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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2001
Rodney Moore, Gardener, MA (US);
Hugh Smith, Brampton, CA;
Andreas Luettringhaus-henkel, Darmstadt, DE;
Rodney Moore, Gardener, MA (US);
Hugh Smith, Brampton, CA;
Andreas Luettringhaus-Henkel, Darmstadt, DE;
Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A., Pully, CH;
Abstract
A machine for simultaneously coating the inner surface of several hollow bodies wherein the machine has a frame holding a hollow body bearing plate having fixed points disposed next to one another in the form of a matrix and a tube support plate having vertically disposed gas feed tubes corresponding with the fixing points, a dividing wall that is also vertically disposed having matching holes corresponding with the fixing points placed next to one another in the form of a matrix and a quartz window fixed on the frame. The bearing and support plates are provided with a drive mechanism for horizontal movement into and out of a treatment chamber for gas treatment in the chamber and for loading and unloading out of the chamber. The dividing wall, the hollow body bearing plate, the tube support plate and other functional accessories form a first module secured to the frame and a second module is provided on the frame imaging the first module. Microwave units are disposed in the form of a matrix between the first and second modules.