Method and installation for decontaminating preform necks
US7867440B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 28, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jan 11, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 10, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB29C49/42418
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention concerns decontamination of the neck of thermoplastic performs (4) designed for making containers through a blow forming or extrusion blow molding process, when feeding (in A) the performs (4) sequentially into a unit (B) for manufacturing containers, which consists in passing the neck of the performs (4) through a mist (in 9) of a decontaminating product, then in subjecting the neck of the performs (4) wetted by the decontaminating products to the action of an ultraviolet radiation (in 7) for a least a predetermined minimum time interval.
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