Patent ID: 7284679
Filing Date: 2007-10-23
Classification: B65B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of dispensing respectively predetermined quantities of pulverulent contents into containers comprising the steps of, introducing a gas through a gas line to fluidize contents stored in a material store, sucking out the contents of the material store into at least one metering chamber of a metering roller located in a corresponding rotary position, rotating the metering roller into another rotary position such that its metering chamber moves in front of the opening of a container which is to be filled, forcing the contents out of the metering chamber by means of gas, with the result that they pass into the container and, wherein introducing, where the at least one metering chamber of the latter is not line-connected to the material store, a gaseous medium through the gas line, into at least one lateral line located in the metering roller, and passing this gaseous medium on into the material store out of this lateral line, with the result that in dependence on the rotary positions of the metering roller, the gas line which serves for fluidizing the contents present in the material store is closed or opened by the metering roller.