Combination weighing apparatus with a plurality of article suppliers

A combination weighing device, comprising:

• a plurality of article suppliers disposed in juxtaposition with each other, the plurality of article suppliers being adapted to transport and supply articles to a plurality of weighing units;
• an article transporter adapted to transport the articles from a direction intersecting with a direction of transport of the articles by the plurality of article suppliers, the article transporter being further adapted to drop and discharge the articles from above the plurality of article suppliers;
• an article split-and-guide member adapted to drop and guide the articles discharged from an article-outgoing end of the article transporter in a manner that the articles split into a plurality of places in a direction of juxtaposition of the plurality of article suppliers;
• and
• a retaining hopper at a position below the article split-and-guide member, the retaining hopper being adapted to introduce the articles guided to flow downward by the article split-and-guide member into the plurality of article suppliers.