U.S. patent application number 16/622612 was filed with the patent office on 2021-05-13 for device for inserting an object into a bag.
This patent application is currently assigned to Hawo - Geraetebau GmbH & Co. Maschinenbau KG. The applicant listed for this patent is Hawo - Geraetebau GmbH & Co. Maschinenbau KG. Invention is credited to Wolfram KRATTINGER, Christian WOLF.
Application Number | 20210139172 16/622612 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 1000005403414 |
Filed Date | 2021-05-13 |
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United States Patent
Application |
20210139172 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
WOLF; Christian ; et
al. |
May 13, 2021 |
DEVICE FOR INSERTING AN OBJECT INTO A BAG
Abstract
An inserting device includes a support surface for an object to
be inserted into a bag and a deposit surface for the bag, the
deposit surface being associated with the support surface. The
support surface is mounted for movement between a first position
for positioning the bag on the support surface and a second
position for clamping the bag between the support surface and the
deposit surface.
Inventors: |
WOLF; Christian; (Mosbach,
DE) ; KRATTINGER; Wolfram; (Mosbach, DE) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Hawo - Geraetebau GmbH & Co. Maschinenbau KG |
Obrigheim |
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DE |
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Assignee: |
Hawo - Geraetebau GmbH & Co.
Maschinenbau KG
Obrigheim
DE
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Family ID: |
1000005403414 |
Appl. No.: |
16/622612 |
Filed: |
July 9, 2018 |
PCT Filed: |
July 9, 2018 |
PCT NO: |
PCT/DE2018/100627 |
371 Date: |
December 13, 2019 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
1/1 |
Current CPC
Class: |
B65B 43/26 20130101;
B65B 5/045 20130101; B65B 39/007 20130101 |
International
Class: |
B65B 5/04 20060101
B65B005/04; B65B 39/00 20060101 B65B039/00; B65B 43/26 20060101
B65B043/26 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Jul 14, 2017 |
DE |
10 2017 115 892.8 |
Claims
1. An inserting device, comprising a support surface (1) for an
object to be inserted into a bag and a deposit surface (2) for the
bag, the deposit surface (2) being associated with the support
surface (1), wherein the support surface (1) is mounted movably
between a first position for positioning the bag on the support
surface (1) and a second position for clamping the bag between the
support surface (1) and the deposit surface (2).
2. The inserting device according to claim 1, wherein the support
surface (1) is mounted rotatably about a horizontal axis relative
to the deposit surface (2).
3. The inserting device according to claim 1, wherein the support
surface (1) is in the form of a rocker with an upper face and a
lower face.
4. The inserting device according to claim 1, wherein an
elastically deformable clamping element (3) is arranged on the
lower face, facing the deposit surface (2), of the support surface
(1), for better fixing of the bag.
5. The inserting device according to claim 1, wherein the support
surface (1) has a rotary stop for fixing the first position.
6. The inserting device according to claim 1, wherein the support
surface (1) is designed to assume the first position automatically
when free from loading by the object.
7. The inserting device according to claim 1, wherein a
holding-open means for the bag is arranged on the support surface
(1).
8. The inserting device according to claim 1, wherein in the second
position, a portion of the support surface (1) and a portion of the
deposit surface (2) are arranged as parallel planes to each
other.
9. The inserting device according to claim 1 wherein the deposit
surface (2) is rotatable about a vertical axis relative to the
support surface (1).
10. A method for inserting an object into a bag using the inserting
device according to claim 1, wherein in a first step, the bag is
positioned on the support surface (1), which is in the first
position; in a second step, the support surface (1) is brought into
a second position which clamps the bag between the support surface
(1) and the deposit surface (2); and in a third step, the object is
inserted into the bag.
Description
[0001] The invention relates to an inserting device according to
the preamble of claim 1.
[0002] An inserting device of the aforementioned type is known from
DE 20 2006 020 305 U1. This inserting device consists of a support
surface (referred to in said document as a slip-on region 4) for an
object to be inserted into a bag (which is closed on three sides)
and of a deposit surface (referred to in said document as end
section I') which is associated with the support surface, for the
filled bag after the object has been inserted. Such an inserting
device is used in particular to insert an instrument carrier
(object) to be fed to a sterilisation process into a sterile
package (bag). In this known solution, the bag is first pushed
virtually completely onto a holding-open device provided on the
support surface. In the next step, the object is pushed into the
bag by hand. Then the bag and the object are pushed together and
with the bag still open on one side onto the deposit surface for
further processing.
[0003] The problem addressed by the invention is that of improving
an inserting device of the type mentioned in the introduction. In
particular, an inserting device which is particularly simple in
terms of the handling of the bag should be created.
[0004] This problem is solved in an inserting device of the type
mentioned in the introduction by the features listed in the
characterising part of claim 1.
[0005] According to the invention, therefore, the support surface
is mounted movably between a first position for positioning the bag
on the support surface and a second position for clamping the bag
between the support surface and the deposit surface.
[0006] In other words, the solution according to the invention is
thus characterised in that the bag, in particular a sterile bag, is
no longer positioned on a support surface which is immobile and
therefore only accessible to a limited extent, as in the prior art
cited in the introduction, but in that the positioning of the bag
on the support surface takes place in a first position and the
insertion of the object, in particular an instrument carrier, into
the bag takes place in a second position of the support surface in
which the bag is at the same time clamped between the support
surface and the deposit surface and thus does not have to be held
in place manually while the object is inserted into the bag.
Particularly preferably, the object's own weight acting on the
support surface is used to fix the bag.
