JP2018108836A - Container for fruit vegetables and sterilization equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

SOLUTION: A container 1 for fruit vegetables comprises a tray part 3 where storage portions 3a to store fruit vegetables (strawberries 2) are formed, and a lid part 4 which covers the tray part 3. The strawberries 2 stored in an inner space S are sterilized by irradiation of electron beam from the outside of the tray part 3 and the lid part 4. A supply gas opening 11 and an exhaust gas opening 12 to lead to the inner space S are provided, and gas including ozone generated at the inside of the inner space S by irradiation of the electron beam is exhausted from the exhaust gas opening 12 by gas introduced from the supply gas opening 11.EFFECT: A container for fruit vegetables of this invention can exhaust ozone of an inner space without releasing a lid part.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

  The present invention relates to a fruit vegetable container and a sterilizer, and more specifically, a fruit vegetable container used for sterilizing fruit vegetables contained in an internal space by irradiating an electron beam from the outside of the tray part and the lid part, and accommodated in the fruit vegetable container. The present invention relates to a sterilization apparatus suitable for sterilization of produced fruit vegetables.

Conventionally, a method for sterilizing fruit vegetables by irradiating the fruit vegetables with an electron beam is known, and as a method for sterilizing such fruit vegetables, an electron beam is externally irradiated to a fruit vegetable container containing the fruit vegetables. Thus, a method of sterilizing fruit vegetables in the internal space is known (Patent Document 1).
As a vegetable container described in this patent document 1, there is a container provided with a tray part in which an accommodating part for accommodating fruit vegetables is formed and a lid part that covers the tray part, and from the outside of the tray part and the lid part. When an electron beam is irradiated, the said electron beam permeate | transmits an internal space and fruit vegetables are sterilized.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2016-36257

However, as pointed out in Patent Document 1 above, when an electron beam is irradiated onto a fruit vegetable container containing fruit vegetables, ozone is generated in the internal space of the fruit vegetable container, and the ozone adheres to the fruit vegetables, causing an ozone odor. There is a risk of causing.
Therefore, in Patent Literature 1, after the fruit vegetable container is irradiated with an electron beam, the fruit vegetable container is opened in a sterile atmosphere to eliminate the ozone, but there is a problem that the operation becomes complicated.
In view of such a problem, the present invention provides a fruit vegetable container that can discharge ozone in the internal space without opening the lid, and is suitable for sterilization of fruit vegetables contained in the fruit vegetable container. A sterilizer is provided.

That is, the fruit vegetable container according to claim 1 is provided with a tray part in which an accommodation part for accommodating fruit vegetables is formed and a lid part that covers the tray part, and irradiates an electron beam from the outside of the tray part and the lid part. In the vegetable container used for sterilization of the vegetable stored in the internal space,
An air supply port and an exhaust port communicating with the internal space are provided, and gas in the internal space is discharged from the exhaust port by the gas introduced from the air supply port.

The sterilization apparatus according to claim 2 is a sterilization apparatus for sterilizing fruit vegetables contained in the fruit vegetable container according to claim 1,
A conveying means for conveying the fruit vegetable container, an electron beam irradiating means for irradiating the fruit vegetable container with an electron beam, a gas is supplied to the internal space from the air supply port of the fruit vegetable container, and the gas is discharged from the exhaust port. It is characterized by providing ventilation means.

  When an electron beam is irradiated to the fruit vegetable container containing the fruit vegetables according to the first aspect of the invention, ozone is generated in the internal space of the fruit vegetable container. The air in the space can be discharged from the exhaust port together with the ozone, and it is possible to prevent the ozone odor from adhering to the fruit vegetables without opening the fruit vegetable container.

  According to the sterilization apparatus of the second aspect of the present invention, even if ozone is generated inside the fruit vegetable container by the electron beam irradiated by the electron beam irradiation means, the ventilation means is connected to the internal space from the air supply port. Since the gas is supplied to and discharged from the exhaust port, the ozone can be discharged from the internal space, and the ozone odor can be prevented from adhering to the fruit vegetables.

It is a figure explaining the container for fruit vegetables, Comprising: (a) shows a top view, (b) shows a side view, respectively. The block diagram of a sterilizer. The side view of a holding means. The figure explaining delivery of the container for fruit vegetables. The side view of an inversion transfer means. The front view of a ventilation means. The side view of a ventilation means.

