Device and method for filling a fill product into a container to be filled in a beverage bottling plant

A device for filling a fill product into a container to be filled in a beverage bottling plant, the device comprising:

• a fill product reservoir for storing the fill product;
• a fill product channel;
• and
• a filling member in fluid communication with the fill product reservoir via the fill product channel, wherein the filling member is configured to introduce the fill product into the container to be filled and the filling member communicates via media channels to provide media flows for two or more functions:
• flushing the container with a flushing gas before it is filled with the fill product,
• pre-pressurizing the container with a pressurizing gas to a pre-pressurizing pressure before it is filled with the fill product,
• returning gas displaced during the filling of the container with the fill product,
• relieving a gas overpressure in the container after filling the container with the fill product, and
• circulating a hot fill product through the filling member for controlling a temperature of the filling member,
• wherein in a first operating state the fill product is carbonated and in a second operating state the fill product is a hot-fill product, and
• wherein a single media channel of the media channels is configured to provide the media flows for at least two of the functions, including during the first operating state the single media channel is configured to relieve the gas overpressure which has built up in the container after filling with the fill product and during the second operating state the single media channel is configured to circulate the hot fill product through the filling member for controlling the temperature of the filling member.