BEVERAGE FILLING EQUIPMENT, AND CLEANING STERILIZATION METHOD THEREOF

• Main Authors: TSUMORI KENJI, AOKI RYOJI, HOSEN YUTAKA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 10.01.2013
• Subjects: BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OFBOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOTOTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS; LIQUID HANDLING; OPENING, CLOSING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide beverage filling equipment capable of simplifying a cleaning sterilization work in a clean room.SOLUTION: The beverage filling equipment includes: a rotating body 2 having filling heads 1 for filling containers with beverages on the outer periphery part thereof; a driving unit 3 for driving the rotating body 2 to rotate it around a rotating axis X along a vertical direction; the clean room 4 in which the rotating body is arranged; and ventilation devices 5 for ventilating the inside of the clean room. The upper space in the clean room is partitioned by a partition wall 15 arranged annularly around the rotating axis X into an inner space 16 inside the partition wall and an outer space 17 outside the partition wall. The driving unit is arranged above the inner space, and the ventilation devices are provided such that the air may pass from beneath the inner space to the outer space via the inner space.