The illustrated embodiment will be described below. FIG. 1 shows a fruit vegetable container 1 according to the present invention, which is a container capable of accommodating a plurality of strawberries 2 as fruit vegetables, and a housing portion 3a for accommodating the strawberries 2 is formed. A tray unit 3, a lid unit 4 that covers the tray unit 3, and a film 5 that covers the strawberry 2 provided in the internal space S formed by the tray unit 3 and the lid unit 4.
The strawberry 2 is composed of an edible floret part 2a, a so-called sticker part 2b positioned above the floret part 2a, and a large number of fruits 2c attached to the outer peripheral surface of the floret part 2a.
In this embodiment, the strawberry 2 is sterilized by irradiating the fruit vegetable container 1 containing the strawberry 2 with an electron beam.

The tray part 3 and the lid part 4 constituting the fruit vegetable container 1 are each made of a material that transmits an electron beam, and the tray part 3 and the lid part 4 can maintain a predetermined shape even when the strawberry 2 is accommodated. Has high rigidity.
For example, as a material for the tray portion 3 and the lid portion 4, in the present embodiment, a polystyrene foam having a property of transmitting an electron beam satisfactorily is used. However, since the polystyrene foam is opaque, the lid 4 may be made of transparent polyethylene terephthalate so that the strawberry 2 can be visually recognized from the outside.
The film 5 can be made of a transparent and thin material such as polyethylene and has a property of transmitting an electron beam. And when displaying the strawberry 2, the said opaque cover part 4 is removed, and the strawberry 2 is displayed in the state covered with the said film 5. FIG.
Therefore, when the lid 4 is made of transparent polyethylene terephthalate, the film 5 may be omitted.

The tray portion 3 is formed with a plurality of the accommodating portions 3a each having a concave shape formed in accordance with the shape of the strawberry 2, thereby maintaining the state where the adjacent strawberry 2 and the strawberry 2 are separated from each other. It is possible.
A flat portion 3b is formed between the adjacent accommodating portions 3a and the accommodating portions 3a, and a flange portion 3c is formed so as to surround the outer periphery of the flat portion 3b, so that the lid portion 4 is fitted. It has become.
The lid portion 4 has a bottomed dish shape, and a fitting portion 4a that fits with the flange portion 3c of the tray portion 3 is formed on the outer peripheral portion. 4 is prevented from falling off the tray section 3.
When the lid portion 4 is attached to the tray portion 3, an internal space S partitioned from the outside is formed between them. Here, the lid portion 4 has a bottomed dish shape. Since it has, the strawberry 2 of each accommodating part 3a in the tray part 3 is located in one continuous internal space S.
Note that the tray portion 3 and the lid portion 4 may be integrally formed, and the boundary portion may be bent to attach the lid portion 4 to the tray portion 3.

Here, when the internal space S closed by the tray portion 3 and the lid portion 4 is irradiated with the electron beam, oxygen contained in the air in the internal space S is activated and ozone is generated. May adhere to the strawberry 2.
In order to prevent such an ozone odor to the strawberry 2, the tray portion 3 of the fruit vegetable container 1 of the present embodiment is provided with an air supply port 11 and an exhaust port 12 communicating with the internal space S, and The ozone can be discharged from the space S.
The air supply port 11 and the exhaust port 12 are formed in the flat portion 3b constituting the tray portion 3, but there is no difference in shape between them, and the exhaust port 12 has a through hole other than the air supply port 11. Applicable.
The exhaust port 12 and the air supply port 11 are preferably provided apart from each other. In this embodiment, two through holes located on the right side of the tray portion 3 in the drawing show the air supply port 11 on the left side in the drawing. The four through holes positioned constitute the exhaust port 12, respectively.
The air supply port 11 and the exhaust port 12 communicate with each other through the internal space S. When air is introduced from the air supply port 11, the air in the internal space S is pushed out from the exhaust port 12 and the internal space. S is ventilated.

