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Apparatus and method for the controlled heating of plastic receptacles

US9095009B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KRONES AG · DE

Inventors

Johann Zimmerer · Bernhardswald, DE
Guenter Winkler · Ridgecrest, US
Rainer Englbrecht · Kelheim, DE
Andreas Apelsmeier · Pollenfeld, DE
Konrad Senn · Regensburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 30, 2009
Grant date	Jul 28, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 28, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB29C2949/0715
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for heating plastic receptacles and particularly plastic parisons may include a transport device, which transports the plastic receptacles along a predetermined transport path, a microwave generation device, and a routing device, which routes the microwaves in the direction of the plastic receptacles which are to be heated The routing device may be at least sectionally in the form of a hollow conductor. The apparatus includes a control device which is in a form such that it controls the microwave energy hitting the plastic receptacles during the heating process.

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