Patent ID: 8955560
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: B67C

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for depressurized filling of a container with a liquid filling material, said apparatus comprising filling elements, and an operating device, wherein said operating device comprises a central filling level adjusting element common to all of said filling elements, and individually triggerable operating elements, each of which corresponds to a filling element, wherein said operating elements are provided on said central filling level adjusting element, wherein each of said filling elements comprises a return gas tube having an opening at an end thereof, said end of said return gas tube protruding, during operation, into an interior of a container to be filled with said liquid filling material that is disposed in a sealed position against said filling element, wherein said return gas tube is axially movable relative to said filling element in order to control a filling level of said liquid filling material in said container, wherein said central filling level adjusting element is configured to axially move all of said return gas tubes relative to their corresponding filling elements during a setting stroke, wherein said operating element is configured to execute a preset depressurizing stroke that axially moves said end of said return gas tube relative to said filling element from a lower initial position, which determines said filling level, to a raised depressurizing position, wherein said operating element is configured to cause axial movement to occur after closing of a liquid valve associated with said filling element and before said container is depressurized, and wherein said operating element is further configured to superimpose said preset depressurizing stroke on said setting stroke.