Container sterilization method and container sterilization system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10857719
APP PUB NO 20170348893A1
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15532497

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Provided is a novel container sterilization method in which no liquid agent is used. A container sterilization method is a method of performing sterilization by supplying a sterilization component to a container that is continuously conveyed along a predetermined conveyance path, the container sterilization method including supplying a humid ozone gas to a sterilization area, the humid ozone gas being an ozone gas that has humidity, the sterilization area being partitioned by a sterilization chamber that contains the conveyance path. It is preferable that the humid ozone gas to be supplied to the sterilization area have a higher temperature than the container to be conveyed to the sterilization area and the sterilization chamber have a higher temperature than the container to be conveyed to the sterilization area.

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  • MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.

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  • 2015 Application Filing Year
  • B29C Class
  • 5693 Applications Filed
  • 4194 Patents Issued To-Date
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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Aoki, Kohichi Hyogo, JP 12 29
Minamihonoki, Takashi Osaka, JP 6 61
Takeuchi, Yasue Tokyo, JP 3 10
Tamura, Kohichi Osaka, JP 7 146
Tanaka, Daisuke Tokyo, JP 276 1679
Ueda, Atsushi Hyogo, JP 179 2488

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