Patent ID: 9505513
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: A23L,A61L,B32B,B65B,D21H,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A device for sterilizing cuboid-shaped cardboard/plastic combipacks in an autoclave, wherein packs consisting of product and packing are subjected to heat treatment at a certain temperature over a certain period of time, wherein the product consists of a liquid and chunky portions, and wherein mechanisms are provided inside the autoclave to drive the packs rotationally about a rotational spindle, wherein a plurality of packs, arranged closely adjacent to one another in parallel rows, are arranged on support floors, and wherein a plurality of support floors loaded with packs are arranged one above the other and fixed in their mutual positions, the device comprising: an essentially cuboid-shaped integral frame assembly provided to accommodate the packs, the frame assembly including a plurality of tray insert plates, arranged one above the other, to accommodate a plurality of the packs arranged closely behind one another in parallel rows and lying on their narrow sides, wherein the insert plates are designed so that at loading temperature a narrow air gap exists between a floor of each insert plate and the surfaces of the packs, located underneath, of the insert plate arranged underneath, and wherein the entire floor of each insert plate has no recesses or holes, wherein an entire bottom surface of each pack rests on the corresponding floor of each insert plate, wherein each insert plate has dividing plates running between the sides of the packs, and wherein the dividing plates are hollow with recesses extending through the dividing plates.