Liquid filling method and device

A liquid filling method wherein a liquid delivered from a storage tank is heat-sterilized before being delivered into a filler tank of a filler, and said liquid is filled into containers by said filler, said method being characterized in that the liquid in said filler tank is returned through a return piping attached to said filler tank and refluxed to said storage tank through a reflux path so that the liquid circulates throughout the entire filling line extending from said storage tank to said filler, wherein the liquid flowing through said reflux path to said storage tank is cooled.

A liquid filling apparatus that fills a liquid into containers, said apparatus including a liquid filling line having a storage tank that stores the liquid and a filler that fills said liquid into the containers, wherein the liquid in a filler tank is returned through a return piping attached to the filler tank to the entire liquid filling line so that said liquid constantly circulates throughout said liquid filling line.

A liquid filling apparatus that fills a liquid into containers, said apparatus including a liquid filling line having a storage tank that stores the liquid, a heat sterilizer that heat-sterilizes said liquid, and a filler that fills said liquid into the containers, wherein the liquid in a filler tank is returned through return piping attached to said filler tank to the entire liquid filling line so that said liquid circulates throughout said liquid filling line, said apparatus further including a cooling device that cools the liquid flowing through said reflux path.