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US 4,516,644 AGranted
Apparatus for regulating flow of articles in computer scale
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Ishida Koki Seisakusho
InventorMasao Fukuda
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Abstract
An apparatus for controlling the flow of articles in the supply troughs of a combinatorial weighing apparatus. A plurality of flow regulating plates or baffle plates are disposed in respective or selected supply troughs arranged to extend radially from a dispersing table. An operating mechanism is provided for moving the baffle plates so that they move within the supply troughs by rotating about the center of the dispersing table.
Claims10
A computer scale of the combinatorial weighing type, comprising:
- a dispersing table for dispersing articles to be weighed, said dispersing table having a center;
- a supply feeder, having a plurality of supply troughs extending radially from said dispersing table, for receiving articles from said dispersing table;
- a plurality of regulating plates respectively associated with and disposed in the supply troughs, for regulating the flow of articles in the supply trough, said regulating plates being approximately the same length as said supply troughs and rotatable around a center of rotation which is offset from said center of said dispersing table;
- a plurality of pool hoppers respectively associated with said supply troughs for receiving articles from said supply troughs;
- a plurality of weighing hoppers respectively associated with said pool hoppers for receiving the articles from said pool hoppers;
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- a plurality of weighing mechanisms respectively associated with said weighing hoppers for measuring the weights of the articles received by said weighing hoppers.
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A supply feeder for supplying articles in a combinatorial weighing apparatus, comprising:
- a plurality of supply troughs;
- a plurality of regulating plates respectively associated with and disposed in said supply troughs, for regulating the flow of articles in said supply troughs, said regulating plates being approximately equal in length to said supply troughs and having centers of rotation external of said regulating plates;
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- means for adjusting the position of said regulating plates by rotating said regulating plates around said centers of rotation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.