WO1998051609A1 - Dispositif pour la sterilisation de recipients a boisson par un plasma - Google Patents

Dispositif pour la sterilisation de recipients a boisson par un plasma Download PDF

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WO1998051609A1
WO1998051609A1 PCT/EP1998/002675 EP9802675W WO9851609A1 WO 1998051609 A1 WO1998051609 A1 WO 1998051609A1 EP 9802675 W EP9802675 W EP 9802675W WO 9851609 A1 WO9851609 A1 WO 9851609A1
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Walter PRÄSSLER
Matthias Bestmann
Siegfried Paasche
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Crown Simplimatic Incorporated
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Priority to CA002289464A priority patent/CA2289464A1/fr
Priority to AU77624/98A priority patent/AU7762498A/en
Priority to EP98925548A priority patent/EP0981493A1/fr
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/22—Details
    • B67C3/26—Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks
    • B67C3/2642—Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks specially adapted for sterilising prior to filling
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61L—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
    • A61L2/00—Methods or apparatus for disinfecting or sterilising materials or objects other than foodstuffs or contact lenses; Accessories therefor
    • A61L2/02—Methods or apparatus for disinfecting or sterilising materials or objects other than foodstuffs or contact lenses; Accessories therefor using physical phenomena
    • A61L2/14—Plasma, i.e. ionised gases
    • 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
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C7/00—Concurrent cleaning, filling, and closing of bottles; Processes or devices for at least two of these operations
    • B67C7/0073—Sterilising, aseptic filling and closing

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  • the invention relates to a device of the type mentioned in the preamble of claim 1.
  • Drinks are filled in beverage containers such as tin cans, glass bottles or more recently in plastic bottles.
  • the containers are fed to a generic type of cleaning, so they either come from a Wascli machine, for example if reusable bottles are used acts or come when it comes to new bottles.
  • the containers fed to the generic device are clean, but not sterile.
  • the containers and also the closures to be closed on the containers must be sterilized before filling or closing. This reduces the number of bacteria in the filled, closed container and extends the shelf life of the drink.
  • Some beverages that are becoming increasingly popular today, such as Iced tea or non-carbonated fruit juices can only be filled in sterile containers with a reasonable shelf life.
  • the device of the generic type can be a pure filling machine or a pure sealing machine. It is usually a filling and closing machine in which the containers are first filled and then closed. Disinfection devices must be provided that sterilize the processed objects, i.e. containers and / or closures.
  • Disinfection devices are mainly known from the prior art, superheated steam processing stations, but also chemically working sterilization devices that e.g. Use H2O2.
  • Disadvantages of these known disinfection devices are residues, such as water drops after hot steam sterilization or H2O 2 residues, which can impair the beverage to be filled.
  • the sterilization results in the known devices are uncertain. Uneven gas flow or, for example, uneven steam temperatures can result in unsafe sterilization results. Since the sterilization process Treating objects therefore / B a mesh, but not with his Paiametein wake up directly vei remains a risk of risk, which compels to keep constant control of the stenosis I ai are disadvantageous (domestic or chemical loads on the retention material
  • the task of the existing discovery is then to create a generic device which, with high performance, enables the highest level of filling of drinks with a high degree of security
  • a disinfection station with at least one disinfection station is seen, at which the objects, that is to say retainers or connections between electrodes, are exposed to a plasma generated by a high-frequency plasma.
  • This disinfection station provides the treatment station or the several treatment stations are available to the continuous stream of objects synchronously.
  • the disinfection station can therefore run synchronously with a filling or sealing machine and is therefore suitable for the high performance that is required in today's cellar industry.
  • the disinfection station can be integrated directly in front of the filling or sealing station in this way, so that the risk of re-infection is low on the very short path between the disinfection station and the subsequent treatment station.
  • a single disinfection station can be provided, which the objects traverse in a clockwise movement or in continuous movement or, for example, multiple disinfection stations can also be arranged in a disinfection station in order to achieve higher performance, for example rotating around a carousel, as in the case of filling elements of a rotating filling machine .
  • the disinfection station can also be equipped with multiple parallel disinfection stations for multi-lane operation, for example also in cyclical operation according to the type of operation of a row filler.
  • the disinfection stations are very simply designed with two electrodes, which can be structurally integrated in conventional container treatment machines such as conveyors, filling machines or sealing machines.
  • the objects to be disinfected are containers which are open to a mouth and which should be lined with germs floating there as well as flat with germs sitting there.
  • the usual vial closures, such as for example caps, are also to be used Bottles are pot-shaped with a mouth that is open to the outside and must be disinfected in your interior and with the external surfaces.For this, the meicmal features of claim 2 are advantageous.
