JP2015013693A - Aseptic filling method and device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve productivity of an aseptic package in an inline system.SOLUTION: An aseptic filling device includes preform transportation means for transporting a PET preform on a first transportation path, die transportation means which transports a container molding die on a second transportation path connected to the first transportation path, and container transportation means which transports the container molded with the die on a third transportation path connected to the second transportation path. A preform running on the first transportation path is heated by a heater disposed along the first transportation path. From a sterilizing nozzle disposed on a lower stream side than the heater along the first transportation path, hydrogen peroxide gas is blown to the preform running on the first transportation path, to sterilize the preform. The preform that has been heated and sterilized on the second transportation path is received by the die and is blow-molded to be a container. By a filler and a capper disposed along the third transportation path, a content is sequentially filled and sealed with respect to the container that has been blow-molded.

Description

  The present invention relates to an aseptic filling method and apparatus.

  Conventionally, a PET (polyethylene terephthalate) preform is sterilized while being conveyed, the preform is formed into a bottle by a blow molding machine, the bottle is filled with contents such as beverages, and capped to form a sterile package. There has been proposed an aseptic filling method as an in-line system (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  This conventional aseptic filling method is used when the preform is immersed in the sterilizing liquid, the preform is pulled up from the sterilizing liquid, and then heated air is sprayed on the preform to dry the sterilizing liquid adhering to the preform. The heating with the drying air is intended to prevent the uniform heating of the preform from being impaired and hinder the blow molding. That is, before the preform is heated for blow molding, a sterilizing gas is sprayed onto the preform so that drying of the sterilizing liquid by heated air is omitted, and the preform is suitable for blow molding after sterilization. It is intended to be heated.

JP 2001-212874 A

  However, if the preform is heated for blow molding after spraying a sterilizing gas on the preform as in the prior art, the preform may be contaminated by microorganisms at this heating stage.

  The present invention is intended to solve such problems. The container is appropriately sterilized at the preform stage, molded into a container while maintaining sterility, and the aseptic container is filled with the contents. It is an object to provide an in-line system that can be sealed.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention employs the following configuration.

That is, in the invention according to claim 1, the preform conveying means for conveying the PET preform (1) on the first conveying path and the molding die (4) for the container (2) are provided with the first A mold transport means for transporting on the second transport path connected to the transport path, and a third transport for connecting the container (2) formed by the mold (4) to the second transport path. A container conveying means for conveying on the road, the preform (1) traveling on the first conveying path is heated by a heater (19a) arranged along the first conveying path, and the first The hydrogen peroxide gas (G) is sprayed onto the preform (1) traveling on the first conveyance path from the sterilization nozzle (6) disposed on the downstream side of the heater (19a) along the conveyance path. The preform (1) is sterilized and heated and sterilized on the second conveying path. The preform (1) is received by the mold (4), blow-molded into the container (2), and blow-molded by the filler (39) and the capper (40) arranged along the third conveying path. The container (2) is sequentially filled and sealed with the contents (a), the portion from the first transport path to the third transport path is surrounded by a chamber, and the interior of the chamber is the first transport The container is formed by partitioning into a gray zone corresponding to the location from the road to the second transport path and a sterilization zone corresponding to the third transport path, and air that has been purified by HEPA is constantly blown into the gray zone. A sterile filling device is adopted in which a container molded with a metal mold is transported to a sterile zone without being contaminated by microorganisms.
In the invention according to claim 2, the PET preform is heated while being continuously run, and the heated preform is sterilized by spraying hydrogen peroxide gas from a sterilizing nozzle, and the heated and sterilized process is performed. A reformer is blow molded in a continuously running mold to make a container, the container is taken out from the continuously running mold, the contents are filled and sealed while the container is continuously running, and the above preform and The container travel path is enclosed by a chamber, and the chamber is divided into a gray zone corresponding to the place from heating of the preform to blow molding of the container and a sterilization zone corresponding to filling and sealing of the contents. By constantly blowing purified air, the container molded with the above-mentioned container molding die is free from secondary contamination by microorganisms. Adopting the aseptic filling methods to convey to the zone.

