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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2011
Applicants:
Donald Wayne Miller, Waterville, OH (US);
Dennis Hahn, Whitehouse, OH (US);
Inventors:
Donald Wayne Miller, Waterville, OH (US);
Dennis Hahn, Whitehouse, OH (US);
Assignee:
Plastic Technologies, Inc., Holland, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 49/68 (2006.01); B29C 49/64 (2006.01); B29C 49/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 49/64 (2013.01); B29C 49/68 (2013.01); B29C 49/06 (2013.01); B29C 49/6418 (2013.01);
Abstract
An extension for a heating element includes a bracket for a quartz lamp within a furnace of a blow molding machine. The extension includes a base that is coupled to the furnace where the extension directs the heating element toward an end of a preform. The extension may include a parabolic lens to provide controlled and directed heating of the end of the preform to optimize material distribution upon blow molding.