WO2008103484A2 - Aiguille de remplissage - Google Patents

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WO2008103484A2
WO2008103484A2 PCT/US2008/002422 US2008002422W WO2008103484A2 WO 2008103484 A2 WO2008103484 A2 WO 2008103484A2 US 2008002422 W US2008002422 W US 2008002422W WO 2008103484 A2 WO2008103484 A2 WO 2008103484A2
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hub
needle
fluid
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filling
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John Arthur Morin
Thomas Lloyd Warren
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Overlook Industries, Inc.
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B39/00—Nozzles, funnels or guides for introducing articles or materials into containers or wrappers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B2210/00—Specific aspects of the packaging machine
    • B65B2210/06—Sterilising or cleaning machinery or conduits
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B2210/00—Specific aspects of the packaging machine
    • B65B2210/06—Sterilising or cleaning machinery or conduits
    • B65B2210/08—Cleaning nozzles, funnels or guides through which articles are introduced into containers or wrappers

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  • the disclosure relates generally to a filling needle, and more particularly to a filling needle of a fluid dispensing system.
  • Fluid dispensing systems typically include a reservoir, tubing, a pump or pumps, and filling needles.
  • the reservoir contains a bulk supply of fluid for distribution to the other components of the system. Fluid is transported from the bulk supply to the pumps and/or needles via the tubing.
  • the pumps then actuate dispensing of a desired amount of fluid into the filling needles, which in turn dispense the fluid into a desired container or onto a desired surface.
  • These dispensing systems are often used in conjunction with containers that are moved into filling position (i.e. into proximity of the needles) via automated conveying devices. Automated conveyance of the containers or surfaces offers a quick and accurate means for dispensing fluid into multiple containers of a container batch.
  • a filling needle of a fluid-dispensing system including a needle portion that is a metallic material, a hub affixed to an end of the needle portion, wherein the hub is non-metallic and configured to securely associate with the fluid- dispensing system, and allow the fluid-dispensing system to be in fluid communication with the needle portion.
  • a fluid dispensing system including a reservoir configured to hold bulk fluid, tubing that is fluidly communicable with the reservoir, and at least one filling needle, each of the at least one filling needles including a needle portion that is a metallic material and a hub affixed to an end of the needle portion, wherein the hub is non-metallic and configured to securely associate with the tubing, and allow the tubing to be in fluid communication with the needle portion.
  • Figure 1 is a planar view of an embodiment of a filling needle
  • Figure 2 is a perspective view of dispensing end of the filling needle
  • Figure 3 is a perspective view of receiving end of the filling needle
  • Figure 4 is a perspective view of a fluid dispensing system
  • Figure 5 is a planar view of a second embodiment of a filling needle
  • Figure 5a is a planar view of at least a portion of a hub of the second embodiment of a filling needle shown inn Figure 5;
  • Figure 6 is a planar view of a third embodiment of a filling needle
  • Figure 7 is a planar view of a fourth embodiment of a filling needle
  • Figure 8 is a planar view of a fifth embodiment of a filling needle
  • a filling needle 10 of a fluid-dispensing system 11 is illustrated and includes a needle portion 12 and a hub 14 affixed to the needle portion 12.
  • the needle portion 12 entirely comprises a metallic material such as stainless steel.
  • the hub 14 comprises a non-metallic material such as plastic or rubber, hi an exemplary embodiment, the hub 12 comprises a medical grade polymer.
  • the needle portion 12 is an elongated cylindrical tube that defines a fluid cavity 16, and includes a dispensing end 18 and receiving end 20.
  • the fluid cavity 16 of the needle portion 12 terminates at a dispensing opening 22 of the dispensing end 18, and at a receiving opening 24 of the receiving end 20.
  • the receiving end 20 is the end of the needle portion 12 at which the hub 14 is affixed.
  • the hub 14 also defines a cavity, referred to hereinafter as the hub cavity 26.
  • the hub cavity 26 is configured to contain the receiving end 20 of the needle portion 12.
  • the receiving end 20 of the needle portion 12 is secured within the hub cavity 26 via any desirable means, such as adhesive, acrylic, injection molding, press fit or shrink fit.
  • the hub 14 fixedly contains a portion of the needle 12.
  • the hub 14 further includes an associating portion 28.
  • this associating portion 28 is configured to securely associate the hub 14, and needle portion 12 to which it is secured, to tubing 30 of the fluid dispensing system 11. Due to the properties of the plastic or rubber that comprise the hub 14, this tubing 30 (of which there are multiple individual tubes) is fixedly and securely associable with the hub 14 via a frictional fit 32.
  • the needle portion 12 is in fluid communication with the tubing 30 via the receiving opening 24 and fluid cavity 16.
  • fluid may be transported to the needle portion 12 from a bulk supply of fluid held in a reservoir 34 of the system 11.
  • the fluid may be transported via a pump, which may be disposed with any or all of the reservoir 34, tubing 30, or filling needle 10.
  • the pump is responsible for dispensing a desired amount of fluid into the needle portion 12, which in turn dispenses the desired amount of fluid out of the dispensing opening 22, and into a desired container (such as containers 36 of Figure 4) or onto a desired surface.
  • the pump may be any desirable means/device for actuating transportation of the desired quantity of fluid.
  • the pump may be any type of known pump that is either automated or manual.
  • the pump may also be a pressurized reservoir containing a bulk supply of fluid, wherein the pressurized reservoir includes a valve that opens and closes very accurately to measure and release the desired quantity of fluid.
  • This type of "pump" is known as a time/pressure system.
  • a time/gravity system may also be used, in which a reservoir is placed relatively above the filling needles 10, and a valve is opened at desired intervals to take advantage of gravity.
  • system 11 may incorporate multiple filling needles 10 that are moveable into dispensing position with containers 36 that are being transported along a conveying device. With this movement into dispensing OVI-OOOl-PCT 5
  • the system 11 may fill multiple groups of multiple containers as the containers 36 are transported along the conveying device.
  • the filling needles 10 may be disposed of due to their non-metallic hub 14, and the relative inexpensiveness of the filling needle 10 including this hub 14 as compared an all metal filling needle (i.e. hub and needle being metal) and cleaning and sterilization. As the needles 10 may be disposed of, cleaning and sterilization is unnecessary.
  • the tubing 30 and hubs 14 may be permanently affixed via unitary construction, polymer welding, or gamma ray/electron processes. If unitary construction is employed, the tubing 30 and hubs 14 may comprise the same plastic or rubber material.
  • Permanent affixing allows the time it takes to remove and replace filling needles 10 to also be efficiently (and cost effectively) limited. This is due to the ability of the non-metallic hub 14 and tubing 30 to be quickly removed from the system 11, and a new filling needle 10 with permanently attached tubing 30 to be quickly installed.
  • the needle portions 12 and hub 14 of the filling needle 10 may include any configuration, size, shape, or fluid capacity that is known or conceivable in the art.

