Patent ID: 8100152

Claim:
A machine for filling containers with a heated liquid product, comprising: a rotating carousel provided with a plurality of filling stations, each whereof comprises means for supporting a container below a dispensing faucet; a pump having an input duct and an output feed duct which is connected between said pump and said rotating carousel; a source of heated water and a source of said heated liquid product; means for selectively feeding said heated water and said heated liquid product to said input duct of said pump such that said pump feeds a selected one of said heated water and said heated liquid product through said output feed duct to said rotating carousel; and means adapted to collect and evacuate the heated water that exits from the faucets when said heated water has been selected to be fed by said pump to said rotating carousel, all the walls of the machine designed to be in contact with said heated water and said heated liquid product having high thermal insulation characteristics.