed at one end, is arranged in the surrounding region of the barrier system, the interior (52) of the film tube (50) communicating with the access opening, wherein a connecting device is provided for producing a connection region between a cover portion of the outer packaging and an overlap portion of an outer face of the film tube overlapping the cover portion, and wherein a separating device
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Syntegon Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Albrecht Kühnle, Benjamin Hoffmann, Ulrich Krauß, Markus Ilgenfritz
  • Patent number: 11885665
    Abstract: A device (10) for weighing individual containers (14) arranged in a nest (12), wherein the containers (14) are formed with a bottom region (16) and a lid region (18) and the device (10) includes at least one weighing device (20) with at least one load cell (19) and with at least one weighing receptacle (22), and an arrangement unit (28). The weighing receptacle (22) and the arrangement unit (28) are arranged movable relative to each other in order to be able to move a container (14) arranged in the nest (12), which is arranged in the arrangement unit (28), completely out of the nest (12). The disclosure also relates to a set comprising such a device (10) and to a method for weighing individual containers (14) arranged in a nest (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Syntegon Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Krauß, Stefan Nagler, Markus Ilgenfritz, Bertram Selig, Erich Hillenmeyer, Samuel Stegmeier
  • Patent number: 11814276
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for closing containers with closures is disclosed. The apparatus includes a transport wheel, a feed device, and a closing device. The transport wheel continuously transports the containers and includes a plurality of transport wheel receptacles. Each transport wheel receptacle is able to receive a container. The transport wheel is designed to be rotatable about a transport wheel axis. The feed device is capable of clocked feeding of the containers to the transport wheel in a feed region of the apparatus. The closing device is arranged to close containers while they are accommodated in the transport wheel receptacles of the transport wheel. A method for closing the containers includes feeding containers to the transport wheel and closing the containers with a closing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Syntegon Technology GmbH
    Inventor: Tobias Grimme
  • Patent number: 11713143
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus (10) for placing mixing balls (1) into pharmaceutical containers (2), comprising a transport device (30) for conveying, preferably intermittently, the containers (2), and comprising a feed device (45) for the mixing balls (1), wherein the feed device (45) can be moved between a position for removing mixing balls (1) from a storage means (46) and a position for transferring the mixing balls (1) into the containers (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Syntegon Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Krauß, Steffen Humpfer, Reiner Staeudle, Reinhold Schmieg
  • Patent number: 11661223
    Abstract: A method for producing a packaging body (51) from a web material that comprises paper, wherein the packaging body (51) comprises an indentation (53) for receiving an item to be packaged, the method comprising: pre-tensioning the web material (14); fixing the web material (14) between a holding-down device (32) and a die (31); molding the indentation (53) in the web material (14); and removing the molded indentation (53) from the die (31).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Syntegon Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Beck, Ruediger Karcher, Hans-Peter Stadel, Ulrich Wieduwilt, Uwe Stroinski
  • Patent number: 11618219
    Abstract: A welding device (10a; 10b) for welding an outlet element (12a; 12b) to a packaging material (14a; 14b) has at least one anvil (16a; 16b) comprising at least one receiving region (18a; 18b) for receiving the outlet element (12a; 12b) that is to be welded, has a holding element (20a; 20b) which the anvil (16a; 16b) is arranged on, and at least one welding die (22a; 22b), in particular a sonotrode, which is configured to interact with the anvil (16a; 16b) for a welding of the outlet element (12a; 12b) to the packaging material (14a; 14b), wherein the welding device (10a; 10b) comprises at least one support unit (24a; 24b) for supporting the anvil (16a; 16b), comprising at least one movably supported support element (26a; 26b), which is configured to exert a holding force onto the anvil (16a; 16b) in a welding operation state of the welding die (22a; 22b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Syntegon Technology GmbH
    Inventor: Tobias Greif
  • Patent number: 11541623
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for joining paper material (2, 3) in a first joining region (20) and a second joining region (30), comprising the steps of: roughening the first joining region (20) and/or the second joining region (30), moistening the first joining region (20) and/or the second joining region (30), and joining the first and second joining region (20, 30) between a sonotrode (60) and an anvil (63) of an ultrasonic friction welding apparatus (6) by means of ultrasonic friction welding, wherein a vibration direction (A) of the sonotrode (60) is not parallel to a joining force direction (B) of a joining force of the anvil (63).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Syntegon Technology GmbH
    Inventor: Ulrich Wieduwilt
  • Patent number: 11524806