  According to the present invention, the preform conveying means for conveying the PET preform (1) on the first conveying path and the molding die (4) for the container (2) are connected to the first conveying path. The mold conveying means for conveying on the second conveying path and the container (2) formed by the mold (4) are conveyed on the third conveying path connected to the second conveying path. A preform that travels on the first transport path by a heater (19a) disposed downstream of the preliminary sterilization nozzle (6a) along the first transport path. 1) is heated and passed from the sterilization nozzle (6) disposed downstream of the heater (19a) along the first conveyance path to the preform (1) traveling on the first conveyance path. The preform (1) is sterilized by spraying hydrogen oxide gas (G), and the second carrying The heated and sterilized preform (1) on the road is received by the mold (4) and blow-molded into the container (2), and the filler (39) and the capper (39) arranged along the third conveying path ( 40) In order to sequentially fill and seal the content (a) to the blow molded container (2), the portion from the first transport path to the third transport path is surrounded by a chamber, The chamber is partitioned into a gray zone corresponding to the location from the first transport path to the second transport path and an aseptic zone corresponding to the third transport path, and air purified by HEPA is constantly blown into the gray zone. As a result, the container molded by the container molding die is an aseptic filling device that is transported to the aseptic zone without secondary contamination by microorganisms. It is possible to further enhance the germicidal effect that. In addition, since the preform is sterilized after being heated, contamination of the preform by microorganisms or the like in the heating process can be ignored, and therefore the contents can be filled into a container maintained in a sterile state. Even if the preform (1) and the container (2) are made of PET, excessive adsorption of hydrogen peroxide to the container (2) can be prevented.

It is a partial notch front view which shows an example of the aseptic package manufactured by the aseptic filling apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is explanatory drawing showing each process of the first half by the aseptic filling apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is explanatory drawing showing each process of the latter half by the aseptic filling apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a vertical sectional view showing an example of a vaporizer for generating hydrogen peroxide gas. It is a top view which shows the outline of the aseptic filling apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is explanatory drawing showing each process of the first half by the aseptic filling apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is explanatory drawing showing each process of the second half by the aseptic filling apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a top view which shows the outline of the aseptic filling apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention.

  The form for implementing this invention is demonstrated below.

<Embodiment 1>
According to the in-line system in the first embodiment, the aseptic package shown in FIG. 1 is manufactured as a final product.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the aseptic package includes a bottle 2 as a container and a cap 3 as a lid.

  The bottle 2 is made of PET in this embodiment. However, the bottle 2 is not limited to PET, but can be made using other resins such as polypropylene and polyethylene. A male screw 2 b is formed at the mouth 2 a of the bottle 2.

  The cap 3 is formed by injection molding or the like using a resin such as polypropylene, and the female screw 3a is formed simultaneously with the molding of the cap 3.

  The bottle 2 is filled with a sterilized content a such as a beverage in a state where the inside has been previously sterilized. After the contents a are filled, the cap 3 is put on the mouth part 2a of the bottle, and the mouth part 2a of the bottle 2 is sealed by screwing the male and female screws 3a and 2b, thereby completing the aseptic package.

  The bottle 2 is formed as a sterilized container by the following procedure, and is filled into a sterilized package by filling and sealing the contents.

  First, as shown in FIG. 2A, a preform 1 is prepared. This preform is continuously conveyed at a desired speed.

  The preform 1 is formed as a bottomed tubular body having a substantially test tube shape by PET injection molding or the like. The preform 1 is provided with a mouth 2a similar to that in the bottle 2 shown in FIG. A male screw 2 b is formed at the mouth 2 a simultaneously with the molding of the preform 1.

  As shown in FIG. 2B, a heater 19b is arranged in a tunnel shape along the traveling path of the preform 1, and the preform 1 is heated while traveling by the heater 19b. The preform 1 is uniformly heated to about 120 ° C. by this heating.

