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A beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material, having a container handling machine such as, for example, filler, rinser, or closer for the processing of containers that comprise a neck ring, said machine comprising a rotating rotor ( 2) at which are disposed p

A beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material, having a container handling machine such as, for example, filler, rinser, or closer for the processing of containers that comprise a neck ring, said machine comprising a rotating rotor ( 2) at which are disposed processing stations for the containers ( 6), with at least one input star (4), with at least one output star and/or at least one transfer star, with carrying pockets (5) that are disposed at the rotor (2) and/or the stars and it being disclosed that the processing stations are disposed on a reference diameter that is smaller than the rotor (2) related reference diameter of the transfer point of the container (6) between rotor (2) and input star and/or output star (4) and/or transfer star.

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What is claimed is: 1. A container handling machine (1) such as filler, rinser, or closer for the processing of containers that comprise a neck ring, said machine comprising a bottle processing device with a processing device rotatable carousel and processing stations for the containers (6), with a

What is claimed is: 1. A container handling machine (1) such as filler, rinser, or closer for the processing of containers that comprise a neck ring, said machine comprising a bottle processing device with a processing device rotatable carousel and processing stations for the containers (6), with at least one input star (4), with at least one output star and/or at least one transfer star, with a plurality of carrying pockets disposed at the rotatable carousel and/or the stars wherein each of the stars is disposed on a reference diameter that is smaller than the rotatable carousel related reference diameter of a transfer point of the container (6) between the rotatable carousel and the input star and/or the output star (4) and/or the transfer star; said processing device rotatable carousel comprising a plurality of carrying pockets to hold neck portions of bottles which neck portion is disposed adjacent and below the neck ring of the bottles in its said processing device; said processing device rotatable carousel further comprising processing device circular portions being disposed between said carrying pockets which circular portions separate said carrying pockets from one another; said processing device circular portions disposed about said processing device rotatable carousel comprising a diameter across said processing device rotatable carousel; said carrying pockets being sufficiently deep such that the outermost neck portions of the bottles disposed adjacent and below the neck ring of the bottles contained in the pockets are supported by the neck portion of the bottles, which outermost neck portions adjacent and below which the neck ring of the bottles are disposed are at a diameter being substantially equal to said diameter of said processing device circular portions of said processing device rotatable carousel; a processing device outer guide arrangement comprising a first portion configured to move the bottles fed into said processing device rotatable carousel from the input star delivering bottles to said processing device and into said pockets on said processing device rotatable carousel and a second processing device portion configured to guide the bottles around said processing device rotatable carousel; said processing device second portion of said processing device outer guide arrangement being disposed about said processing device rotatable carousel; and said second portion of said processing device outer guide arrangement having an inner diameter being substantially equal to said diameter of said processing device circular portions to form a gap between said inner portion of said second portion of said processing device outer guide arrangement and said processing device circular portions of said processing device carousel to minimize said gap between said processing device outer guide arrangement and said processing device circular portions. 2. The container handling machine according to claim 1, wherein the carrying pockets (5) are configured in such a way that they fully carry the container neck. 3. The container handling machine according to claim 1, wherein the carrying pockets (5) are configured in such a way that they substantially fully carry the container neck. 4. The container handling machine according to claim 3, wherein the carrying pockets (5) are configured in such a way that they substantially fully carry the neck ring (10). 5. The container handling machine according to claim 4, wherein at the container handling machine and/or the associated stars there are disposed outer guide arrangements (7). 6. The container handling machine according to claim 5, wherein the width of the gap between the outer guide arrangement (7 ) and the rotor (2) and/or stars is only a few 1/10 millimeters in size. 7. The container handling machine according to claim 1, wherein the carrying pockets (5) are configured in such a way that they fully carry the neck ring (10). 