A retaining unit (1) for retaining a container (4), comprising a supporting body (7), mountable on a movement unit (5), a gripping element (8) and a resting element (9) mounted on the supporting body (7), The gripping element (8) comprises a first arm (10) and a second arm (11), comprising respective gripping portions delimiting a housing (14) for the container (4), having a vertical main line of extension (15). The first arm (10) is movable between a first returned position and a first opened wide position. The resting element (9) has a resting portion (35), delimiting the housing (14), in part, and configured to make contact with a lateral surface of the container (4), is rotatably mounted on the supporting body (7) according to an axis of oscillation (36) transversal to the main line of extension (15), and can oscillate around this between multiple operating positions at each of which the resting portion (35) is positioned differently and delimits the housing (14) differently.

A cleaning apparatus for pharmaceutical containers, comprising means for feeding containers into and means for discharging containers from the cleaning apparatus, a transport apparatus for transporting containers within the cleaning apparatus, at least one holder for holding containers during a cleaning process, and one or more cleaning stations. Each holder holds a container such that a longitudinal axis of the container extends substantially in a vertical direction. Each cleaning station comprises at least one substantially cylindrically formed annular nozzle configured to completely surround a container during the cleaning process. Each cleaning station is provided on its inner side with a first row of outlet openings disposed circumferentially in a first vertical position, and is configured to discharge a cleaning medium substantially identically inwardly and downwardly at an angle to a horizontal axis and at an angle to a radial direction to form a cyclone of cleaning medium.

An assembly for feeding/picking up containers for washing machines includes an external feeding station provided with a delivery area, an internal washing station, and an external output station. The assembly further includes at least one support which can move by the action of respective actuators between at least one first configuration of alignment with a respective external station and at least one second configuration of alignment with the internal washing station. The support is provided with a plurality of grip clamps, each clamp is constituted by a pair of mutually opposite jaws, the internal faces of which are substantially concave and contoured.

A retaining unit (1) for retaining a container (4), comprising a supporting body (7), mountable on a movement unit (5), a gripping element (8) and a resting element (9) mounted on the supporting body (7), The gripping element (8) comprises a first arm (10) and a second arm (11), comprising respective gripping portions delimiting a housing (14) for the container (4), having a vertical main line of extension (15). The first arm (10) is movable between a first returned position and a first opened wide position. The resting element (9) has a resting portion (35), delimiting the housing (14), in part, and configured to make contact with a lateral surface of the container (4), is rotatably mounted on the supporting body (7) according to an axis of oscillation (36) transversal to the main line of extension (15), and can oscillate around this between multiple operating positions at each of which the resting portion (35) is positioned differently and delimits the housing (14) differently.

A modular unit for washing and drying containers for pharmaceutical use includes a load transfer unit configured to take a plurality of containers for pharmaceutical use from an associated input transfer unit, a washing tower, a group of grippers configured to take said containers for pharmaceutical use from the load transfer unit and loading them onto said washing tower, at least one washing station, at least one drying station and at least one unloading station for said containers for pharmaceutical use. The washing tower is configured to move the containers for pharmaceutical use through said washing stations, drying stations and unloading stations. The drying station includes at least one lower drying nozzle configured to direct a flow of air from the bottom to the top inside the containers and at least one upper drying nozzle configured to blow air from above.

A holding device for holding a container, for example for holding a container in a transport device of a beverage filling plant is described. The holding device includes a fastening part and two gripping arms, which are pivotably connected to the fastening part and can be brought into a closed position in order to hold the container and can be brought into an open position in order to insert and remove the container. A preloaded elastic bow is disposed between the gripping arms, and the elastic bow can be brought into a first position, in which the gripping arms are in the open position, and into a second position, in which the gripping arms are in the closed position. The preload of the elastic bow in the first position holds the gripping arms in the open position and the preload of the elastic bow in the second position holds the gripping arms in the closed position.

According to an embodiment, a label peeling device includes a container holding portion configured to hold a specimen container, and a cutter holder configured to detachably hold a cutter, to apply a blade of the cutter to a side surface of the specimen container held by the container holding portion with a label being attached to the side surface, and to move along an axial direction of the specimen container, thereby peeling the label attached to the side surface of the specimen container.