Patent ID: 7740712

Claim:
Unit for washing pharmaceutical containers, comprising a conveying device for supporting and advancing in an orderly manner said containers to a grasping, moving and washing device; said grasping, moving and washing device comprising at least a grasping conveyor provided with a grasping arrangement for grasping in succession groups of said containers from said conveying device at a removing and grasping position and at least a bank of nozzles for dispensing and diffusing washing liquid substances inside the containers; wherein the unit further comprises a moving actuating arrangement for moving vertically with reciprocating motion said grasping conveyor from and to said bank of nozzles for causing the insertion of the nozzles inside the corresponding groups of said containers at an inserting position, wherein said grasping conveyor comprises a belt movable in step mode around corresponding pulleys and is provided with grippers for grasping the containers, and wherein said grasping conveyor is movable by said moving actuating arrangement and is positioned relative to said bank of nozzles such that grasping of one of said groups of containers from said conveying device by said grippers in the removing and grasping position and inserting the nozzles inside another group of containers in the inserting position are achieved simultaneously.