Patent ID: 7409808
Filing Date: 2008-08-12
Classification: B67C

Abstract:
1. A beverage bottling plant for filling beverage bottles with liquid beverage material, said beverage bottling plant comprising: a beverage bottle cleaning machine being configured and disposed to clean beverage bottles; a first conveyor arrangement being configured and disposed to convey beverage bottles to be cleaned to said beverage bottle cleaning machine; a rotary beverage bottle sterilizing machine being configured and disposed to sterilize beverage bottles with a sterilizing medium; said beverage bottle sterilizing machine comprising: a second conveyor arrangement being configured and disposed to convey filled beverage bottles from said beverage bottle cleaning machine to said beverage bottle sterilizing machine; a rotary beverage bottle filling machine being configured and disposed to fill beverage bottles with liquid beverage material; said beverage bottle filling machine comprising: a third conveyor arrangement being configured and disposed to convey filled beverage bottles from said beverage bottle sterilizing machine to said beverage bottle filling machine; a rotary beverage bottle closing machine being configured and disposed to close tops of filled beverage bottles; said beverage bottle closing machine comprising: a fourth conveyor arrangement being configured and disposed to convey filled beverage bottles from said beverage bottle filling machine to said beverage bottle closing machine; a rotary beverage bottle labeling machine being configured and disposed to label filled, closed beverage bottles; said beverage bottle labeling machine comprising: a fifth conveyor arrangement being configured and disposed to convey filled, closed beverage bottles from said beverage bottle closing machine to said beverage bottle labeling machine; a beverage bottle packaging machine being configured and disposed to package beverage bottles into packs; a sixth conveyor arrangement being configured and disposed to convey filled, closed, labeled beverage bottles from said beverage bottle labeling machine to said beverage bottle packaging machine; a reservoir being configured and disposed to hold a supply of barrier fluid; and each of said beverage bottle sterilizing machine, said beverage bottle filling machine, and said beverage bottle closing machine comprising: