Counter-pressure filling device and method of counter-pressure filling

Method for counterpressure filling of bottles (F) with impregnated beverages (B), comprising bringing a bottle (F) with its bottleneck mouth (2) into sealing contact with a filling connection (8) and holding there, forming a free full stream (ST) of the impregnated beverage (B), directing the full stream through the bottleneck (1) to the bottom (3) of the bottle without coming in contact therewith, and removing the return gas (E) to the outside between the full stream (ST) and the bottleneck (1) and outside of the filling connection (8).

Filling device (G) for filling bottles (F) with beverages, comprising a filling connection (8) which cooperates with an adjustable closing element (V), the closing element (V) being a full-stream cone (12) positioned in any position above the bottle mouth (2), creating, when the filling connection (8) is in the filling position, a full stream (ST) of the beverage which is directed through the bottleneck (1) to the bottom (3) of the bottle without coming in contact with the bottle, the cross section of said full stream being smaller than the inside cross section of the bottleneck, a fluid channel (17) for return gas (E) which opens outside of the mouth of the filling connection (8), and the filling device (G) being adjustable between counterpressure bottling in which the bottle mouth (2) can be brought into contact with a sealing arrangement (11) that surrounds the filling connection (8) and the fluid channel (17) and an atmospheric pressure bottling in which the bottle mouth (3) has no contact with the sealing arrangement (11).