EP0059097A3 - Hot air aseptic packaging system - Google Patents

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EP0059097A3
EP0059097A3 EP82300894A EP82300894A EP0059097A3 EP 0059097 A3 EP0059097 A3 EP 0059097A3 EP 82300894 A EP82300894 A EP 82300894A EP 82300894 A EP82300894 A EP 82300894A EP 0059097 A3 EP0059097 A3 EP 0059097A3
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containers
lids
sterile
conveyor
sterilized
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German (de)
French (fr)
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EP0059097A2 (en
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Daniel W. Pohorski
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James Dole Corp
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James Dole Corp
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B37/00—Supplying or feeding fluent-solid, plastic, or liquid material, or loose masses of small articles, to be packaged
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B55/00—Preserving, protecting or purifying packages or package contents in association with packaging
    • B65B55/02—Sterilising, e.g. of complete packages
    • B65B55/04—Sterilising wrappers or receptacles prior to, or during, packaging
    • B65B55/10—Sterilising wrappers or receptacles prior to, or during, packaging by liquids or gases

Abstract

Containers (19) (made of, for example, metal, glass, plastic or fiber) are sterilized in a steriiizer (21) of packaging apparatus having a helical or spiral conveyor belt (36) within an insulated casing, (31) through which air above atmos­ pheric pressure at up to about 500 °F (260 °C) is circulated by means of a heater (46) and blower (47), in a recirculation path. The containers then travel along a straight-line encased conveyor (22) where sterile air above atmospheric pressure prevents ingress of non-sterile ambient air. During part of the path through the straight-line conveyor, the containers are driven by a helix (71) which forces the con­ tainers into close proximity. Pre-sterilized, preferably cooled, product is delivered into the containers preferably through a curtain, slit-type filler (111). The speed of the containers is timed so that the desired product volume is delivered into the containers. Thereafter, filled containers are accepted by a container closing machine (24). Container lids (18) or covers are sterilized in a section of the apparatus where lids are moved along a conveyor and sterile air which has been heated is forced by a blower (161) into the lid sterilizer section. The lids then travel up a tunnel at greater than atmospheric pressure, where they are cooled and de­ livered to the closing machine. The closing machine applies the sterile lids to the containers at greater than atmospheric pressure.
EP82300894A 1981-02-23 1982-02-22 Hot air aseptic packaging system Withdrawn EP0059097A3 (en)

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US23676681A 1981-02-23 1981-02-23
US236766 1994-05-02

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EP0059097A2 EP0059097A2 (en) 1982-09-01
EP0059097A3 true EP0059097A3 (en) 1983-04-06

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JP (1) JPS57163617A (en)
CA (1) CA1182790A (en)
IL (1) IL65030A0 (en)
ZA (1) ZA821114B (en)

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JPH089383B2 (en) * 1987-08-27 1996-01-31 雪印乳業株式会社 Cap sterilizer
JPH01226570A (en) * 1988-02-26 1989-09-11 Toppan Printing Co Ltd Bag for fluid and its aseptic filling method
JP2525526Y2 (en) * 1989-02-17 1997-02-12 四国化工機 株式会社 Packaging machine
GB9707687D0 (en) * 1997-04-16 1997-06-04 Metal Box Plc Aseptic packaging process and apparatus
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CN113879632B (en) * 2021-05-15 2023-06-27 余姚市联海实业有限公司 Sterilizing machine

Citations (9)

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US2549216A (en) * 1947-08-09 1951-04-17 Dole Eng Co James Apparatus and method for preserving products in sealed containers
US2631768A (en) * 1949-12-27 1953-03-17 Dole Eng Co James Filling apparatus and method
GB689915A (en) * 1949-07-11 1953-04-08 Schwarz Engineering Company In Apparatus for filling products in containers
GB978808A (en) * 1962-05-09 1964-12-23 William Mckinley Martin A filler for an aseptic canning system
US3348659A (en) * 1967-04-19 1967-10-24 Ashworth Bros Inc Conveyor system
US3349542A (en) * 1965-04-19 1967-10-31 Dole Eng Co James Container seamer and enclosure therefor
GB1184883A (en) * 1967-05-10 1970-03-18 Mario Sordi A Back Pressure Valve Device for Feeding Circuit of a Machine for the Aseptic Packing of Liquids
US3744209A (en) * 1971-01-13 1973-07-10 Dean Foods Co Sterilized packaging system
US3828833A (en) * 1969-05-08 1974-08-13 Heinz Co H J Aseptic container filling apparatus

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US3747296A (en) * 1971-12-06 1973-07-24 Zausner Foods Corp Sterilizing device for filling machines

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2549216A (en) * 1947-08-09 1951-04-17 Dole Eng Co James Apparatus and method for preserving products in sealed containers
GB689915A (en) * 1949-07-11 1953-04-08 Schwarz Engineering Company In Apparatus for filling products in containers
US2631768A (en) * 1949-12-27 1953-03-17 Dole Eng Co James Filling apparatus and method
GB978808A (en) * 1962-05-09 1964-12-23 William Mckinley Martin A filler for an aseptic canning system
US3349542A (en) * 1965-04-19 1967-10-31 Dole Eng Co James Container seamer and enclosure therefor
US3348659A (en) * 1967-04-19 1967-10-24 Ashworth Bros Inc Conveyor system
GB1184883A (en) * 1967-05-10 1970-03-18 Mario Sordi A Back Pressure Valve Device for Feeding Circuit of a Machine for the Aseptic Packing of Liquids
US3828833A (en) * 1969-05-08 1974-08-13 Heinz Co H J Aseptic container filling apparatus
US3744209A (en) * 1971-01-13 1973-07-10 Dean Foods Co Sterilized packaging system

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EP0059097A2 (en) 1982-09-01
CA1182790A (en) 1985-02-19
ZA821114B (en) 1983-02-23
IL65030A0 (en) 1982-04-30
JPS57163617A (en) 1982-10-07

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