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A container sterilization system adaptable to a forming, filling and sealing machine used to process containers for liquids or spoonable food products. The system is a closed loop system including ductwork interconnecting a suitable blower for directing through the closed loop a flow of a mixture of

A container sterilization system adaptable to a forming, filling and sealing machine used to process containers for liquids or spoonable food products. The system is a closed loop system including ductwork interconnecting a suitable blower for directing through the closed loop a flow of a mixture of air, vaporized hydrogen peroxide, and vaporized water; a duct heater; one of a vapor generation pool or a vapor generation stack with heat exchanger; a suitable vapor delivery inlet manifold and an associated exhaust manifold; and a drying air inlet manifold and an associated exhaust with containers being conveyed laterally intermediate the inlet manifolds and the exhaust manifolds.

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A sterilization system for containers being conveyed via a conveyor, said system comprising a closed loop of ductwork interconnecting in series a blower for blowing sterile air into said ductwork and for directing through said closed loop a flow of a mixture of air, vaporized hydrogen peroxide, and

A sterilization system for containers being conveyed via a conveyor, said system comprising a closed loop of ductwork interconnecting in series a blower for blowing sterile air into said ductwork and for directing through said closed loop a flow of a mixture of air, vaporized hydrogen peroxide, and vaporized water; a duct heater mounted in the ductwork to raise the temperature of the sterile air to a predetermined minimum temperature; one of a vapor generation pool or a vapor generation stack with heater means operatively connected thereto, said vapor generation pool or stack providing a vaporized hydrogen peroxide solution into said ductwork; a vapor delivery inlet manifold and vapor delivery return manifold, a chamber intermediate said vapor delivery inlet manifold and said vapor delivery return manifold adapted to having said conveyor move laterally therethrough and having said mixture flow across the chamber from said vapor deliver inlet manifold to said vapor delivery return manifold, and said ductwork continuing from said vapor delivery return manifold back to said blower.