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US 12,186,964 B2Granted
Gas shield for a blow/fill/seal machine
AssigneeWeiler Engineering, Inc.
InventorsPaul Novorolsky, Alex A. Bazdor
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Abstract
A gas shield positionable over open parisons in a Blow/Fill/Seal machine prior to container forming, filling and sealing minimizes likelihood of particulate contamination of open parisons while the open parisons are transported to a container forming, filling and sealing station.
Claims11
A gas shield for a Blow/Fill/Seal machine which comprises
- a base plate adapted for attachment to a parison mold carriage;
- a linear actuator carried by the base plate;
- a hollow gas manifold operably associated with the linear actuator for back-and-forth movement, defining a gas inlet and plural gas outlets;
- a gas nozzle operably associated with each gas outlet and in gas flow communication with the hollow gas manifold;
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- a gas shield cover attached to the hollow gas manifold and extending over the gas nozzle.
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A gas shield for a Blow/Fill/Seal machine which comprises
- a base plate adapted for attachment to a parison mold carriage;
- an elongated tie bar attached to the base plate;
- a linear pneumatic actuator carried by the tie bar and having a piston rod with a distal end portion thereof extending beyond the tie bar;
- a clevis mounted to said distal end portion;
- a center flange bearing mounted in the tie bar on each side of the linear pneumatic actuator and spaced therefrom;
- a push rod received in the center flange bearing and extending through the elongated tie bar;
- an elongated manifold mounting bar received in said clevis, held in place by a clevis pin and defining a receptacle for receiving a distal end portion of the push rod;
- a hollow gas manifold attached to the manifold mounting bar, defining a gas inlet and a plurality of gas outlets;
- a gas nozzle mounted in each gas outlet and in gas flow communication with the hollow gas manifold;
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- a gas shield cover carried by the hollow gas manifold and extending over each said gas nozzle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.