Method for spraying the exterior surfaces of blow molded plastic beverage bottles with a treatment to minimize, restrict, or inhibit bottle jams during the use of an air transport system in a bottle plant

A method of making, transporting, filling, and capping a beverage bottle in a beverage bottling plant;

• said method comprising the steps of:
• conveying a pre-form structure, comprising a plastic material, to a heating arrangement with a first conveyor system;
• heating said pre-form structure with said heating arrangement;
• conveying said heated pre-form structure from said heating arrangement to a blow-molding arrangement with a second conveyor system;
• blow-molding said heated pre-form structure with said blow-molding arrangement, and producing a finished plastic beverage bottle;
• conveying said finished plastic beverage bottle from said blow-molding arrangement to a spray chamber with a third conveyor system;
• spraying the exterior surface of said finished plastic beverage bottle, in a spray chamber, with an electrostatic- and/or friction-reducing material configured to minimize, restrict, or inhibit electrostatic buildup on the exterior surface of said finished plastic beverage bottle and/or friction on the exterior surface of said finished plastic beverage bottle, to minimize, restrict, or inhibit sticking together of finished plastic beverage bottles, thus minimizing, restricting, or inhibiting bottle jams during the use of an air transport system;
• conveying said finished plastic beverage bottle from said blow-molding arrangement to a drying arrangement with a fourth conveyor system;
• drying said static- and/or friction-reducing material on the exterior surface of said finished plastic beverage bottle;
• transporting said finished plastic beverage bottle with a first air transport system from said drying arrangement to a rinsing arrangement, with surface electrostatic and/or surface friction of said finished plastic beverage bottle minimized, restricted or inhibited, and minimizing, restricting, or inhibiting said finished plastic beverage bottle from sticking, upon contact with other finished plastic beverage bottles, during said transporting;
• rinsing the interior of said finished plastic beverage bottle and removing contaminants, including remnants of said electrostatic- and/or friction-reducing material;
• rinsing the exterior of said finished plastic beverage bottle and removing contaminants, including remnants of said electrostatic- and/or friction-reducing material;
• transporting said finished plastic beverage bottle with a second air transport system from said rinsing arrangement to a filling arrangement;
• filling said finished plastic beverage bottle at said filling arrangement;
• conveying said filled finished plastic beverage bottle from said filling arrangement to a capping arrangement with a fifth conveying system;
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• capping said filled finished plastic beverage bottle with said capping arrangement.