  • the high-voltage electrode can be the mouth in the inside or outside, preferably outside of the object
  • the characteristics of claim 3 are advantageous here.
  • the iso-layer provides a more uniform distribution of the plasma produced and exercises the entire inner surface of the object and avoids excessive local plasma concentrations that lead to surface damage
  • the flat electrode is advantageous in accordance with claim 4.
  • the ground electrode is advantageously adapted to the shape of the object to improve the uniform exposure to plasma.
  • a disinfection station can be fully equipped with both electrodes. With higher throughputs, however, it then becomes difficult to bring the object correctly and in a form-fitting fit between the electrodes in the time available for changing the object and to remove them again.
  • the features of claim 7 are therefore advantageously provided.
  • the ground electrodes are moved with the objects, so that there is sufficient time during the movement for the engagement and disengagement of the objects with the ground electrodes.
  • the high voltage electrode is stationary. This has the advantage that the high-frequency generator and the complex connection and geometry-sensitive connecting line between the high-voltage electrode and the high-frequency generator as well as any necessary shields against electrical interference can be arranged in a stationary manner.
  • the object change is difficult and requires e.g. pot-open ground electrodes a lifting process.
  • the features of claim 8 are therefore advantageously provided. With this design of the ground electrode which can be disengaged in part, the object change is considerably simplified. The objects can e.g. run straight while the parts of the ground electrode are e.g. lateral lifting movements are brought into and out of engagement.
  • claim 1 1 The features of claim 1 1 are advantageously provided. In this way, both an object can be sterilized in one place and an object located in the area on the second grounded electrode can be sterilized at the same time. According to claim 12, this can be the filling element standing above the container to be filled, so that its outlet, which is at risk of infection, is sterilized simultaneously with the container. This ensures optimal sterile filling.
  • the seal lowering onto the container and the head space above the liquid in the container can advantageously be sterilized immediately before closing a container, so that optimal sterility is also guaranteed before the container is closed.
  • the closure element carrying a closure can advantageously be designed as a ground electrode, so that disinfection of the closure in the closure! "Is possible immediately before the closure, e.g., screwing on.
  • the plasma can graze in undisturbed gases or gas mixtures.
  • Vacuum apparatuses are not egg-friendly because even with pressure in the area of the emergency atmospheric pressure with a suitably designed high-frequency generator, a plasma can be produced, the plasma generation in response to aspiration 16 This simplifies the process as gas-tight rooms, locks and the like are not required
  • a filling gas is added that can easily generate the plasma.
  • the addition can preferably take place according to claim 18, the suitably designed high-voltage electrode and specifically the mouth of the object, in the interior of which it is thinned
  • the stencilization process can be monitored well with a plasma pulse Also directly at the disinfection site, the plasma generation is carried out, for example, optical monitoring of the resulting light appearance or acoustic monitoring of the resulting light bang.
  • the monitoring device can make a statement from the determined parameters with a high degree of standing the treated object is treated with a plasma pulse with the approved Paiametei values, so the stabilization is carried out with certainty.
  • the fclil-treated object can be followed on its longest path and taken from a suitable location ject current sorted out. This results in maximum infection security.
  • Fig. 3 in the axis section a disinfection place filled for the head space
  • Fig. 4 a disinfection station with two transport stones in section
  • Fig. 5 the disinfection station of Figure 4 in section along line 5 - 5 in
  • Fig. 6 in section along lines 6 - 6 in Fig. 8, a disinfection place for an empty bottle and the associated filling element.
  • Fig. 7 in section along line 7 - 7 in Fig. 8 a disinfection place fin ⁇ the headspace of a filled bottle and for the associated cap and Fig. 8: in section along the lines 8 - 8 in Figiucn 6 and 7 in plan view a filling and capping machine with three disinfection stations.
  • Figure 1 shows a disinfection station for disinfecting the inner surfaces of a plastic bottle 1, e.g. from the material PET commonly used today for these purposes.
  • the bottle 1 stands on its bottom and has its open mouth 2 pointing upwards.
  • the bottle 1 is placed in a pot-shaped, open top electrode 3, e.g. is formed from electrically conductive metal sheet.
  • the ground electrode 3 is lined with an insulating layer 4 made of a suitable insulating material.
  • An earth line 5 is indicated, by means of which the earth electrode 3 is earthed. The grounding can of course also take place via structural elements to which the ground electrode 3 is attached.
  • a high-voltage electrode 6 is held above the mouth 2 of the bottle 1 by means not shown, which is connected via a line 7 to the high-voltage pole of a high-frequency generator 9 grounded via a line 8.
