EP0531358B1 - Procede et dispositif de remplissage sterile de recipients avec des boissons - Google Patents

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EP0531358B1
EP0531358B1 EP91909814A EP91909814A EP0531358B1 EP 0531358 B1 EP0531358 B1 EP 0531358B1 EP 91909814 A EP91909814 A EP 91909814A EP 91909814 A EP91909814 A EP 91909814A EP 0531358 B1 EP0531358 B1 EP 0531358B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
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    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
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    • B67C3/06—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus using counterpressure, i.e. filling while the container is under pressure
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    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
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    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
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    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
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    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
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    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
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  • the invention relates to a method for the sterile filling of beverage liquids in bottles or the like.
  • the invention further relates to a device with which such a method can be carried out.
  • a disadvantage of this method is the great effort required for the sterilization phase (additional bell), but it is also disadvantageous that large relative displacements between the metering element and the bottle have to take place due to the long steam supply pipe, which in turn has to do with the corresponding device effort and additional process time when lifting and lowering is connected.
  • the long tube also has a comparatively high heat storage capacity, so that after a filling cycle has taken place, the filling tube cooled by the filled liquid has to be re-heated, as a result of which a lot of undesirable condensate is produced.
  • the invention intends to propose a method and a device with which a simple and effective, sterile bottle filling which is sufficient for a large area of application is possible.
  • the method steps specified in claim 1 are provided.
  • the bottle is first moved from below to the filling element in a positioning phase, this movement taking place at least to the extent that the mouth of a short steam supply tube provided on the filling element comes to rest in the mouth area within the bottle head.
  • steam is then introduced into the bottle through the steam supply pipe, whereby the fact that the mouth of the steam supply pipe lies within the bottle head means that the steam is directly directed into the bottle and thus flows downwards into a relatively sharp and bundled steel can and can therefore reach all areas of the bottle, including the bottle bottom and the corner areas between the floor and walls.
  • the steam supply can be maintained until a certain pressure inside the bottle is reached.
  • the bottle is prestressed with an inert tensioning gas, as is known per se, a counterpressure being generated in the bottle which, for example, automatically opens the liquid valve in the filling element when a certain value is reached.
  • the beverage liquid is then poured into the bottle while flowing around the outer jacket of the steam feed pipe in the filling phase.
  • Flow around the outer jacket means that the liquid is therefore not supplied inside the steam feed pipe, but rather in the area between the inner wall of the bottle and the outer jacket of the steam feed pipe.
  • the flow around the outer jacket can take place in direct or indirect contact with the outer jacket. Because the liquid to be filled is poured into the bottle while flowing around the outer jacket, the steam supply pipe, which is still hot due to the preceding sterilization phase, can heat the liquid to be filled somewhat or directly over a relatively large area, namely the peripheral surface of the steam supply pipe.
  • This heating means that the liquid does not occur cold against the inner wall of the bottle, which has been heated due to the previous sterilization phase, but instead a certain reduction in the temperature difference takes place, which greatly reduces the risk of the bottle breaking due to possible large temperature differences.
  • the tensioning gas is displaced and discharged as return gas through the steam feed pipe. After the desired filling level has been reached, the bottle is then pulled off from the filling element in a manner known per se.
  • the bottle is only raised to just below the filling element without pressing against the filling element in the positioning phase and the sterilization phase is then carried out in this position.
  • care is taken that the mouth of the steam supply pipe is already in the bottle neck when the lifting movement of the bottle is stopped.
  • the steam can then flow through the bottle and emerges from the bottle into the open between the steam feed pipe and the bottle neck, so that the top of the bottle, and in particular the area in which the bottle cap is applied later, is then sterilized outside the bottle. Mouth sterilization therefore takes place from the outside.
  • the bottle can be pressed tightly against the filling element while simultaneously supplying steam.
  • this mouth sterilization can also be followed by a pre-rinsing phase in which inert clamping gas is again introduced into the bottle, which then has the purpose of flushing out the hot steam from the bottle. If, during this flushing phase, after the hot steam has been expelled, the bottle is raised further until it lies sealingly against the filling element, one can proceed directly from this flushing phase to the pretensioning phase, in which the counterpressure in the bottle is then generated for the subsequent opening of the filling valve.
