Capsule weight measuring apparatus

Abstract

A supply path which communicates with the bottom of a hopper and drops capsules is formed in a magazine which is periodically moved vertically. When the magazine comes off the lower end position of the vertical motion, a stopper stops the falling of capsules from the lower end of the supply path. A groove for receiving capsules falling from the lower end of the supply path is formed in a capsule receiving table. In synchronism with the vertical motion of the magazine, a push transfer mechanism lays a capsule falling from the lower end of the supply path into the groove of the capsule receiving table, and pushes the capsule in the extending direction of the groove. A groove communicating with the groove of the capsule receiving table is formed in a weighing table. The weighing table weighs the capsule pushed from the capsule receiving table by the push transfer mechanism. A discharge member discharges the weighed capsule. The weight of each capsule is rapidly measured while a high measurement accuracy is maintained.

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