Method and apparatus for the sterilization of containers

US9155807B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KRONES AG · DE

Inventors

• Rupert Meinzinger · Kirchroth, DE
• Johann Justl · Sinzing, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 16, 2012
• Grant date: Oct 13, 2015
• Expiry date: Feb 16, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B29C49/42405
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method of sterilizing containers, wherein the containers are conveyed along a pre-set conveying path by a conveying device, and wherein an irradiation device is introduced by a relative movement between the container and the irradiation device in a longitudinal direction of the container into the interior of the container to be sterilized and emits a charge carrier irradiation to sterilize the inner wall of the container by the charge carrier irradiation, wherein an aperture region situated on the outside of the container is also sterilized.