Patent ID: 8453687

Claim:
A device for metering a powdered product, the device comprising: a product container on a bottom of which at least one metering opening is disposed; a stuffing plunger which meters and compacts the powdered product into the at least one metering opening when the container is in a first position; at least one transfer plunger which can be introduced into the metering opening via a movement system when the container is in a second position, the at least one transfer plunger transferring the product, located in the metering opening, into a receptacle; and a drive unit in addition to the movement system which exerts a force on the transfer plunger so that any of the product still adhering to the transfer plunger after being introduced into the metering opening is separated from the transfer plunger, the drive unit moving the at least one transfer plunger relative to the movement system.