  • Another variant provides that the bottle is pressed against a seal of the filling element already in the positioning phase. A pre-evacuation of the bottle can then take place between the positioning phase carried out and the sterilization phase.
  • the steam supply pipe is preferably also used again by connecting it to a vacuum line. After this first pre-evacuation, the sterilization phase can then take place, while an evacuation phase can then follow in order to remove steam.
  • Another variant of the method provides that after the sterilization phase a pre-rinsing phase is carried out with tension gas introduced through the steam supply pipe and that during the pre-rinsing phase the steam and the condensate are blown out through a relief line which is open towards the bottle mouth in this pre-rinsing phase.
  • the bottle is also pressed against a seal of the filling element, but the contact pressure only needs to be such that the bottle sits close to the filling element.
  • the tension gas introduced can push the steam and in particular the condensate collecting in the bottom of the bottle in the sterilization phase upwards, this hot steam then not entering the bottle Free is released, where it could possibly affect adjacent bottles, but is fed to a relief line, and can then be released at a suitable point.
  • the relief line can be closed so that the gas initially introduced as the purge gas no longer escapes and then the pre-purge phase follows.
  • the relief line is closed by a lifting movement of the bottle. This can be done in that the bottle is then raised further after the end of the pre-rinsing phase, the opening of the relief line being closed automatically by a suitable design of the centering bell.
  • the liquid in the filling phase the liquid is directed towards the inner wall of the bottle head by a deflecting body located above the bottle mouth.
  • This deflecting body has the task of directing the liquid directly in the mouth region of the bottle to the inside wall of the bottle, where it is then taken up and flows downward into the bottle along the inside wall of the bottle under the adhesive effect. This results in a uniform cooling of the bottle from top to bottom during the filling process, starting in the particularly thick-walled head area of the bottle, so that there are no temperature shocks and thus bottle breakage.
  • a filling machine for performing the method according to claim 1 is specified in claim 14.
  • a filling machine with a filling element in which the steam feed pipe not only penetrates the liquid valve, but also an overlying, product-liquid-laden space, with the result that also in the sterilization phase Superheated steam, the steam passed through the steam supply pipe, can give off heat to the liquid valve on the one hand and the product present in this area, so that the product is preheated somewhat, with the result described above that the temperature differences are less when striking the bottle wall.
  • the steam supply pipe not only serves for supplying superheated steam, but also as a supply pipe for the tensioning gas and for the vacuum.
  • a filling element for a filling machine in which a gas pipe ending in the neck of a pressed bottle passes through the liquid valve and a space which is exposed to liquid when the liquid valve is closed.
  • a gas line is connected to the gas pipe above the liquid valve, but there is no steam supply line, so that steam sterilization of a pressed bottle cannot be carried out with this filling element.
  • the supply line for the inert tensioning gas, the supply line for vacuum and the supply line for steam open into a common connecting line, which in turn opens into the steam supply pipe.
  • the steam supply pipe can also be used to relax the filled bottle to atmospheric pressure.
  • the seal against which the bottle is pressed against the centering bell is advantageously part of a vertically movable centering bell, which in one embodiment forms a chamber above the bottle mouth in a first position.
  • a chamber is created around the mouth area in the centering bell, which enables the superheated steam from the bottle in the pre-rinsing phase into the chamber and through the chamber into a discharge line opening there to blow.
  • parts of the centering bell can, with appropriate training, close the mouth opening of the relief line, so that the required counterpressure can then build up in the bottle in the pretensioning phase as desired.
  • the steam feed pipe has also proven to be very advantageous to design the steam feed pipe as an annular nozzle at least in the mouth area towards the bottle. This can happen, for example, by arranging a probe inside the steam feed pipe, which serves to detect the fill level. In the sterilization phase, this probe has a flow-guiding effect on the steam flow, which leads to a correspondingly concentrated steam jet which is directed towards the bottom of the bottle and can then spread upwards along the walls of the bottle from there.
