Packer Scale
AssigneeYamato Scale Company, Limited
InventorsShozo Kawanishi, Akinari Okunosono, Masatomi Tsuruoka
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Abstract
A packer scale comprises a weighing hopper which is supplied with objects dropped from above, holds the objects for a specified period and discharges the objects downward; first to fourth load cells having shaft-like load application sections, respectively; and first to fourth suspending units-which suspend the weighing hopper such that the weighing hopper is mounted to the load application sections of the first to fourth load cells; the weighing hopper includes a hopper body-having a tubular shape with a rectangular cross-section, in a plan view; and the first to fourth suspending units are mounted to an upper portion of the hopper body, in locations which are in the vicinity of corner portions of the tubular shape.
Claims13
A packer scale for charging objects with a predetermined weight into each bag, the packer scale comprising:
- a weighing hopper which is supplied with the objects dropped from above, holds the objects for a specified period and discharges the objects downward;
- first to fourth load cells having shaft-like load application sections, respectively;
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- first to fourth suspending units which suspend the weighing hopper such that the weighing hopper is mounted to the load application sections of the first to fourth load cells;
- wherein the weighing hopper includes a hopper body having a tubular shape with a rectangular cross-section, in a plan view;
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- wherein the first to fourth suspending units are mounted to an upper portion of the hopper body, in locations which are in the vicinity of corner portions of the tubular shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.