Patent ID: 8834790
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: A61L,B67B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for sterilizing container closures, comprising: a conduit defining a passage for the container closures and having a wall surrounding the passage; spraying means for injecting inside the conduit a sterilization fluid heated and vaporized; drying means for introducing hot air in the conduit; means for capturing exhaust fluids exiting from the conduit, said means for capturing exhaust fluids comprising at least a suction hood arranged over a corresponding exhaust opening defined in the conduit at a predetermined distance thereto, to capture the exhaust fluids from said exhaust opening by way of a draught effect, whereby no suction force is directly applied to a fluid contained inside the conduit; a section of said suction hood being larger than a section of the corresponding exhaust opening.