Steam sterilizer

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9801963
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14371555

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Provided is a steam sterilizer capable of performing water vapor sterilization without using a vacuum pump as a mechanism for bringing the inside of a pressure vessel into vacuum. The steam sterilizer includes a pressure vessel (32) which stores an object to be sterilized and in which sterilization is performed with water vapor supplied from a steam piping, and vacuum-generating means (34) which is connected to the pressure vessel (32) and brings the inside of the pressure vessel (32) into a vacuum state. The vacuum-generating means (34) includes a water ejector (48), a tank (50) for storing supply water supplied from an outside, and a pump (52) for supplying the supply water inside the tank (50) to the water ejector (48).

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SAKURA SEIKI CO LTDCHIKUMA-SHI NAGANO 387-0015

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Karasawa, Hiroshi Chikuma, JP 7 42
Kinebuchi, Chihiro Chikuma, JP 1 0
Machida, Haruo Chikuma, JP 38 694
Minemura, Eiichi Chikuma, JP 2 0
Miyamoto, Akihiro Chikuma, JP 22 105
Tanaka, Kouji Chikuma, JP 75 1349
Tanaka, Satoshi Chikuma, JP 959 10603

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