8. The container handling machine according to claim 1, wherein the width of the gap between the outer guide arrangement (7 ) and rotor (2) and/or stars is only a few 쩍 millimeters in size. 9. A beverage bottling plant for aseptically filling bottles with neck rings with a sterile liquid beverage filling material, said beverage bottling plant comprising: a bottle cleaning machine being configured and disposed to clean empty bottles; said bottle cleaning machine comprising: a bottle cleaning machine device being configured with a structure to contain a sterile gas around the cleaned bottles and disposed to provide an aseptic environment in said bottle cleaning machine chamber; and a plurality of bottle cleaning devices for cleaning bottles; a feed arrangement to supply empty bottles to said bottle cleaning machine; a beverage filling machine being configured and disposed to aseptically fill empty bottles with liquid beverage filling material; said beverage filling machine comprising: a rotatable carousel comprising a plurality of carrying pockets to hold the tops of bottles in said beverage filling machine; a beverage filling machine chamber being configured with a structure to contain a sterile gas around the cleaned bottles and disposed to confine at least the top of each bottle being filled; a beverage filling machine device being configured with a structure to contain a sterile gas around the cleaned bottles and disposed to provide an aseptic environment in said beverage filling machine chamber to aseptically contain at least a portion of the bottles being processed; and a plurality of beverage filling devices for filling bottles with liquid beverage filling material; a first conveyer arrangement being configured and disposed to move empty bottles from said bottle cleaning machine into said beverage filling machine; said first conveyer arrangement comprising: a first star wheel structure configured to move bottles from said cleaning machine to said filling machine and to hold at least the portion of the tops of the bottles adjacent and below the neck rings on the tops of bottles; said star wheel structure comprising a plurality of carrying pockets to hold the tops of bottles; a first conveyer arrangement chamber being configured and disposed to aseptically confine at least the top of each bottle; and a first conveyer arrangement device being configured with a structure to contain a sterile gas around the cleaned bottles and disposed to provide an aseptic environment in said first conveyer arrangement chamber to aseptically contain at least the tops of the bottles being processed; a rotatable bottle closing machine being configured with a structure to contain a sterile gas around the cleaned bottles and disposed to close tops of filled bottles; said bottle closing machine comprising: a rotatable carousel comprising a plurality of carrying pockets to hold at least the portion of the bottles adjacent and below the neck rings on the tops of bottles in said beverage filling machine; a bottle closing machine chamber portion being configured and disposed to confine at least the top of each bottle being processed to provide an aseptic environment; a bottle closing machine device being configured and disposed to provide an aseptic environment in said bottle closing machine chamber to aseptically contain at least the tops of the bottles being processed; and a plurality of bottle closing devices for closing bottles; a second conveyer arrangement being configured and disposed to move filled bottles aseptically from said rotatable beverage filling machine into said bottle closing machine; said second conveyer arrangement comprising: a star wheel structure configured to hold the tops of bottles by their neck rings; said star wheel structure comprising a plurality of carrying pockets to hold the tops of bottles; a second conveyer arrangement chamber being configured and disposed to aseptically confine at least the top of each bottle being processed; and a second conveyer arrangement device being configured with a structure to contain a sterile gas around the cleaned bottles and disposed to provide an aseptic environment in said second conveyer arrangement chamber to aseptically contain at least the tops of the bottles being processed; a packaging station being configured to package a plurality of closed, filled bottles into single containers; a third conveyer arrangement being configured and disposed to move filled bottles from said bottle closing machine to said packaging station; each of said bottle cleaning devices, said beverage filling devices, and said bottle closing devices comprise a bottle processing device; and at least one of said processing devices comprising its said processing device rotatable carousel; each said processing device rotatable carousel comprising a plurality of carrying pockets to hold neck portions of bottles which neck portion is disposed adjacent and below the neck ring of the bottles in its said processing device; each said processing device rotatable carousel further comprising processing device circular portions being disposed between said carrying pockets which circular portions separate said carrying pockets from one another; said processing device circular portions disposed about said processing device rotatable carousel comprising a diameter across said processing device rotatable carousel; said carrying pockets being sufficiently deep such that the outermost neck portion of the bottles disposed adjacent and below the neck ring of the bottles contained in the pockets are supported by the neck portion of the bottles, which outermost neck portions adjacent and below the neck ring of the bottles disposed are at a diameter being substantially equal to said diameter of said processing device circular portions of said processing device rotatable carousel; a processing device outer guide arrangement comprising a first portion configured to move the bottles fed into said processing device rotatable carousel from a respective conveyer arrangement device delivering bottles to said processing device and into said pockets on said processing device rotatable carousel and a second processing device portion configured to guide the bottles around said processing device rotatable carousel; said processing device second portion of said processing device outer guide arrangement being disposed about said processing device rotatable carousel; and said second portion of said processing device outer guide arrangement having an inner diameter being substantially equal to said diameter of said processing device circular portions to form a gap between said inner portion of said second portion of said processing device outer guide arrangement and said processing device circular portions of said processing device carousel to minimize said gap between said processing device outer guide arrangement and said processing device circular portions and thus to minimize consumption of sterile air by said processing device. 10. The beverage bottling plant according to claim 9, wherein the carrying pockets (5) are configured in such a way that they fully carry the container neck. 11. The beverage bottling plant according to claim 9, wherein the carrying pockets (5) are configured in such a way that they substantially fully carry the container neck. 12. The beverage bottling plant according to claim 11, wherein the carrying pockets (5) are configured in such a way that they substantially fully carry the neck ring (10). 13. The beverage bottling plant according to claim 12, wherein at the beverage bottling plant and/or the associated rotatable carousels there are disposed outer guide arrangements (7). 14. The beverage bottling plant according to claim 13, wherein the width of the gap between the outer guide arrangement (7 ) and the rotor (2) and/or stars is only a few 1/10 millimeters in size. 15. The beverage bottling plant according to claim 9, wherein the carrying pockets (5) are configured in such a way that they fully carry the neck ring (10). 16. The beverage bottling plant according to claim 9, wherein the width of the gap between the outer guide arrangement (7) and rotor (2) and/or stars is only a few 쩍 millimeters in size. 17. A beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material, said beverage bottling plant comprising: a bottle cleaning machine being configured and disposed to clean empty bottles; said bottle cleaning machine comprising: a rotatable carousel comprising a plurality of carrying pockets to hold the tops of bottles in said bottle cleaning machine; a bottle cleaning machine chamber being configured and disposed to confine the top of each bottle being processed and also being configured to dispose the lower portion of each bottle, having its top confined, outside said bottle cleaning machine chamber; a bottle cleaning machine device being configured and disposed to provide an anaerobic environment in said bottle cleaning machine chamber to anaerobically contain solely the tops of the bottles being processed; and a plurality of bottle cleaning devices for cleaning bottles; a feed arrangement to supply empty bottles to said bottle cleaning machine comprising a starwheel; a beverage filling machine being configured and disposed to fill empty bottles with liquid beverage filling material; said beverage filling machine comprising: a rotatable carousel comprising a plurality of carrying pockets to hold the tops of bottles in said beverage filling machine; a beverage filling machine chamber being configured and disposed to confine the top of each bottle being processed and also being configured to dispose the lower portion of each bottle, having its top confined, outside said beverage filling machine chamber; a beverage filling machine device being configured and disposed to provide an anaerobic environment in said beverage filling machine chamber to anaerobically contain solely the tops of the bottles being processed; and a plurality of beverage filling devices for filling bottles with liquid beverage filling material; a first conveyer arrangement being configured and disposed to move empty bottles from said bottle cleaning machine into said beverage filling machine; said first conveyer arrangement comprising: a star wheel structure configured to hold the tops of bottles; said star wheel structure comprising a plurality of carrying pockets to hold the tops of bottles; a first conveyer arrangement chamber being configured and disposed to confine the top of each bottle being processed and also being configured to