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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2006
Toshiaki Naka, Kanazawa, JP;
Yukinobu Nishino, Kanazawa, JP;
Toshiaki Naka, Kanazawa, JP;
Yukinobu Nishino, Kanazawa, JP;
Shibuya Kogyo Co., Ltd., Kanazawa-shi, Ishikawa-ken, JP;
Abstract
A plurality of vessel holder meansare mounted around a revolving bodyat an equal circumferential spacing. Each vessel holder meansincludes two holdersfor carrying two vesselsin vertical alignment. A path along which the revolving bodyrevolves contains an inversion interval C-D and an upright transfer interval D-B and A-C. Inversion meanswhich inverts the vessel holder meansabout a tangential axis Ois located within the inversion interval C-D while an electron beam irradiatoris located within the upright transfer interval A-C. Vessels which are fed at a vessel feed position A and carried by the holdersare subject to the irradiation of the electron beam at an electron beam irradiation position E, then inverted, and when it reaches the electron beam irradiation position E again, the opposite surface is subject to the irradiation of the electron beam. Vesselsare inverted again and then discharged at a vessel discharge position B. Using a single electron beam irradiator, the entire surface of the vesselbeing conveyed can be sterilized by irradiation of the electron beam.