Patent ID: 8574492
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: A61L,B65B,B67B

Abstract:
1. A cap sterilization-cleaning method, comprising: transferring a plurality of caps to be sprayed with a sterilization-cleaning liquid, in a cap transfer passage, the cap transfer passage including a chute and a dividing device disposed along a transfer direction of caps, and spraying the plurality of caps with the sterilization-cleaning liquid output from a propulsion nozzle and a reverse propulsion nozzle, wherein when stoppage of the dividing device is detected, the sterilization-cleaning liquid is sprayed from the reverse propulsion nozzle to the caps, in a direction opposite to the transfer direction of the caps, wherein the cap transfer passage and the reverse propulsion nozzle are configured such that the reverse propulsion nozzle is disposed so as to spray the sterilization-cleaning liquid toward an inner surface of the caps.