Filling machine provided with a cleaning in place device with individual collecting elements

Machine for filling containers comprising several filling stations each comprising a filling spout connected to means for distributing filling liquid, and

• a cleaning device comprising several individual tubular collecting elements, each said collecting element comprising an internal passage extending from an upstream end to a downstream end, and being able to come in contact by said upstream end against a filling spout, a collection tube whereon are mounted rigidly said collecting elements via their downstream end, and moving means able to move said collection tube between a service position wherein the individual collecting elements are in contact via the upstream end against the filling spouts, and a retracted position wherein said collecting elements are separated from the filling spouts,
• wherein said collection tube laterally carries said individual collecting elements in such a way that, in the retracted position of the collection tube, said collecting elements are arranged between the filling spouts, the moving means being able to move said collection tube from said retracted position towards said service position by at least one displacement in vertical translation downwards, parallel to longitudinal axes of the filling spouts, followed by a horizontal movement, perpendicularly to the longitudinal axes of the filling spouts, in such a way that the upstream end of each said collecting element is substantially centered according to the longitudinal axis of a filling spout.