  • a high-frequency generator can be used, which during a pulse time of e.g. 20 ms a high frequency of e.g. 2 MHz at a voltage of a few kV between the electrodes 3.6.
  • a plasma is generated between the electrodes, essentially in the axis of the bottle 1, which fills the interior, diffuses to the inner walls of the bottle 1 and this with chemically highly reactive ions and radicals acts upon Dadui ch grazing in the interior and floating on the inside of the flat Ii I, in particular biological substances etc., zeistoit Also active substances that twist in the beverage graze are eliminated in this way, so that under certain circumstances the sniffing and Veimteden graze on exposed bottles
  • the disinfection place shown here can be enclosed in a certain atmosphere, for example with an undisplayed comb, entrance and exit locks etc.
  • the plasma is generated in an open atmosphere, that is to say in an area B Aigon to put in the bottle
  • the high-voltage electrode 6 is designed as a nozzle with a channel 11, which is connected to a hose 12 and a control valve 13 to a gas valve, not shown
  • bottle 1 After the plasma impulse, as deliberately chosen, bottle 1 can be removed immediately and a new bottle is put in.
  • the impulses can be fed at intervals of about 10 Hz, so that the bottles can be disinfected at a very high processing speed
  • cup-shaped containers as shown in FIG. 5, can also be disinfected, for example also tin cans open at the top, glass bottles or other containers used for the beverage removal
  • FIG. 2 shows a disinfection station for internal disinfection of a closure cap 21 with an internal thread, as used, for example, as a closure cap for bottles becomes. It is a pot-shaped object with a lower mouth 22, the inner surfaces of which are to be disinfected, that is to say a geometrically similar object as is provided by the bottle 1 according to FIG. 1 dat.
  • a ground electrode 23 enclosing the closure cap 2 1 in pot-like fashion, which in this case is designed as a holder for the cap 21, with which, driven by a shaft 24, the cap 21 can be sprayed onto a bottle immediately after sterilization has ended , wherein the shaft 24 is to be rotated in the direction of the arrow.
  • a high-voltage electrode 26 is arranged in front of the mouth 22 of the cap 21 and is connected via a line 27 to a high-frequency generator 29 which is grounded via a line 28.
  • the ground electrode 23 is to be grounded in a suitable manner, for example via a grounded contact spring 25, which also keeps the ground electrode 23 grounded in sliding contact during rotation.
  • an auxiliary gas can be introduced into the interior of the cap 21 through the high-voltage electrode 26 or in some other way before the plasma is generated.
  • the high-frequency generator 29 can have data similar to the aforementioned high-voltage generator 9.
  • I igut 3 shows a disinfection place for a bottle in the treatment sequence of the mesh after the hole and before the closure is anoided.
  • the shown bottle 1 winds up to e.g. on the disinfection place according to FIG. 1 then it goes up to level 3 1 filled and is now to be closed, the head dew above level 3 1 can, however, be contaminated again on the way from the zero station to the locking station and must now be grazed afterwards.
  • the disinfection station shown in Fig. 3 is used for this purpose
  • a ground electrode 33 with an inner iso-layer 34 surrounds the upper part of the bottle 1 with the neck area, that is to say the Hohenbeieich dr mesh, in which the non-liquid-filled head lauid is anoidized
  • the mouth 2 of the bottle 1 has a high-voltage electrode 36 which is connected by a line 37 to a high-frequency generator 39 which is sealed by a line 38
  • the mass electrode 3, 23, 33 of the outer film of the object to be disinfected has to be adapted in a positive manner in order to target a favorable plasma formation in the imieniaum of the object
  • Alternating dr with a plasma pulse disinfected mesh 1 against the next bottle to be disinfected is in the execution fo dr ridem 1 and 3 with pot-oily or t ingfo ⁇ nig closed mass electrodes 3 or 33 callous
  • a disinfection station can be designed as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5.
  • a pot-shaped container 41 is shown here, but bottle 1, which is shown in FIGS. I and 3, can also be treated with this treatment station.
  • Containers 41 come in a continuously moving stream to the treatment station shown, which has two transpoite stars 43 and 44 rotating synchronously in opposite directions about perpendicular axes 42.
  • the two stars have pockets on their circumference and, in the top view of FIG. 4, correspond to the usual transport stites used in bottle treatment machines.
  • All of the pockets of the two stones are formed with cylindrical half-shells 47, with, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, at the disinfection station 45 where the two stones 43 and 44 are in engagement with one another, ie the transfer of the container 41 takes place from one star to the other stone, two half-shells 47 from both stones form a cylinder which completely surrounds the container 41 and which is closed at the bottom with a sliding plate 48 to form a cup-shaped ground electrode 47, 47, 48.