2 to 5 show a sterilizer 21 for sterilizing the strawberry 2 together with the fruit vegetable container 1, a supply conveyor 22 for supplying the fruit vegetable container 1, a discharge conveyor 23 for discharging the fruit vegetable container 1, and for fruit vegetables. A robot 24 for delivering the container 1, a reversal transfer means 25 for moving and reversing the fruit vegetable container 1, an electron beam irradiation means 26 for irradiating the fruit vegetable container 1 with an electron beam, and the inside of the fruit vegetable container 1 Ventilation means 27 for ventilating the space S is provided.
In the sterilization apparatus 21 having the above-described configuration in the present embodiment, the supply conveyor 22, the discharge conveyor 23, the robot 24, and the reverse transfer unit 25 constitute a conveyance unit that conveys the fruit vegetable container 1.
Specifically, the vegetable container 1 conveyed by the supply conveyor 22 is transferred to the reverse transfer means 25 by the robot 24, and the reverse transfer means 25 transfers the fruit vegetable container 1 with the lid 4 facing upward to the electron beam. The lower part of the irradiation means 26 is passed. At this time, the upper surface of the strawberry 2 accommodated in the fruit vegetable container 1 is sterilized.
Subsequently, the reverse transfer means 25 reverses the fruit vegetable container 1 and passes the lower part of the electron beam irradiation means 26 with the tray portion 3 facing upward. At this time, the lower surface of the strawberry 2 accommodated in the fruit vegetable container 1 is sterilized.
Then, when the reversal transfer means 25 reverses the vegetable container 1 again so that the lid portion 4 is located upward, the robot 24 delivers the fruit vegetable container 1 to the discharge conveyor 23. Thereafter, the inner space S of the fruit vegetable container 1 is ventilated by the ventilation means 27 on the discharge conveyor 23.

The vegetable conveyor container 1 in which the strawberry 2 before sterilization is stored is supplied to the supply conveyor 22, and the robot 24 adjacent to the downstream end of the supply conveyor 22 is provided in parallel at the receiving position of the fruit vegetable container 1. A belt conveyor 22a is provided.
In contrast to the supply conveyor 22, the discharge conveyor 23 discharges the fruit vegetable container 1 containing the sterilized strawberry 2 to a subsequent process (not shown), and is adjacent to the upstream end of the supply conveyor 22. A belt conveyor 23 a provided in parallel is provided at the delivery position of the vegetable container 1 by the robot 24.
A conventionally known 6-axis robot can be used as the robot 24, and a gripping means 28 for gripping the fruit vegetable container 1 is provided at the tip of the arm portion 24a.
As shown in FIG. 3, the gripping means 28 includes an upper gripper 28a that contacts the upper surface of the lid portion 4, a lower gripper 28b that supports the tray portion 3 from below, and the upper gripper 28a and the lower gripper 28b. An open / close cylinder 28c that is opened and closed is used.
The lower gripper 28b is two rod-like members that support the flat portion 3b of the tray portion 3 from below, and the upper gripper 28a is formed by two rod-like members that support the lid portion 4 from above. It is comprised, and when the electron beam to irradiate is irradiated to the fruit vegetable container 1, irradiation to the internal strawberry 2 is not prevented.
When the robot 24 receives the vegetable container 1 from the supply conveyor 22 and when delivering the vegetable container 1 to the discharge conveyor 23, the robot 24 moves the lower gripper 28b of the gripping means 28 to the belt conveyor. The lower gripper 28b and the upper gripper 28a are opened and closed by the opening / closing cylinder 28c after being positioned between 22a and 23a.

The reverse transfer means 25 includes a gripping means 31 for gripping the fruit vegetable container 1, an arm 32 provided with the gripping means 31 at the tip, a turning means 33 for turning the arm 32 in the horizontal direction, and the arm It comprises a reversing means 34 for reversing the gripping means 31 by rotating 32 around the axial direction.
The turning means 33 is between a delivery position where the gripping means 31 is delivered to and from the robot 24 and a reverse position set at a position turned about 180 ° relative to the delivery position. The electron beam irradiation means 26 is provided between the delivery position and the reversal position.
The reversing means 34 reverses the fruit vegetable container 1 when the fruit vegetable container 1 is positioned at the delivery position and the reversing position by the turning means 33.

Like the gripping means 28 of the robot 24, the gripping means 31 is composed of an upper gripper 31a, a lower gripper 31b, and an open / close cylinder 31c. When the gripping means 31 is positioned at the delivery position by the turning means 33, as shown in FIG. The fruit vegetable container 1 is delivered to and from the gripping means 28 of the robot 24.
The gripping position of the fruit vegetable container 1 by the upper gripper 31a and the lower gripper 31b of the gripping means 31 is different from the gripping position by the upper gripper 28a and the lower gripper 28b of the gripping means 28 of the robot 24, It is designed not to interfere with the delivery.
Specifically, when the fruit vegetable container 1 is delivered from the robot 24 to the swivel transfer means 25, the gripping means 31 is previously positioned at the delivery position, and the upper gripper 31a and the lower gripper 31b are opened. In this state, the gripping means 28 of the robot 24 that grips the fruit vegetable container 1 inserts the fruit vegetable container 1 between the upper gripper 31a and the lower gripper 31b.
Then, the upper gripper 31a and the lower gripper 31b are closed, the fruit vegetable container 1 is gripped, and then the upper gripper 28a and the lower gripper 28b of the gripping means 28 of the robot 24 are opened. The delivery of the fruit vegetable container 1 is performed.

