Patent ID: 8757225

Claim:
Apparatus for filling containers with liquids, comprising a filling device which fills the liquid into the container, wherein the filling device has a valve device for controlling the liquid flow into the container, comprising a first supply line for supplying a first liquid to the filling device, and comprising a second supply line for supplying a second liquid to the filling device, wherein the two liquids are beverages and the second liquid contains fruit pieces or pulp fractions, and wherein the first supply line and the second supply line are separate from one another at least in some sections and the second supply line opens into the first supply line, characterised in that the apparatus has a control device which is configured in such a way that, at the start and at the end of a filling process for a container, this container is filled only with the first liquid and comprising a dosing device for dosing the second liquid, wherein the dosing device comprises a measuring device for determining the quantity of the second liquid to be supplied, which is provided within the second supply line, wherein the measuring device has a measuring probe and wherein the dosing device has two diaphragm valves and the measuring probe is arranged between the two diaphragm valves, further comprising a rinsing device for rinsing components of the apparatus with a rinsing medium and wherein a filling state of the containers is measured.