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A beverage bottling plant and method for filling bottles with a liquid beverage having a treatment device for beverage container caps. The treatment device for treating beverage container caps includes a first tower and a second tower provided with parallel axes and driven at the same peripheral spe

A beverage bottling plant and method for filling bottles with a liquid beverage having a treatment device for beverage container caps. The treatment device for treating beverage container caps includes a first tower and a second tower provided with parallel axes and driven at the same peripheral speed. Transfer chutes are provided that emerge with their ends onto carrier rings of different towers, which chutes transfer caps from each tier of the first tower to a tier of the second tower, and from there, optionally via at least one additional tower and transfer chutes, to the next-lower tier of first tower.

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What is claimed is: 1. A beverage bottling plant for filling beverage bottles with liquid beverage material, said beverage bottling plant comprising: a beverage bottle cleaning machine being configured and disposed to clean beverage bottles; a feed arrangement to supply beverage bottles to said bev

What is claimed is: 1. A beverage bottling plant for filling beverage bottles with liquid beverage material, said beverage bottling plant comprising: a beverage bottle cleaning machine being configured and disposed to clean beverage bottles; a feed arrangement to supply beverage bottles to said beverage bottle cleaning machine; a beverage filling machine being configured and disposed to fill beverage bottles with liquid beverage material; said beverage filling machine comprising a plurality of beverage filling devices for filling beverage bottles with liquid beverage material; at least one storage unit being configured and disposed to store a supply of liquid beverage material; at least one supply line being configured and disposed to connect said at least one storage unit to said beverage filling machine to supply liquid beverage material to said beverage filling machine; a first conveyer arrangement being configured and disposed to move beverage bottles from said beverage bottle cleaning machine into said beverage filling machine; said first conveyer arrangement comprising a star wheel structure; a beverage bottle closing machine being configured and disposed to close tops of filled beverage bottles; a second conveyer arrangement being configured and disposed to move filled beverage bottles from said beverage filling machine into said beverage bottle closing machine; said second conveyer arrangement comprising a star wheel structure; a beverage bottle labeling machine being configured and disposed to label filled, closed beverage bottles; a third conveyor arrangement being configured and disposed to move filled, closed beverage bottles from said beverage bottle closing machine into said beverage bottle labeling machine; said third conveyer arrangement comprising a star wheel structure; a beverage bottle packing station being configured and disposed to package labeled, filled, closed beverage bottles; a fourth conveyor arrangement being configured and disposed to move labeled, filled, closed beverage bottles from said beverage bottle labeling machine to said beverage bottle packing station; said fourth conveyer arrangement comprising a linear conveyor structure being configured and disposed to arrange beverage bottles in groups for packing; a treatment device for bottle caps being configured and disposed to treat bottle caps, said treatment device comprising: a first tower and a second tower, each having a rotational axis, said first tower and said second tower being configured and disposed to run substantially parallel with respect to each other; a housing being configured and disposed to house said first tower and said second tower; a drive motor; a drive arrangement being configured and disposed to be driven by said drive motor; said first tower and said second tower being coupled by said drive arrangement and being driven by said motor; each of said first tower and said second tower comprising a column being configured and disposed to support a cylindrical drum, said cylindrical drums covering a substantial portion of said columns of said first tower and said second tower; a series of horizontal carrier rings configured to carry bottle caps; said cylindrical drums of each of said first tower and said second tower being disposed to carry said series of carrier rings; said carrier rings being arranged in alignment one above the other and concentric to their corresponding vertical axis about their corresponding first tower and second tower; said drive arrangement being configured to drive said carrier rings such that all of said carrier rings rotate together at substantially the same peripheral speed; said carrier rings comprising holes or perforations configured and disposed to permit an exchange of gases on a side of bottle caps that lie against said carrier rings; said carrier rings being offset vertically such that the tiers of said second tower are lower than their corresponding tiers of said first tower by approximately or equal to half a tier; a series of stationary transfer chutes for transferring bottle caps between said first and second towers, said transfer chutes comprising side boundary walls to help guide bottle caps; said transfer chutes being disposed between said first tower and said second tower; said transfer chutes being configured and disposed to emerge with their ends onto said carrier rings of said first tower and said second tower; said transfer chutes being configured and disposed to transfer caps from each tier of said first tower and to said second tower to transfer the bottle caps to one tier of said first tower to the carrier ring of the respective next-lower tier of the other tower; a feed duct for bottle caps configured and disposed to empty bottle caps into said housing from above; said feed duct comprising a feed chute configured and disposed to run downward into said housing and in a curve toward a top carrier ring of said first tower; said feed chute being configured and disposed to make contact with its end flat on said top carrier ring of said first tower; and a discharge duct for bottle caps configured and disposed to permit bottle caps to leave said housing; and said discharge duct comprising a discharge chute configured to have a portion being disposed to run vertically downward from the last cap-carrying carrier ring of one of said towers. 