METHOD OF CONTINUOUS STERILIZATIONS BY GAS AND APPARATUS

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and an apparatus for continuous sterilization by gas which do not require an aseptic room. SOLUTION: A method and an apparatus for sterilization are provided with: a storing container 1 having openings 10 and 12 capable of opening and shutting at the top and the bottom and equipped with a gas-discharging line 14 and a gas-supplying line 15; a throwing container 2 throwing containers 6 for sterilization from the top opening 10 of the storing container 1; a degassing apparatus 3 being degassed from the gas-discharging line 14 in the storing container 1; an ozone-supplying apparatus 4 supplying ozone gas from the gas-supplying line 15 of the storing container 1; and a discharging apparatus 5 discharging the containers 6 for sterilization connecting with the bottom opening 12 of the storing container 1.