Patent ID: 11866215
Assignee: I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.P.A.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An opening assembly for a package holding containers and for use with an apparatus for the handling and filling of said containers, said package comprising a tub provided with a covering film, the tub containing an internal nest of the containers, the opening assembly comprising: a programmable control and management unit and at least one clamp arranged upstream of an opening that is formed on a separation wall separating a first sterile environment from a second sterile environment, the first and second sterile environments being disposed upstream and downstream, respectively, relative to said opening, wherein said clamp is positioned adjacent to the opening, and wherein the programmable control and management unit controls and coordinates the movement of the package and the clamp to thereby move the package from the first environment to the second environment while the clamp clamps an edge of the covering film in the first environment to remove the covering film from the tub while the package is moved through the opening moving from the first environment to the second environment.