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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 1976
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
Larry James Joslyn, Walworth, NY (US);
Assignee:
Sybron Corporation, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L / ; A61L / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73 29 ; 21 56 ; 21 94 ; 21103 ; 21104 ; 2325 / ;
Abstract
Steam and entrapped air are bled from a steam sterilizing chamber and into a water displacement tube. The steam component of the bleed is condensed in the tube while any air entrapped in the steam displaces water from the tube. As the water level in the tube drops to a predetermined level, the tube is vented and the sterilizing chamber is pulse vented to introduce additional steam into the chamber. The method contemplates delaying the start of the sterilization period until a sufficiently low amount of air remains in the sterilizing chamber as determined by the intervals between repeated venting of the tube exceeding a predetermined timed interval.