The arm 32 is provided at the upper end of a cylindrical holding member 37 provided in the housing 36 so as to be rotatable in the horizontal direction and to be rotatable around the axial direction.
The swivel means 33 is a cylindrical first transmission member 33a that is rotatably provided inside the holding member 37, and a first swiveling means 33 that drives the first transmission member 33a to swivel the arm 32 in the horizontal direction. It is comprised from the drive means 33b.
The reversing means 34 drives the second transmission member 34a rotatably provided in the first transmission member 33a and the second transmission member 34a to rotate the arm 32 about the axial direction. The second drive means 34b.
When the gripping means 31 is located at the inversion position, the inversion means 34 inverts the fruit vegetable container 1 with the lid portion 4 positioned upward so that the lid portion 4 is at the bottom, and is positioned at the delivery position. Then, the vegetable vegetable container 1 with the lid 4 on the lower side is inverted so that the lid 4 is on the upper side.

The electron beam irradiation means 26 is provided on the moving path of the fruit vegetable container 1 moved by the reverse transfer means 25, and irradiates the moving fruit vegetable container 1 with an electron beam from above.
The electron beam irradiation means 26 is classified as a so-called low energy device whose acceleration voltage is set to 300 kV at the maximum. In this embodiment, the strawberry 2 is accommodated in an electron beam having an acceleration voltage of 150 kV. The strawberry 2 is sterilized by irradiating the fruit vegetable container 1 to prevent generation of mold and the like.
Due to the reversal transfer means 25, the fruit vegetable container 1 passes under the electron beam irradiation means 26 with the lid portion 4 facing upward and the tray portion 3 facing upward. An electron beam can be irradiated from the up-down direction of the strawberry 1 accommodated in the container 1, and thereby the entire strawberry 1 can be sterilized.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the ventilation means 27 opens and closes a box-shaped chamber 41 provided along the discharge conveyor 23 and an opening 41 a formed on the upstream side and the downstream side of the chamber 41. A shutter 42 that stops the fruit vegetable container 1, a lid pressing means 44 that presses the lid portion 4 from above, an air supply means 45 that supplies air into the fruit vegetable container 1, and a fruit vegetable And an exhaust means 46 for exhausting the gas exhausted from the container 1 to the outside of the chamber 41.
The chamber 41 is a box-shaped member that covers the upper surface and the lower surface of the discharge conveyor 23, and the opening 41 a through which the fruit vegetable container 1 can pass on the upstream side and the downstream side of the upper surface side of the discharge conveyor 23. Is provided.
Further, a guide member 47 is provided inside the chamber 41 along the upper surface of the discharge conveyor 23, and the fruit vegetable container 1 passes between the guide members 47, so that it is in a direction perpendicular to the transport direction. The fruit vegetable container 1 is positioned.

The shutter 42 is provided in the opening 41a on the upstream side and the downstream side of the chamber 41 and is provided so as to be lifted and lowered by a lifting cylinder 42a. In the closed state, the shutter 42 is partitioned from the external space. It has become.
The stopper 43 is provided so that it can be moved up and down by an elevating cylinder 43a. When the fruit vegetable container 1 enters the inside of the chamber 41, the stopper 43 rises and protrudes above the discharge conveyor 23 and engages the front of the fruit vegetable container 1. Thus, the fruit vegetable container 1 is prevented from moving forward.
The lid holding means 44 is provided at the upper part of the chamber 41 and is movable up and down by an elevating cylinder 44a. The lid 1 is lowered when the fruit vegetable container 1 enters the chamber 41, and the fruit vegetable container 1 is covered. It comes in contact with the portion 4 from above.
By suppressing the lid portion 4 by the lid pressing means 44, the lid portion 4 is prevented from falling off from the tray portion 3 even when air is supplied from the air supply port 11 formed in the tray portion 3. It has become.

