Method for removing contaminating particles from containers

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9776222
APP PUB NO 20110100401A1
SERIAL NO

12991447

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A method and a device (50) for removing fragments and/or particles from containers, such as in particular glass tubes (5), provides means for adjusting the electrostatic force (40) in the tubes (5) and means for removing (60) of the fragments. The means for removing (60) can comprise a jet of fluid, of measured speed, put in the containers (5) by a nozzle (2), whereas the means for adjusting the electrostatic force (40) can comprise an element (1) for putting an electrically conducting fluid (8) with a measured resistivity in the containers (5). This way, the fluid (8), for example ionized air, acts in order to reduce and/or eliminate the electrostatic charge, and therefore the electrostatic force, between the fragments (30) and the surface of the containers, assisting the removal by means of jets of fluid or by suction means.

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GERRESHEIMER GLAS GMBH40468 DÜSSELDORF

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Fiorentini, Lorenzo Paolo Dante Pisa, IT 3 63

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