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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2017
Khs Corpoplast Gbmh, Hamburg, DE;
Rolf Baumgarte, Ahrensburg, DE;
Frank Lewin, Tangstedt, DE;
Michael Linke, Hamburg, DE;
Deniz Ulutürk, Hamburg, DE;
Daniel Firchau, Mölln, DE;
Julian Choinski, Hamburg, DE;
KHS Corpoplast GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a heating apparatus (H) having at least one heating line () for the thermal conditioning of preforms () made of thermoplastic material to a temperature profile which is suitable for blow shaping, wherein the heating apparatus (H) comprises a transport device for transporting the preforms () along a transport path (T) of the heating apparatus (H), said transport device comprising a revolving conveyor chain (F) having a plurality of pivotably interconnected chain links (), and wherein the transport device comprises handling means () for holding and manipulating a single preform () each, wherein the transport device is embodied and configured such that the preforms () are guided in a single row in at least a first section of the transport path (T), and are guided in two adjacent rows in at least a second section of the transport path (T), and wherein each chain link () comprises a bracket () on which a first handling means () and a second handling means (') are arranged, and wherein the bracket () comprises a main arm () and a pivot arm (), pivotably connected to the main arm (), and wherein a change between a single-row transport of the preforms () and a double-row transport is enabled by pivoting the pivot arm ().