Measurement cell for granular or powdered products

A measurement cell for measuring granular or powdered products, comprising:

• a base located at a lower portion of the measurement cell;
• a fill opening located in an upper portion of the measurement cell and is open over the entire surface area of the upper portion of the measurement cell, wherein the fill opening comprises a rectangular shape having two horizontal sides and two opposite and inclined sides and the fill opening defines a plane and which forms an acute dihedral angle of less than or equal to 45.degree. with a horizontal plane when the measurement cell is in an operational position;
• a middle portion of the measurement cell connected to said base and said fill opening wherein said middle portion comprises two lateral plane and parallel walls connected to the two opposite and inclined sides of the opening and two other walls connected to the other two horizontal sides of said opening, wherein said two lateral plane and parallel walls and said two other walls further extend from said opening to the base of the cell, and wherein said middle portion in the operational position defines horizontal cross-sections taken parallel to said horizontal plane which decrease in size continuously from said base to said fill opening, thereby limiting the size of the dome formed by the products after filling due to the force of gravity;
• wherein at least one of the two other walls is joined to one of the other two horizontal sides of the opening, and which begins at the base of the cell, is at least in part inclined toward the opposite other wall, which in turn is connected to the other horizontal side of the opening;
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• wherein said two plane and parallel walls of said cell comprise plates of a measurement capacitor for capacitive measurement of the moisture content of cereals, oleaginous or proteaneceous products.

A measurement cell for measuring granular or powdered products, comprising:

• a base located at a lower portion of the measurement cell;
• a fill opening located in an upper portion of the measurement cell and is open over the entire surface area of the upper portion of the measurement cell, wherein the fill opening comprises a rectangular shape having two horizontal sides and two opposite and inclined sides and the fill opening defines a plane and which forms an acute dihedral angle of less than or equal to 45.degree. with a horizontal plane when the measurement cell is in an operational position;
• a middle portion of the measurement cell connected to said base and said fill opening, wherein said middle portion comprises two lateral plane and parallel walls connected to the two opposite and inclined sides of the opening and two other walls connected to the other two horizontal sides of said opening, wherein said two lateral plane and parallel walls and said two other walls further extend from said opening to the base of the cell, and wherein said middle portion in the operational position defines horizontal cross-sections taken parallel to said horizontal plane which decrease in size continuously from said base to said fill opening, thereby limiting the size of the dome formed by the products after filling due to the force of gravity;
• wherein at least one of the two other walls is joined to one of the other two horizontal sides of the opening, and which begins at the base of the cell and is at least in part curved inward toward the opposite other walls, which in turn is connected to the other horizontal side of the opening, wherein there is a plane tangent to the part curved inward and forms an angle with the vertical that is less than 70.degree. and said opposite other wall is connected to the other horizontal side of the opening,
• wherein said two plane and parallel walls of said cell comprise plates of a measurement capacitor for capacitive measurement of the moisture content of cereals, oleaginous or proteaneceous products.

A measurement cell for measuring granular or powdered products, comprising:

• a base located at a lower portion of the measurement cell;
• a fill opening located in an upper portion of the measurement cell, wherein the fill opening comprises a rectangular shape having two horizontal sides and two opposite and inclined sides and the fill opening defines a plane and which forms an acute dihedral angle with a horizontal plane when the measurement cell is in an operational position;
• a middle portion of the measurement cell connected to said base and said fill opening, wherein said middle portion comprises two lateral plane and parallel walls connected to the two opposite and inclined sides of the opening and two other walls connected to the other two horizontal sides of said opening, wherein said two other walls further extend from said opening to the base of the cell, and wherein said middle portion defines horizontal cross-sections taken parallel to said horizontal plane which vary in size continuously from said base to said fill opening, thereby limiting the size of the dome formed by the products after filling due to the force of gravity;
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• wherein said two plane and parallel walls of said cell comprise plates of a measurement capacitor for capacitive measurement of the moisture content of cereals, oleaginous or proteaneceous products.