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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1999
Norm Van Horn, Marietta, GA (US);
Craig P Davis, Atlanta, GA (US);
Michael Vaughn, Marietta, GA (US);
Ball Corporation, Broomfield, CO (US);
Abstract
An improvement for a stretch blow molding apparatus, including a cryogenic liquid pulse pump disposed in sealed fluid connection between a cryogenic liquid reservoir and a stretch blow molding machine, a subcooler connected between the reservoir and the pulse pump for supplying cryogenic liquid at a preselected temperature, a vacuum jacket casing disposed generally surrounding a stretch blow rod, the reservoir, and the pulse pump for preventing vaporization of cryogenic liquid prior to delivery into a container, and control means for controlling the pulse pump to deliver a preselected amount of cryogenic liquid into the container through the stretch rod during a predetermined time interval beginning at a preselected time after formation of the container.