A treatment device handles and treats bottle or container caps, which treatment device may be used in a capping machine in a beverage bottle or container filling plant. The treatment device transports the caps on carrier rings and transfer chutes inside a housing, which has a flow of treatment gas traveling therethrough to treat the caps.
CONTINUING APPLICATION DATA
This application is a Continuation-In-Part application of International Patent Application No. PCT/EP2003/008862, filed on Aug. 9, 2003, which claims priority from Federal Republic of Germany Patent Application No. 102 38 633.1, filed on Aug. 19, 2002. International Patent Application No. PCT/EP2003/008862 was pending as of the filing date of this application. The United States was an elected state in International Patent Application No. PCT/EP2003/008862.
A container filling plant for filling containers comprising a plastic material with a filling material and a method of operation thereof. The container filling plant has at least one treatment device having a source of a treatment agent, wherein at least one pulse of the treatment agent is configured to be heated to treat the inside surface of a container without destructive effects on the container.
