Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.

Kiichiro Okano

Makoto Igarashi

Naoki Kumagami

Takuya Adachi

Sukenori Ito

Atsushi Yuzawa

Masaaki Takada

Akihiro Shiosaka

Masaru Kurihara

Hiromitsu Uchiyama

A sterilizing apparatus for sterilizing a hollow prism-shaped carton open at both ends includes a sterilizing station, a drying station, and a solution-removing station located between the sterilizing station and the drying station. The solution-removing station has a solution-removing device which rotates intermittently in synchronism with carton conveyers. The solution-removing device includes a plurality of thin and long mandrels extending in a radial direction and spaced apart from each other at regular intervals. Each mandrel supports a carton and has a nozzle which supplies the aseptic air from an aseptic air source into the carton.

Sterilizing apparatus

Disclosed is an article transfer apparatus which comprises four driving sprockets, four free sprockets, and endless chains each having hooks arranged at regular intervals, and which carries an article held between front-end hooks and rear-end hooks. Driving sprockets for the rear-end hooks are rotated by a main motor, and driving sprockets for the front-end hooks are connected to the driving sprockets for the rear-end hooks by means of clutches. The distance between the hooks holding the article can be changed by disengaging the clutches and rotating free sprockets for the front-end hooks by means of a servomotor.

Article transfer apparatus

A method of returning a movable top guide to the original point as defined by a frame of a machine body. The method comprises the steps of first moving in one direction the top guide to the frame at a high speed, moving the opposite direction the top guide away from the frame at an intermediate speed for a prescribed length of time after an overrun switch set at a point a little beyond the original point is rendered non-conductive, moving in one direction the top guide to the frame at a low speed and stopping the movement of the top guide when the original point switch provided at the original point is rendered nonconductive.

Method for returning a movable part to the original point

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Chiba, Japan

Kiichiro Okano