Patent ID: 8337772
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: A61L,B67C

Abstract:
1. A device for sterilizing containers, comprising a treatment chamber which is filled with a sterilizing gaseous medium under predefined thermodynamic conditions, a tank which is filled with a liquid medium and which extends along a closed path, a plurality of holding devices for holding the containers, wherein the holding devices are rotatable relative to at least one of the walls forming the treatment chamber, and a separating wall which protrudes into the liquid medium located in the tank and rotatable relative to the tank, wherein a discharge opening located below a fill level of the liquid medium, via which the gaseous via which the gaseous medium can be discharged, is provided between the treatment chamber and the liquid medium located in the tank, and wherein a buffer chamber for the gaseous medium is provided between the treatment chamber and the liquid medium located in the tank, wherein the medium in the buffer chamber is maintained at a lower pressure than in the treatment chamber such that the gaseous medium passes from the treatment chamber into the buffer chamber.