Patent ID: 11897742
Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  A | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A cap sterilization device comprising:
a sterilant spraying chamber in which a sterilant is sprayed onto a cap;
an air-rinsing chamber in which the cap onto which the sterilant has been sprayed in the sterilant spraying chamber is subjected to air-rinsing, and
a conveying chute along which the cap that has been subjected to air-rinsing is conveyed downstream,
wherein a sterilant spraying wheel that conveys the cap while rotating the cap is disposed in the sterilant spraying chamber,
wherein an air-rinsing wheel that conveys the cap onto which the sterilant has been sprayed while rotating the cap is disposed in the air-rinsing chamber,
wherein the air-rinsing chamber is disposed vertically above the sterilant spraying chamber,
wherein the conveying chute is provide with a stopper that is capable of being opened and closed, and
wherein the stopper is positioned so that the conveying chute is capable of accommodating all of the caps in the sterilant spraying chamber and the air-rinsing chamber when the stopper is closed.