The air supply means 45 is a blower (not shown) that supplies purified air that has passed through a HEPA filter or the like, an air supply nozzle 45a connected to the blower, and a moving means that moves the air supply nozzle 45a. It is comprised from the raising / lowering cylinder 45b.
The air supply nozzle 45a is provided below the chamber 41, and is provided so as to be movable back and forth in a cylindrical holder 48 provided below the discharge conveyor 23 in the chamber 41, and is moved up and down by the lift cylinder 45b. It has become.
Further, the air supply nozzle 45a is provided in accordance with the position of the air supply port 11 formed in the tray portion 3 in the fruit vegetable container 1 stopped by the stopper 43, and is moved to the raised position by the elevating cylinder 45b. When it is positioned, its tip protrudes above the discharge conveyor 23 and approaches the air supply port 11.
The exhaust means 46 includes an exhaust duct 46a provided in the upper portion of the chamber 41 and an exhaust pump (not shown) connected to the exhaust duct 46a, and exhausts the air inside the chamber 41 to the outside. It is like that.
The exhaust duct 46a is provided with a catalyst (not shown) so that the ozone discharged from the fruit vegetable container 1 to the inside of the chamber 41 is processed and then discharged to the outside.

The operation of the sterilizer 21 having the above configuration will be described. First, the strawberry 2 that has not been sterilized is accommodated in the tray portion 3 of the fruit vegetable container 1, and then the film 5 and the lid portion 4 are mounted.
The vegetable vegetable container 1 is transported by the supply conveyor 22 with the lid portion 4 facing upward, and then moves to a receiving position set in the belt conveyor 22a adjacent to the downstream side of the supply conveyor 22.
Then, the robot 24 moves the gripping means 28 to the receiving position by the arm 24 a, grips the fruit vegetable container 1 by the gripping means 28, and transfers it to the reverse transfer means 25.
At this time, the reverse transfer means 25 positions the gripping means 31 at the delivery position, whereby the fruit vegetable container 1 is delivered between the gripping means 28 of the robot 24 and the gripping means 31 of the reverse transfer means 25. Done.

Then, the turning means 33 of the reversing transfer means 25 moves the fruit vegetable container 1 from the delivery position to the reversing position, and at this time, the fruit vegetable container 1 with the lid 4 positioned above the electron beam irradiation means 26. pass.
The electron beam irradiated by the electron beam irradiation means 26 passes through the lid 4 and the film 5 of the fruit vegetable container 1 and is irradiated on the upper surface side of the strawberry 2, and the upper surface side of the strawberry 2 is sterilized.
At this time, by adjusting the acceleration voltage of the electron beam by the electron beam irradiation means 26 and the turning speed of the arm 32 by the reverse transfer means 25, the electron beam irradiated to the strawberry 2 accommodated in the fruit vegetable container 1 is adjusted. The dose can be adjusted.
When the vegetable container 1 is moved to the reversal position, the fruit vegetable container 1 is reversed by the reversing means 34 so that the lid 4 is positioned downward, and the turning means 33 further delivers the fruit vegetable container 1 from the reversing position. Move to position.
As a result, the fruit vegetable container 1 with the tray part 3 positioned above passes through the electron beam irradiation means 26, and the electron beam passes through the tray part 3 of the fruit vegetable container 1 and is irradiated to the lower surface side of the strawberry 2. The
As a result, the entire circumference of the strawberry 2 in the fruit vegetable container 1 is irradiated with an electron beam, and the entire strawberry 2 is sterilized. On the other hand, in the internal space S of the fruit vegetable container 1 Ozone that is activated by irradiation of electron beam with oxygen in the air is generated.

The fruit vegetable container 1 positioned at the delivery position by the turning means 33 is in a state in which the lid portion 4 faces downward at the reversal position. Therefore, the reversing means 34 removes the fruit vegetable container 1 from the above. The lid 4 is inverted again so that it faces upward.
Thereafter, the robot 24 receives the fruit vegetable container 1 from the reverse transfer means 25 and places it on the delivery position of the belt conveyor 23 a provided on the upstream side of the discharge conveyor 23.
The fruit vegetable container 1 is conveyed by the discharge conveyor 23, enters the inside of the chamber 41 constituting the ventilation means 27, and protrudes above the guide member 47 and the discharge conveyor 23 provided along the discharge conveyor 23. Is positioned by the stopper 43.

