Abstract: An apparatus for sterilizing post-consumer absorbent sanitary products, comprising: a container rotatable about a longitudinal axis, having a closed first end and a second end provided with an opening for loading/unloading, closed by a removable door, wherein the container has a hollow wall including an inner wall, an outer wall, and a hollow space, which extends from said first end to said second end, a rotary joint located at said first end of the container and having a steam inlet chamber and a condensate discharge chamber, at least one hollow helical blade, which extends between said first end and said second end of the container and protrudes inwardly from said inner wall of the container.

Abstract: A sterilizing apparatus, in particular for sterilizing post-consumer absorbent sanitary products, comprising: a container rotatable about a horizontal axis and having a hollow wall including an inner wall, an outer wall, and a gap defined between the inner wall and the outer wall, a rotary joint coaxial to said horizontal axis and having a steam inlet chamber and a condensate discharge chamber, wherein the steam inlet chamber and the condensate discharge chamber of said rotary joint are in communication with respective zones of said gap via a steam supply tube and a condensate collection tube.

Abstract: A sterilizing apparatus, in particular for sterilizing post-consumer absorbent sanitary products, comprising: a container rotatable about a horizontal axis and having a hollow wall including an inner wall, an outer wall, and a gap defined between the inner wall and the outer wall, a rotary joint coaxial to said horizontal axis and having a steam inlet chamber and a condensate discharge chamber, wherein the steam inlet chamber and the condensate discharge chamber of said rotary joint are in communication with respective zones of said gap via a steam supply tube and a condensate collection tube.