Transporting packaging units

US12286270B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Gerresheimer Glas GmbH · DE
• STEVANATO GROUP S.P.A. · IT

Inventors

• Nicole Hutterer · Wackersdorf, DE
• Andreas Fraas · Amberg, DE
• Ricardo Colchado · La Cueva, MX
• Stephen Flynn · Peachtree City, US
• Braden Miller · Havertown, US
• Scott Rosenman · Mount Laurel, US
• Alessio Bonati · Cadoneghe, IT
• Michele Guasti · Treviso, IT
• Marco Canestraro · Camazzole, IT
• Riccardo Prete · Mursía, IT
• Gianpaolo Bertolin · Noale, IT
• Michael-Martin Strehl · Pfreimd, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 17, 2022
• Grant date: Apr 29, 2025
• Expiry date: May 17, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01L2300/045
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A transport assembly with an upper part including a plurality of sleeves, each sleeve extending along a sleeve axis between a top opening and a bottom opening, wherein the plurality of sleeves are arranged with their respective axes in parallel to one another, and a lower part including a plate with a plurality of apertures that each extend through the plate. The upper part and the lower part can be coupled such that each bottom opening is arranged adjacent to one of the plurality of apertures, and the upper part and the lower part can be moved relative to one another between a closed configuration in which a perimeter of each bottom opening intersects a perimeter of a corresponding aperture at two or more points, and an open configuration in which the perimeter of each bottom opening is aligned with or is enclosed by the perimeter of a corresponding aperture.