Patent ID: 8322355

Claim:
A system of cleaning a container with an opening by washing or sterilizing the container by spraying a sterilizing fluid or washing fluid into the container from below a mouth of the container to sterilize or wash the container in an inverted state thereof, the system comprising: a non-inserted nozzle, and a container holder which holds the container, the non-inserted nozzle comprising: a hollow nozzle stem having a fluid channel formed inside thereof, and a nozzle mouth provided at a top section of said hollow nozzle stem, wherein said nozzle mouth has a liquid-receiving surface on an upper end surface, and a plurality of nozzle holes which link to the fluid channel of said nozzle stem, and are formed obliquely at a predetermined angle in a substantially central section of said liquid-receiving surface, wherein said liquid-receiving surface is flat so that the fluid discharged from the container during container washing or sterilizing can be retained, and a juggling effect can be generated into the fluid sprayed from the nozzle holes, wherein said non-inserted nozzle is positioned below the mouth of the container during said spraying of sterilization fluid or washing fluid into said container and wherein said nozzle mouth and said liquid receiving surface are substantially co-planar on a horizontal plane and wherein a diameter of the liquid-receiving surface is larger than or equal to the diameter of the mouth of the container.