  The preform 1 is sterilized as shown in FIG. 2C while continuously running after heating. This sterilization treatment is performed by spraying a gas G of hydrogen peroxide, which is a sterilizing agent, from the sterilizing nozzle 6. The sterilizing nozzle 6 is disposed so as to face the mouth 2a and the bottom of the preform 1 respectively.

  The hydrogen peroxide gas G can be generated by, for example, the vaporizer 7 shown in FIG.

  The vaporizer 7 includes a hydrogen peroxide supply unit 8 that is a two-fluid spray that supplies an aqueous solution of hydrogen peroxide that is a sterilizing agent in the form of drops, and a hydrogen peroxide supply unit 8 that supplies hydrogen peroxide. A vaporizing section 9 that vaporizes the spray by heating it to a non-decomposition temperature equal to or higher than its boiling point. The hydrogen peroxide supply unit 8 introduces an aqueous solution of hydrogen peroxide and compressed air from the hydrogen peroxide supply channel 8a and the compressed air supply channel 8b, respectively, and sprays the aqueous solution of hydrogen peroxide into the vaporization unit 9. ing. The vaporizing section 9 is a pipe having a heater 9a sandwiched between inner and outer walls, and the hydrogen peroxide spray blown into the pipe is heated and vaporized. The vaporized hydrogen peroxide gas G is ejected as condensation mist M from the discharge nozzle 9 b to the outside of the vaporizing section 9.

  A conduit 42 through which hot air H flows is connected to the tip of the discharge nozzle 9b. The condensed mist M discharged from the discharge nozzle 9b is mixed with the hot air H and gasified, and the gas G riding on the hot air H is passed through a flexible hose or the like. Flow to the sterilizing nozzle 6.

  The sterilizing nozzle 6 may be installed at a fixed position on the traveling path of the preform 1 or may be moved synchronously with the preform 1.

  The hydrogen peroxide gas G blown from the sterilizing nozzle 6 contacts the surface of the preform 1. Since the preform 1 has already been uniformly heated to a predetermined temperature, the surface of the preform 1 is promptly sterilized without unevenness.

  The preform 1 that has been heated and sterilized is subjected to blow molding as shown in FIG. 2 (D) and formed into a bottle 2 as a container.

  The mold 4 for blow molding is clamped while continuously running at the same speed as the running speed of the preform 1, blow-molded on the preform 1, and opened after molding.

  The mold 4 has a cavity C in the shape of a finished product of the bottle 2 as a container, the mold upper part 4a corresponding to the mouth part 2a of the bottle 2, the mold center part 4b corresponding to the body part of the bottle 2, and the bottle 2 and a mold bottom portion 4c corresponding to the bottom portion.

  Different temperatures are set in the respective parts 4a, 4b, 4c of the mold 4 as required. For example, the mold upper part 4a corresponding to the mouth part 2a of the bottle 2 can be set at a lower temperature than the mold center part 4b and the mold bottom part 4c. Since the mouth 2a of the bottle 2 has already been formed in the preform 1, if the heat is excessively supplied to the mouth 2a, the mouth 2a may be deformed. Therefore, the deformation of the mouth part 2a can be prevented by keeping the temperature of the mold upper part 4a in contact with the mouth part 2a low.

  The preform 1 is mounted in the mold 4 as shown in FIG. 2 (D) after being heated almost uniformly so that its entire temperature rises to a temperature range suitable for molding. Further, the blow nozzle 5 passes through the upper part 4 a of the mold 4 and the mouth part 2 a of the preform 1 and is inserted into the preform 1.

  While the mold 4 is traveling, for example, hot air that is primary blow air or hot air that is secondary blow air is sequentially blown into the preform 1 from the blow nozzle 5 in the cavity C of the mold 4. The preform 1 expands to the final molded product bottle 2.

  When the bottle 2 is molded in the mold 4 as described above, the mold 4 is opened while traveling, and the finished product of the bottle 2 is taken out of the mold 4 as shown in FIG. .

