In a container filling plant for filling containers with a liquid beverage filling material, said container filling plant comprising:
- a container filling machine being configured and disposed to fill empty containers with liquid beverage filling material;
- said beverage filling machine comprising a storage apparatus being configured and disposed to store a liquid beverage filling material and also comprising a plurality of beverage filling stations, each beverage filling station comprising a beverage filling device for filling containers with liquid beverage filling material;
- said filling devices comprising apparatus being configured to introduce a predetermined volume of liquid beverage filling material into the interior of containers;
- a conveyer arrangement being configured and disposed to move empty containers into said beverage filling machine;
- a closing station being configured and disposed to close top portions of containers;
- a conveyer arrangement being configured and disposed to move filled containers between said beverage filling machine and said closing station;
- at least one of:
- said beverage filling machine, said conveyer arrangement for moving containers into said beverage filling machine, said container closing station, and said conveyer arrangement for moving filled containers between said beverage filling machine and said closing station comprising;
- a chamber being configured and disposed to at least partially enclose solely the top portions of containers being processed;
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- an arrangement being configured and disposed to provide a disinfecting environment in said chamber to disinfect solely the top portions of containers being processed;
- at least one hood structure being configured and disposed to surround a corresponding conveyer arrangement;
- each one of said conveyer arrangements comprises a star wheel conveyer arrangement;
- each one of said star wheel conveyer arrangements forms at least a portion of its corresponding chamber bottom wall;
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- said at least one hood structure comprises a stationary upper hood structure.