Patent ID: 8291945

Claim:
A cleaning device for a recipient filling machine comprising a plurality of filling spouts, each having a height, said cleaning device comprising: a plurality of cleaning agent recovery tubes, each shiftable between a service position in which said recovery tube recovers at an upper end a cleaning agent supplied by one of said filling spouts, and a retracted position in which said tube is positioned away from said one of said filling spouts to allow recipients to be filled; collection means to which said recovery tubes are connected, to collect the cleaning agent recovered by said recovery tubes; displacement means for displacing at least some of the recovery tubes between the service position and the retracted position; and sealing means individually ensuring a seal between the filling spouts and the recovery tubes in the service position, said sealing means comprising tubular end pieces, individually permanently operably coupled to one of said recovery tubes and pressed against one of the filling spouts by said recovery tubes, in the service position and moved away therefrom, in the retracted position, said tubular end pieces being individually made in elastic material and axially deform elastically to reduce in length to compensate for differences in height between the filling spouts, in the service position of said recovery tubes.