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The method serves to gently pack a product the consistency of which can be affected by external influences. The product consists of a number of separable components which adhere to one another to at least some extent and are readily deformed under the influence of mechanical forces. The product is p

The method serves to gently pack a product the consistency of which can be affected by external influences. The product consists of a number of separable components which adhere to one another to at least some extent and are readily deformed under the influence of mechanical forces. The product is piled in a position of potential energy from which it is directed into a measuring vessel by gravity. After it is filled, the measuring vessel is tilted and, in its tilted position, is emptied by gravity into a waiting packing unit below it.

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A method of gently packing a product the consistency of which can be affected by external influences and which is composed of a plurality of separable components tending to adhere to one another to at least some extent and being readily deformable under the influence of mechanical forces, comprising

A method of gently packing a product the consistency of which can be affected by external influences and which is composed of a plurality of separable components tending to adhere to one another to at least some extent and being readily deformable under the influence of mechanical forces, comprising the steps of establishing and maintaining a supply of separable components; drawing components from the supply; loosening the withdrawn components; converting the loosened components into a stream and equalizing the stream; conveying the components in successive increments of the equalized stream into a duct wherein the components form a column which tends to descend by gravity; evacuating metered quantities of components from the duct by gravity including admitting metered quantities of components into a measuring vessel having a capacity at least approximating that of the duct; and transferring the metered quantities into discrete packing units.