  • a filling element is shown schematically and designated 1.
  • This filling element is located in a back pressure filling machine, not shown, the basic structure of which is known and need not be explained further here.
  • the filling element 1 is assigned various valves 2, 3, 4 and 5 accommodated in a valve block.
  • the valve 2 serves as a steam valve and is connected on the inlet side to a steam supply line 6.
  • the valve 3 is used for pre-evacuation and is connected on the input side to an evacuated line 7.
  • the valve 4 serves as an inert gas valve and is connected on the inlet side to the inert gas line 8 for this purpose.
  • valve 5 serves as a return gas valve for discharging return gas via return gas line 9. All valves 2 to 5 are connected on the output side to a common line 10, which in turn is connected via a connecting line 11 to the upper end of a steam supply pipe 12.
  • This steam supply pipe passes through the valve body 13 of the actual liquid valve 14.
  • Above the liquid valve 14 there is a product collecting space 15, into which the product line 16 opens.
  • the drive 23 for the filling element is accommodated, which enables the liquid valve 14 to be opened or closed again at the appropriate time.
  • the steam supply pipe 12 ends in the area of the bottle neck with its mouth 19 below the bottle mouth 20.
  • a probe 21 is also housed in the steam feed pipe, which serves as a fill level detector probe and signals the end of the filling process when the probe comes into contact with liquid during the filling process.
  • the mouth opening 19 can advantageously end above the intended fill level, so that no liquid penetrates into the interior of the steam feed pipe.
  • the valves 2 to 5 are opened or closed electrically or mechanically, depending on the desired process sequence.
  • the method according to the invention can be carried out in various variants or exemplary embodiments.
  • FIG. 2 (as in FIG. 3), the individual positions of the various valves in the individual phases of the filling process are shown in succession.
  • the open valves are in the left column of each box.
  • valve 3 is the pre-evacuation valve
  • valve 4 is the inert gas valve
  • valve 5 is the return gas valve.
  • the actual filling valve is designated by 14.
  • a bottle in the positioning phase is brought into position against the filling element 1 by lifting the lifting plate 22 on which the bottle stands so that the upper edge of the bottle does not hit the seal 17 (see FIG. 1) of the Filling member is pressed, but is spaced apart.
  • the mouth 19 of the steam supply pipe 12 is already inside the mouth 18 of the bottle. All valves 2 to 5 and 14 are closed.
  • steam valve 2 is first opened. As a result, hot steam flows into the bottle. The superheated steam reaches all areas of the bottle and escapes into the open through the gap between the mouth of the steam supply pipe and the bottle head.
  • the mouth of the bottle is also sterilized from the outside and is therefore germ-free.
  • This phase is therefore the sterilization phase.
  • the steam valve 2 is closed.
  • a pre-rinsing phase then follows, in which the bottle is rinsed with inert gas, namely CO2.
  • the CO2 valve 4 is opened.
  • the CO2 also flows onto the steam supply pipe into the bottle, distributes itself evenly there, displaces the residual steam that is still there and in part passes through the distance between the upper edge of the bottle and the lower seal 17 on the filling element that is still present in this phase.
  • the CO2 valve is open, the bottle is then moved against the seal 17 by lifting the lifting plate 22. This is shown by the arrow with the corresponding representation in the functional sequence.
  • the pretension phase When the filling valve 14 is opened, the return gas valve 5 is also opened and the CO2 valve 4 is then closed. The filling phase now takes place, the liquid running into the bottle and 5 CO2 being able to escape from the bottle through the return gas valve.
  • the return gas valve can be used periodically to brake the filling process be opened and closed to slow the liquid ingress. When the desired fill level is reached, the fill valve 14 closes again. Then the load is relieved in a known manner by opening the return gas valve 5.
  • the bottle can be lowered somewhat from the seal on the filling element, so that an intermediate space is created between the upper edge of the bottle and the seal.
  • the C02 valve 4 can be opened again, so that a CO2 atmosphere is created in the mouth area, which prevents the penetration of air and thus any germs into the bottle interior.
