Continuous-cycle sterile bottling plant
AssigneeRossi & Catelli S.p.A.
InventorsCamillo Catelli, Leo Bonetti
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Abstract
A bottling plant is described wherein a bottle feed line and a plurality of specific function groups are each provided with selectively operable devices acting on the bottles moving along the feed line. Each special function group includes one or more motors for actuating the selectively operable devices and a walled sterile chamber through which the bottles pass. The sterile chambers are kept slightly pressurized and contain at least a portion of the selectively operable devices of the specific function group. The wall structure of each sterile chamber separates the sterile chamber from the motors and from at least some of the selectively operable devices.
Claims11
A continuous-cycle sterile bottling plant, comprising:
- a plurality of specific function groups, each of which is provided with selectively operable devices for performing its specific function on bottles and a motor for activating said operable devices;
- a feed line of bottles passing through each of said plurality of specific function groups;
- each of said plurality of specific function groups including a wall structure defining a sterile chamber;
- means for maintaining each of said sterile chambers slightly pressurized;
- and each of said sterile chambers containing at least a portion of the selectively operable devices for one of said specific functions;
- each of said sterile chambers including an independent inlet of sterile fluid and a closable outlet to the environment, the closable outlet of the chamber most upstream with respect to said bottle feed line being normally open during operations, the closable outlets of the remaining chambers being normally closed during operations;
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- each of said wall structures separating its respective sterile zone from its respective motor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.