Abstract: A container filling machine and removable valve assembly having a liquid retention bowl and at least one filler valve assembly depending therefrom, the bowl having at least one bottom opening, a periphery around the opening, and a shoulder at the periphery, the filler valve assembly extending through the opening and including an upwardly protruding vent tube in the bowl, a valve retention clip on the vent tube and having at least one abutment within the bowl aligned with the shoulder to be engageable with the shoulder to prevent unwanted valve removal from the bowl, the retention clip being accessible from outside the bowl and having sufficient resilient flexibility to move the at least one abutment away from the shoulder for release of the filler valve assembly from the bowl.

Abstract: Container filler apparatus having a bowl for receiving liquid and for dispensing the liquid into a multiple of containers, a plurality of liquid-outlet lower openings and collars depending from the bowl, a plurality of liquid-outlet control valve mechanisms cooperatively interfitted within respective ones of the collars, a distortable retainer spring between each valve mechanism and its respective collar for retaining the valve in its collar, and safety clips exterior of said bowl engaged between the valves and their respective collars whereby each said valve mechanism can be removed from the bowl solely at the exterior of the bowl by removing the safety clip and pulling the valve down a sufficient amount to release the retainer spring. The retainer spring is an annular canted coil spring. An annular seal is between each valve mechanism and its respective collar, adjacent to but spaced from the canted coil spring.