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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 1994
Filed:
Aug. 14, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Egon Ahlers, Neutraubling, DE;
Assignee:
Krones AG Hermann Kronseder Maschinenfabrik, Neutraubling, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
141-1 ; 141 11 ; 141-5 ; 141114 ; 141 69 ;
Abstract
By means of a combined heat/internal pressure treatment, reusable bottles of plastic material have their volume enlarged before they are filled. The shrinkage caused by cleaning with a hot cleaning liquid is thus compensated for and the attainable number of cycles is substantially increased.