Patents Assigned to Procomac S.p.A.
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Patent number: 8435024Abstract: Device (1) for blowing and stretching a plastic parison (3) for obtaining a container, comprising: a blowing nozzle (4) having a first end (4a) to be applied to an inlet (3a) of said parison (3), said first end (4a) emerging in a controlled-contamination environment (5) wherein said parison (3) is blown; a stretching rod (2); means for injecting mid and high pressure air in said parison (3); a non-magnetic tube (7) secured to a second end (4b) of the blowing nozzle (4) and defining a chamber (8) for housing, at least partially, the stretching rod (2), said chamber (8) being tight-sealed relative to a contaminated area (22) from which said controlled-contamination environment (5) is isolated; a first magnet arrangement (9) and a second magnet arrangement (10) coupled together, said first magnet arrangement (9) being located outside said chamber (8) and said second magnet arrangement (10) being integral to said stretching rod (2) and located within said chamber (8).Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2009Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: GEA Procomac S.p.A.Inventor: Claudio Dordoni
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Patent number: 8431069Abstract: Mold (1) for molding a container (2) obtained from a parison (3) of plastic material/ comprising: two half-molds (4); means (5) for moving said half-molds (4) between a closed position in which said half-molds (4) define a cavity (6) for housing the parison (3) or the molded container (2), and an open position in which said half-molds (4) are moved away from each other to enable the extraction of the molded container (2) from the cavity (6) or the insertion of another parison (3) in said cavity (6); two jaws (7) movable between a configuration' of engagement and a configuration of disengagement with the parison (3) or the container (2) located in said cavity (6), said half-molds (4) defining an inner portion (9) of the mold (1) that is complementarily shaped relative to an outer profile (10) of the jaws (7) in such a way that said jaws (7) are enclosed, at least partially, by said half-molds (4).Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2009Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: GEA Procomac S.p.A.Inventors: Claudio Dordoni, Bernard Troadec
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Publication number: 20130069285Abstract: Method for moulding a receptacle (2) starting from a parison (3) of plastic material, comprising the steps of: positioning the parison (3) inside a mould (5); progressively introducing a stretching rod (8) into the parison (3) until it reaches a bottom thereof; injecting pressurised air into the parison (3), passing radiation through the stretching rod (8), in order to sterilise the inner walls of the parison (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2011Publication date: March 21, 2013Applicant: GEA PROCOMAC S.P.A.Inventors: Paolo Pagliarini, Matteo Di Prinzio, Roberto Delmonte
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Publication number: 20120292827Abstract: Method for aseptic moulding of containers (2) of plastic material, comprising the steps of: heating parisons (4) of plastic material; sterilizing the parisons (5) by means of soft X-rays inside an advancing tunnel (7) after heating them and before moulding them; blowing the heated and sterilized parisons (4) in such a way as to obtain the containers.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2011Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: GEA PROCOMAC S.P.A.Inventors: Paolo Pagliarini, Matteo Di Prinzio
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Publication number: 20120161370Abstract: Mould (1) for moulding a container (2) obtained from a parison (3) of plastic material/ comprising: two half-moulds (4); means (5) for moving said half-moulds (4) between a closed position in which said half-moulds (4) define a cavity (6) for housing the parison (3) or the moulded container (2), and an open position in which said half-moulds (4) are moved away from each other to enable the extraction of the moulded container (2) from the cavity (6) or the insertion of another parison (3) in said cavity (6); two jaws (7) movable between a configuration' of engagement and a configuration of disengagement with the parison (3) or the container (2) located in said cavity (6), said half-moulds (4) defining an inner portion (9) of the mould (1) that is complementarily shaped relative to an outer profile (10) of the jaws (7) in such a way that said jaws (7) are enclosed, at least partially, by said half-moulds (4).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2009Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: GEA PROCOMAC S.P.A.Inventors: Claudio Dordoni, Bernard Troadec
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Publication number: 20120164258Abstract: Device (1) for blowing and stretching a plastic parison (3) for obtaining a container, comprising: a blowing nozzle (4) having a first end (4a) to be applied to an inlet (3a) of said parison (3), said first end (4a) emerging in a controlled-contamination environment (5) wherein said parison (3) is blown; a stretching rod (2); means for injecting mid and high pressure air in said parison (3); a non-magnetic tube (7) secured to a second end (4b) of the blowing nozzle (4) and defining a chamber (8) for housing, at least partially, the stretching rod (2), said chamber (8) being tight-sealed relative to a contaminated area (22) from which said controlled-contamination environment (5) is isolated; a first magnet arrangement (9) and a second magnet arrangement (10) coupled together, said first magnet arrangement (9) being located outside said chamber (8) and said second magnet arrangement (10) being integral to said stretching rod (2) and located within said chamber (8).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2009Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: GEA PROCOMAC S.P.A.Inventor: Claudio Dordoni
