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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7357159 | Container treatment device with a gas curtain Equipment for treating open beverage containers (3), e.g. by filling or closing, comprising: a treatment site (1), to which a container (3) can be delivered for treatment, and at which a treatment element (2) is situated that acts upon th... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7293498 | Strapping machine A strapping machine feeds strapping material around a load, positions, tensions and seals the material around the load. The machine includes a work surface, a portion of which is upwardly pivotal. A conveyor mounted within the work surface has a friction belt drive.... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7294318 | Method and apparatus for sterilizing mail and textile articles An apparatus for sterilizing various articles includes a chamber defining an airtight space and an entrance and exit. A vacuum pump is coupled to the chamber for withdrawing air therefrom which reduces the chamber air pressure. An ozone generator is coupled to the c... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7275982 | Ozone-based conveyor cleaning system A conveyor cleaning system includes a treating region, a processing region, and a conveyor belt traveling from the treating region to the processing region. A distributor positioned across the treating region deposits a film of ozonated water on the conveyor belt. I... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7217399 | Method and reaction apparatus for treating object with gas There are disclosed a method and a reaction apparatus which can safely and continuously treat/discharge especially a short object to be treated without any direct contact with a gas atmosphere, and which surely/efficiently treats the object with a gas without any un... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7186374 | Vapor phase decontamination of containers A flash vapor generator (10) provides a constant flow of vaporized hydrogen peroxide for rapidly sterilizing a large decontamination tunnel (11) with a high container throughput. The vaporizer includes a heated block which defines an interior bore or b... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7160509 | Method of sterilization and apparatus therefor A liquid germicide is measured; the measured liquid germicide is injected into hollows of concave articles (1); the more or less of volume of the liquid germicide is discriminated from the injected liquid germicide; only concave articles (1) which each... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7090808 | Apparatus for testing sterilization methods and materials Apparatus and method for testing one or more sterilization indicators (e.g., biological indicators or chemical indicators) or other articles by contacting them under controlled sterilization conditions with a flowing antimicrobial gas containing hydrogen peroxide va... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7077967 | Poultry processing water recovery and re-use process The inventions of the present disclosure are directed to processes designed to recover water used in certain aspects of the processing of poultry, treat the recovered water to remove solids, fats, oils and greases, animal proteins and pathogenic organisms and to reu... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7010900 | Beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material, and a cleaning device for cleaning bottles in a beverage bottling plant There is now provided a beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material in a beverage bottling plant, and a cleaning device with a pair of nozzles transversely disposed with respect to one another for introduction of cleaning medi... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7001631 | Low temperature sanitization of human pathogens from the surfaces of food and food packaging Almonds are often harvested off the ground from around trees which have been fertilized with manure. Potentially hazardous microbes are transferred from the husk to the shells during the dehusking process. During deshelling, shell dust with attached microbes escapes... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6984360 | Method and device for sterilizing hollow bodies The invention concerns a method and a device for sterilising hollow bodies, such as containers, container preforms, tubes and various conduits. The invention is characterised in that it consists in guiding (15) a vaporisable sterilising agent over the walls o... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6967008 | Ozone generator and light source for enclosed spaces An ozone generator that serves the double functions of providing a light source and providing ozone is disclosed. Particularly, the ozone generator may be located in a generally closed appliance, such as a refrigerator, dishwasher, clothes washer or drier or the lik... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6946080 | Poultry processing water recovery and re-use process This invention is directed to processes designed to recover water used in certain aspects of the processing of poultry, treat the recovered water to remove solids, fats, oils and greases, animal proteins and pathogenic organisms and to reuse the treated water for po... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6936434 | Vapor phase decontamination process biological indicator evaluator resistomer (BIER) vessel A BIER vessel evaluates biological indicators for sterilization processes. By flowing gaseous sterilant, such as vaporized hydrogen peroxide, through a chamber (12) before, during, and after introducing the indicators, the indicators are instantaneously expos... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6919043 | Method of sterilization for container, apparatus using therefor and heat treatment for container At the step of preheating the container, in addition to heating of the whole container, a neck portion (1a) of the container may be heated separately. Alternatively on the step of preheating the container, while whole container is heated by a hot air b... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6647867 | Pasteurizer A pasteurizer (1) comprising an endless circulating transport conveyor (3) guided around deflection rolls (7, 8) and used for transporting through the pasteurizer (1) the products (18) to be pasteurized, and having a feed conveyor (5) and/or a discharge c... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6537491 | Apparatus having sterilant monitoring system Sterilization apparatus includes a monitoring system capable of continuously monitoring levels of a sterilant, such as hydrogen peroxide vapor. The monitoring system includes a sensor chamber joined in fluid communication with a sterilant supply conduit o... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6517776 | UV oxygen scavenging initiation in angular preformed packaging articles Methods and systems are disclosed for initiating oxygen scavenging in an angular preformed packaging article comprising an oxygen scavenging layer. The packaging article is moved into and out of a chamber, in which it is exposed to UV radiation of at leas... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6495095 | Method for treating the liquid phase of contaminated materials A method for treating the liquid phase of contaminated materials that are disinfected or sterilized in a treatment chamber is provided, whereby a defined liquid collector area is provided in the treatment chamber. When the liquid in the collector area rea... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6475435 | Apparatus and method for providing sterilization zones in an aseptic packaging sterilization tunnel A method and apparatus is disclosed providing a plurality of sterile zones within a sterilization tunnel in an aseptic packaging apparatus. The sterile zones provide a plurality of sterilant concentration levels within the sterilization tunnel. Additional... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6436343 | Method for the cold sterilization of a tunnel-type oven for pharmaceutical use, and oven for carrying out said method A method for the cold sterilization of a tunnel-type oven (1) for the hot sterilization of bottles, having an input chamber (3), a hot sterilization chamber (4), a cooling chamber (5) and a conveyor (6). The method consists of a sequence of operating phas... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6413481 | Sterilization tunnel A sterilization tunnel for pharmaceutical containers such as vials has an inlet zone, a sterilization zone, and a cooling zone. A conveyor belt for the vials is disposed inside the sterilization tunnel. An emptying device that can be raised and lowered is... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6334472 | Apparatus for sterilizing, filling and sealing packaging containers An apparatus for sterilizing, filling and sealing containers has a sterilization chamber, a cooling chamber, and a filling and sealing chamber, through which the containers are conveyed by means of an endless conveyor device. For presterilizing the chambe... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6187097 | Device for spraying liquids onto containers A pasteurizing system for spraying liquids onto containers such as bottles and cans has a conveyor for conveying the containers and one or more spray tubes mounted parallel to the conveyor's plane of motion. Each of the spray tubes has outlet openings lon... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6153207 | Anti-cellulite pantyhose A garment for treating the skin, a method of making the garment and a method of using the garment to treat the skin, made of garment material, in particular hose material to be worn tightly against the skin, which has a multiplicity of durable chemical bo... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6120730 | Heat and hydrogen peroxide gas sterilization of container The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for sterilizing containers with gas-phase hydrogen peroxide and heat on a linear form, fill and seal packaging machine. A partially formed container is subjected to multiple applications of gaseous hy... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6039922 | UV radiation and vapor-phase hydrogen peroxide sterilization packaging The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for sterilizing packaging with vapor-phase hydrogen peroxide and ultraviolet radiation on a packaging machine. A partially formed packaging material is sprayed with gaseous hydrogen peroxide thereby a... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6024917 | Sterilization device and method for sterilizing objects Sterilization device intended to sterilize objects, such as bottles, comprising feed and discharge means for objects, a rotatable treatment unit, which in the region of its circumference comprises treatment cavities, each treatment cavity comprising an op... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5993739 | Continuous washing system The present invention provides a low-cost and practical method for cleaning objects such as wheelchairs on a continuous basis. In one embodiment, the apparatus of the present invention is a mobile, self-contained system in which objects are cleaned and sa... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5968451 | Process and apparatus for sterilizing container holding fluid diet A process for sterilizing a container holding a fluid diet, the container having a long and slender mouth and being filled with the fluid diet and sealed; the process includes the steps of filling the container with the fluid diet in a heated state, seali... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5879648 | Apparatus for disinfecting containers An apparatus for disinfecting containers comprises a disinfection chamber 12 surrounding a required section of a container transport path, partition means for dividing the interior of the disinfection chamber 12 into a preheating zone 35, an exposure zone... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5866084 | Web sterilizing device A web sterilizing device comprising a sterilizing solution tank 51, web guide means for guiding a web W so as to bring the web w into the tank 51, dip the web w in a sterilizing solution within the tank 51 and thereafter move the web W out of the tank 51,... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5792435 | Vapor phase decontaminant isolator apparatus with integral vapor phase decontaminant generator system A flow-through vapor phase decontamination apparatus includes at least one isolator unit (14) defining an isolation chamber (16) that receives a load (L) for decontamination. The apparatus includes a vapor phase decontaminant generation system (20) integr... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5639432 | Method and apparatus for carton sterilization A method and apparatus for sterilizing preformed cartons prior to filling is disclosed. The interior of the cartons are first sprayed with a solution of hydrogen peroxide. The cartons are then treated with heated air to remove the hydrogen peroxide. The h... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5609819 | Method of sterilizing sealed vial and apparatus for sealing the vial While a sealed vessel such as a vial having an inside plug such as a rubber stopper is conveyed, the sealed vessel is slanted by a slanting device until liquid medicine in the sealed vessel touches the inside plug. The sealed vessel is moved and simultane... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5607652 | Biological and chemical decontamination chamber The invention provides a transportable reaction chamber for continuous biological and chemical decontamination of articles by means of a mixture of hot air and steam. The reaction chamber has a tunnel shaped reaction section through which the contaminated... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5535667 | Method of decontamination of food A method and system of decontaminating the surface of food products including seeds, grains, nuts, spices, fruits and dried and dehydrated food with hydrogen peroxide vapor is provided.... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5518760 | Composition and method for selective plating This invention proposes the addition of imidazole and imidazole derivatives to various activator solutions for the selective activation and plating of metallic surfaces. The invention is particularly useful in plating exposed copper surfaces on printed ci... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5488815 | Apparatus and method for sterilization and secondary packaging An apparatus for the sterilization and secondary packaging into cartons of arrays of blister packages, each of which contains at least one hydrophilic contact lens immersed in a sterile aqueous solution. More specifically, disclosed is an apparatus adapte... | 02/06/1996 |