    Abstract: A method for sterilizing closure elements (3) for packaging containers (1), wherein the closure elements (3) are collected individually by a holding mechanism (25) in the region of a sterile chamber (12) and are placed onto an opening (4) of a filled packaging container (1) and connected to the latter, and wherein the closure elements (3), while being conveyed inside the sterile chamber (12), are treated by means of at least one sterilizing medium (6, 7, 52) during a sterilizing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: SYNTEGON TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventor: Peter Mueller
  • Patent number: 11505388
    Abstract: A pressure relief valve (1) comprises a main body (2), at least one through opening (51), which extends through the main body (2), a diaphragm (6), which is arranged over the at least one through opening (51), and a fluid (8), which is provided on the main body (2), the fluid (8) being arranged between the diaphragm (6) and the main body (2), the main body (2) having a first sealing region (21), a second sealing region (22) radially outside the first region, and a third sealing region (23) radially outside the second region, the regions being respectively formed as continuously closed, the at least one through opening (51) being arranged between the first sealing region (21) and the second sealing region (22), and the diaphragm (6) covering the first sealing region (21), the second sealing region (22) and the third sealing region (23).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SYNTEGON TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Stadel, Herbert Stotkiewitz, Jenny Haase
  • Patent number: 11345491
    Abstract: A device (10) for dosing a powder, in particular a pulverulent pharmaceutical, having a storage container (24) which has a storage chamber for storing a stored quantity of the powder to be dosed, wherein the storage container has a dosing opening (32), wherein the device has a dosing control element which can be movably driven and which, in a closing position, closes the dosing opening and, in at least one freeing position, frees the dosing opening for the dispensing of powder from the storage container into a target container to be filled, wherein the device has a vibration means which sets the powder in vibration in order to assist with the dispensing of powder, wherein the storage container has two container parts which are movable relative to one another and which delimit mutually connected sub-chambers of the storage chamber and each store a portion of the stored quantity of powder, wherein a first container part (28) has the dosing opening and wherein the vibration means cooperates with the first contai
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Syntegon Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Bernhard Wagner, Thomas Brinz
  • Patent number: 11307079
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (50; 50a to 50c) for determining the weight of a capsule (10) arranged in a receptacle (26) of a capsule holder (25) of an incrementally rotated conveyor wheel (21), comprising a transfer device (52; 52a to 52c) for transferring at least one capsule (10) from the capsule holder (25) into a capsule receiver (55) having a plurality of receptacles (54) for respectively one capsule (10), and back again, wherein the capsule receptacle (55) has a movable arrangement in a plane parallel to the conveyor plane of the conveyor wheel (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Syntegon Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Wick, Werner Runft
  • Patent number: 11155395
    Abstract: Pressure relief valve of a packaging container, comprising: a main body (2) with an edge region (3) and with a sealing face (4), wherein the edge region (3) is connectable in sealing fashion to a wall (10) of a packaging container (100) and wherein at least one passage opening (51) is formed in the sealing face (4), said passage opening extending through the main body (2), a first diaphragm (6) that is arranged over the passage opening (51) and at least partly covers the sealing face (4), a second diaphragm (7) that at least partly covers the first diaphragm (6), and a fluid (8) that is applied to the sealing face (4) and by means of which fluid the first diaphragm (6) is held on the sealing face (4) in floating fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: SYNTEGON TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Peter Knappe, Herbert Stotkiewitz, Jenny Haase
  • Patent number: 10926894
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for filling a product, comprising—at least one metering device (18) for metering a specific amount of the product that is to be filled in the packaging material tube, —a sensor device (20) for detecting characteristic properties, in particular a mass and/or density and/or volume of the product, wherein the sensor device (20) is arranged such that it determines the characteristic properties of the product located in the metering device (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: SYNTEGON TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Berend Oberdorfer, Bernd Wilke, Christoph Hammer, Felix Kruppa, Juergen Haak
  • Patent number: 10799636
    Abstract: The invention relates to a filling needle (10; 10a-10g) for dispensing a pharmaceutical liquid (1) into a container (2), comprising a preferably rod-shaped filling needle body (12; 12a; 12b; 12d; 12f; 12g) in which a product feed bore (13) is formed, having at least one, preferably a plurality of product outlet bores (16; 16a to 16d) which extends from the product feed bore (13) and opens on an outer wall of the filling needle body (12; 12a; 12b; 12d; 12f; 12g) into a region which is spaced apart from a filling needle body end (25; 25b; 25c) with respect to a longitudinal axis (18) of the filling needle body (12; 12a; 12b; 12d; 12f; 12g), and having a valve element (14; 14b; 14c; 14d; 14e; 14g) which is made of an elastic material which covers the filling needle body (12; 12a; 12b; 12d; 12f; 12g) at least in the region of the at least one product outlet bore (16; 16a to 16d).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: SYNTEGON TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventor: Bjoern Krause