A UNIT AND A METHOD FOR STERILIZING CONTAINER CLOSURES

摘要

There is described a unit for sterilizing container closures (2) comprising: a process chamber (9) having an inlet (10) for receiving a succession of closures (2) to be sterilized and an outlet (11) from which sterilized closures (2) exit; conveying means (13) for advancing the closures (2) through the process chamber (9) along a predetermined path (P); and radiation emitting means (25) acting inside the process chamber (9), facing the closures (2) moving along the above path (P) and which can be activated for directing sterilizing radiations on said closures (2) to sterilize their surfaces; the conveying means (13) comprise actuator means (26) acting on each closure (2) to produce a rolling movement thereof while it advances along its path (P).