  • This ground electrode is grounded via a ground line 49 on the sliding plate 48.
  • the transport stars 43 and 44 are grounded by sliding contacts 50 with the sliding plate 48 prestigeiet t. so that the half-shells 47 are also grounded.
  • a line 57 leads to the high-frequency generator
  • the half-shells 47 are provided with an iso-gorge 54 which. if identical, also on the sliding plate 48 voiced
  • Figures 6 to 8 show a device for filling and closing vet and for disinfecting bottles 61 twice, which are shown in FIG. 6 with neck collar 62 and mouth 63, otherwise they may correspond to the foam shown in FIG. 1 trade standard PET meshes A station for geotagging is activated
  • the bottles 61 arrive on an infeed conveyor 80 to an inlet star 81, which unites the bottles on the full places 82 about an axis 83 with their full machine which clears them.
  • the bottles run, standing on the filling places 82, with the Fulleitisch 84 and graze with a transfer star 85 is transferred to the rotating table 86 of a capping machine, from which they are transferred to a discharging conveyor belt 88 after one revolution with an outlet star 87.
  • the Fulleitisch 84 and the encryption table 86 and the sch Här 'fran sport tapes 80. 88 and the stones 8 1, 85 and 87 are synchronously coupled continuously.
  • FIG. 6 shows an axial section of a filling station 82 on the filler table 84 with the filling member 89 arranged above each filling station in the usual configuration with a liquid outlet 90, container edge seal 91 and return gas roller 92.
  • a semi-cylindrical half-shell 93 which is open radially outward is fastened on each filling station 82 on the Fulleitisch 84.
  • 94 denotes a disinfection station which is arranged in a stationary manner, that is to say not rotating with the Fulleitisch 84.
  • a counter-rotating stone 95 with pockets designed as half-shells 96 is arranged next to the filler table 84.
  • FIG. 6 shows the disinfection station 94 formed in this way, at which, as also shown in FIG. 8, a half-shell 96 of the star 95 and a half-shell 93 of the filler table 84 are closed around the bottle 61 and together with the Fulleitisch 84 the bottle 61 is pot-oily Form comprehensive ground electrode, similar to the ground electrode 3 shown in Figure 1.
  • a high-voltage electrode 97 with an insulator 98 is arranged in a fixed manner, which, via a schematically indicated line 99, is connected to a high-frequency generator 101 grounded with a line 100.
  • the stationary high-voltage electrode 97 has tips 102 and 103 which project upwards and downwards.
  • Both the mass electrode 93 96 84 formed at the disinfection station and the Milloigan 89 are suitable! As shown in Fig. 6, when a pulse is given to the high-voltage electrode 97, a plasma is generated in both the bottle 61 and against the fullotgan 89 at the same time.
  • the bottles 61 are in vending closure places on the vending machine table 86, each of these locking places is equipped with a half-shell 106, which is connected, for example, to a disc 107 with the vending machine table 86.
  • Wide half-shells 108 are fastened to the pockets of a stone 109 , the opposite syncluon lotieiend next to the Veischheßer Liste 86 is anoid
  • the half-shells 106 on the Veischheßertisch 86 and the half-shells 108 on the stone 109 are kept at a corresponding height and are designed in a corresponding form, so that when they are closed around the bottle 61 in pairs, they form a mass electrode in ion and anoid as they do is shown in Fig. 3, if necessary also with dr dott shown inside innings.
  • Both half-shells, as indicated in Fig. 7, are to be sworn, for example with the Veischheßertisch 86 and with the Stein 109
  • locking elements 23 with shafts 24 for holding locking caps 21 are anoidized above the locking locations on the locking table 86. They correspond to the training in Figure 2.
  • a high-voltage electrode 97 which corresponds to the high-voltage electrode shown in FIG. 6 and is provided with the same reference numerals, including the entire high-voltage part, is fixed at the location of the disinfection station 105, that is to say not rotating.
  • the closure cap 21 and downward the bottle 61 in the headspace above the level 104 are simultaneously sterilized. Immediately connect can pasture on the closure - the closing process causes.
  • a feed path 110 is also indicated in FIG. 8, by means of which the closure caps 21 are fed to the closer, on which they are inserted into the closing elements 23 in a manner not shown.
  • the high-voltage electrodes 97 of the two disinfection stations 94 and 105 can be supplied by a high-voltage generator 101 via lines 99, specifically via a distributor 1 1 1, which either gives impulses to both high-voltage electrodes simultaneously or, with a suitable switching device, one after the other with appropriate synchronization.