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Patent number: 8197245Abstract: Molding apparatus (1) comprising: a molding station (3) equipped with a machine (4) for molding containers (2) obtained from parisons of plastic material and drive components (5) of said machine (4); an isolation device (6) for the molding machine (4), suitable for defining a controlled-contamination environment (7) for housing the machine (4), said drive components (5) being situated outside said environment (7); at least one service section (19) having one or more points of access (19a) with seal-tight protection to enable adjustment, maintenance or size change operations to be performed inside the controlled-contamination environment (7); molds (11) fixed to said machine (4); tubular bodies (13) disposed partly inside and partly outside said environment (7), said tubular bodies (13) defining tubular cavities suitable for the passage of the drive components (5), in particular of drive members (12) for opening and closing the molds (11).Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2010Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: GEA Procomac S.p.A.Inventor: Claudio Dordoni
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Publication number: 20110057115Abstract: Device (1) for feeding container closures, comprising guiding means (2) for conveying the closures (100) to a treatment station associable with said device. The device (1) comprises spacer means (5, 105) to deliver the closures to the treatment station at evenly spaced time intervals, said spacer means being operatively associated with said guiding means (2) and positioned upstream from said treatment station. Apparatus for sterilising container closures equipped with a sterilisation station and comprising such a device (1) for feeding container closures to said sterilisation station.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2008Publication date: March 10, 2011Applicant: GEA PROCOMAC S.P.A.Inventors: Pietro Ferraguti, Paolo Pagliarini
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Publication number: 20100272844Abstract: Molding apparatus (1) comprising: a molding station (3) equipped with a machine (4) for molding containers (2) obtained from parisons of plastic material and drive components (5) of said machine (4); an isolation device (6) for the molding machine (4), suitable for defining a controlled-contamination environment (7) for housing the machine (4), said drive components (5) being situated outside said environment (7); at least one service section (19) having one or more points of access (19a) with seal-tight protection to enable adjustment, maintenance or size change operations to be performed inside the controlled-contamination environment (7); moulds (11) fixed to said machine (4); tubular bodies (13) disposed partly inside and partly outside said environment (7), said tubular bodies (13) defining tubular cavities suitable for the passage of the drive components (5), in particular of drive members (12) for opening and closing the moulds (11).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2010Publication date: October 28, 2010Applicant: GEA PROCOMAC S.P.A.Inventor: Claudio DORDONI
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Patent number: 6684603Abstract: An automatic capping equipment comprises at least a rotary screwing head (10) able to screw a cap (19) onto the mouth of a container (9) fed below said screwing head (10). The screwing head (10) operates in a sterile area (23) of the equipment (1) and is supported by a related sliding support shaft (12) destined to be animated with an alternating motion, whereto are associated heating means. the heating means (25) are positioned in correspondence with an operating part (12a) of each support shaft (12) proximate to said sterile area (23) and are able to perform a heating action that is localised to said operating part (12a) of the shaft (12) to maintain it at such a temperature as to guarantee its sterile condition and in such a way that the remaining part of each shaft (12) is not substantially heated by the heating means (25).Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2002Date of Patent: February 3, 2004Assignee: Procomac S.p.A.Inventor: Giovanni Nervo
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Publication number: 20020178689Abstract: An automatic capping equipment comprises at least a rotary screwing head (10) able to screw a cap (19) onto the mouth of a container (9) fed below said screwing head (10). The screwing head (10) operates in a sterile area (23) of the equipment (1) and is supported by a related sliding support shaft (12) destined to be animated with an alternating motion, whereto are associated heating means. the heating means (25) are positioned in correspondence with an operating part (12a) of each support shaft (12) proximate to said sterile area (23) and are able to perform a heating action that is localised to said operating part (12a) of the shaft (12) to maintain it at such a temperature as to guarantee its sterile condition and in such a way that the remaining part of each shaft (12) is not substantially heated by the heating means (25).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2002Publication date: December 5, 2002Applicant: Procomac S.p.A.Inventor: Giovanni Nervo
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Patent number: 5819817Abstract: A dummy bottle having a duct through which a flushing fluid flows when the dummy bottle is sealingly coupled with a tap. The dummy bottle is actuated during the flushing cycle of a filling machine used in a bottling plant. Whether in a rest position or in an active position, the dummy bottle is positioned higher than a corresponding neck supporting element in the filling machine.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 1996Date of Patent: October 13, 1998Assignee: Procomac S.p.A.Inventor: Yvon Van Nest