  The bottle 2 continues to run after being taken out from the mold 4 and, as shown in FIG. 3 (F), the contents a such as beverage are filled into the bottle 2 from the filling nozzle 10, and FIG. As shown, it is sealed with a cap 3 which is a lid.

  Thus, the bottles 2 made into a sterile package are collected and transported to the market.

  An aseptic filling apparatus for performing the aseptic filling step is configured as shown in FIG. 5, for example.

  As shown in FIG. 5, this aseptic filling apparatus includes a preform feeder 11 that sequentially supplies a bottomed cylindrical preform 1 having a mouth 2a (see FIG. 2A) at predetermined intervals, and a blower. A molding machine 12 and a filling machine 13 for filling the bottle 2 with a content a such as a beverage in the molded bottle 2 and sealing the bottle 2 are provided.

  Between the preform feeder 11 and the filling machine 13, a preform conveying means for conveying the preform 1 (see FIG. 2A) on the first conveying path and a finished product-shaped cavity of the bottle 2. A mold conveying means for conveying a mold 4 having C (see FIG. 2D) on a second conveyance path connected to the first conveyance path, and a bottle 2 molded by the mold 4 A bottle transporting means for transporting on a third transport path connected to the second transport path is provided.

  The first conveying path of the preform conveying means, the second conveying path of the mold conveying means, and the third conveying path of the bottle conveying means communicate with each other, and the preform 1 is placed on these conveying paths. And a gripper (not shown) that conveys the bottle 2 while holding it.

  The preform conveying means includes a preform conveyor 14 that sequentially supplies the preform 1 at a predetermined interval on the first conveying path. Further, a row of wheels 15, 16, 17, and 18 for receiving and conveying the preform 1 from the end of the preform conveyor 14, and a conveyor 19 for receiving and running the preform 1 from the wheel 18 are provided.

  The conveyor 19 has an endless transport chain extending in the horizontal direction, and a heating unit 19a is provided along the endless transport chain.

  The preform 1 is received by the conveyor 19 via the preform conveyor 14 and the rows of wheels 15, 16, 17, and 18, and reciprocally moves in the heating unit 19 a by the conveyor 19. A heater 19b (see FIG. 2B) is stretched around the inner wall surface of the heating unit 19a, and the preform 1 conveyed by the conveyor 19 is heated by the heater 19b.

  The blow molding machine 12 receives a preform 1 heated by the heating section 19a of the preform supply machine 11 and sets a plurality of molds 4 and blow nozzles 5 (see FIG. 2D) for thermoforming the bottle 2 into the bottle 2. Prepare.

  In the blow molding machine 12, the second conveying path of the mold conveying means passes. This second transport path is constituted by a row of wheels 20, 21, 22, 17, and 23. The wheel 17 is shared between the rows of the wheels 20, 21, 22, 17, 23 and the rows of the wheels 15, 16, 17, 18 of the preform conveying means.

  A sterilizing nozzle 6 (see FIG. 2C) is disposed on the outer periphery of the wheel 20 placed at the boundary between the blow molding machine 12 and the preform supply machine 11. The sterilizing nozzle 6 is located downstream of the heating unit 19a and upstream of the mold 4 (see FIG. 2D). The sterilizing nozzle 6 may be installed at a fixed position on the outer periphery of the wheel 20 or may be rotated around the wheel 20 synchronously with the preform 1.

  A plurality of molds 4 and blow nozzles 5 are arranged around the wheel 21, and turn around the wheel 21 at a constant speed as the wheel 21 rotates.

  As shown in FIG. 2D, the mold 4 includes a mold upper part 4a, a mold center part 4b, and a mold bottom part 4c. When a gripper (not shown) of the wheel 20 receives the preform 1 heated by the heating unit 19 a of the preform feeder 11 and passes it to the mold 4 around the wheel 21, the upper middle and lower parts 4 a, 4 b, 4c unites and holds the preform 1 as shown in FIG. The preform 1 in the mold 4 is formed into a finished product of the bottle 2 by blowing hot air for blow molding from the blow nozzle 5 while turning around the wheel 21 together with the mold 4 and the blow nozzle 5.

