APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE AUTOMATED MANAGEMENT OF BACTERIAL LOAD DETECTOR DEVICES

    公开(公告)号:US20220055232A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-24

    申请号:US17421189

    申请日:2020-01-07

    Inventor: Gabriele GABUSI

    Abstract: An apparatus and method are described for the automated management of bacterial load detector devices to be temporarily positioned inside a clean room, delimited by walls, at least one of which is provided with at least one access aperture on which a primary closing unit is installed, configured to allow access to the inside of the chamber while keeping its atmosphere isolated and separated from the external environment. The apparatus includes a transport container, containing inside it an extractable housing slider on which one or more bacterial load detector devices are positioned, an extraction device configured to extract the slider from the transport container and make it available inside the chamber, and a support device disposed inside the chamber configured to stably position and support the slider.

    Machine for forming filter bags for infusion products

    公开(公告)号:US11247796B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-15

    申请号:US16753097

    申请日:2018-10-24

    Abstract: A machine for forming filter bags for infusion products includes a carousel and a transfer wheel with a plurality of gripping devices. A plurality of control devices control the gripping devices between a first operating position for receiving a filter bag from the carousel or for releasing the filter bag in a collection zone, and a second operating position for retaining the filter bag. A control unit measures defects in the filter bags. An auxiliary control device is located on the transfer wheel and connected to the control unit for controlling, selectively, the passage from a second operating retaining position to a first release position on a predetermined gripping device and along an angular stretch of rotation of the transfer wheel, at a control signal of the control unit generated in the presence of a defective filter bag, to release the defective filter bag in a different collecting zone.

    Machine for forming filter bags for infusion products

    公开(公告)号:US11247795B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-15

    申请号:US16462995

    申请日:2017-12-18

    Abstract: A machine for forming filter bags for infusion products, starting from pieces of filter material feeding along a feed line, includes: a movement carousel rotating continuously about an axis; a plurality of grippers positioned along, and movable continuously with, the carousel, each gripper configured for retaining a respective piece of filter material; a plurality of operating stations positioned along, and movable continuously with, the carousel; each operating station associated with a gripper and configured to operate on the piece of filter material to form, at least partly, a filter bag along a predetermined angular stretch of rotation of the carousel; a plurality of translation devices, associated with the carousel and configured for translating a gripper along a direction parallel to the axis to bring the corresponding gripper to the respective pieces of filter material at least for a stretch of the feed line.

    APPARATUS AND METHOD TO AUTOMATICALLY INSERT A LIQUID IN COMPONENTS FOR INHALERS; IN PARTICULAR CARTOMIZERS FOR ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES

    公开(公告)号:US20210195949A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-01

    申请号:US17058905

    申请日:2019-05-21

    Inventor: Carlo ZANIBONI

    Abstract: An apparatus and method to automatically insert a liquid inside components of inhalers, such as cartomizers for electronic cigarettes, includes injection means having a plurality of injectors each having an injection head having a substantially symmetrical conformation with respect to its symmetrical axis. The injection means are configured to cooperate with an empty end part of a component and at least one injection needle is configured to penetrate into an internal cavity of the component and inject the liquid, while said injection head is stationary with respect to said component, arranging itself with the symmetrical axis substantially coincidental with the longitudinal axis of said internal cavity.

    Method and apparatus to feed and form organized groups of smoking articles

    公开(公告)号:US10954012B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-23

    申请号:US16091511

    申请日:2017-04-03

    Abstract: Method to feed and form organized groups of smoking articles, providing to feed a plurality of pockets of a transfer conveyor with pockets moved step-wise, thrusting said organized groups of smoking articles, by means of thrusters actuated independently from each other, in a direction of transfer and through respective forming drawers, into said pockets on the basis of a predefined production rhythm. The method provides, in the event of obstruction, stoppage or blockage of a forming drawer, to vary the operating speed of the thrusters associated with the other forming drawers in coordination and in synchrony with the step-wise feed speed of said transfer conveyor with pockets, in order to obtain an effective production rhythm equal or near to said predefined production rhythm.

    Device and method for feeding and dosing filter bags with infusion or extraction products

    公开(公告)号:US10450097B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-22

    申请号:US15510739

    申请日:2015-10-05

    Abstract: Described is a device for feeding and dosing infusion or extraction product of a machine (100) for making filter bags (S) containing the infusion or extraction product comprising a space (2) for containing infusion or extraction product defined by an outer lateral wall (3) and by an inner lateral wall (4) comprising openings (7) for the passage of the product; a feeding chamber (6) made inside the inner lateral wall (4), communicating through the openings (7) with the containment space (2) and equipped with an outlet (8) leading outside the containment space (2); a shutter (9), which is movable inside the feeding chamber (6) at least between a closed lower end position (P1), wherein it occludes the openings (7), and an open upper end position (P2), wherein it allows the passage of the product from the containment space (2) to the feeding chamber (6) through the openings (7) towards the outlet (8) to fill the filter bags (S) being formed.

    DEVICE FOR JOINING FILTER BAGS WITH INFUSION PRODUCTS

    公开(公告)号:US20190210753A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-11

    申请号:US16326839

    申请日:2017-09-04

    Abstract: A device for joining filter bags includes two operating units located on opposite sides of a continuous tubular strip of filter material movable along a feed direction; each operating unit includes a supporting body, a sealing head connected to the supporting body and two kinematic units equipped with a corresponding eccentric rotary system for moving the supporting body along a first trajectory and to move the sealing head between a position of contact with the strip and a position away from the strip; each operating unit includes a carriage associated with the sealing head for and slidably connected to the supporting body to translate in both directions along a second trajectory.

    OPENING ASSEMBLY FOR A PACKAGE
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190177026A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-13

    申请号:US16321433

    申请日:2017-07-24

    Abstract: An opening assembly for a package, particularly for containers including vials, bottles, syringes, and carpules which can be installed in a container handling and filling system. The package includes a tub covered by a covering film, the tub containing a nest bearing the containers in an orderly manner. The opening assembly includes at least one clamp located upstream of an opening placed on a separation wall between a first and second sterile environment. While the package passes through the opening, the clamp clamps a portion of an edge of the covering film, consequently removing the covering film from the tub.

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