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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10279939 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019

Filed:

Jul. 31, 2015

Form fill machine and method for molding and filling containers

Applicant:

Krones Ag, Neutraubling, DE;

Inventor:

Bernhard Domeier, Hohengebraching, DE;

Assignee:

KRONES AG, Neutraubling, DE;

Attorney:

Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

Primary Examiner:

Stephen F Gerrity

Assistant Examiner:

Joshua G Kotis

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 3/02 (2006.01); B65B 3/26 (2006.01); B29C 49/28 (2006.01); B65B 39/12 (2006.01); B29C 49/46 (2006.01); B29C 49/12 (2006.01); B65B 3/30 (2006.01); B67C 3/26 (2006.01); B65B 39/14 (2006.01); B29C 49/78 (2006.01); B29C 49/06 (2006.01); B29C 49/36 (2006.01); B65B 31/04 (2006.01); B29K 105/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); B65B 3/10 (2006.01); B65B 39/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 39/12 (2013.01); B29C 49/12 (2013.01); B29C 49/46 (2013.01); B65B 3/022 (2013.01); B65B 3/30 (2013.01); B65B 39/145 (2013.01); B67C 3/26 (2013.01); B29C 49/06 (2013.01); B29C 49/36 (2013.01); B29C 49/78 (2013.01); B29C 2049/4664 (2013.01); B29C 2949/78621 (2013.01); B29C 2949/78932 (2013.01); B29C 2949/78983 (2013.01); B29K 2105/253 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7158 (2013.01); B65B 3/10 (2013.01); B65B 3/26 (2013.01); B65B 31/042 (2013.01); B65B 2039/009 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for forming, by means of expansion, plastic preforms into plastic containers in a hollow mold and for filling a substantially liquid product or at least a liquid or solid component of the product into the plastic containers in the hollow mold. The product is filled into the plastic containers while the respective plastic container has inserted therein, at least partially, a stretching rod or a filler neck, and the insertion depth of the stretching rod or of the filler neck is, at the end of the filling process, adjusted such that the volume displaced in the product by the stretching rod or the filler neck corresponds to a predetermined desired ullage.

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