Method of and apparatus for sterilizing infants formula

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR THE TERMINAL STERILIZATION OF INFANTS'' FEEDING BOTTLES, FORMULA CONTAINED THEREIN AND CAPS THEREON, SAID PROCESS COMPRISING, PLACING SAID CAPPED, FILLED LY ISOLATED ATMOSPHERE THAT IS VENTED TO THE GENERAL ATMOSPHERE WHEREBY THE PRESSURE IN SAID SPATIALLY ISOLATED ATMPOSPHERE CANNOT RISE ABOVE THE PRESSURE OF THE GENERAL ATMOSPHERE, ESTABLISHING A POOL OF WATER IN THE BOTTOM OF SAID STERILIZING ZONE OUT OF CONTACT WITH SAID BOTTLES, HEATING SAID POOL OF WATER TO RAISE THE TEMPERATUE THEREAND THE FORMULA THEREIN BY HEAT FROM STEAM GENERATED FROM THE ACTIVELY BOILING WATER POOL, DISCONTINUING THE APPLICATIONOF HEAT TO THE WATER POOL, DISCONTINUING THE OF THE WATER POOL BY ADDING COOL WATER TO THE POOL, MAINTAINING THE WATER POOL AT A LEVEL BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE CAPS ON THE BOTTLES WHILE CONTINUING TO ADD COOL WATER TO THE POOL FOR SLOWLY COOLING THE FORMULA AND THE BOTTLES.