Sterilization method and sterilization mechanism
AssigneeSuntory Holdings Limited
InventorsRyo TAKEMASA, Kenichi HIGASHIYAMA
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Abstract
To perform sterilization using a sterilization member that has a treatment surface that is a surface on which a plurality of protrusions each having a leading end that is thinner than a diameter of a microorganism that is to be killed are provided, a sterilization member on which each protrusion has a height that is greater than or equal to half the diameter of the microorganism that is to be killed is used as the sterilization member, and a fluid that contains the microorganism that is to be killed is caused to strike the treatment surface to kill the microorganism that is to be killed.
Claims6
A sterilization method that employs a sterilization member that has a treatment surface that is a surface on which a plurality of protrusions are provided, each of the plurality of protrusions having a leading end that is thinner than a diameter of a microorganism that is to be killed,
- the sterilization member thus employed being a sterilization member on which each protrusion has a height that is greater than or equal to half the diameter of the microorganism that is to be killed,
- the sterilization method comprising:
- causing a fluid that contains the microorganism that is to be killed to strike the treatment surface of the sterilization member to kill the microorganism that is to be killed.
A sterilization mechanism that employs a sterilization member that has a treatment surface that is a surface on which a plurality of protrusions are provided, each of the plurality of protrusions having a leading end that is thinner than a diameter of a microorganism that is to be killed,
- the sterilization member being a sterilization member on which each protrusion has a height that is greater than or equal to half the diameter of the microorganism that is to be killed,
- the sterilization mechanism comprising:
- a flow channel through which a fluid that contains the microorganism that is to be killed flows,
- wherein the sterilization member is installed in a section of the flow channel, and
- the sterilization mechanism further comprises a flow producing portion that produces a flow of the fluid toward the treatment surface of the sterilization member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.