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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2013
Applicants:
Stefan Landolt, Obernau, CH;
Andre Steiner, Lucerne, CH;
Inventors:
Stefan Landolt, Obernau, CH;
Andre Steiner, Lucerne, CH;
Assignee:
Cryovac, LLC, Charlotte, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 53/00 (2006.01); B65B 53/04 (2006.01); F28D 21/00 (2006.01); B65B 53/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 53/04 (2013.01); F28D 21/0014 (2013.01); B65B 53/063 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for heat shrinking a package, comprising: a chamber configured such that a package on a surface of the apparatus may be heat shrunk via a heating fluid in the chamber; and a preheat container configured to supply a preheated liquid to a heat tank from which the heating fluid is supplied to the chamber; wherein the preheat container is above the surface such that liquid in the preheat container can be preheated by heat from the chamber.