  • FIG. 8 also shows a system upstream of the conveyor belt 80 for testing plastic bottles.
  • the bottles 61 arrive on a conveyor 120 and first reach a disinfection station 121 which, for example, as shown in the FIGS. 4 and 5, can be formed from the disinfection station 121, the disinfected stitches reach an oil transporter 122 to a sniffing machine 123, the imieniaum dei the bottles are checked for grueling and ejects stubborn stitches onto a t i spooler 124 Unused stitches run on the ianspoi tband 80
  • the disinfection station 121 operates, for example, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, with plasma generation and is connected to the distribution 1 1 1 via a line 99.
  • plasma generation in the bottles 61 there is not only void disinfection, but also a substantial reduction in the number of users - Load the committee on Tianspoiteui 124 and daduich staik veinngeil
  • the Voiuchspiungungsstrom switched on can also be omitted if the bottles are not odor-laden or if, for example, if there is only a small odor exposure, the plasma exposure to the disinfection station 94 evens out to the desolate Desodonng
  • the respective high-voltage electrode lmmr then receives a pulse to generate the plasma from its associated high-frequency generator, if it is placed in front of the mouth of an object, that is, a bottle of a container or a bottle
  • the high-frequency geniator is suitable for this!
  • the ground electrodes are associated with the respective geneiatoi ubei ground lines, for example machine parts and identical, but the ground electrodes can also be rdfiei, i.e. isolated, with the corresponding pole of the high-frequency generator This is despite the fact that, as a rule, it is particularly good to wake up or cloak the Stoi from the crowd
  • the mass connections are oscillating.
  • Sliding contacts must be used, such as the two resilient sliding contacts 50 shown in Fig. 5.
  • Serving contact points on the shafts can also be used.
  • Another type of contact is advantageous, which is possible in view of the high frequency used for plasma generation.
  • a capacitive coupling can be used to graze, which works and helps prevent wear and tear.
  • the sliding plate 48 can be coated with a fixed ground line 49.
  • the ground contact between the sliding plate 48 and the stones 43 and 44 can be made contactlessly by means of capacitive coupling between the sliding plate 48 and the heath washers dr Steiruadei 43 and 44, which in Appropriate size and distance may be anoid
  • the stench of plastic containers spilled with glass containers can be treated in the same way.
  • Metallic objects, such as cans of beverages or metallic caps, can also be easily modified! Way with plasma stencilia
  • a monitoring device (not shown) can be provided, which, for example, taps the electrical parameters of the piasina pulse at the high-frequency generator or monitors the plasma generation, for example, by optical or acoustic remote observation at the slerilization site. After comparing each individual plasma generation with permissible parameter limit values, a decision can be made about the correct disinfection. If there is mishandling, the mishandled object is identified and can be tracked in the synchronously running object stream and ejected at a suitable point.
  • FIGS. 6 and 7 show disinfection stations in which a high-voltage electrode 97 with the tips 102 and 103 simultaneously generates a plasma upwards to the filling element 89 or to the closure cap 21 and downwards into the bottle 61.
  • These representations are selected only schematically to show the possibility of simultaneously sterilizing two objects at a disinfection station. In fact, the simultaneous application of plasma to two objects from one electrode encounters technical problems. It is better to provide two high-voltage electrodes each, instead of the one high-voltage electrode 97 shown in Figs. 6 and 7, which are individually supplied by high-frequency generators, e.g. successively.
  • the tips of these high-voltage electrodes like the tips 102 and 103, can be directed towards their respective plasma application site. They can be acted upon, for example, in quick succession or, if appropriate, simultaneously

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L'invention concerne un dispositif pour le remplissage, la fermeture et/ou l'essai olfactif de récipients à boisson, comportant des postes de traitement et des systèmes pour le transport des objets à traiter se présentant sous la forme de récipients ou de bouchages, ainsi que des systèmes pour la désinfection des objets, qui sont situés en amont d'au moins un poste de traitement. Ce dispositif est caractérisé en ce qu'au moins un poste de désinfection approvisionne, de manière synchrone par rapport au flux des objets, au moins un emplacement de désinfection conçu pour recevoir un objet entre deux électrodes raccordées à un générateur haute fréquence produisant entre elles une impulsion de plasma.
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JP54876398A JP2001524913A (ja) 1997-05-13 1998-05-07 プラズマによって飲料容器を殺菌する装置
BR9809638-9A BR9809638A (pt) 1997-05-13 1998-05-07 Dispositivo para a esterilização de recipientes de bebida por meio de um plasma
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AU77624/98A AU7762498A (en) 1997-05-13 1998-05-07 Device for sterilizing beverage containers using a plasma
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