Abstract: An apparatus for the apportioning and dispensing of fibrous goods, particularly of sauerkraut, is disclosed. The apparatus for the dispensing of fibrous goods which are first mixed with a liquid ensures a precise maintaining of a certain weight of the goods which are drained by the apparatus. According to the invention, it is suggested to provide sieve walls in the form of travelling sieve belts between which a progressively drained strand of fibrous goods is formed. The strand can then be cut into portions. The new apparatus may be used for the apportioning of sauerkraut.

Abstract: A machine for filling jars with pieces of vegetables or fruits, in particular quartered pickles, is provided, in which a jar conveyor belt carries the jars incrementally past filling stations at which the pieces of the vegetables are fed into the jars. The pieces of vegetables or fruits are brought by a conveyor belt to cutting stations, where they are cut into the pieces, and are brought to the filling stations. The vegetables or fruits are fed from the cutting stations, in which they are cut into pieces, horizontally into magazines provided with a partition. These magazines are disposed on a revolving magazine belt, which is disposed obliquely relative to the jar conveyor belt, in such a manner that a plurality of filling stations is produced along the jar conveyor belt, in each of which a magazine is disposed in a different relative association in terms of its height with a jar.