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Abstract

La présente invention concerne une aiguille de remplissage d'un système de distribution de fluide, l'aiguille de remplissage comprenant une partie d'aiguille qui est faite d'un matériau métallique, un moyeu fixé à une extrémité de la partie d'aiguille, le moyeu étant non métallique et configuré pour s'associer fermement au système de distribution de fluide, et permettre au système de distribution de fluide d'être en communication fluide avec la partie d'aiguille.
PCT/US2008/002422 2007-02-23 2008-02-25 Aiguille de remplissage WO2008103484A2 (fr)

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EP4015400A1 (fr) 2020-12-15 2022-06-22 KRKA, D.D., Novo Mesto Aiguille de remplissage pour la distribution de compositions liquides dans des conteneurs

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DE102015222396A1 (de) 2015-11-13 2017-05-18 Raumedic Ag Mehrkomponenten-Kunststoffkörper
DE102015222397A1 (de) 2015-11-13 2017-05-18 Raumedic Ag Abfüllnadel zur Verwendung in einer Schlauchschicht zum Abfüllen eines fließfähigen Mediums, insbesondere eines Pharmazeutikums
EP3178743A2 (fr) 2015-11-13 2017-06-14 Raumedic Ag Tuyau en kit et aiguille d'aspiration destinée à être utilisée dans un tuyau en kit pour soutirer un milieu coulant, en particulier un produit pharmaceutique
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EP4015400A1 (fr) 2020-12-15 2022-06-22 KRKA, D.D., Novo Mesto Aiguille de remplissage pour la distribution de compositions liquides dans des conteneurs

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