  When the preform 1 comes into close contact with the cavity C of the mold 4 and the bottle 2 is formed, the mold 4 is opened when it comes into contact with the wheel 22, and the bottle 2 is transferred to a gripper (not shown) of the wheel 22. . The bottle 2 is conveyed to the filling machine 13 through the wheels 22, 17 and 23.

  The filling machine 13 has a third conveyance path of the bottle conveyance means inside. This third transport path has a row of wheels 27, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38. Along this row of wheels 27, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, a filler 39 for filling the aseptic bottle 2 with the contents a, and a bottle 3 filled with the contents a with the cap 3 ( A capper 40 for attaching and sealing (see FIG. 1) is provided in order.

  In addition, since the filler 39 and the capper 40 may be the same as a well-known apparatus, description is abbreviate | omitted.

  The aseptic filling apparatus is surrounded by a chamber 41, and the inside of the chamber 41 is divided into an aseptic zone and a gray zone. The preform feeder 11 and the blow molding machine 12 are arranged in the gray zone, and the filling machine 13 is arranged in the aseptic zone.

  Air that has been purified with HEPA is constantly blown into the gray zone, whereby the sterilized bottle 2 is conveyed to the aseptic zone without being contaminated by microorganisms.

  Next, the operation of the aseptic filling apparatus will be described with reference to FIG. 2, FIG. 3 and FIG.

  First, the preform 1 is conveyed to the heating unit 19a by the row of the preform conveyor 14 and the wheels 15, 16, 17, and 18.

  In the heating unit 19a, the preform 1 is uniformly heated to a temperature range suitable for molding while being conveyed by the conveyor 19.

  The preform 1 heated by the heating unit 19a is sterilized by being sprayed with hydrogen peroxide gas G from the sterilizing nozzle 6 as shown in FIG. It is handed over to the mold 4 around. The preform 1 is held by the mold 4 as shown in FIG. 2D, and expands to the finished product of the bottle 2 in the cavity C by blowing hot air for blow molding from the blow nozzle 5.

  The molded bottle 2 is taken out of the mold 4 by the gripper of the wheel 22 after the mold 4 is opened, and the downstream wheels 17, 23, 27, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 of the wheel 22 are removed. It travels in the filling machine 13 while being transferred to the line.

  In the filling machine 13, the bottle 2 is filled with sterilized contents a such as a beverage by the filling nozzle 10 of the filler 39 as shown in FIG. The bottle 2 filled with the contents a is sealed with the cap 3 applied by the capper 40 (see FIGS. 1 and 3G) and discharged from the outlet of the chamber 41. As described above, since the filler 39 and the capper 40 are known devices, the description of the filling method of the contents into the bottle 2 and the sealing method of the bottle 2 is omitted.

<Embodiment 2>
Also by the in-line system in the second embodiment, an aseptic package similar to the aseptic package shown in FIG. 1 is manufactured as a final product.

  In the second embodiment, the bottle 2 is formed as a sterile container by the following procedure, and is filled with the contents a and sealed to form a sterile package.

  First, as shown in FIG. 6A, a preform 1 similar to that in the first embodiment is prepared. The preform 1 is continuously conveyed at a desired speed.

  As shown in FIG. 6B, the preform 1 is sterilized by spraying hydrogen peroxide gas Ga, which is a sterilizing agent, from the pre-sterilizing nozzle 6a while continuously running. The pre-sterilization nozzle 6a is disposed so as to face the mouth 2a and the bottom of the preform 1 respectively.

  The hydrogen peroxide gas Ga for preliminary sterilization can be generated by the vaporizer 6 (see FIG. 4) used in the first embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 6C, the preform 1 subjected to the preliminary sterilization treatment is heated while traveling by a heater 19b disposed in a tunnel shape along the traveling path. The preform 1 is uniformly heated to about 120 ° C. by this heating.

