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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2015
Ishida Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
ISHIDA CO., LTD., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a combination weighing device whereby a physical quantity for assessing the quantity of articles loaded on a conveyance path for conveying articles to a weighing part can be accurately sensed in non-contact manner in order to appropriately control the supplying of articles to the weighing part, without the sensing being affected by a structure above the combination weighing device and/or side walls provided to sides of the conveyance path. A combination weighing device () is provided with cameras () and a plurality of radial feeders () for conveying articles to weighing hoppers (). The radial feeders () have side walls () for surrounding sides of an article conveyance path. The side walls () extend upward and along a conveyance direction of the articles. The cameras () sense, in non-contact manner, a physical quantity for assessing a quantity of articles loaded on the radial feeders (). The cameras () sense the physical quantity from above the radial feeders (), and in an obliquely downward direction from an upstream side to a downstream side in the conveyance direction of the articles.