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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 1991
Filed:
Jun. 29, 1990
Frank Beswick, Phoenixville, PA (US);
The West Company, Incorporated, Phoenixville, PA (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for sterilizing objects, including an enclosed chamber having an inlet and an outlet. Also included are walls defining and separately enclosing a preheat zone, a sterilization zone and cooling zone respectively between the inlet and the outlet. The preheat zone includes an exhaust stack for discharging air from the apparatus. The exhaust unit has a temperature sensor for adjusting the amount of exhaust air based upon the temperature in the exhaust stack. The cooling zone includes a recirculating device for directing air from the cooling zone to the preheat zone. It also includes a regulator to control the amount of air directed by the recirculating device, based upon air pressure in the cooling zone.