Patent ID: 8596307

Claim:
A method for filling containers with a filling material using a filling element, said filling material comprising at least two components, the method comprising introducing said components separately into a respective container via said filling element, wherein said filling element comprises a fluid channel with a dispensing opening for dispensing said filling material into said respective container, and filling said fluid channel at the end of each filling cycle with that component with which a chronologically immediately subsequent filling cycle begins, wherein said component with which a chronologically immediately subsequent filling cycle begins changes from one filling cycle to the next, wherein filling said respective container comprises using a filling element that comprises a gas trap at said dispensing opening, said method further comprising, in each filling cycle introducing the components into the respective container consecutively in a predetermined sequence, and in a respective subsequent filling cycle following one filling cycle, modifying the sequence such that filling of the respective container in the subsequent filling cycle takes place using a sequentially last component from the preceding filling cycle.