  • the bottle is already completely pressed against the filling element in the positioning phase, so that there is no distance between the upper edge of the bottle and the filling element seal, as in the first example.
  • a pre-evacuation phase then follows, in which the valve 3 is opened. Only then is the sterilization phase carried out. For this purpose, the pre-evacuation valve 3 is closed and the steam valve 2 is opened. After this sterilization phase, an evacuation phase can follow, in which the vapor is then removed from the bottle by creating a vacuum.
  • the preload phase then follows. For this the CO2 valve is opened and an overpressure is generated in the bottle, which then leads to the opening of the filling valve, so that the filling phase is then entered.
  • the further steps correspond to those as have been explained with reference to FIG. 2, for which this need not be repeated here.
  • the filling valve shown in FIG. 1 can be used when carrying out these different filling processes.
  • the output lines of the individual valves 2 to 5 are combined to form the manifold 10, which in turn opens into the connecting line 11.
  • This not only leads to a simple construction of the filling element, but also has the consequence that all lines to the individual valves are also sterilized with superheated steam in the sterilization phase. This leads to a high level of sterility in the entire pipe system.
  • the exemplary embodiment shown in FIG. 4 differs from the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 1 essentially in that the pre-evacuation line 7 and the pre-evacuation valve 3 have been dispensed with and that in the area of the seal 17, which is part of the centering bell (not shown in more detail), a chamber 22 is formed, the function of which will be explained in more detail.
  • the chamber 22 is connected to the relief line 23, which in turn opens into the return gas line 9.
  • the bottle is pressed in two stages against the seal 17 in the centering bell, the only aim in the first stage being that the mouth of the bottle seals against the centering bell. Then, after the sterilization phase, the steam is pressed out of the bottle with CO2 in the subsequent rinsing phase, the steam and also the condensate can be forced into the chamber 22 and through the relief line into the return gas line, because then a flow connection between the annular space around it Steaming supply pipe around and the chamber 22 and thus also to the relief line 23.
  • the bottle can be raised further in the second stage, in which case the seal 17 moves upwards in such a way that it reduces the volume 22 or takes up the volume so far that there is no longer a flow connection to the relief line 23. Then the pressure can build up.
  • the following steps are connected: First, the bottle is moved to the position shown in FIG. 4, where it lies pressure-tight on the filling element.
  • the sterilization phase can then be directly connected, steam being blown into the bottle via the steam feed line 6 and the steam feed pipe.
  • the gas in the bottle escapes through the relief line because the chamber 22 opens this line.
  • the pre-purge phase can then follow, with inert gas being passed under pressure via line 8.
  • This inert gas presses the superheated steam and the condensate into the return gas channel 9 via the same relief line.
  • the bottle is then raised further, the seal 17 moving upward and closing the relief line and the chamber 22.
  • Now counterpressure can build up in the bottle, which ultimately leads to the lifting of the filling valve 13 and thus to the beginning of the filling phase in the manner already described.
  • the remaining phases take place according to the previously described embodiment.
  • the mouth region of the filling element can be designed in a concrete manner as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6.
  • a bottom piece 24 is attached to the lower region of the filling element, which has a projection 25 which serves to guide the centering bell 26.
  • the centering bell 26 is mounted so that it can move vertically against the projection 25 against the force of a spring 27.
  • the centering bell has a closing surface 28, which corresponds to the mouth 29 of the relief line 23 assigned.
  • FIG. 5 shows the position that the centering bell assumes during the sterilization phase. It can be seen that there is a flow connection from the chamber 22 to the bottle interior on the one hand and to the relief line 23 on the other.
  • the introduced steam can thus be collected specifically through this relief line during the sterilization phase and transported to a desired position via the relief or return gas line.
  • the centering bell is guided relative to the shoulder 25 on the base piece 24 with the inclusion of a smooth seal 30 which prevents the steam from escaping in the gap between the centering bell and the shoulder.
