Process for the aseptic packing of products and machine employing said process

US4208852A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Pont-A-Mousson S.A. · FR

Inventor

• Michel Pioch · Castelginest, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 23, 1978
• Grant date: Jun 24, 1980
• Expiry date: Jan 23, 1998

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B67C2003/227
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An aseptic packing machine comprising an enclosure defining a space swept through by a stream of sterile air and means for producing said stream of air. A station for producing containers, a filling station, a closing station and a transfer device cooperating with said stations are disposed inside the enclosure. The moving mechanical parts of said stations and said transfer device which are capable of being contaminating are located outside the part of said space which is maintained non-contaminating by said stream of sterile air.