Weighing device to weigh at least one container
AssigneeI.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.P.A.
InventorsGabriele GABUSI, Mauro MACCAGNANI, Sergio MANERA
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Abstract
A weighing device to weigh at least one container suitable to contain one or more substances, including weighing means and a body connected to the weighing means and in which a compartment is defined, configured to temporarily house the container and provided with an aperture defining a passage gap for the introduction of the container inside the compartment along an axis of introduction, in which the body also includes a plurality of holding levers to hold the container inside the compartment.
Claims9
A weighing device to weigh at least one container (27) suitable to contain one or more substances, said weighing device comprising weighing means (19) and a body (11) connected to said weighing means (19) and defining a compartment (28) configured to temporarily house said container (27) and provided with an aperture (18) defining a passage gap for the introduction of said container (27) inside said compartment (28) along an axis of introduction (X), wherein said body (11) also comprises a plurality of holding levers (14) disposed symmetrically around said axis of introduction (X), each of said holding levers (14) being provided with a proximal holding end (32) disposed in correspondence with said aperture (18) and with a distal actuation portion (33) disposed inside said compartment (28) downstream of said proximal holding end (32) along said axis of introduction (X), each of said holding levers (14) being mobile, in rotation, away from and toward said axis of introduction (X) between an inactive position and a holding position in which said proximal holding end (32) and said distal actuation portion (33) respectively have alternately two inverse positions radially distanced from and near to said axis of introduction (X) and vice versa.
A weighing method to weigh at least one container (27), suitable to contain one or more substances, said method providing to:
- introduce said container (27) into a compartment (28) of a body (11) of said weighing device (10) through an aperture (18), defining a passage gap for the introduction of said container (27) inside said compartment (28) along an axis of introduction (X),
- weigh said container (27) by means of weighing means (19) connected to said body (11), said method being wherein it also provides to hold and center said container (27) in said compartment (28) by means of a plurality of holding levers (14) disposed symmetrically around said axis of introduction (X), each of said holding levers (14) being provided with a proximal holding end (32) disposed in correspondence with said aperture (18) and with a distal actuation portion (33) disposed inside said compartment (28) downstream of said proximal holding end (32) along said axis of introduction (X), each of said holding levers (14) rotating away from and toward said axis of introduction (X) between an inactive position and a holding position in which said proximal holding end (32) and said distal actuation portion (33) respectively have alternately two inverse positions radially distanced from and near to said axis of introduction (X) and vice versa.
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