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.
Claims27
A device comprising a filling unit for filling containers with a product, which filling unit is provided with at least one flap which is displaceable between an open position in which a container situated underneath can be filled with product falling from a filling chamber from the filling unit and a closed position for closing the filling chamber so that the containers can be filled in batches using the filling unit, in which the device is furthermore provided with a guide unit for guiding the product falling from the filling chamber into the container, in which the guide unit and/or the filling unit is displaceable in the direction of the container situated underneath.
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A method for filling containers with a product by means of a filling unit, which filling unit is provided with at least one flap which is moved to an open position in order to fill a container situated underneath with product, in which the flap is moved to a closed position after a certain amount of product has been dispensed or after a predetermined period of time, in which the falling product is guided underneath the filling unit into the container to be filled by means of a guide unit, in which the guide unit and/or the filling unit is moved in the direction of the container situated underneath and, after a container has been filled, the guide unit and/or the filling unit is moved away from the filled container situated underneath.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.