Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for plasma treatment of containers
-
Application No.: US13318962Application Date: 2010-05-06
-
Publication No.: US10410838B2Publication Date: 2019-09-10
- Inventor: Daniel R. Hanson , Moses M. David , David J. White , Jean A. Kelly , Todd D. Alband
- Applicant: Daniel R. Hanson , Moses M. David , David J. White , Jean A. Kelly , Todd D. Alband
- Applicant Address: US MN St. Paul
- Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
- Current Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
- Current Assignee Address: US MN St. Paul
- International Application: PCT/US2010/033884 WO 20100506
- International Announcement: WO2010/129783 WO 20101111
- Main IPC: H01J37/32
- IPC: H01J37/32 ; A61M15/00 ; B05D1/00 ; B05D3/14 ; B05D5/08 ; B05D7/22 ; C23C16/04 ; C23C16/455

Abstract:
An apparatus (9) for plasma treating multiple containers. The apparatus includes a manifold (2) comprising at least a first chamber with multiple outlet openings and multiple hollow, electrically-conductive nozzles (10) for at least one of delivering or exhausting plasma-generating gas. The multiple hollow, electrically-conductive nozzles are connected to the multiple outlet openings and protrude from the manifold. A method of plasma treating multiple containers is also disclosed. The method includes providing a reactor system comprising an apparatus disclosed herein, inserting the multiple hollow, electrically-conductive nozzles into the multiple containers (30), evacuating the multiple containers, grounding the multiple hollow, electrically-conductive nozzles while applying radio frequency power to the multiple containers, providing a gas inside the containers, and generating a plasma. At least one of evacuating or providing the gas is carried out through the hollow, electrically-conductive nozzles.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120045590A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PLASMA TREATMENT OF CONTAINERS Public/Granted day:2012-02-23
Information query