ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,744, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to GUANGZHOU TECH-LONG PACKAGING MACHINERY Co. LTD (Guangdong, China).

"Bottle preform heating apparatus" was invented by Daqun Zou (Guangzhou, China), Zhijun Deng (Guangzhou, China), Guanyuan Zeng (Guangzhou, China) and Jingfeng Liu (Guangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bottle preform heating apparatus includes a cavity, a top cover and multiple heating lamps. A first receiving cavity and a second receiving cavity are formed in the cavity. The first receiving cavity is cylindrical. The second receiving cavity is connected to a side surface of the first receiving cavity. Each heatin...