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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2014
Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Hayakawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yuiko Wada, Tokyo, JP;
Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd., Shinjuku-Ku, JP;
Abstract
A method of sterilizing a bottle includes steps of: sterilizing bacteria adhering to a preform made of resin by gasifying a sterilizer, discharging a sterilized gas from a nozzle toward a preform, now traveling, so as to adhere to the preform; activating the sterilizer adhering to the preform by blasting hot air to the preform; sterilizing the bacteria adhering to the preform, and removing the sterilizer adhering to the preform; heating the preform to a temperature suitable for blow-molding treatment; and blow-molding the preform within a mold to mold the preform into a bottle, wherein the above steps are performed sequentially in order. According to the above-mentioned steps, the sterilizer does not enter a blow-molding machine.