Patent ID: 9278769
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: B65B

Claim Text:
1. A filling system comprising a filling apparatus and a container arrangement arranged in the filling apparatus, wherein the container arrangement comprises: a main line which comprises a feed line connected to a supply reservoir and a pump, and a trunk line connected in linearly downstream of the feed line, and a plurality of target containers, which are each connected to the trunk line via a connecting line, and wherein the filling apparatus comprises: a support framework configured to mount the target containers, a valve support comprising a plurality of target container valves corresponding respectively to the plurality of target containers and with which a volume flow through respective ones of the connecting lines is controlled, wherein at a branching point in a region of the feed line, a branch line branches from the feed line, and the feed line and the branch line on a side of the branching point facing away from the trunk line extend through a double valve arrangement, having two pinch valves which are configured to be controlled contrary to one another, the feed line being connected into one pinch valve and the branch line being connected into the other pinch valve, and wherein the branching point is arranged on a side of the pump toward the trunk line and the branch line extends to a pressurized gas source.