A method is described for shaping the bottom of hot-filled containers, in which the bottoms of the containers are forced inwardly from a state bulged outwardly, in particular as they cool down. Complex mechanisms for forcing the bottom inwardly are dispensable for the reason that the bottoms are forced inwardly by at least one fluid jet and/or fluid pressure wave. In addition, shaping the bottom can advantageously be carried out in a production region immediately downstream of a closer.

A filling station for filling containers includes a number of container holders defining respective container positions; a number of filling assemblies, each filling assembly being associated with a container holder, where each filling assembly includes a reciprocating nozzle assembly which makes a first reciprocating movement from a retracted nozzle position in which a nozzle is retracted from the container to an inserted nozzle position in which the nozzle is inserted into the container, where the nozzle moves through an opening in a lid member of a reciprocating lid assembly to be inserted into the container for filling the container with liquid; where the reciprocating lid assembly makes a second reciprocating movement towards a filling opening of the container in the container holder and back in a direction away from the filling opening, where the reciprocating lid assembly is under pretension in the direction of the container holder.

Container holder and filling device for filling containers with a filling product, for the open jet filling of containers with a beverage in a beverage filling plant. The container holder comprises: a holding portion which is set up for the receiving and holding of a container; a main carrier which is attachable to the filling device; and a compensation carrier which is adjustable in a compensation direction relative to the main carrier and to which the holding portion is attached.

A method for frothing beer in a bottle includes introducing, into the bottle of beer, a predetermined quantity of pressurized aqueous chlorine dioxide solution.

In a rotary drive with a housing that contains a piston, a lid and a bottom, screw thread-like guiding grooves in the piston, a shaft with a rotary axis that can be rotated around an axis of the rotary drive and that encroaches in the guiding grooves, and axially parallel torque supports that are attached in the lid and/or bottom and that are embedded in guidances in the piston, with each torque support having an approximately rectangular external cross-section with a load-specific design to support torques to be transmitted and having longer rectangle sides tangentially to the shaft and shorter rectangle sides approximately in directions towards the axis.

In a rotary drive with a housing that contains a piston, a lid and a bottom, screw thread-like guiding grooves in the piston, a shaft with a rotary axis that can be rotated around an axis of the rotary drive and that encroaches in the guiding grooves, and axially parallel torque supports that are attached in the lid and/or bottom and that are embedded in guidances in the piston, with each torque support having an approximately rectangular external cross-section with a load-specific design to support torques to be transmitted and having longer rectangle sides tangentially to the shaft and shorter rectangle sides approximately in directions towards the axis.

A machine for filling a container having a longitudinal axis is disclosed. The machine comprises a conveying device, and at least one handling unit moved by the conveying device along a path. The at least one handling unit comprises a support device configured to receive and retain the container, and at least one filling device configured to feed a pourable product into the container as the at least one handling unit travels along the path. The machine further comprises an actuator configured to rotate the container about the longitudinal axis while the container is filled with the pourable product by the at least one filling device.

A container filling arrangement for filling bottles and similar containers with a beverage and a method of operating the container filling arrangement.

An apparatus having a nozzle, a fluid flow conduit, a fluid flow discharge opening, a fluid flow discharge opening area, a fluid flow valve, a vacuum, a vacuum conduit, a vacuum opening, a vacuum valve, and a vacuum opening area wherein the vacuum opening is spatially proximate to the fluid flow discharge opening, the vacuum opening area to the fluid flow discharge opening area has a ratio of less than or equal to 1, and the fluid flow valve and vacuum valve are coupled.

An aseptic filling system includes a heat sterilizer and a filler. The heat sterilizer has a heating unit, a holding tube, a first stage cooling unit and a second stage cooling unit. A circulation line composed of a heating-water line and a cooling-water line is connected to the heating unit and the first stage cooling unit. A connection line is connected to the cooling-water line, and aseptic cooling water in the cooling-water line is sent to the filler through the connection line.