摘要 |
A counter-pressure type bottling valve assembly includes a vent tube and valve stem that are movably supported independently of the movable valve member of the main bottling valve and that can be displaced vertically by means of a pneumatic cylinder adapted to be driven by the counter-pressure gas. The movable valve member of the main bottling valve, operable from outside of the valve assembly between its closed and opened positions. Snifting means is provided for snifting the counter-pressure gas confined in the space delimited by the main bottling valve, a lower portion of a main body of the valve assembly, and a bottle neck portion sealing coupled to the bottom of the main body of the valve assembly. The vent tube is replaceably connected to the valve stem for varying the length of the vent tube to fill a bottle.
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