Multifingered scale
AssigneeKHS GmbH
InventorsJürgen Herrmann, Jan Peter Hecktor
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Abstract
A filling system for containers that are supplied to a filling device via a supplying device and that are removed from the filling device via a removal device, said filling system includes a measuring device for weighing the filled containers. The measuring device is formed by circulating measuring sensors that convey containers from an inlet side to an outlet while concurrently weighing the containers, and circulating synchronously with the container flow. The measuring sensors are oriented at right angles to a direction along a horizontal belt along which the containers are conveyed. Each one has measuring fingers that collectively form a multi-fingered measuring device.
Claims13
An apparatus comprising a filling system for containers that are supplied to a filling device via a supplying device and that are removed from the filling device via a removal device, said filling system comprising:
- a multi-fingered measuring device for weighing the filled containers, the multi-fingered measuring device being formed by circulating measuring sensors that convey containers, standing upright on their bottom side, from an inlet side to an outlet side while concurrently weighing the containers, wherein the measuring sensors circulate synchronously with the container flow, wherein said measuring sensors are oriented at right angles to a direction along which said containers are conveyed, wherein said measuring sensors comprise measuring fingers that collectively form said multi-fingered measuring device and a horizontally arranged conveyor belt, wherein said horizontally arranged conveyor belt comprises an upper belt and a lower belt.
An apparatus comprising a multi-fingered measuring device for weighing containers conveyed by a filling system that supplies containers to a filling device via a supplying device and that removes the containers from the filling device via a removal device, the multi-fingered measuring device comprising a plurality of circulating measuring sensors that transport the containers, standing upright on their bottom side, from an inlet side to an outlet side while concurrently weighing the containers, wherein the measuring sensors circulate synchronously with a container flow of a conveyor, wherein said measuring sensors are oriented at right angles to a direction along which said containers are conveyed, and wherein said measuring sensors comprise measuring fingers that collectively form said multi-fingered measuring device, and a horizontally-arranged conveyor belt having an upper belt and a lower belt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.