Patent ID: 9327442
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: B29C

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for producing plastics material containers having a heating device which heats plastics material pre-forms, a conveying device which conveys the plastics material pre-forms along a pre-set conveying path, and a shaping device which is arranged downstream with respect to the heating device along the conveying path and which shapes the plastics material pre-forms to form plastics material containers, the apparatus comprising: a first sterilization device which applies a flowable medium to an inner wall of the plastics material pre-forms in order to sterilize said inner wall, wherein said first sterilization device is arranged with respect to the conveying path of the containers in such a way that the sterilization takes place after the heating procedure of the containers in the heating device ends and before the shaping procedure in the shaping device ends, the first sterilization device having a plurality of nozzle devices arranged one behind the other and configured to fill a plurality of pre-forms simultaneously, wherein the first sterilization device is provided on a conveying unit provided between the heating device and the shaping device, wherein the nozzle devices are positioned relative to an interior of the plastics material pre-forms for outputting the flowable medium from the interior to the inner wall of the plastics material pre-forms, and wherein the nozzle devices are configured to be carried at least locally in movement with the pre-forms along the conveying path; and a second sterilization device that sterilizes an outer wall of the preforms, and is stationary relative to the movement of the preforms as they are conveyed along the conveying path.