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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2016
Sidel Participations, Octeville-sur-Mer, FR;
François Quetel, Octeville-sur-Mer, FR;
Benjamin Yger, Octeville-sur-Mer, FR;
Sandy Letellier, Octeville-sur-Mer, FR;
SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS, Octeville-sur-Mer, FR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for sterilizing stretching means () of a container moulding device () fitted to a plant for manufacturing thermoplastic containers obtained by stretch-blow-moulding from production preforms, the said method for sterilizing the stretching means () comprises at least the steps consisting in: —introducing a determined quantity of a sterilizing agent into a sterilization preform (), —during a step referred to as a conversion step, converting said sterilization preform () into a hollow body () by stretching—blowing into the said moulding device (), said introduction of the sterilizing agent being performed in the vapour state in a sterilization preform () at a temperature that allows a uniform film of mist to be deposited by condensation onto an internal surface () of said sterilization preform (), and in that at least two sterilization preforms () are then converted successively into hollow bodies () in the one same moulding device ().