Apparatus and method for sterilizing containers

摘要

An apparatus for sterilizing plastic preforms, comprises a transport device that transports the plastic preforms along a predefined transport path, each plastic preform extending in a longitudinal direction; and a plurality of actuation devices. Each actuation device inputs a flowable medium into interiors of the plastic preforms, respectively. The actuation devices travel with the plastic preforms in a transport direction along the transport device. The actuation devices at least one of inject the flowable medium into the plastic preforms at a predefined angle α relative to the longitudinal directions of the plastic preforms, or include longitudinal directions, respectively, that are offset relative to the longitudinal directions of the plastic preforms.

主权项

1. An apparatus for sterilizing plastic preforms, comprising:
a transport device that transports the plastic preforms along a predefined transport path, each plastic preform extending in a longitudinal direction; a plurality of actuation devices, each actuation device inputting a flowable medium into interiors of the plastic preforms, respectively, wherein the actuation devices travel with the plastic preforms in a transport direction along the transport device, and wherein the actuation devices inject the flowable medium into the plastic preforms at a predefined angle α and a longitudinal direction of the actuation devices is offset eccentrically from a longitudinal direction of the plastic preforms by a predetermined distance, wherein an actuation device of the actuation devices is above a mouth of a preform of the plastic preforms, which provides a sterilization agent to an interior of the preform, and wherein the apparatus further comprises a plurality of fixing devices that attaches the actuation device to a carrier; and the carrier having a nozzle section fully protruding through the carrier in a direction being inclined towards the longitudinal direction of the plastic preforms, wherein an aperture of the actuation device is mounted in the longitudinal direction above the carrier so that the sterilizing medium can pass from the actuation device through the nozzle section and into the interior of the preform.