  The preform 1 is sterilized as shown in FIG. 6D while continuously running after heating. This sterilization treatment is performed by spraying a gas G of hydrogen peroxide, which is a sterilizing agent, from the sterilizing nozzle 6. The sterilizing nozzle 6 is disposed so as to face the mouth 2a and the bottom of the preform 1 respectively.

  Since the preform 1 is further sterilized by the hydrogen peroxide gas G that is a sterilizing agent in addition to the preliminary sterilization before the heating, the preform 1 is contaminated with microorganisms in the heating step. Can be sterilized again.

  The hydrogen peroxide gas G can be supplied from the same source as the hydrogen peroxide gas Ga for preliminary sterilization, but the flow rate of the hydrogen peroxide gas G can be adjusted according to need. For example, the flow rate of the gas Ga of hydrogen peroxide is doubled.

  The sterilizing nozzle 6 may be installed at a fixed position on the traveling path of the preform 1 or may be moved synchronously with the preform 1 and provided in the same manner as in the first embodiment.

  The hydrogen peroxide gas G blown from the sterilizing nozzle 6 contacts the surface of the preform 1. Since the preform 1 has already been heated to a uniform temperature, the surface of the preform 1 is promptly sterilized without unevenness.

  As shown in FIG. 7E, the preform 1 that has been heated and sterilized is subjected to blow molding and formed into a bottle 2 as a container.

  The mold 4 for blow molding is clamped while continuously running at the same speed as that of the preform 1, blow-molds the preform 1, and opens the mold.

  The mold 4 is configured in the same manner as in the first embodiment, and the temperature of each part 4a, 4b, 4c is similarly set.

  The preform 1 is mounted in the mold 4 as shown in FIG. 7 (E) after being heated almost uniformly so that its entire temperature rises to a temperature range suitable for molding. The blow nozzle 5 is inserted into the preform 1 through the upper part 4 a of the mold and the mouth 2 a of the preform 1.

  While the mold 4 is traveling, primary blow air and secondary blow air are blown into the preform 1 from the blow nozzle 5, so that the preform 1 is the final molded product in the cavity C of the mold 4. It expands to bottle 2.

  When the bottle 2 is molded in the mold 4 as described above, the mold 4 is opened while traveling, and the finished product of the bottle 2 is taken out of the mold 4 as shown in FIG. .

  The bottle 2 continuously runs after being taken out from the mold 4 and, as shown in FIG. 7 (G), the contents a such as beverage are filled from the mouth portion 2a, and as shown in FIG. 7 (H), It is sealed with a cap 3 which is a lid.

  Thus, the bottle 2 made into a sterile package is collected, packaged and transported to the market.

  An aseptic filling apparatus for performing the aseptic filling step is configured as shown in FIG. 8, for example.

  As shown in FIG. 8, this aseptic filling device has substantially the same configuration as that of the first embodiment, but is slightly upstream from the location where the preform conveyor 14 in the preform feeder 11 is connected to the wheel 15. This is different from the first embodiment in that a preliminary sterilization nozzle 6a is additionally provided on the side.

  The preliminary sterilization nozzle 6a has substantially the same configuration as the sterilization nozzle 6. The preliminary sterilization nozzle 6 a may be installed at a fixed position on the outer periphery of the wheel 18, or may be swung around the wheel 18 synchronously with the preform 1.

  Next, the operation of the aseptic filling apparatus will be described with reference to FIGS.

  First, the preform 1 is conveyed to the heating unit 19a by the row of the preform conveyor 14 and the wheels 15, 16, 17, and 18.

  Before the preform 1 enters the wheel 15 from the preform conveyor 14, hydrogen gas Ga is sprayed onto the preform 1 from the pre-sterilization nozzle 6a (see FIG. 6B).

  Preliminarily sterilized preform 1 is heated to a temperature range suitable for molding while being conveyed by conveyor 19 in heating section 19a (see FIG. 6C).

