Ima Life, S.r.l.

I.m.a. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.a.

Flessluittechniek B. V. Handelend Onder De Naam Calumatic

Calumatic B. V.

Franciscus Antonius Damen

Johannes Van Veen

Alexander Clemens Henricus Josef Schaepman

Florentinus Adriaan Cornelis Marie Jongenelen

Hendrik Bol

Johannes Wilhelmus Adrianus Van Heijst

Method for transfer of containers, such as vials (), between a freeze dryer () that is located at a first location and a separate transport vehicle () that is mobile with respect to the freeze dryer, wherein the freeze dryer () comprises a freeze dryer housing () with an access opening () towards an inner freeze drying chamber () inside the freeze dryer housing (), multiple shelves (-) that are arranged spaced apart above each other inside the freeze dryer chamber () and each provided with a horizontally extending first flat supporting surface () for supporting the containers, wherein the mobile transport vehicle () comprises a mobile undercarriage () supporting a storage housing () with an access opening () towards an inner storage chamber (), a carrier provided with a second flat supporting surface () for supporting the containers inside the storage housing (), and a container shifter () for pushing out containers away from the second flat supporting surface () in a pushing out direction parallel to the second flat supporting surface ().

Method and assembly for handling containers in a freeze dryer

The invention relates to a conveying system for conveying intended upright articles, for example vials, comprising an in-feed conveyor, an out-feed conveyor, and a single liner system placed between said in-feed conveyor and out-feed conveyor, wherein said single liner system comprising a series of co-planar conveyor belts, wherein said belts are placed side by side for defining a conveying surface and wherein said belts are movable in substantially the same driving direction at different velocities; a track guide placed above said conveying surface for guiding said articles from said in-feed conveyor to said out-feed conveyor along a guide direction, wherein said guide direction is arranged at an acute angle with respect to said driving direction; wherein said velocity of subsequent belts of said series of co-planar conveyor belts increases in the guide direction.

Conveying apparatus

A freeze dryer comprises a chamber having a rectangular slot through which vials are inserted into the chamber. An assembly for loading the chamber comprises a bar extending across the slot to engage vials to be inserted into the chamber. The bar is attached to a mechanism for moving the bar laterally into and out from the chamber. In a retracted position of the bar, at least part of the mechanism is wound around a sprocket. Rotation of the sprocket unwinds the mechanism to move the bar into the chamber.

Freeze dryer

A freeze dryer comprises a chamber having a rectangular slot through which vials are inserted into the chamber. An assembly for loading and/or unloading the chamber comprises a transfer bar extending across the slot. The bar is pivotally attached at each end to first and second flat springs, each spring being wound on a respective rotatably mounted spool located proximate the slot. Drive means are provided for synchronously rotating the spools to effect movement of the bar into or out from the chamber and for selectively rotating the spools to raise or lower the bar.

A device for reducing the quantity of oxygen in the space above the filling in a container before closing of the container, in which a vacuum is formed in the space, then a compressed gas is blown into the container in a direction running obliquely to the vertical axis of symmetry of the container and again a vacuum is formed in the space, these steps being repeated if necessary. Valving is provided in the fixed housing within which are formed, coaxially with a central column, an inner chamber and an outer, essentially cylindrical chamber enclosing it. One chamber is connected to a vacuum source and the other chamber to a source of the gas. One head face of each chamber has a plurality of openings at specific angular distances from each other and disposed on an inner and an outer circle respectively. Fixed on the central column is a disc in sealing fashion against the head faces. Two series of openings with equal angular distances from each other are formed on an inner and outer circle, respectively, the radii of these inner and outer circles being virtually equal to those of the first-mentioned inner and outer circle.

Device for evacuating oxygen from a container

An apparatus for selecting closures with a cylindrical raised edge out of a supply of closures present in one plane with the back to the one or the other side. The apparatus has a hopper that in cross section is rectangular with mutually spaced side walls between which the closures fit, side edges and a lower sloping edge having an opening below which a first worm extends parallel to the lower edge. The first worm has a curved profile in which said raised edge of the closure fits. A side wall adjoining the opening of the lower wall has an opening in which a cylindrical shaft is present with its outer face tangential to the plane of the side wall and extends parallel to and is driven synchronously by the first worm in the same direction. The shaft extends with the worm until outside the side wall and merges into a second worm with the same pitch and has a width of thread that is substantially smaller than the inner diameter of the raised edge of the closure such that the first worm discharges the closures that are not correctly oriented.

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Franciscus Antonius Damen