2. A beverage bottling plant according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that the tiers in the towers are vertically offset from one another. 3. A beverage bottling plant according to claim 2, characterized by the fact that the carrier rings of the two towers are located so that they overlap laterally. 4. A beverage bottling plant according to claim 3, characterized by the fact that the transfer chutes are realized straight, when viewed from above. 5. A beverage bottling plant according to claim 4, characterized by the fact that the transfer chutes emerge with their ends tangentially to the respective carrier rings. 6. A beverage bottling plant according to claim 5, characterized by the fact that the carrier rings of the two towers have the same direction of rotation. 7. A beverage bottling plant according to claim 6, characterized by the fact that all the carrier rings have the same diameter. 8. A treatment device in a beverage bottling plant for treating bottle caps, said treatment device comprising: a first tower and a second tower, each having a rotational axis, said first tower and said second tower being configured and disposed to run substantially parallel with respect to each other; a housing being configured and disposed to house said first tower and said second tower; a drive motor; a drive arrangement being configured and disposed to be driven by said drive motor; said first tower and said second tower being coupled by said drive arrangement and being driven by said motor; each of said first tower and said second tower comprising a column being configured and disposed to support a cylindrical drum, said cylindrical drums covering a substantial portion of said columns of said first tower and said second tower; a series of horizontal carrier rings configured to carry bottle caps; said cylindrical drums of each of said first tower and said second tower being disposed to carry said series of carrier rings; said carrier rings being arranged in alignment one above the other and concentric to their corresponding vertical axis about their corresponding first tower and second tower; said drive arrangement being configured to drive said carrier rings such that all of said carrier rings rotate together at substantially the same peripheral speed; said carrier rings comprising holes or perforations configured and disposed to permit an exchange of gases on a side of bottle caps that lie against said carrier rings; said carrier rings being offset vertically such that the tiers of said second tower are lower than their corresponding tiers of said first tower by approximately or equal to half a tier; a series of stationary transfer chutes for transferring bottle caps between said first and second towers, said transfer chutes comprising side boundary walls to help guide bottle caps; said transfer chutes being disposed between said first tower and said second tower; said transfer chutes being configured and disposed to emerge with their ends onto said carrier rings of said first tower and said second tower; said transfer chutes being configured and disposed to transfer caps from each tier of said first tower and to said second tower to transfer the bottle caps to one tier of said first tower to the carrier ring of the respective next-lower tier of the other tower; a feed duct for bottle caps configured and disposed to empty bottle caps into said housing from above; said feed duct comprising a feed chute configured and disposed to run downward into said housing and in a curve toward a top carrier ring of said first tower; said feed chute being configured and disposed to make contact with its end flat on said top carrier ring of said first tower; and a discharge duct for bottle caps configured and disposed to permit bottle caps to leave said housing; and said discharge duct comprising a discharge chute configured to have a portion being disposed to run vertically downward from the last cap-carrying carrier ring of one of said towers. 9. The treatment device as claimed in claim 8, characterized by the fact that the tiers in the towers are vertically offset from one another. 10. The treatment device as claimed in claim 9, characterized by the fact that the carrier rings of the two towers are located so that they overlap laterally. 11. The treatment device as claimed in claim 10, characterized by the fact that the transfer chutes are realized straight, when viewed from above. 12. The treatment device as claimed in claim 11, characterized by the fact that the transfer chutes emerge with their ends tangentially to the respective carrier rings. 13. The treatment device as claimed in claim 12, characterized by the fact that the carrier rings of the two towers have the same direction of rotation. 14. The treatment device as claimed in claim 13, characterized by the fact that all the carrier rings have the same diameter. 