Patent ID: 7140406

Claim:
A system ( 19 ) for filling containers ( 10 ) with liquid contents, comprising a product pipe ( 7 ) which leads to at least one filling station ( 8 ) with at least one filling valve ( 9 ), comprising a device ( 1 ) for compensating for pressure drop in the product pipe ( 7 ) through which a liquid flows, which device ( 1 ) is positioned upstream of said at least one filling station ( 8 ) and connected to said product pipe ( 7 ), wherein said device ( 1 ) comprises a collapsible tube portion ( 2 ) connected to said product pipe ( 7 ), and a limiting means ( 3 ), which is inelastic in the circumferential direction and is adapted to counteract stretching of the tube portion ( 2 ) in the circumferential direction, and which is flexible such that it is collapsible freely together with the tube portion ( 2 ).