Patent ID: 9656812
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: A61L,B29C,B65B,B65G,B67C

Claim:
1. A device for sterilizing containers, with a sterilization chamber and a transport device disposed at least partially inside the sterilization chamber for moving the containers within the sterilization chamber, wherein the transport device has at least one gripping system for engaging round and supporting the containers by means of a gripping clamp, wherein the gripping system has a displacement means to allow exposure to an external surface of at least one contact surface of the plastic parisons which was previously shielded by the gripping system from a sterilizing medium and/or sterilizing radiation during sterilization within the sterilization chamber, wherein the displacement means is formed with at least one drive roller which is disposed rotatably within the gripping clamp and is in force-fit engagement with the container, and wherein by means of a rotation of the drive roller about its axis of rotation, relative to gripping arms of the gripping clamp, in one direction of rotation, a rotation of the container around its axis of rotation, relative to the gripping arms can be effected, and wherein the two directions of rotation are in each case opposed.