Various embodiments relate to devices and methods for treating a mixture of expansion gas and filling product foam in a beverage filling plant, comprising the steps of introducing the mixture of expansion gas and filling product foam into a closed separation container and extracting the expansion gas out of the closed separation container via suction.

The invention relates to devices for automatically pouring foamed and carbonated beverages from isobaric containers into plastic bottles. The technical result is an automatic device with a simplified design, which is easier to maintain as a result of the valves of a flow switcher being provided with a single common stepped electromechanical cam drive. The present automatic device comprises a filling channel, channels, valves with pipes for supplying a gas and a beverage, a channel for removing gas from a container, said channel being connected via an adjustable throttle valve to a drainage channel, an assembly for clamping the neck of a plastic container to the outlet opening of the filling channel and to the inlet opening of the gas removal channel, and a control unit, which is connected to a drive of the clamping assembly and to a drive of valves in order to open and close same according to a set programme. The drive of valves comprises a disc which is mounted such as to be capable of discrete angular displacement and has a profiled cammed surface in the form of an annular track which contacts with rods corresponding to the valves and provides, in one complete revolution of the disc, for the opening and closing of said valves according, to a set programme in order to pour a beverage into a container.

The invention relates to devices for automatically pouring foamed and carbonated beverages from isobaric containers into plastic bottles. The technical result is an automatic device with a simplified design, which is easier to maintain as a result of the valves of a flow switcher being provided with a single common stepped electromechanical cam drive. The present automatic device comprises a filling channel, channels, valves with pipes for supplying a gas and a beverage, a channel for removing gas from a container, said channel being connected via an adjustable throttle valve to a drainage channel, an assembly for clamping the neck of a plastic container to the outlet opening of the filling channel and to the inlet opening of the gas removal channel, and a control unit, which is connected to a drive of the clamping assembly and to a drive of valves in order to open and close same according to a set programme. The drive of valves comprises a disc which is mounted such as to be capable of discrete angular displacement and has a profiled cammed surface in the form of an annular track which contacts with rods corresponding to the valves and provides, in one complete revolution of the disc, for the opening and closing of said valves according, to a set programme in order to pour a beverage into a container.

A method for filling a container to be filled with a filling product includes accommodating a container to be filled in a treatment chamber, sealing a filling device to the container, rinsing the container with a rinsing gas introduced into the container through a rinsing gas channel, filling the container with the filling product, pre-pressurizing the treatment chamber with a pressurization gas through a pressurization gas channel, removing the filling device from the container, closing the container with a container closure, relieving the pre-pressurization pressure in the treatment chamber, and removing the container from the treatment chamber. The pre-pressurization pressure that is present in the treatment chamber is at least in part relieved into the rinsing gas channel.

A container production method by liquid blow molding. The method includes a pushing step in which a liquid is collected from a preform at the timing at which the pressure inside of the preform starts rising by pushing of the expanded and deformed preform by a movable mold portion of a blow molding mold so that the rise in the pressure is suppressed or prevented.

An apparatus for processing a container that contains liquid filling-material includes a source of inert gas at a treatment pressure that is higher than a fill pressure that is used to fill said container, and filling elements. A typical filling element includes a housing, and a first controlled gas path that selectively connects the source to the container.

An apparatus for processing a container that contains liquid filling-material includes a source of inert gas at a treatment pressure that is higher than a fill pressure that is used to fill said container, and filling elements. A typical filling element includes a housing, and a first controlled gas path that selectively connects the source to the container.

An apparatus for producing plastic bottles comprising: a blow moulding machine including a blow moulding carousel being configured to transform a succession of plastic preforms into respective bottles; a filling machine including: a filling carousel, and a plurality of handling units; a labeling unit configured to feed a succession of labels to be attached to the respective bottles; and a conveying system configured to transfer the bottles within the apparatus. The labeling unit is arranged peripherally to the filling carousel and is configured to feed the labels to the handling units carrying the respective bottles while the handling units are advanced by the filling carousel. The conveying system includes a plurality of consecutive transport star wheels transferring the bottles in a continuous stream from the blow moulding carousel to the filling carousel.

An apparatus for producing plastic bottles comprising: a blow moulding machine including a blow moulding carousel being configured to transform a succession of plastic preforms into respective bottles; a filling machine including: a filling carousel, and a plurality of handling units; a labeling unit configured to feed a succession of labels to be attached to the respective bottles; and a conveying system configured to transfer the bottles within the apparatus. The labeling unit is arranged peripherally to the filling carousel and is configured to feed the labels to the handling units carrying the respective bottles while the handling units are advanced by the filling carousel. The conveying system includes a plurality of consecutive transport star wheels transferring the bottles in a continuous stream from the blow moulding carousel to the filling carousel.