Patent ID: 7625535
Filing Date: 2009-12-01
Classification: A61L

Abstract:
1. A sterilizer comprising a hermetic container, which defines therein a steam chamber for conducting the heat sterilization of objects contained therein, wherein the hermetic container comprises: a steam supply unit for supplying hot steam having a predetermined pressure to the steam chamber; and a cylindrical container body comprising end plates on each end of said cylindrical container body, wherein at least one of said end plates comprises an opening/closing unit for covering the end of the container body, wherein the opening/closing unit comprises an opening for passing the objects there through and a door for closing the opening from an inside of the steam chamber, wherein the door is moved to come into contact with the opening from the inside of the steam chamber and steam pressure inside the steam chamber is increased by the steam supply unit, so that the door is brought into close contact with the opening, thereby hermetically sealing the steam chamber, characterized in that the door is eccentrically connected to an inner end of a rotating shaft, wherein the rotating shaft passes through the opening of the end plate, such that the door can be eccentrically rotated parallel to the opening of end plate by the rotating shaft.