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US 10,961,003 B2Granted
Telescoping fill station shroud for a blow/fill/seal packaging machine
AssigneeWeiler Engineering, Inc.
InventorsJuan J. Banuelos, Paul Novorolsky, Mark Stevenson, Joseph Immordino
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Abstract
In a blow/fill/seal packaging machine, aseptic environment is provided by a telescoping fill station shroud through which a sterile curtain gas flows. The telescoping fill station shroud includes an open-ended lower sleeve, an open-ended upper sleeve slidably coacting with the open-ended lower sleeve, and a manifold plate mounted over a proximal end portion of the upper sleeve.
Claims8
A telescoping fill station shroud for a blow/fill/seal packaging machine which comprises
- an open-ended upper sleeve;
- an open-ended lower sleeve slidably coacting with the open-ended upper sleeve;
- a manifold plate mounted over a proximal end portion of the upper sleeve;
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- the manifold plate defining an access aperture for a filling mandrel and at least one curtain gas inlet port in flow communication with the upper sleeve.
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A telescoping fill station shroud for a blow/fill/seal packaging machine which comprises
- an open-ended lower sleeve;
- an open-ended upper sleeve slidably received over the lower sleeve;
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- a manifold plate mounted over a proximal end portion of the upper sleeve;
- the lower sleeve having an external collar at a distal end portion thereof, and the manifold plate defining an access aperture for a filling mandrel and at least one curtain gas inlet port in flow communication with the upper sleeve.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.