  The preform 1 heated by the heating unit 19a is sprayed with hydrogen peroxide gas G from the sterilizing nozzle 6 as shown in FIG. It is handed over to the mold 4 around.

  In this way, hydrogen peroxide gas Ga is sprayed from the preliminary sterilization nozzle 6a on the upstream side of the heater 19b to the preform 1 before heating and preliminarily sterilized. Since the hydrogen oxide gas G is sprayed, the sterilizing effect of the preform 1 is further improved.

  The preform 1 is held by the mold 4 as shown in FIG. 7E, and is expanded to the finished product of the bottle 2 in the cavity C by blowing hot air from the blow nozzle 5.

  The molded bottle 2 is taken out of the mold 4 by a gripper (not shown) of the wheel 22 after the mold 4 is opened, and the downstream wheels 17, 23, 27, 34, 35, 36, 37, It travels in the filling machine 13 while being transferred to 38 rows.

  In the filling machine 13, the bottle 2 is filled with the sterilized contents a such as a beverage by the filling nozzle 10 of the filler 39 (see FIG. 7G). The bottle 2 filled with the contents a is sealed with the cap 3 applied by the capper 40 (see FIGS. 1 and 7H) and discharged from the outlet of the chamber 41.

  As described above, since the filler 39 and the capper 40 are known devices, the description of the filling method of the contents into the bottle 2 and the sealing method of the bottle 2 is omitted.

  In addition, in this Embodiment 2, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected and shown to the same location as the case of Embodiment 1, and the overlapping description is abbreviate | omitted.

  The present invention can be implemented in various forms without being limited to the above-described embodiments. For example, the molding of the container is not limited to injection blow, and can be molded by various blow molding such as direct blow. Moreover, the conveyance means which conveys a preform and a container is not limited to the wheel conveyance apparatus shown in FIG. Various transport devices that can be transported at a predetermined transport speed in the order in which the containers are formed, for example, a belt transport device, a bucket transport device, and an air transport device can also be used.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Preform 2 ... Bottle 3 ... Cap 4 ... Mold 6 ... Disinfection nozzle 6a ... Preliminary sterilization nozzle 19a ... Heater 39 ... Filler 40 ... Capper a ... Contents G, Ga ... Gas of hydrogen peroxide

Claims (2)

  Preform transport means for transporting a PET preform on a first transport path, and mold transport means for transporting a container molding die on a second transport path connected to the first transport path And a container transport means for transporting the container molded by the mold on a third transport path connected to the second transport path, and disposed along the first transport path. The preform traveling on the first conveyance path is heated by the heater, and the preform traveling on the first conveyance path from the sterilizing nozzle disposed downstream of the heater along the first conveyance path. The hydrogen peroxide gas is sprayed to sterilize the preform, and the heated and sterilized preform is received by a mold on the second conveyance path, blown into a container, and along the third conveyance path. With placed filler and capper The blow-molded container is sequentially filled and sealed with the contents, the portion from the first transport path to the third transport path is surrounded by a chamber, and the interior of the chamber is the first transport path. Is divided into a gray zone corresponding to the location from the first to the second conveyance path and a sterilization zone corresponding to the third conveyance path, and the air purified by HEPA is constantly blown into the gray zone, thereby An aseptic filling apparatus characterized in that a container molded with a mold is transported to an aseptic zone without secondary contamination by microorganisms.   The PET preform is heated while continuously running, and the heated preform is sterilized by spraying hydrogen peroxide gas from a sterilization nozzle, and the heated and sterilized preform is also continuously run in a mold. A container is made by blow molding, the container is taken out from the continuously running mold, and the container is filled and sealed while the container is continuously running. The preform and the container running path are surrounded by a chamber. The inside is divided into a gray zone corresponding to the part from the heating of the preform to the blow molding of the container and a sterilization zone corresponding to filling and sealing of the contents, and by constantly blowing air purified with HEPA into the gray zone, A container molded with the above container molding die is transported to a sterilization zone without secondary contamination by microorganisms. Aseptic filling wherein the.

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