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An apparatus for the sterile filling of products into cup-shaped containers, which comprises an endless conveyor passing containers in sterile condition in succession through treatment stations including a filling station, a lid-applying station, a sealing station and an ejection station. A large st

An apparatus for the sterile filling of products into cup-shaped containers, which comprises an endless conveyor passing containers in sterile condition in succession through treatment stations including a filling station, a lid-applying station, a sealing station and an ejection station. A large sterile chamber formed beneath an applied covering hood and enclosing all said treatment stations is provided; and before the treatment stations, as seen in the direction of travel of said conveyor, and in above the conveyor there are of a finished-container magazine and a short-path, quick-acting sterilization station including a sterilizing-agent sprayer and sterilizing-agent drier is above the conveyor and enclosed by the covering hood.

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In an apparatus for the sterile packing of foods in cup-shape containers comprising an endless conveyor defining a transport path, a filling station along said path for depositing food in said containers, a lid-applying station downstream of said filling station along said path for applying a lid to

In an apparatus for the sterile packing of foods in cup-shape containers comprising an endless conveyor defining a transport path, a filling station along said path for depositing food in said containers, a lid-applying station downstream of said filling station along said path for applying a lid to each of the filled containers, a sealing station along said path downstream of the lid-applying station sealing the applied lid to each container, said containers after sealing of said lids being ejected from said path, the improvement which comprises: a hood overlying said conveyor and enclosing all of said stations to define a sterile chamber; a magazine along said path for depositing said containers on said conveyor upstream of said filling station; spray means disposed downstream of said magazine along said path and within said chamber for spraying said containers with a sterilizing fluid; and a drying means between said spraying means and said filling station along said path for drying the fluid in said containers, said drying means including means for blowing a gas onto said containers and radiant-heating means confronting said containers on said conveyor, said conveyor being provided with a multiplicity of cells each receiving a respective container, said drying means comprising a heating plate extending longitudinally in the direction of displacement of the conveyor over a plurality of conveyor cells and a plurality of blow nozzles spaced apart in said direction with a distance equal to the spacing of said cells and extending through said plate, said drying means further comprising means for feeding said nozzles with sterile air.