Filling valve assembly with bayonet mount for bottle alignment component

A fill valve assembly for use in association with a filler device, the fill valve assembly comprising:

• a bayonet mount assembly including a connection opening;
• a container alignment component releasably connected to the bayonet mount assembly, wherein the container alignment component includes a connection portion disposed within the connection opening;
• wherein the connection opening of the bayonet mount assembly includes at least one retaining ledge and the connection portion of the container alignment component includes at least one retaining tab;
• wherein the container alignment component is in a first rotational position relative to the bayonet mount assembly and in which the at least one retaining tab is engaged on the at least one retaining ledge to prevent the container alignment component from separating from the bayonet mount assembly by axial movement of the connection portion in a first direction out of the connection opening;
• wherein the bayonet mount assembly includes a locking part in a locking position in which a portion of the locking part interacts with a part of the connection portion so as to prevent a rotation of the container alignment component from the first rotational position to a second rotational position that rotationally offsets the at least one retaining tab from the at least one retaining edge;
• wherein the locking part is axially movable to an unlocking position that axially offsets the portion of the locking part from the part of the connection portion so as to allow the rotation of the container alignment component from the first rotational position to the second rotational position such that the container alignment component can be separated from the bayonet mount assembly by axial movement of the connection portion in the first direction out of the connection opening.