Patent ID: 7513821

Claim:
A filling joint arrangement for a flowable filling medium which is capable of flow comprising: a first filling pipe portion with a first filling pipe axis; and a second filling pipe portion with a second filling pipe axis, wherein the second filling pipe portion is reversibly pivotable between a filling position where the second filling pipe axis is aligned with the first filling pipe axis and a tilted position where the second filling pipe axis is out of alignment with the first filling pipe axis; a joint device disposed in filling medium-tight relationship between the first and the second filling pipe portions comprising: a first joint receiving portion connected in filling medium-tight relationship to the first filling pipe portion; a joint intermediate portion having a third filling pipe portion with a third filling pipe axis and held pivotably by the first joint receiving portion in such a way that it is reversibly pivotable from the filling position into a tilted position in which the third filling pipe axis is out of alignment with the first filling pipe axis; and a second joint receiving portion connected in filling medium-tight relationship to the second filling pipe portion and which together with the second filling pipe portion is reversibly pivotable with respect to the joint intermediate portion between the filling position by way of a tilted intermediate position in which at least the third filling pipe axis is out of alignment with the first filling pipe axis and a tilted end position in which the second filling pipe axis is out of alignment with the third filling pipe axis, wherein the first filling pipe portion, the second filling pipe portion and the joint intermediate portion are reversibly pivotable about a common axis.