Patent ID: 9266628
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: B65B

Claim Text:
1. A method for metering and compressing bulk material, comprising the following steps: positioning a conveyor and an accommodating apparatus relative to one another with a distance (d) between an outlet of the conveyor and a base of a container in the accommodating apparatus; and either continuous metering of the bulk material or batch-wise metering of pre-apportioned quantities of the bulk material, by means of the conveyor, into the container through an introduction opening of the container; wherein a degree to which the bulk material is compacted during metering is increased by: measuring at least one of the following measurement variables: current consumption of the conveyor; torque on the conveyor; filling height of the bulk material in the container; metering time and adjusting the distance (d) between the outlet and the base either in dependence on the measured variable or in dependence on a combination of the measured variable with a measured weight of the metered bulk material and/or with a measured metered volume of the bulk material.