Apparatus for heating plastic preforms with stationary applicator

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11787090
APP PUB NO 20210046677A1
SERIAL NO

16645347

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An apparatus for heating plastic preforms with a transport device which includes holding devices for holding the plastic preforms and wherein the transport path has at least one heating portion inside which the plastic preforms are heated, and with a heating device arranged stationarily at least in portions along the transport path and which heats the plastic preforms transported by the transport device during their transport through the heating portion, wherein the heating device has at least one in particular stationary applicator device which is configured for bombarding the plastic preforms with microwaves to heat them. In the heating portion, the transport device is arranged relative to the applicator device such that at least parts of the holding devices are arranged outside the applicator device, wherein the applicator device is configured to receive several plastic preforms simultaneously for at least some of the time.

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  • KRONES AG

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Betz, Christian Geigant, DE 14 29
Compera, Christian Schoenau, DE 23 181
Feigl, Alexander Mintraching, DE 8 1
Senn, Konrad Alteglofsheim, DE 88 513
Zimmerer, Johann Bernhardswald, DE 10 79

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