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US 12,162,740 B2Granted
Container sterilizing device, content filling system, container sterilizing method, and content filling method
AssigneeDai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
InventorsAtsushi Hayakawa, Yuiko Wada
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Abstract
A container sterilizing device includes a transport mechanism that transports a container and a supply unit that supplies a sterilizing agent to the container that is being transported by the transport mechanism. The supply unit includes a nozzle for spraying the sterilizing agent. The nozzle does not move in a vertical direction and, without being inserted into the container, moves in synchronization with the container that is being transported by the transport mechanism.
Claims6
A container sterilizing device comprising:
- a transport mechanism that transports a container;
- and
- a supply unit that supplies a sterilizing agent to the container that is being transported by the transport mechanism,
- wherein the supply unit includes a nozzle for spraying the sterilizing agent,
- the nozzle does not move in a vertical direction and, without being inserted into the container, moves in synchronization with the container that is being transported by the transport mechanism,
- wherein the supply unit further includes a fixed cover that includes an inlet through which the sterilizing agent flows into the fixed cover, and a rotary plate that holds the nozzle and that is rotatably provided in a gap formed by the fixed cover,
- a sealing member is interposed between the fixed cover and the rotary plate,
- wherein the sealing member contacts the fixed cover and the rotary plate preventing leakage of the sterilizing agent from the gap between the fixed cover and the rotary plate.
5 more elements
A container sterilizing method comprising:
- a transport step of transporting a container by using a transport mechanism;
- and
- a sterilizing-agent supplying step of supplying a sterilizing agent to the container that is being transported by the transport mechanism by using a supply unit including a nozzle for spraying the sterilizing agent,
- wherein, in the sterilizing-agent supplying step, the nozzle does not move in a vertical direction and, without being inserted into the container, supplies the sterilizing agent to the container while moving in synchronization with the container that is being transported by the transport mechanism,
- wherein the supply unit includes a fixed cover that includes an inlet through which the sterilizing agent flows into the fixed cover, and a rotary plate that holds the nozzle and that is rotatably provided in a gap formed by the fixed cover,
- a sealing member is interposed between the fixed cover and the rotary plate,
- wherein the sealing member contacts the fixed cover and the rotary plate preventing leakage of the sterilizing agent from the gap between the fixed cover and the rotary plate.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.