  • the relief line 23 does not necessarily have to open into the return gas duct 9. It is also easily possible to lead the line 23 directly to the outside via a separately controllable valve or alternatively to connect it to a vacuum in order to be able to discharge purge gas, steam or even condensate.
  • FIG. 6 also shows a deflecting body 31 which is arranged on the outer jacket of the steam supply pipe and which has the task of directing the liquid flow in the filling phase along the arrow shown in FIG. 6 to the inner wall of the mouth of the pressed-on bottle, which then leads in the manner already described to a flow of the liquid flow along the inner wall of the bottle.
  • a sterile filling not only of bottles, but also of cans or other containers can be carried out in a simple and efficient manner without having to work with a long tube and without the otherwise known ones Short tube fillers used for this purpose of sterile filling have to be accepted disadvantages.
  • the described methods and the associated filling valve with a steam supply pipe can also be used in a filling device with a centering seal guided displaceably along the filler neck, the steam supply pipe being displaceably mounted in the filling valve and connected to the centering seal via a web.
  • height-adjustable lift dividers can be dispensed with in favor of height-fixed standing surfaces. This version is particularly advantageous in the case of cans, since here the filling level is usually close to the upper edge of the can.

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  1. Procédé de remplissage stérile de boissons dans des bouteilles ou analogues, réalisant au moins les opérations de base suivantes :
    a) Les bouteilles sont amenées par un mouvement vertical ascendant à un organe de remplissage (1), un tuyau d'amenée de vapeur (12) monté sur l'organe de remplissage étant positionné avec son ouverture (19) dans la région du goulot à l'intérieur de la bouteille (phase de positionnement);
    b) pour la stérilisation de la bouteille, la vapeur est introduite dans la bouteille par le tuyau d'amenée de vapeur (12) en un jet relativement fort et concentré dirigé vers le bas (phase de stérilisation);
    c) la bouteille est mise en précontrainte au moyen de gaz inerte de tension introduit dans la bouteille par le tuyau d'amenée de vapeur (phase de précontrainte);
    d) la boisson est introduite dans la bouteille en circulant autour de l'enveloppe extérieure du tuyau d'amenée de vapeur (12), au cours de l'opération de remplissage, le gaz de tension étant évacué en même temps par le tuyau d'amenée de vapeur (phase de remplissage);
    e) dès que le niveau de remplissage désiré est atteint, la bouteille est retirée de l'organe de remplissage (1) par un mouvement descendant (phase de retrait).
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que dans la phase de positionnement, la bouteille est relevée jusqu'à immédiatement en dessous de l'organe de remplissage (1), sans être appliquée contre ledit organe de remplissage, et que la phase de stérilisation se déroule dans cette position.
  3. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce qu'entre la phase de stérilisation et la phase de précontrainte, la bouteille est rincée préalablement avec du gaz de tension introduit par le tuyau d'amenée de vapeur (12) (phase de prérinçage).
  4. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 2 ou 3, caractérisé en ce qu'avant la phase de prérinçage, la bouteille est appliquée de manière étanche contre un joint d'étanchéité sur l'organe de remplissage (1).
  5. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que dans la phase de positionnement, la bouteille est appliquée contre un joint d'étanchéité (17) sur l'organe de remplissage (1).
  6. Procédé selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce qu'entre la phase de positionnement et la phase de stérilisation est réalisée une évacuation préliminaire de la bouteille, le vide préliminaire étant créé par l'intermédiaire du tuyau d'amenée de vapeur (12) (phase d'évacuation préliminaire).
  7. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 5 ou 6, caractérisé en ce qu'entre la phase de stérilisation et la phase de précontrainte est réalisée une évacuation préliminaire de la bouteille, le vide préliminaire étant créé par l'intermédiaire du tuyau d'amenée de vapeur (12) (phase d'évacuation préliminaire II).
  8. Procédé selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que la phase de stérilisation est suivie d'une phase de prérinçage avec du gaz de tension introduit par l'intermédiaire du tuyau d'amenée de vapeur (12), et que pendant la phase de prérinçage, la vapeur et le produit de condensation sont expulsés par une conduite de décharge (23) qui, dans cette phase de prérinçage, est ouverte en direction du goulot (19) de la bouteille.
