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ReferringtotheFigures,whereinlikenumeralsindicatelikeorcorrespondingpartsthroughouttheseveralviews,afillingapparatusforfillingbeveragecontainerswithcarbonatedliquidisgenerallyshownat10inFIG.1.Thefillingapparatus10comprisesabase,generallyindicatedat12,whichisfixedtoafloorsupportandformsthenon-movingportionofthefillingapparatus10.Thebase12includesaliquidsupplyconduit14whichiscentrallylocatedcoincidentwithagenerallyverticalaxisofrotationA.Theliquidsupplyconduit14isnon-rotatingandreceivesapressurizedflowofliquidbeverageBfromapumpandsupplyreservoir(notshown).
Afillingtable,generallyindicatedat16inFIG.1,isrotatablysupporteduponthebase12viabearing18.Thefillingtable16includesapluralityofcontainerplatforms20spacedincrementally,i.e.,uniformly,aboutthecircumferenceofthetable16foreachsupportingabeveragecontainerCduringthefillingprocess.Asiswellknownintheart,theplatforms20areverticallyindexabletobringcontainersCintoandoutofregistrywithanoverheadfillervalveassembly,asdescribedingreaterdetailbelow.Alargeexternally-toothedringgear22isengagedbythepiniononadrivemotor24toforciblyrotatethefillingtable16abouttheverticalaxisA.Inthismanner,beveragecontainersCareplacedonsuccessiveplatforms20wheretheyrotatewiththefillingtable16throughoutaportionofonecompleterevolutionduringthesequentialvacuum/counter-pressure/fill/sniftoperations.ThebeveragecontainersCarethenremovedfromtheplatformsanddeliveredpromptlytoacappingorothersuchclosureoperation.AlthoughthedrawingfiguresillustratethebeveragecontainerCasatypicalneckedglassbottle,thoseskilledintheartwillreadilyappreciatethatthesubjectinventioncanbepracticedwithplasticbottlesandcan-typebeveragecontainers.
