DEVICE FOR THE VACUUM PACKAGING AND PRESERVING IN PLASTIC RECIPIENTS OF PRODUCTS, IN PARTICULAR LAUNDRY, STERILIZED IN AN AUTOCLAVE

摘要

Device for packaging and preserving sterilized products under vacuum in plastic packs, in particular linen, in an autoclave, comprising at least one support-rack, a plurality of parallel bars supported by said rack, a plurality of packs in the form of air-impervious plastic bags open at one end, means for supporting the packs in the support-rack with the open ends of said packs extending between adjacent bar of said plurality of parallel bars, and member for compressing and sealing the open ends of the packs fixed to the parallel bars. Said bars are rigidly secured to the support-rack so as to provide between the compressing and sealing members slots of predetermined width open at at least one of their ends, and the pack supporting means comprises at least one auxiliary parallelipipedical rack which can be introduced into and removed from the main support-rack in a direction parallel to the longitudinal directin of the slots.