Beverage bottling plant for filling beverage bottles or other beverage containers with a liquid beverage filling material and an arrangement for dividing and separating of a stream of beverage bottles or other beverage containers

A beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material, said beverage bottling plant comprising:

• a cleaning station configured and disposed to clean bottles;
• a first conveyer arrangement configured and disposed to convey bottles to said cleaning station;
• an inspection station configured and disposed to inspect cleaned bottles;
• said inspection station comprising at least a first inspection structure and a second inspection structure separate from said first inspection structure;
• a second conveyer arrangement configured and disposed to convey cleaned bottles from said cleaning station to said inspection station;
• said second conveyer arrangement comprising at least a first set of conveyer band structures and a second set of conveyer band structures;
• at least a portion of said first set of conveyer band structures comprising at least one straight conveyer band;
• which at least one straight conveyer band has at least one straight portion;
• at least a portion of said second set of conveyer band structures comprising at least one straight conveyer band;
• which at least one straight conveyer band has at least one straight portion;
• at least a portion of said first set of conveyer band structures and at least a portion of said second set of conveyer band structures being disposed at an angle with respect to one another;
• said angle and said at least first and second set of conveyer band structures together being configured and disposed with respect to one another to separate a first stream of cleaned bottles into at least two streams of cleaned bottles to permit conveying of a second stream of cleaned bottles, narrower than a first stream of cleaned bottles, to said first inspection structure and also to permit conveying of a second stream of cleaned bottles, narrower than a first stream of cleaned bottles, to said second inspection structure;
• a guide structure disposed adjacent said first and second sets of conveyer band structures and configured to guide a second stream of cleaned bottles to a first inspection structure and a third stream of cleaned bottles to a second inspection structure;
• a filling machine configured to fill cleaned and inspected bottles with liquid beverage filling material;
• said beverage filling machine comprising a plurality of beverage filling positions, each beverage filling position comprising a beverage filling device for filling bottles with liquid beverage filling material;
• said filling devices comprising apparatus configured to introduce a predetermined flow of liquid beverage filling material into the interior of bottles to a substantially predetermined level of liquid beverage filling material;
• said apparatus configured to introduce a predetermined flow of liquid beverage filling material comprising apparatus configured to terminate the filling of beverage bottles upon liquid beverage filling material reaching said substantially predetermined level in bottles;
• a third conveyer arrangement configured and disposed to move inspected bottles from said inspection machine to said filling machine;
• a closing station configured to close filled bottles;
• and
• a fourth conveyer arrangement configured and disposed to transfer filled bottles from said filling machine to said closing station.