Patent ID: 9561945
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: B67C

Claim:
1. A bottling installation for bottling a liquid in containers, the installation including at least one filler terminal comprising a filler spout ( 2 ) and a support member ( 4 ) for supporting a container directly below the filler spout, the filler spout comprising a spout body ( 6 ) having a portion connected to a filler spout feed duct ( 7 ) and a bottom end provided with an orifice ( 8 ) fitted with a controlled valve ( 9 ), a general feed duct ( 12 ) connected to said filler spout feed duct and provided with an isolating valve, wherein: the filler spout ( the feed-back duct is connected to a connection member ( a secondary purge duct is connected, via a secondary purge valve, to the general feed duct upstream from the isolating valve and to the main purge duct upstream from a main purge valve, the main purge duct includes a top segment and a vertical segment between the top segment and the connection member, the top segment having a first end connected to the vertical segment and a second end which is at a level above the first end and is connected to the secondary purge duct so that the top segment of the main purge duct is oriented in order to trap air bubbles rising up from the liquid, and the entirety of the top segment is an inclined pipe extending from the vertical segment to the secondary purge duct.