Abstract: This invention relates an apparatus for sterilizing the contents of sealed containers which containers comprise electrically conductive material, the apparatus comprising support means to support containers and to rotate them first in one sense and then in the opposite sense to impart substantial relative motion between the containers and their contents, and induction heating means to heat the rotating containers whereby sterilizing heat is rapidly imparted to the contents of the containers.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 13, 1974
Date of Patent:
June 1, 1976
Assignee:
Tarax Pty. Limited
Inventors:
Peter Sydney Lewis, Franklin Marius Lohning