Patent ID: 7694858

Claim:
A liquid filling method wherein a liquid is delivered from a storage tank into a filler tank of a filler, and said liquid is filled into containers by said filler, said method being characterized in that the liquid in said filler tank is returned through a return piping attached to said filler tank and refluxed to said storage tank through a reflux path so that the liquid circulates throughout the entire filling line extending from said storage tank to said filler constantly during both liquid filling and suspension of liquid filling, wherein an amount of liquid in the filler tank is detected by means of a detecting device, and at least one of an amount of liquid supplied to said filler tank and an amount of liquid returned from said filler tank is controlled according to a detected value from said detecting device, wherein during filling by said filler, the amount of liquid supplied to said filler tank is larger than the amount of liquid returned from said filler tank, and during suspension of filling, the amount of liquid supplied to said filler tank is equal to the amount of liquid returned from said filler tank, and wherein said liquid is a beverage containing a solid component.