To provide a sterilization device capable of being compactly stored without a large-scale device, capable of reducing manufacturing cost, and having high general purpose.SOLUTION: The sterilization device has an accommodation chamber for accommodating a target to be sterilized by mounting the same on mounting means, and electron beam irradiation means for irradiating the target to be sterilized accommodated in the accommodation chamber with electron beams, in which the mounting means consists of a first supporter for maintaining a mounting state by partially supporting a bottom of the target to be sterilized, and a second supporter for maintaining the mounting state by partially supporting the bottom of the target to be sterilized different from a location supported by the first supporter, and at least one of the first supporter and the second supporter has vertical movement means moving the accommodation chamber in a vertical direction, and the target to be sterilized mounted on the first supporter can be delivered to the second supporter, or the target to be sterilized mounted on the second supporter can be delivered to the first supporter by the vertical movement means.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1【課題】装置が大掛かりとはならずコンパクトに収めることができ、また製造コストを抑えることができ、汎用性の高い滅菌装置を提供する。【解決手段】滅菌装置は、滅菌対象物を載置手段上に載置して収容する収容室と、前記収容室内に収容された滅菌対象物に対して電子線を照射する電子線照射手段と、を備え、前記載置手段が、前記滅菌対象物の底部を部分的に支持して載置状態を維持する第１支持体と、前記第１支持体で支持した箇所とは異なる前記滅菌対象物の底部を部分的に支持して載置状態を維持する第２支持体と、から成り、さらに前記第１支持体と第２支持体の少なくともいずれか一方は、前記収容室内を上下方向に移動する上下移動手段を有し、前記上下移動手段によって、前記第１支持体上に載置された滅菌対象物を第２支持体上へ、あるいは前記第２支持体上に載置された滅菌対象物を第１支持体上へ受け渡し可能とするよう構成されている。【選択図】図１
