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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2024
Shibuya Corporation, Kanazawa, JP;
Yukinobu Nishino, Kanazawa, JP;
Satoshi Masumoto, Kanazawa, JP;
Takashi Higashizaki, Kanazawa, JP;
Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Kanazawa, JP;
Ryota Hayase, Kanazawa, JP;
SHIBUYA CORPORATION, Kanazawa-shi, JP;
Abstract
Sterilization is efficiently performed with a small amount of sterilizing agent. A first partition plate separating an upstream zone and a downstream zone is provided with an opening for allowing a container holding section that moves according to rotation of a fifth rotation wheel (transfer rotation wheel) to pass through, and the fifth rotation wheel is disposed across the upstream zone and the downstream zone. A first tunnel that allows the container holding section of the fifth rotation wheel to pass through is provided along a movement path of the container holding section, and a sterilizing nozzle for spraying a sterilizing agent toward the container holding section is provided inside the first tunnel. The first tunnel is provided in the downstream zone, at a position adjacent to the opening where the container holding section passes through at a time of entering the upstream zone from the downstream zone.