公开(公告)号：US10518918B2

公开(公告)日：2019-12-31

申请号：US15405699

申请日：2017-01-13

Applicant: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS S.A.S.

Inventor： Enrico Lucani ,  Rossana Borgese ,  Alessandro Mameli ,  Fabrice Euzen

IPC: B65B55/10 ,  B65B55/12 ,  A61L2/22 ,  A61L2/20 ,  B65B55/02 ,  B65B59/00 ,  B67B3/00 ,  A61L2/24 ,  B65B7/28

Abstract: A sterilization apparatus for sterilizing receptacle closures, comprising: a treatment chamber having an inlet station and an outlet station; a feeding device configured to feed a succession of receptacle closures to the inlet station; a conveyor configured to convey the receptacle closures through the treatment chamber from the inlet station to the outlet station; a sterilization agent injection device configured to inject a sterilization agent into the treatment chamber, wherein: the conveyor includes a plurality of adjacent guide rails; the feeding device is configured to feed the receptacle closures to at least one active guide rail of the plurality of guide rails; and the sterilization agent injection device includes a plurality of injection devices, each injection device being associated with one of the guide rails; and a controller configured to selectively actuate the injection devices according to a first and second operative mode.