Device for sterilizing containers by way of charge carriers
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorsEberhard Foell, Jochen Krueger
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Abstract
A device for sterilizing containers may include a treatment head having an outlet window for the passing of charge carriers therethrough, a charge carrier generation source for generating charge carriers, an acceleration device disposed above the outlet window, and a cooling device for cooling the outlet window. The acceleration device accelerates the charge carriers in the direction of the outlet window. The cooling device includes a feed opening for a gaseous medium. The feed opening is disposed beneath the outlet window and directs the gaseous medium at least partially from below to the outlet window.
Claims15
An apparatus for the sterilization of containers, comprising:
- a treatment head having an exit window through which charge carriers are permitted to pass;
- a charge-carrier generation source which generates charge carriers;
- an acceleration device arranged above the exit window, the acceleration device accelerating the charge carriers in the direction of the exit window;
- an inner housing, the acceleration device being received inside the inner housing;
- an outer housing surrounding the inner housing, a space formed between the outer housing and the inner housing, the space extending as far as the treatment head;
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- a ring which terminates the space, and from which at least one supply tube projects downward, wherein each supply tube directs a cooling medium upward toward a center of the ring for cooling the exit window, the cooling medium being carried to the supply tube through the space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.