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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
May. 19, 2011
Katrin Preckel, Gelsenkirchen, DE;
Martin Schach, Bochum, DE;
Gernot Keil, Braunweiler, DE;
Markus Reiniger, Monchengladbach, DE;
Katrin Preckel, Gelsenkirchen, DE;
Martin Schach, Bochum, DE;
Gernot Keil, Braunweiler, DE;
Markus Reiniger, Monchengladbach, DE;
KHS GmbH, Dortmund, DE;
Abstract
A method for treating containers in which, at a treatment station, the containers are provided on container outer surfaces thereof with a print that including a colorant. The colorant can be dye or ink. The method includes, at a treatment station, processing the colorant by irradiating the containers with non-thermal energy radiation. Processing the colorant includes drying or curing it. The method also includes decontaminating a region of the containers with the same radiation, either by disinfecting or sterilizing it. The region includes either or both a container opening and a container inner surface.