Patent ID: 8720853

Claim:
Container treatment machine, especially a filler or rinser, comprising a tank and valve housings arranged under the tank and spaced away therefrom, a pressure-resistant delivery pipe having a curved section provided between the tank and each valve housing one of directly or via an interposed flow meter, the delivery pipe being integrally formed, at least in its curved section, of a hard plastic material which is pressure- and temperature-resistant, acid- and alkali-resistant and permissible for foodstuffs, and wherein the curved section comprises a knee for connecting the curved section to a connecting surface of the flow meter or of the valve housing, largely straight legs each having a leg end, an outwardly projecting end flange on each leg end, and a constriction adjacent to each outwardly projecting end flange, the length of the constriction a multiple of the length of the outwardly protruding end flange, wherein a metallic mounting flange fits on the outwardly projecting end flange and the constriction and projects beyond an end face of the outwardly projecting end flange, wherein a holding sleeve is arranged in the mounting flange, the holding sleeve being divided in a longitudinal direction into at least two parts, the respective lengths of the mounting flange and the holding sleeve being shorter than the length of the constriction, wherein the holding sleeve is flush with the outwardly projecting end flange and comprises an inner shoulder to allow a cooperation with the outwardly projecting end flange, and comprises an outer shoulder to allow a cooperation with the mounting flange, wherein an inner diameter of an inner bore of the mounting flange is larger than an outer diameter of the outwardly protruding end flange, and wherein the inner bore of the mounting flange comprises a shoulder to allow cooperation with the outer shoulder of the holding sleeve.