Method of controlling atmosphere in bottle in filling machine

摘要

The method uses a filling machine with an inlet star rotor (12) a filling turntable (14) with a plug bowl (30) containing the liquid (36) held at a given maximum level (34) covered by a gaseous layer (38) and filling spouts (26) for low pressure filling opening into the bowl. Each bottle is filled with an inert gas upstream of the carousel and the filling channel (32) is obturated when each of the stages of filling during which the throat of the bottle is offset from the sealing joint of the filling spout.