Method and apparatus for sterilising and/or pasteurising growth media
CA 2396715 A1 · Owner: Vandenhove, Frans · Inventors: Vandenhove, Frans
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The invention concerns homogeneous at least partial sterilisation or homogeneous complete pasteurisation of a substrate. In a first step of the method, the substrate is loaded via a loading area of a sealed hollow vessel at a first end of the vessel. A fluid for moistening said substrate may be introduced into the vessel, the vessel being further provided with means for at least partly sterilising or pasteurising the moistened substrate. In a second step, the substrate is passed through a bounded zone of transport towards the front of the machine until it reaches the other end of thereof. In a third step, the substrate is passed through a zone of transport towards the rear of the …
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- Filed February 1, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended February 1, 2021.
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