Combinational weighing method and apparatus therefor with multiple selected combinations and multiple discharge paths
US4676326A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 15, 1985 |
| Grant date | Jun 30, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 15, 2005 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01G19/393
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A combinational weighing system with a plurality of article batch handling units is controlled so that a high-speed dual or multiple packaging unit can be coupled and its capability can be utilized advantageously. For each cycle of the system operation, three or more combinations are selected by combinational computations on the weight values of article batches and they are discharged to the packaging unit through two discharge routes or more but fewer than the number of the selected combinations. This has the effect of discharging through each discharging route more than once per cycle.
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