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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.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 1976
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Deering Milliken Research Corporation, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L / ; A61L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
21 5 / ; 21 7 / ; 2110 / ; 21DI / ;
Abstract
Method and apparatus to pre-sterilize the filling. tube of a packaging machine which produces filled flexible packages. The pre-sterilization is carried out by generating ozone within the confines of a tubular web of packaging material and recirculating the ozone through the filling tube while generating more ozone for sufficient time to pre-sterilize the machine.