Device for automatic filling of containers

A device for automatic filling of a mobile container (4) with a material stream (13) from a harvester (1) moving alongside the container, the device comprising:

• means for transporting the material stream from the harvester (1) to the container (4), the means for transporting being controllably pivotable around a vertical and a horizontal axis;
• a pivotable discharge flap at an end of the means for transporting;
• a range finder (6), consisting of one of an optical or an acoustic range detector, for measurement of the container (4) and for measuring fill levels (h) of the loaded material (14), the range finder being disposed on the discharge knee pipe (3), such that the range finder (6) can be pivoted horizontally and vertically selectively together with the means for transporting and independently thereof;
• means for generating distance signals (ES) generated by the range finder (6) and supplying the distance signals to an electronic evaluation and control installation (10), which continuously regulates a horizontal pivot position, a vertical pivot position of the means for transporting, and a flap pivot position of the discharge flap (5);
• whereby
• loading of the container (4) is achieved with as few losses as possible by means of the fed-back distance signals (ES).