Combinational weighing or counting apparatus
US5736684A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 2, 1996 |
| Grant date | Apr 7, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 2, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01G19/393
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A combinational weighing or counting apparatus of a type in which the weighing hopper (30) once removed and subsequently remounted or the weighing hopper (30) from which the relatively large appendant has been separated naturally by gravity can be automatically reset to resume its participation in the combinational calculation. The apparatus includes an automatic resetting means (56) excludes, when the removal of the weighing hopper (30) is detected, weights detected by respective weight detecting means (1-1 to 1-N) corresponding to the removed weighing hopper (30) to allow the combinational weighing or counting to continue on the basis of weights of the articles M weighed by the remaining weighing hoppers (30). The automatic resetting means (56) also automatically reset, when the remounting of the weighing hopper (30) once removed is detected, the remounted weighing hopper (30) to resume its participation in the combinational weighing or counting based on the weight of the articles M weighed by such remounted weighing hopper (30).
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