Method and device for controlled filling

US7421833B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• inova pharma systems GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Juergen Rothbauer · Michelfeld, DE
• Bernd Laukenmann · Crailsheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 20, 2006
• Grant date: Sep 9, 2008
• Expiry date: Mar 20, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65B7/2821
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In the case of nested containers to be filled by a filling station, a gripping device grasps an entire row of empty containers and conveys it to a weighing station, where the containers are weighed. Following weighing, all containers of the row are simultaneously filled and then reweighed. The containers are then reinserted into the nest and sealed, without being refilled, which allows checking the operation of the filling station without wasting product.