Abstract: A fixing apparatus for temporarily fixing a container to a weighing apparatus includes a holding device and a support device. The holding device has a container receptacle and a contact body. The container is insertable into and removeable from the container receptacle. At least one holding element holds the container in the container receptacle. The support device has a support body and a connection body connected to the support body, for connecting to the weighing apparatus. The holding device rests on the support body via the contact body. The contact body is movable relative to the support body based on a force acting on the holding device, in particular on the at least one holding element, when the container is inserted into the container receptacle and/or when the container is removed from the container receptacle. A system for processing containers, in particular pharmaceutical containers, can include the fixing apparatus.

Abstract: A transport system, apparatus and method are used to transport and process containers, such as pharmaceutical containers. The transport system has a transport path defining a transport direction. At least one station for the containers is positionable on the transport path. The station includes or defines container locations. Two or more transport devices are positioned one behind the other along the transport direction, each transport device having container receptacles and being designed to move back and forth along the transport direction in a clocked manner independently of one another and to transfer containers to and/or from the station. A control device controls the transport devices. A range of movement of the transport devices overlaps along the transport direction in such a way that at least some of the container locations of the station are reachable by two or more transport devices.

Abstract: Containers, such as pharmaceutical containers, are held in an apparatus for processing containers by a holding device. The holding device has a main body and a container receptacle with at least one abutment element for the container. The containers have a direction of extent extending in a receptacle direction of the container receptacle. The container is positionable against the abutment element to assume a defined position. A holding element can hold the container in the container receptacle. The holding element is movably mounted on the main body between a release position, in which the container is insertable into the container receptacle in an insertion direction oriented transversely to the receptacle direction, to a holding position, in which the holding element engages behind the container and acts upon the container with a holding force oriented in the direction of the container receptacle to hold the container with clamping action.

Abstract: A fixing apparatus for temporarily fixing a container to a weighing apparatus includes a holding device and a support device. The holding device has a container receptacle and a contact body. The container is insertable into and removeable from the container receptacle. At least one holding element holds the container in the container receptacle. The support device has a support body and a connection body connected to the support body, for connecting to the weighing apparatus. The holding device rests on the support body via the contact body. The contact body is movable relative to the support body based on a force acting on the holding device, in particular on the at least one holding element, when the container is inserted into the container receptacle and/or when the container is removed from the container receptacle. A system for processing containers, in particular pharmaceutical containers, can include the fixing apparatus.

Abstract: A transport apparatus for pharmaceutical containers includes a drive body, a drive device actuatable by a control device for implementing a timed movement of the drive body, and holding elements operatively connected to the drive body. Each holding body has at least one container receiving area for receiving a respective container. The transport apparatus also has first and second transfer regions for containers in the circulating direction of the drive body, and a deflecting region between the transfer regions in the running direction of the drive body. The first transfer region has a receiving region, and the second transfer region forms a hand-over region. The first transfer region and/or the second transfer region extends in a linear manner with respect to the running direction of the drive body. The transport apparatus can be used with a transport system for containers and a processing machine for processing containers.

Abstract: A gripping device for gripping a pharmaceutical container, in particular a pharmaceutical container which is non stable, includes a first gripping element and a second gripping element, each gripping element having a respective gripping member for contacting the container in particular from opposite sides. The gripping elements receive the container between one another in a container receptacle and grip the container in a mutually approximated gripping position, and release the container in a mutually spaced release position. At least one gripping element comprises two gripping members which are mutually spaced apart in a spacing direction, and between which a recess is formed on the gripping element. A holding device includes at least one gripping device.

Abstract: The invention relates to a closing device for closing containers which have a filling opening, such as bottles or cans, comprising a positioning apparatus for arrangement of a container to be closed into a position for closing, a flushing apparatus with a nozzle device for blowing in flushing gas, in particular inert gas, into a container to be closed though its filling opening prior to closure, a closing element setting apparatus for attachment of a closing element to a container to be closed in a position which closes its filling opening and thus the container and a control apparatus.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a switch device for a transfer point between a first and a second rotatable star wheel, at which transfer point objects can be selectively transferred from the first star wheel to the second star wheel, comprising a two-walled first switch element, the first and second walls of which extend around the transfer point such that a passage for the objects is formed therebetween; a second and a third switch element, which are arranged and held such that they each form extensions of the first and second wall, respectively, of the first switch element in the first position and the second position of the first switch element; and a transition device, which is designed to carry out the transition of the first to third switch elements.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a switch device for a transfer point between a first and a second rotatable star wheel, at which transfer point objects can be transferred selectively from the first star wheel to the second star wheel. The switch device includes a base in the region of the transfer point for supporting the objects transported by the star wheels; a first and a second wall portion that extend in the region of the transfer point; a drive mechanism for driving the movement of the wall portions; and a control means for actuating the drive mechanism. The first and the second wall portions are individually vertically movable by the at least one drive mechanism.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a switch device for a transfer point between a first and a second rotatable star wheel, at which transfer point objects can be selectively transferred from the first star wheel to the second star wheel, comprising a two-walled first switch element, the first and second walls of which extend around the transfer point such that a passage for the objects is formed therebetween; a second and a third switch element, which are arranged and held such that they each form extensions of the first and second wall, respectively, of the first switch element in the first position and the second position of the first switch element; and a transition device, which is designed to carry out the transition of the first to third switch elements.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a switch device for a transfer point (C) between a first and a second rotatable star wheel (20, 30), at which transfer point objects (B1-B8) can be transferred selectively from the first star wheel (20) to the second star wheel (30), characterized in that the switch device comprises: a base (12) at least in the region of the transfer point (C) for supporting the objects (B1-B8) transported by the star wheels; a first and a second wall portion (40, 50) which extend in the region of the transfer point (C), so as to substantially follow the outer periphery of the first and second star wheels (20, 30), respectively, and are movable in the vertical direction between a first position, in which they extend beyond the base (12), and a second position, in which they do not extend beyond the base (12); at least one drive mechanism for driving the movement of the wall portions (40, 50); and a control means for actuating the at least one drive mechanism.

Abstract: The invention relates to a closing device for closing containers which have a filling opening, such as bottles or cans, comprising a positioning apparatus for arrangement of a container to be closed into a position for closing, a flushing apparatus with a nozzle device for blowing in flushing gas, in particular inert gas, into a container to be closed though its filling opening prior to closure, a closing element setting apparatus for attachment of a closing element to a container to be closed in a position which closes its filling opening and thus the container and a control apparatus.