Patent ID: 7685794
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: B65B,B65G

Abstract:
1. A sterilizing and filling apparatus for a cup-shaped container, comprising: a first conveyor for conveying the cup-shaped container in an inverted state; and a second conveyor for conveying the cup-shaped container fitted in an upright state, the second conveyor being disposed in downstream of the first conveyor in series with the first conveyor in substantially the same plane inside an integrated chamber; a container supply device; a container sterilization device; and a container washing device, wherein the container supply device, the container sterilization device and container washing device are disposed successively along the first conveyor, thereby forming a container supply zone, a container sterilization zone, and a container washing zone in recited order from the upstream side, a content filling device, a lid material sealing device, and a device for discharging the sealed cup-shaped container, wherein the content filling device, the lid material sealing device, and the device for discharging the sealed cup-shaped container are installed successively along the second conveyor, thereby forming a content filling zone, a lid material sealing zone, and a sealed container discharge zone in recited order from the upstream side, wherein the first conveyor has a receiving stand for receiving the container in a inverted state, the second conveyor is a conveyor having a container receiving stand having formed therein a container fitting port for receiving the container in an upright state, and the container is transferred in a turned-over state to the second conveyor by transferring the container between the first conveyor and the second conveyor in a state where the container is turned sidewise in the end section on the downstream side of the first conveyor and transferred to the container fitting port on the upstream side of the second conveyor wherein the integrated chamber is partitioned into a sterilization-washing zone and a filling-sealing zone with a partition wall having an opening through which the container passes in a transition site between the first conveyor and second conveyor, and the air pressure of the filling-sealing zone is higher than the air pressure of the sterilization-washing zone.