Apparatus and method for the sterilization of containers

US9782503B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KRONES AG · DE

Inventors

• Josef Knott · Schierling, DE
• Hans Scheuren · Bad Kreuznach, DE
• Jochen Krueger · Hagelstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 26, 2015
• Grant date: Oct 10, 2017
• Expiry date: May 26, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G21K5/08
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A sterilization device has a rod-like body which is capable of being introduced through an aperture into an interior space of containers and which acts upon an inner wall of the containers with radiation. A lifting cam produces a movement in a longitudinal direction, of the containers between the containers and the sterilization device in such a way that the containers are capable of being guided over the rod-like body. A movement device is provided which is capable of producing a relative movement in the longitudinal direction of the containers between the rod-like body and the lifting cam and of altering a relative distance between the lifting cam and the rod-like body.