Patent ID: 7066217

Claim:
A method for dispensing a desired minimum amount of a liquid or pourable substance into a container to fill the container during a filling process, in the course of which the amount of dispensed substance is measured and the filling process is terminated by the closing of a valve as soon as the amount of dispensed substance has reached a final value, said method comprising the steps of dispensing the substance into a first container in a series of several dispensing steps where in a first dispensing step and at least one subsequent dispensing step, respectively, the valve is closed to interrupt the filling process so as to allow the determination of the tailing of the substance that occurs during the closing of the valve, and establishing the final value for terminating a last dispensing step in said series in consideration of the desired minimum amount of the substance and by factoring-in several of the tailings of the substance determined in the preceding dispensing steps during the closing of the valve.