dispose the lower portion of each bottle, having its top confined, outside said first conveyer arrangement chamber; and a first conveyer arrangement device being configured and disposed to provide an anaerobic environment in said first conveyer arrangement chamber to anaerobically contain solely the tops of the bottles being processed; a rotatable bottle closing machine being configured and disposed to close tops of filled bottles; said bottle closing machine comprising: a rotatable carousel comprising a plurality of carrying pockets to hold the tops of bottles in said beverage filling machine; a bottle closing machine chamber being configured and disposed to confine the top of each bottle being processed and also being configured to dispose the lower portion of each bottle, having its top confined, outside said beverage filling machine chamber; a bottle closing machine device being configured and disposed to provide an anaerobic environment in said bottle closing machine chamber to anaerobically contain solely the tops of the bottles being processed; and a plurality of bottle closing devices for closing bottles; a second conveyer arrangement being configured and disposed to move filled bottles from said rotatable beverage filling machine into said bottle closing machine; said second conveyer arrangement comprising: a star wheel structure configured to hold the tops of bottles; said star wheel structure comprising a plurality of carrying pockets to hold the tops of bottles; a second conveyer arrangement chamber being configured and disposed to confine the top of each bottle being processed and also being configured to dispose the lower portion of each bottle, having its top confined, outside said second conveyer arrangement chamber; and a second conveyer arrangement device being configured and disposed to provide an anaerobic environment in said second conveyer arrangement chamber to anaerobically contain solely the tops of the bottles being processed; a packaging station being configured to package a plurality of closed, filled bottles into single containers; a third conveyer arrangement being configured and disposed to move filled bottles from said bottle closing machine to said packaging station; said bottle cleaning devices, said beverage filling devices, and said bottle closing devices comprise bottle processing devices; and each of said bottle cleaning devices, said beverage filling devices, and said bottle closing devices comprise a bottle processing device; and at least one of said processing devices comprising its said processing device rotatable carousel; each said processing device rotatable carousel comprising a plurality of carrying pockets to hold neck portions of bottles which neck portion is disposed adjacent and below the neck ring of the bottles in its said processing device; each said processing device rotatable carousel further comprising processing device circular portions being disposed between said carrying pockets which circular portions separate said carrying pockets from one another; said processing device circular portions disposed about said processing device rotatable carousel comprising a diameter across said processing device rotatable carousel; said carrying pockets being sufficiently deep such that the outermost neck portion of the bottles disposed adjacent and below the neck ring of the bottles contained in the pockets are supported by the neck portion of the bottles, which outermost neck portions adjacent and below the neck ring of the bottles disposed are at a diameter being substantially equal to said diameter of said processing device circular portions of said processing device rotatable carousel; a processing device outer guide arrangement comprising a first portion configured to move the bottles fed into said processing device rotatable carousel from a respective starwheel delivering bottles to said processing device and into said pockets on said processing device rotatable carousel and a second processing device portion configured to guide the bottles around said processing device rotatable carousel said processing device second portion of said processing device outer guide arrangement being disposed about said processing device rotatable carousel; and said second portion of said processing device outer guide arrangement having an inner diameter being substantially equal to said diameter of said processing device circular portions to form a gap between said inner portion of said second portion of said processing device outer guide arrangement and said processing device circular portions of said processing device carousel to minimize said gap between said processing device outer guide arrangement and said processing device circular portions and thus to minimize consumption of sterile air or inert gas by said processing device. 18. The beverage bottling plant according to claim 17, wherein the carrying pockets (5) are configured in such a way that they fully carry the container neck. 19. The beverage bottling plant according to claim 17, wherein the carrying pockets (5) are configured in such a way that they substantially fully carry the container neck. 20. The beverage bottling plant according to claim 17, wherein the carrying pockets (5) are configured in such a way that they fully carry the neck ring (10).