  9. Procédé selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que la conduite de décharge (23) est fermée à la fin de la phase de prérinçage.
  10. Procédé selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que la conduite de décharge (23) est fermée par un mouvement de levage de la bouteille.
  11. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que dans la phase de retrait, la bouteille n'est tout d'abord retirée que de manière partielle de l'organe de remplissage (1), qu'un rinçage de la région du goulot (20) de la bouteille est ensuite effectué par le soufflage de gaz inerte de tension dirigé dans le tuyau d'amenée de vapeur, et que la bouteille est ensuite retirée complètement de l'organe de remplissage.
  12. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la vapeur est introduite à l'extrémité supérieure du tuyau d'amenée de vapeur qui traverse la soupape de remplissage dans l'organe de remplissage (1).
  13. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que dans la phase de remplissage, un corps déflecteur (31) situé au-dessus du goulot de bouteille dirige le liquide vers les parois intérieures du goulot de bouteille.
  14. Machine de remplissage avec au moins un organe de remplissage pour la mise en oeuvre du procédé selon la revendication 1, comprenant
    - une soupape à liquide (14),
    - un canal d'amenée pour le liquide à embouteiller,
    - un canal d'amenée pour du gaz inerte de tension, et
    - un dispositif pour l'amenée de la vapeur par l'intermédiaire d'une conduite d'amenée de vapeur (6) vers un tuyau d'amenée de vapeur (12) qui traverse la soupape à liquide (14) et un espace (15) situé au-dessus de la soupape à liquide (14) et également alimenté en liquide lorsque la soupape à liquide est fermée, et dont l'extrémité de sortie (19) se termine, lorsqu'une bouteille est appliquée contre un joint d'étanchéité (17) sur l'organe de remplissage (1), dans le goulot de bouteille, la conduite d'amenée pour le gaz inerte de tension et la conduite d'amenée pour la vapeur étant raccordées au tuyau d'amenée de vapeur, au-dessus de la soupape à liquide.
  15. Dispositif selon la revendication 14, caractérisé en ce que la conduite d'amenée pour le gaz inerte de tension, la conduite d'amenée pour le vide ainsi que la conduite d'amenée pour la vapeur débouchent dans une conduite de raccordement (11) commune laquelle débouche dans le tuyau d'amenée de vapeur (12).
  16. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 14 ou 15, caractérisé en ce que le gaz de retour expulsé de la bouteille lors du remplissage est conduit par la conduite de raccordement (11) et par une soupape de gaz de retour couplée avec celle-ci.
  17. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 14 à 16, caractérisé en ce que, après avoir atteint un niveau de remplissage prédéterminé dans la bouteille, il se produit une chute de pression par le tuyau d'amenée de vapeur (12) jusqu'à la pression atmosphérique.
  18. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 14 à 17, caractérisé en ce que l'ouverture de sortie (19) du tuyau d'amenée de vapeur (12) se termine dans la bouteille, au-dessus d'un niveau de remplissage prédéterminé.
  19. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le joint d'étanchéité fait partie d'une cloche de centrage (26) mobile en hauteur.
  20. Dispositif selon la revendication 19, caractérisé en ce que la cloche de centrage (26) forme, dans une première position, une chambre (22) située au-dessus du goulot de bouteille et dans laquelle débouche une conduite de décharge (23).
  21. Dispositif selon la revendication 20, caractérisé en ce que la cloche de centrage (26) obture, dans une seconde position, l'ouverture de sortie (29) de la conduite de décharge (23).
  22. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 14 à 21, caractérisé en ce que sur l'enveloppe extérieure du tuyau d'amenée de vapeur est monté un corps déflecteur (31) qui dirige le courant de liquide vers la paroi intérieure du goulot de bouteille.
  23. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 14 à 22, caractérisé en ce que le tuyau d'amenée de vapeur (12) est réalisé, au moins dans la région de l'ouverture en direction de la bouteille, sous la forme d'une tuyère annulaire.
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