A container and a container engaging member. The container engaging member may include a sample holder or reservoir, a filtration element and collar. In the assembled condition, the sample holder or reservoir is upstream of the filtration element, the container is downstream of the filtration element, and the sample holder or reservoir is attached to the container. The container engagement member is engageable and disengageable from the bottle or container in a quick attach, quick release manner, such as with only a 90 degree, turn. A tactile and/or audible indication that the engagement is complete is provided.

A stopper for fluid coupling and including a self-locking sheath designed to be slipped onto a connector, the sheath extending about a central longitudinal axis and including on its inner surface and at a first end, a tapped portion designed to engage with a mating threaded portion formed on the outer surface of the connector where the tapped portion includes at least one recess parallel to the longitudinal axis, where the inner surface of the sheath includes, at a second end opposite the first end, a spindle extending inside the sheath in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis towards the second end of the sheath as far as a free end located between the first and second ends of the sheath, the free end of the spindle being designed to form a protective cover for a surface of the connector designed to engage with a filling tool.

A machine and a method are for the automatic preparation of substances for intravenous application. The machine includes a container receiving zone which defines a matrix of individual positions for initial and final containers, and a number of actuators for transferring substances from initial container to final container. Each of the actuators is positioned beneath the zone for receiving initial and final containers, each of the actuators is able to move relatively, independently of the rest of the actuators, and each of the actuators is suitable for receiving and operating injectors with different volumes and degrees of precision in order to remove substances from initial containers and insert them into final containers.

A raw material/container supply device for an individual-specific cosmetic manufacturing selling machine is capable of making it possible to check the remaining amounts of respective raw materials in real time even from a remote location and is capable of preventing the mixing of impurities during replenishment of raw materials. The raw material/container supply device includes a raw material supply device configured to supply cosmetic raw materials contained in disposable raw material pouches and a container supply device configured to supply a container having a container body and a cap fastened to the container body in a state in which the containeris horizontally loaded on a cartridge.

A method of sealing a bottle includes providing a bottle having a bottle body, a neck, a bottle opening, and a bottle main cavity. The neck has a neck inner radial surface and an opposing neck outer radial surface. The neck has a neck annular top surface. The bottle is formed of a thermoplastic material. The method includes providing a seal insert having a cylindrical skirt, a circular flange, a pull-tab, and a sealing deck. The cylindrical skirt has an insert inner radial surface and an insert outer radial surface. The circular flange has a flange outer edge, a flange annular top surface and a flange annular bottom surface. The seal insert is formed of a thermoplastic material. The method includes molecular bonding the flange annular bottom surface directly to the neck annular top surface. The method includes providing a closure and attaching the closure to the bottle.

A machine and a method are for the automatic preparation of substances for intravenous application. The machine includes a container receiving zone which defines a matrix of individual positions for initial and final containers, and a number of actuators for transferring substances from initial container to final container. Each of the actuators is positioned beneath the zone for receiving initial and final containers, each of the actuators is able to move relatively, independently of the rest of the actuators, and each of the actuators is suitable for receiving and operating injectors with different volumes and degrees of precision in order to remove substances from initial containers and insert them into final containers.

An apparatus for automated capping and de-capping of test tubes having an ejector pin system for individualized cap ejection.

Methods and apparatus for rotating a container delivered to a container manipulation system on a conveyor are described. In some embodiments, first and second carriages are positioned on opposite sides of the conveyor, each carrying respective forward and rear clamp arms. Each clamp arm is selectively independently moveable and carries at least first and second vertically spaced-apart wheels. All of the wheels are engageable with the container on the conveyor. At least two wheels on the first carriage are power-driven and selectively rotatable. The remaining wheels are free-spinning. Additional methods, systems and apparatus are also disclosed.

Thermoformed polyester resin closures for closing containers, the polyester resins including polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyethylene furandicarboxylate (PEF), or a copolymer including PET and PEF, are provided herein. Methods of making the thermoformed closures are further provided. Methods of sterilizing the thermoformed closures are further provided.

A raw material/container supply device for an individual-specific cosmetic manufacturing selling machine is capable of making it possible to check the remaining amounts of respective raw materials in real time even from a remote location and is capable of preventing the mixing of impurities during replenishment of raw materials. The raw material/container supply device includes a raw material supply device configured to supply cosmetic raw materials contained in disposable raw material pouches and a container supply device configured to supply a container having a container body and a cap fastened to the container body in a state in which the container is horizontally loaded on a cartridge.