Patent ID: 11858668
Assignee: GREIF-VELOX MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 7:
8. A filling device for filling a receptacle, which is at least partly gas-permeable, with bulk filling material, the filling device comprising:
a filling material conduit fed from a filling material container;
an underpressure chamber, wherein the filling material conduit runs out into the underpressure chamber, wherein the underpressure chamber is arranged and configured for receiving the receptacle which is to be filled and the underpressure chamber is configured to subject an outer side of the receptacle, to be filled, to an underpressure, in order to generate a feed of filling material through a filling material conduit into an inside of the receptacle as part of a filling procedure;
sealing means for sealing the filling material conduit with respect to the receptacle which is to be filled and into which the filling material conduit runs; and
pressure means for subjecting the filling material conduit to pressure, during the filling procedure after completion of a first filling time of the filling procedure, to assist the filling procedure including the feed of filling material through the filling material conduit, wherein an end of the first filling time is determined by a dropping of a filling speed to a predefined value.