Patent ID: 7687011

Claim:
Device for the manufacture of bottles, comprising: a preform; a tempering device disposed within the preform to selectively and directly temper the preform, wherein the tempering device is adapted so that the preform can be tempered in zones that are one of along, perpendicular to, and at angle to the preform axis, and further wherein the tempering device comprises a first and a second tubular element that move in relationship to each other, whereby the gas outlet arrangement of the first tubular element is in a first, relative position of the tubular elements that can move in relationship to each other, whereby the first relative position causes an overlap with the gas outlet arrangement of the second tubular element to provide selective tempering, and the gas outlet arrangement of the first tubular elements is in a second relative position of the tubular elements that can move in relationship to each other, whereby the second relative position causes an overlap with the gas outlet arrangement of the second tubular element to provide even tempering.