Patent ID: 8700357
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: G01F

Abstract:
1. A fill-level measuring device for measuring a fill level of a filling material in a container, comprising: one of a single sound transducer or a single antenna emitting a signal to a filling material surface and receiving a receiving signal reflected by the filling material surface; and a computing unit configured to determine if there is a charge cone of the filling material or a discharge funnel of the filling material; wherein the computing unit is configured to determine a height of the charge cone as a function of a length of an echo curve, the length of an envelope curve or the length of an amplitude profile of the receiving signal, wherein the fill-level measuring device is one of a fill level radar or an ultrasound fill level sensor, wherein the decision as to whether a discharge funnel or a charge cone is present is derived from at least one of: