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Method and apparatus for filling open containers with a powdery product

  • US 7,866,353 B2
  • Filed: 05/06/2005
  • Issued: 01/11/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for filling a container with a free-flowing product, comprising the steps of:

  • diverting a first portion of a product released from a net scale into an intermediate chamber for temporarily storage, while a remaining second portion of the product is introduced via a tube/hopper arrangement into a container;

    compacting the product introduced into the container;

    metering the first portion of the product from the intermediate chamber during the compacting step concurrent with a decrease in volume of the product in the container as a result of the compacting step; and

    transferring the metered first portion of the product from the intermediate chamber into the container during the compacting step.

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