[0007] The stipulation, in particular in claim 1, according to
which "a" support surface is provided for the object means that the
device has "at least one" support surface for the object. A
solution is also conceivable in which, for example, two support
surfaces which can be adjusted relative to each other are provided,
and therefore the support surface consists in principle of two
individual partial support surfaces, in order to be able to take
into account objects of different widths.
[0008] The term "deposit surface" has the meaning that it in any
case has a size which prevents the bag falling off by itself or
automatically. Particularly preferably, the deposit surface is at
least as large as a side face, facing the deposit surface, of the
bag lying ready to receive the object.
[0009] Other advantageous developments can be found in the
dependent claims.
[0010] For the sake of completeness, reference is also made to DE 1
085 807 A. However, this solution at least does not have a deposit
surface within the meaning of claim 1.
[0011] The inserting device according to the invention, including
the advantageous developments thereof according to the dependent
claims, is explained in more detail below using the drawings of two
exemplary embodiments.
[0012] In the figures,
[0013] FIG. 1 schematically shows a side view of the inserting
device according to the invention in the first position for
positioning the bag;
[0014] FIG. 2 schematically shows a side view of the inserting
device according to FIG. 1 in the second position as the object is
initially inserted into the clamped bag;
[0015] FIG. 3 schematically shows a view from above of the
inserting device of FIG. 2;
[0016] FIG. 4 again schematically shows a side view of the
inserting device of FIGS. 1 to 3 in the second position with the
object almost fully inserted into the bag; and
[0017] FIG. 5 shows a perspective view of a further embodiment of
the inserting device according to the invention, in which the
support surface is in two parts and can be adjusted in width.
[0018] The inserting device according to the invention consists
first in a known manner of a support surface 1 for an object, in
particular an instrument carrier, to be inserted into a bag, in
particular a sterile bag, and of a deposit surface 2, associated
with the support surface 1 and preferably running horizontally, for
the bag. Particularly preferably, the support surface 1 and/or the
deposit surface 2 is/are rectangular, as desired.
[0019] It is also preferred for there to be on the support surface
1 a holding-open means for the bag, onto which the bag is pushed.
This holding-open means preferably consists of guide elements 4
which are arranged on both sides of the support surface 1 and
spaced from each other by more than the width of the object. More
precisely, the guide elements 4 particularly preferably have a
preferably smooth bag contact surface, the distance of which from
the support surface 1 at an edge region 1.1 of the support surface
1 facing the deposit surface 2 is smaller than at an edge region
1.2 of the support surface 1 facing away from the deposit surface
2.
[0020] It is essential to the inserting device according to the
invention, therefore, and this applies to all embodiments, that the
support surface 1 is mounted movably between a first position for
positioning the bag on the support surface and a second position
for clamping the bag between the support surface and the deposit
surface 2.
[0021] With regard to the movable mounting, the support surface 1
is particularly preferably mounted rotatably relative to the
deposit surface 2, about a horizontal axis which is preferably
perpendicular to the insertion direction of the object.
[0022] In other words, the support surface 1 is preferably in the
form of a rocker with an upper face and a lower face.
[0023] In this case, an elastically deformable clamping element 3
(see FIGS. 1, 2 and 4) is particularly preferably arranged on the
lower face, facing the deposit surface 2, of the support surface 1,
for better fixing of the bag.
[0024] As can easily be seen in FIGS. 1 and 5, the support surface
1 preferably has a rotary stop (in this case preventing further
rotation in the anticlockwise direction) for fixing the first
position.
[0025] Moreover, for particularly simple handling of the device,
the support surface 1 is designed to assume the first position
automatically when free from loading by the object, for example by
a corresponding weight distribution of the rocker on both sides of
the rotation axis thereof, i.e. by corresponding distribution of
its own weight.
[0026] As can be seen from FIGS. 1 and 5, the support surface 1 in
the first position particularly preferably runs at an angle between
5.degree. and 85.degree., preferably between 15.degree. and
75.degree., particularly preferably between 25.degree. and
65.degree. (FIG. 1 shows an angle of 45.degree., for instance) to
the horizontal deposit surface 2.
[0027] As can also be seen from FIGS. 2 to 4 (but also applies to
the embodiment of FIG. 5), the support surface 1 in the second
position is also preferably approximately horizontal (like the
deposit surface 2), and in the second position a portion of the
support surface 1 and a portion of the deposit surface 2 are
arranged as parallel planes to each other.
[0028] To be able easily to transport the bag further, for example
to a sealing station, after the object has been inserted, the
deposit surface 2 is particularly preferably rotatable about a
vertical axis or preferably pivotable by 90.degree. to 270.degree.,
as desired, relative to the support surface 1 (see in particular
FIG. 5).
[0029] Expressed in method terms according to the invention: in a
first step (see FIG. 1), the bag is positioned on the support
surface 1, which is in the first position (laying the majority of
the bag on the deposit surface 2); in a second step (see FIGS. 2
and 3), the support surface 1 is brought into a second position
which clamps the bag between the support surface and the deposit
surface 2; and in a third step (see FIG. 4), the object is inserted
fully into the bag lying on the deposit surface 2.
[0030] Finally, as can be seen from FIGS. 1 to 5, at least one part
of the support surface 1 is preferably arranged above the deposit
surface 2 in both positions, or at least one part of the support
surface 1 is preferably always above the deposit surface 2 in both
positions.
LIST OF REFERENCE SYMBOLS
[0031] 1 Support surface [0032] 1.1 Edge region [0033] 1.2 Edge
region [0034] 2 Deposit surface [0035] 3 Clamping element [0036] 4
Guide element
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