Bagging machine with two weighing scales and two reversible conveyors
OwnerGerd Gillenkirchinventor
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Abstract
A bagging machine comprising a bagging scale, a conveyor belt for bulk filling, and a conveyor belt for dribble filling operation, both belts being coupled with a continuous weighing means operating or reversing the drive of the conveyor belts, so that after bulk filling the respective conveyor belt is reversed to discharge into another outlet while the respectively other conveyor belt is operated for dribble filling until the precise filling weight is attained.
Claims4
A machine for the filling of containers with goods, said machine comprising a hopper for holding a supply of the goods, a pair of spaced goods receiving means for receiving and for delivering the goods to separate containers, each receiving means being connected to weighing means for weighing the goods received in each said receiving means, a pair of conveyor belts disposed to convey goods from said hopper to one of said receiving means when they move in one direction and to the other receiving means when they move in the opposite direction, reversible drive means connected to said belts for driving each belt independently of the other, and means responsive to said weighing means and connected to said drive means for reversing the movement of one of said belts when the weight of the goods in a receiving means to which said one belt is delivering goods reaches a predetermined value and for reversing the movement of the other of said belts when the weight of the goods in a receiving means to which the other belt is delivering goods reaches a value high than said predetermined value, said other of said belts delivering goods to a receiving means at a rate lower than the rate at which said one of said belts delivers goods to a receiving means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.