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Apparatus and method for the external sterilization of plastics material pre-forms

US9339573B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KRONES AG · DE

Inventors

Katharina Seidenberg · Karlsruhe, DE
Bettina Kohl · Ensdorf, DE
Michael Loy · Regensburg, DE
Juergen Soellner · Beratzhausen, DE
Marina Goldbach · Bad Abbach, DE
Robert D. Schmitt · Littleton, US
Ute Bedoe · Landshut, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 20, 2014
Grant date	May 17, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 8, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB29L2031/7158
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus (1) for the sterilization of plastics material containers (10), and in particular of plastics material pre-forms (10), with a conveying device (2) which conveys the plastics material containers (10) along a pre-set conveying path, with at least one stressing device (4) which acts upon an external surface of the plastics material containers to be sterilized with a flowable medium. According to the invention the stressing device is arranged in such a way that it acts upon a pre-set area of the plastics material containers (10)—situated below an aperture of the plastics material pre-forms—with the sterilization medium.

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