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Device for sterilizing closures for containers

  • US 8,884,249 B2
  • Filed: 09/13/2011
  • Issued: 11/11/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for sterilizing cap-like closures for closing bottles, said apparatus comprising a conveying system to move said cap-like closures through a treatment zone in which said cap-like closures are exposed to ultraviolet radiation for sterilization, said treatment zone comprising a multiplicity of ultraviolet radiation sources for emitting ultraviolet light, wherein said conveying system, in said treatment zone, comprises a rotor that can be driven to rotate about a vertical rotor axis, and a multiplicity of closure holders formed on a periphery of said rotor, each closure holder being oriented with a longitudinal extension thereof in a direction of said rotor axis, said closure holders being configured for moving said cap-like closures vertically from top to bottom through said treatment zone on a treatment section between a closure supply and a closure discharge.

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