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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2001
Reinhold Barlian, Bad Mergentheim, DE;
Alfred Boehm, Viechtach, DE;
Gerd Boehm, Viechtach, DE;
Johann Bretzendorfer, Deggendorf, DE;
Alfons Brueggemann, Spelle, DE;
Bartec Logistic Management GmbH, Ahlen, DE;
Abstract
A device for conveying a medium from a container to a tank and for determining the quantity of the medium, having a conduit between the container and the tank, a conveying device connected to the conduit and a device for separating gas from the medium, the device for separating the gas and the tank forming an integrated unit, a filling level measuring device being provided substantially in the interior of the tank for determining the position of at least one boundary surface of the medium in the tank and the filling level measuring device has at least one dipstick. Method for conveying a medium from a container into a tank and for determining the quantity of the medium, in which the medium is transported via a conveying device and a conduit and gas absorbed by the medium is separated, gas separation at least partly taking place in the tank and the filling level in the tank is measured by a filling level measuring device.