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Device and method for the sterilization of seals for containers

US9505598B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KHS GmbH · DE

Inventors

Thomas Niehr · Bad Kreuznach, DE
Jürgen Vorwerk · Saarburg, DE
Igor Singur · Bad Kreuznach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 24, 2013
Grant date	Nov 29, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 24, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61L2202/23
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A sterilizing machine for sterilizing bottle seals includes a rotor with vertically-oriented seal holders disposed on its periphery. Each seal holder accommodates a seal stack. As the rotor rotates, the seal holder carries the stack from a seal input, past first and second stations, to a seal output. The first station has a sterilizing-agent sprayer with successive outlets spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction by one seal diameter. The sprayer is directed toward a seal holder for applying sterilizing agent onto individual seals held therein. The second station is an activating and/or drying station downstream of the first station in the rotation direction.

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