Apparatus for cooling preformed articles and method of cooling preformed articles
US7887319B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 7, 2006 |
| Grant date | Feb 15, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 23, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S425/108
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus for cooling preformed articles, which is capable of very effectively cooling the preformed articles and is, further, capable of sufficiently suppressing or preventing the preformed articles from being locally damaged as a result of coming in contact with each other as they are conveyed neighboring one another in a state of not yet fully cooled. A spray is blown onto the preformed articles 34 conveyed passing through a predetermined conveyer passage 42, a cooling liquid is blown next thereto, and a gas stream is further blown thereto.
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