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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2008
Nico Correns, Weimar, DE;
Christoph Nieten, Jena, DE;
Michael Rode, Jena, DE;
Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to an arrangement for filling a container () with bulk material (), comprising a filling device with an outflow opening () for the bulk material () and a container () with a filling opening, through which the bulk material () passes into the container (). According to the invention, an arrangement of the abovementioned type is equipped with a measuring device () for the repeated detection of image data from the surface () of the bulk material () in the container () during filling and for the repeated determination of filling state values h which are equivalent to the level of the filled bulk material in predefined regions of the bulk material surface, and with a signal processing device for generating control commands from the filling state values h for positioning the outflow opening () and the filling opening relative to one another and/or for influencing the quantity of bulk material () which flows out of the outflow opening () per unit time.