A beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage
filling material, a container filling plant container filling machine,
and a filter apparatus for filtering a liquid beverage. The filter
apparatus has a plurality of filter chambers which are each provided with
an individual valve in the outlet for filtered liquid from a filter
chamber to optimize filtration. The abstract of the disclosure is
submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. .sctn. 1.72(b). As stated in
37 C.F.R. .sctn. 1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in
the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following
the claims, under the heading "Abstract of the Disclosure." The purpose
of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the
public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the
nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be
used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements
made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any
manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any
manner.