Patent ID: 8512634

Claim:
An installation for sterilizing a plurality of objects, the installation comprising: an input station which is capable of receiving the plurality of objects to be sterilized; a sterilization station which comprises at least one sterilization enclosure which is intended to receive the plurality of objects, the sterilization station comprising at least one means for introducing a sterilizing fluid into the sterilization enclosure and at least one means for discharging the sterilizing fluid; a desorption station for desorbing the sterilizing fluid from the plurality of objects, comprising at least one desorption enclosure, the desorption station comprising at least one means for draining the desorption enclosure; an output station which is capable of receiving the plurality of objects after sterilization; a transport means which is for transporting the plurality of objects and which is capable of successively moving the plurality of objects from the input station into the sterilization station and into the desorption station as far as the output station; wherein the transport means comprises: a continuous guiding path, the input station, the sterilization station, the desorption station and the output station ( 28 ) being arranged successively opposite the guiding path; and at least one guided device which is guided by the guiding path, the guided device comprising movement means for moving the plurality of objects relative to the guided device between a position for common movement of the plurality of objects and the guided device along the guiding path and a position for insertion of the plurality of objects in each of the sterilization enclosure and the desorption enclosure.