Device for automatically weighing objects in conveyance
OwnerSheng J. Wuinventor
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Abstract
A device for weighing slender or piece-like objects being conveyed. This device includes a driving means, a fixed stand, a movable stand, a conveyed onto a supporting portion of the movable stand, the movable stand will be lowered thereby putting the object on the weighing scale and enabling the object to be separated from other mechanisms. After the object has been weighed, the movable stand will be restored to its original position and the object will continue to be conveyed. The weighing result can be input to a computer for analysis or control, or the device can be an integral part of a completely automatic operating system.
Claims9
A device for weighing objects during the conveyance of said objects comprising:
- means for conveying an object to a weighing position;
- means for driving said conveying means;
- means for sensing said object's location at said weighing position;
- said conveying means including a movable and vertically displaceable stand for supporting said object and responsive to said sensing means sensing said object at said weighing position for moving said object from a first horizontal weighing position to a second lower horizontal weighing position;
- means for weighing said object in said second lower horizontal weighing position, and
- wherein said movable stand includes an opening, whereby said means for weighing is received through said opening thereby separating said object from said conveying means during weighing.
The device according to any one of the preceding claims wherein said conveying means comprises at least one idle wheel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.