Abstract: The art field is that of bottling equipment, and more especially, filling machinery in which each valve is fitted permanently with a dummy bottle (2) that can be positioned under the filler outlet for the purposes of sanitization, a periodic operation consisting in successive flushing cycles designed to cleanse all such internal spaces and external parts of the valve as come into contact with the bottled product, in the interests of hygiene; the flushing liquid generally used is water and soda.

Abstract: The art field is that of conveying systems for containers, more especially containers of circular or near-circular section; in a star wheel typical of the type used to guide and convey bottles, use is made of a radially adjustable push rod to distance the container from the center of the wheel according to its diameter, in conjunction with an essentially circular guide, also adjustable providing external restraint.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for clamping a container to a filler valve, in particular, the type of valve used in automatic bottling machinery for continuous liquid-batching processes. The device is embodied, substantially, as a frame (8) associated with and slidable relative to the body (2) of such a valve, which clamps the bottle (1) to the valve, raises it up to the level of a filler tube (3), and lowers it. The frame's sliding motion is produced by a roller (10) integral with the frame itself, which engages a stationary cam-type guide rail (11) during rotation of the machine.