PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a beverage filling method and apparatus which enable sterilization treatment capable of improving sterilization effect on a preform even using low concentration hydrogen peroxide and preventing molding failure, such as whitening, distortion, and molding unevenness, likely to occur during container molding in an in-line system.SOLUTION: A molding and beverage filling method includes: preheating a preform 1 while continuously traveling the preform 1 spraying hydrogen peroxide mist K or gas to the preheated preform 1 further heating the preform 1 to a molding temperature molding the preform 1, reaching the molding temperature, into a container in a blow molding die also continuously traveling taking out the container from the blow molding die filling beverage into the container while continuously traveling the container and sealing the container with a cap. In a molding method, a process from the preheating of the preform to the spraying of the hydrogen peroxide mist K or gas is performed outside a heating furnace, and the heating to the molding temperature is performed inside the heating furnace.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4COPYRIGHT: (C)2016,JPO&INPIT【課題】インラインシステムにおいて、低濃度の過酸化水素でもプリフォームの殺菌効果が向上し、容器成形時に発生しやすい白化、歪、成形ムラ等の成形不良を防止できる殺菌処理が可能な飲料充填方法及び装置の提供。【解決手段】プリフォーム1を連続走行させながら、プリフォーム1を予熱し、予熱したプリフォーム1に過酸化水素ミストK又はガスを吹き付け、さらにプリフォーム1を成形温度まで加熱し、成形温度に達したプリフォーム1を同じく連続走行するブロー成形型内で容器に成形し、ブロー成形型から容器を取り出して連続走行させながら容器に飲料を充填して蓋で密封する成形・飲料充填方法。前記プリフォームの予熱から過酸化水素ミスト又はガス吹付けに至る工程を加熱炉外で行い、成形温度迄の加熱を加熱炉内で行う成形方法。【選択図】図4
