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US 10,994,870 B2Granted
Device comprising a filling unit for filling containers with a product
AssigneeMbwj Beheer B.V.
InventorCornelis Antonius Bernardus Roovers
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Abstract
The invention relates to a device comprising a filling unit for filling containers with a product. The invention furthermore relates to a system comprising such a device and to a harvesting machine provided with such a system. Lastly, the invention relates to a method for filling containers with a product by means of a filling unit.
Claims17
A device for filling containers with product, the device comprising:
- a filler defining a filling chamber for receiving product, the filler comprising at least one discharge flap positioned in a discharge opening of the filling chamber, the at least one discharge flap displaceable between an open condition in which the discharge opening is open such that product can be dispensed from the filling chamber, and a closed condition in which the discharge opening is closed such that product is prevented from being dispensed from the filling chamber;
- a guide chute positioned beneath the filler for guiding product dispensed from the filling chamber into a container positionable beneath the guide chute;
- and
- a frame to which each of the filler and the guide chute are moveably attached;
- wherein, when the at least one discharge flap is in the closed condition, the filler is displaceable into the guide chute to compact product dispensed into the container by contacting the at least one discharge flap against the product in the container.
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A method for filling containers with product, the method comprising:
- providing a device comprising:
- a filler defining a filling chamber for containing the product, the filler comprising at least one discharge flap positioned in a discharge opening of the filling chamber, the at least one discharge flap displaceable between an open condition in which the discharge opening is open such that the product can be dispensed from the filling chamber, and a closed condition in which the discharge opening is closed such that the product is prevented from being dispensed from the filling chamber;
- a guide chute positioned beneath the filler for guiding the product dispensed from the filling chamber into a container positionable beneath the guide chute;
- and
- a frame to which each of the filler and the guide chute are moveably attached;
- wherein, when the at least one discharge flap is in the closed condition, the filler is displaceable into the guide chute to compact the product dispensed into the container;
- moving the at least one discharge flap to the open condition to fill the container with a predetermined amount of the product;
- moving the at least one discharge flap to the closed condition;
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- displacing the filler into the guide chute to compact the predetermined amount of product in the container by contacting the at least one discharge flap against the product in the container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.