Patent ID: 6786249
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: A61L,B65B

Abstract:
Apparatus for simultaneously sterilizing a multiplicity of packs (1) by means of a gas mixture containing hydrogen peroxide and a carrier gas, comprisingsupply lines for the carrier gas (4) and for hydrogen peroxide (5), a device (21) for evaporating hydrogen peroxide with heat and for mixing it into the carrier gas, supply lines (4, 5) and a substantially horizontally extending distributor line (6, 22), and nozzles (2, 3) which are arranged above the respective pack (1) and are connected to the distributor line (6, 22), characterized in that the distributor line (6, 22) from the upstream location (23) of the in-feed of the conditioned gas mixture to the location (9) of entry upstream of the respective nozzle (2, 3) is in the form of a tubular body (6) containing a longitudinal passage (8), with at least one substantially tubular heating cartridge (18) extending over the length of the body, and distributed measurement locations (12), and that the heating cartridge (18) is divided into at least two portions (18a, 18b, 18c) and can be heated controlledly by a supply of electrical energy in such a way that the temperature (T) at the outer ends of the tubular body (6) differs from that at the center.