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Sterilizing apparatus

US4963335A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 5, 1989
Grant dateOct 16, 1990
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Expiry dateMay 5, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65B55/10
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A sterilizing apparatus for sterilizing a hollow prism-shaped carton open at both ends includes a sterilizing station, a drying station, and a solution-removing station located between the sterilizing station and the drying station. The solution-removing station has a solution-removing device which rotates intermittently in synchronism with carton conveyers. The solution-removing device includes a plurality of thin and long mandrels extending in a radial direction and spaced apart from each other at regular intervals. Each mandrel supports a carton and has a nozzle which supplies the aseptic air from an aseptic air source into the carton.

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