Patent ID: 9670046
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: B67C

Claim:
1. An apparatus for filling containers with liquid filling-charge, said apparatus comprising a multiple filling-element, a circulating rotor, individual filling-elements, filling channels, filling-charge dispensing openings, independently controlled liquid valves, and a ring bowl, wherein said ring bowl forms an interior, wherein said ring bowl is provided at said rotor to provide said liquid filling-charge, wherein said multiple filling-element is arranged for installation on said circulating rotor, wherein said multiple filling-element comprises said individual filling-elements, wherein said multiple filling-element is formed for installation on an underside of said ring bowl, wherein each of said individual filling-elements comprises one of said filling channels, wherein each of said filling channels comprises one of said filling-charge dispensing openings, wherein each of said filling channels comprises one of said independently controllable liquid valves, wherein other function elements of said individual filling-elements are common to all individual filling-elements of said multiple filling-element, and wherein said other function elements are selected from the group consisting of controlled fluid paths, controlled liquid paths, gas paths, vapor paths, and control valves located on an element selected from the group consisting of liquid paths, gas paths, and vapor paths, said apparatus further comprising separate first and second paths, a control valve, and a structure selected from the group consisting of a common connection and a gas channel, wherein said paths are selected from the group consisting of gas paths and vapor paths, wherein said control valve has an open state and a closed state, wherein each of said individual filling-elements of said multiple filling-element comprises one of said paths, wherein, in said open state, said control valve connects said first and second paths with said structure, and wherein, in said closed state, said control valve separates said first and second paths from said structure and from each other.