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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2008
Shinji Yamamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Takeshi Fukui, Yokohama, JP;
Makoto Sawada, Yokohama, JP;
Mitsuo Tanioka, Yokohama, JP;
Shinji Yamamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Takeshi Fukui, Yokohama, JP;
Makoto Sawada, Yokohama, JP;
Mitsuo Tanioka, Yokohama, JP;
Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To provide a sterilization method of container-packaged food which has a high effect on mixture food of solid food/soup and a filling system where all processes and devices can be simplified, a pre-seal lid material (PS), that has been cut to a dimension covering the opening of a cup filled with solid food, e.g. a dimension corresponding to the outer circumference of the flange of the cup, is fixed to a cup holder (CH) at a position for covering the cup opening by means of a holding bolt () without being fusion bonded to the cup flange portion (CF), while a ventilation state between the head space of the cup and the air in a sterilization chamber is maintained. Thereafter, steam sterilization to the cup is performed in the sterilization chamber and the cup is transported to a clean box, filled with sterilized soup.