15. The treatment device for beverage container caps, according to claim 8, in which the caps are transported on carrier rings which are arranged in a tower in alignment one above the other and concentric to a common vertical axis and are driven so that they rotate together, with stationary transfer chutes which transfer the caps to the respective next-lower tier, and with a feed for caps to the first cap-carrying carrier ring in the transport direction and with a discharge for caps from the last cap-carrying carrier ring in the transport direction, characterized by the fact that a first tower and a second tower are provided with parallel axes and are driven at the same peripheral speed, whereby transfer chutes are provided that emerge with their ends onto carrier rings of different towers, which chutes transfer caps from each tier of the first tower to a tier of the second tower, and from there, optionally via at least one additional tower and transfer chutes, to the next-lower tier of the first tower. 16. The treatment device as claimed in claim 15, characterized by the fact that the tiers in the towers are vertically offset from one another. 17. The treatment device as claimed in claim 15, characterized by the fact that the transfer chutes are realized straight, when viewed from above. 18. The treatment device as claimed in claim 15, characterized by the fact that the transfer chutes emerge with their ends tangentially to the respective carrier rings. 19. The treatment device as claimed in claim 15, characterized by the fact that the carrier rings of the two towers have the same direction of rotation, all the carrier rings have the same diameter, and the carrier rings of the two towers are located so that they overlap laterally. 20. A method for treating bottle caps in a treatment device in a beverage bottling plant, said treatment device comprising: a first tower and a second tower, each having a rotational axis, said first tower and said second tower being configured and disposed to run substantially parallel with respect to each other; a housing being configured and disposed to house said first tower and said second tower; a drive motor; a drive arrangement being configured and disposed to be driven by said drive motor; said first tower and said second tower being coupled by said drive arrangement and being driven by said motor; each of said first tower and said second tower comprising a column being configured and disposed to support a cylindrical drum, said cylindrical drums covering a substantial portion of said columns of said first tower and said second tower; a series of horizontal carrier rings configured to carry bottle caps; said cylindrical drums of each of said first tower and said second tower being disposed to carry said series of carrier rings; said carrier rings being arranged in alignment one above the other and concentric to their corresponding vertical axis about their corresponding first tower and second tower; said drive arrangement being configured to drive said carrier rings such that all of said carrier rings rotate together at substantially the same peripheral speed; said carrier rings comprising holes or perforations configured and disposed to permit an exchange of gases on a side of bottle caps that lie against said carrier rings; said carrier rings being offset vertically such that the tiers of said second tower are lower than their corresponding tiers of said first tower by approximately or equal to half a tier; a series of stationary transfer chutes for transferring bottle caps between said first and second towers, said transfer chutes comprising side boundary walls to help guide bottle caps; said transfer chutes being disposed between said first tower and said second tower; said transfer chutes being configured and disposed to emerge with their ends onto said carrier rings of said first tower and said second tower; said transfer chutes being configured and disposed to transfer caps from each tier of said first tower and to said second tower to transfer the bottle caps to one tier of said first tower to the carrier ring of the respective next-lower tier of the other tower; a feed duct for bottle caps configured and disposed to empty bottle caps into said housing from above; said feed duct comprising a feed chute configured and disposed to run downward into said housing and in a curve toward a top carrier ring of said first tower; said feed chute being configured and disposed to make contact with its end flat on said top carrier ring of said first tower; and a discharge duct for bottle caps configured and disposed to permit bottle caps to leave said housing; and said discharge duct comprising a discharge chute configured to have a portion being disposed to run vertically downward from the last cap-carrying carrier ring of one of said towers; said method comprising the steps of: driving said drive arrangement with said drive motor; coupling said first tower and said second tower with said drive arrangement and driving said towers with said drive motor; driving said carrier rings with said drive arrangement such that all of said carrier rings rotate together at substantially the same peripheral speed; introducing bottle caps into said housing through said feed duct; introducing bottle caps onto the top carrier ring of said first tower from said feed chute; circulating bottle caps by approximately 180째 on said top carrier ring until bottle caps come into contact with said transfer chute; transferring bottle caps on the transfer chute from said top carrier ring of said first tower to its corresponding carrying ring on said second tower; circulating bottle caps by approximately 180째 on said carrier ring of said second tower until bottle caps come into contact with said transfer chute; repeating the circulating and transferring of bottle caps on said carrier rings and said transfer chutes until bottle caps have circulated through the entire device; treating bottle caps as they circulate through the machine; introducing bottle caps into said discharge chute; and exiting bottle caps from said housing through said discharge duct.