Transport packaging for containers and method of unpacking containers

US11608211B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SCHOTT PHARMA SCHWEIZ AG · CH

Inventors

• Arne Kloke · Sankt Gallen, CH
• Rainer Landich · Herrnburg, DE
• Michael Scheidbach · Hauptwil, CH
• Aldin Imsic · Sankt Gallen, CH
• Tobias Diener · Erlangen, DE
• Leah Kidney · Lugano, CH

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 29, 2020
• Grant date: Mar 21, 2023
• Expiry date: Jul 29, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01L2200/185
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A transport packaging includes a tray formation which is configured to hold a plurality of containers with mutual separation to avoid mutual contact of the containers. The tray formation includes a first tray part having a plurality of pockets configured to receive first ends of the containers and a second tray part removably coupled to the first tray part and having a corresponding plurality of pockets configured to receive second ends of the containers. The first tray part is formed such that, when the second tray part is removed so that the second ends of the containers are free from the pockets of the second tray part, the free second ends of the containers are free to be brought into mutual contact while the first ends of the containers are still received in the pockets of the first tray part.