Then, the opening 42a on the upstream side and the downstream side of the chamber 41 is closed by the shutter 42, and the exhaust means 46 is operated to discharge the air inside the chamber 41 to the outside.
Subsequently, the lid pressing means 44 is operated to press the lid 4 from above, and the air supply means 45 protrudes above the discharge conveyor 23 and is formed on the tray 3 of the fruit vegetable container 1. The air supply port 11 is approached.
Thereafter, purified air is injected from the air supply means 45, and the air flows into the internal space S of the fruit vegetable container 1 from the air supply port 11. Then, the air containing ozone that has stayed in the internal space S until then is discharged from the exhaust port 12 so as to be pushed out by the inflowing air, whereby the internal space S is ventilated.
At this time, since the lid pressing means 44 presses the lid portion 4 from above, the lid portion 4 does not fall off from the tray portion 3 due to the inflowing air, and the air supply port 11 and the exhaust port 12 are separated from each other. Therefore, the air introduced from the air supply port 11 can be circulated throughout the internal space S of the fruit vegetable container 1.
The air containing ozone discharged from the fruit vegetable container 1 is discharged to the outside of the chamber 41 by the exhaust means 46, and at that time, the ozone is processed by the catalyst provided in the exhaust duct 46a. Yes.
When the ventilation of the internal space S of the fruit vegetable container 1 is thus completed, the stopper 43, the lid pressing means 44, and the air supply nozzle 45a are detached from the fruit vegetable container 1, and the shutter 42 is further lifted to raise the chamber 41. Is opened, and the fruit vegetable container 1 is transported to a downstream downstream process (not shown) by the discharge conveyor 23.

According to the said Example, the air supply port 11 and the exhaust port 12 are provided in the fruit vegetable container 1, and air is made to flow in from the said air supply port 11, The internal space S of the fruit vegetable container 1 is irradiated by electron beam irradiation. The ozone generated in step 1 can be discharged from the exhaust port 12.
That is, in order to remove the ozone from the fruit vegetable container 1, it is not necessary to remove the lid portion 4 from the tray portion 3 in a cleaned environment, and it is possible to easily prevent the ozone odor from adhering to the strawberry 2. Can do.
In addition, arrangement | positioning and the number of the accommodating parts 2a which accommodate the strawberry 2 in the said container 1 for fruit vegetables are arbitrary, and the position and number of the said air supply port 11 and the exhaust port 12 are also arbitrary. Further, in contrast to the above embodiment, the air inlet 11 and the air outlet 12 may be provided in the lid portion 4. Further, for example, the air inlet 11 may be provided in the tray portion 3 and the air outlet 12 may be provided in the lid portion 4. Good.

  Moreover, in the sterilizer 21 according to the above embodiment, the electron beam irradiation means 26 is adapted to irradiate the electron beam from above, and the reverse transfer means 25 constituting the transport means reverses the fruit vegetable container 1, Although the electron beam is irradiated above and below the strawberry 2, the reversing unit may be omitted from the reversing transfer unit if the electron beam irradiating unit irradiates the electron beam from above and below.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Container for fruit vegetables 2 Strawberry 3 Tray part 4 Lid part 11 Air supply port 12 Exhaust port 21 Sterilizer 24 Robot 25 Reverse transfer means 26 Electron beam irradiation means 27 Ventilation means 45 Air supply nozzle 46 Exhaust means

Claims (4)

Sterilization of fruit vegetables accommodated in the internal space by irradiating an electron beam from the outside of the tray part and the lid part, provided with a tray part in which the accommodating part for accommodating the fruit vegetables is formed and a lid part covering the tray part In the vegetable container used for
A fruit vegetable container, wherein an air supply port and an exhaust port communicating with the internal space are provided, and gas in the internal space is discharged from the exhaust port by gas introduced from the air supply port. A sterilizer for sterilizing fruit vegetables contained in the fruit vegetable container according to claim 1,
A conveying means for conveying the vegetable container, an electron beam irradiating means for irradiating the fruit vegetable container with an electron beam, a gas is supplied from the air supply port of the fruit vegetable container to the internal space, and is discharged from the exhaust port. A sterilizing apparatus comprising a ventilation means.   The ventilation means includes a chamber for accommodating a vegetable container therein, an air supply means for supplying gas from the air supply port of the fruit vegetable container to the internal space inside the chamber, and a gas discharged from the exhaust port The sterilizing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the sterilizing apparatus comprises exhaust means for discharging the gas to the outside of the chamber. The air supply means includes an air supply nozzle for injecting gas, and a moving means for moving the air supply nozzle,
When the fruit vegetable container enters the chamber, the moving means brings the tip of the air supply nozzle closer to the air supply port of the fruit vegetable container, and the gas supplied from the air supply nozzle passes through the air supply port. The sterilizer according to claim 3, wherein the sterilizer is supplied to an internal space.

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