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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2024
Ishida Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Toshiharu Kageyama, Ritto, JP;
Takahide Kasugai, Ritto, JP;
Kazuteru Oda, Ritto, JP;
Michio Nishi, Ritto, JP;
Ishida Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A weighing apparatus () according to an embodiment includes: adjacent hoppers (A,B); and a sorting mechanism () disposed between the adjacent hoppers (A,B), the sorting mechanism () sorting an article given from outside into one of the adjacent hoppers (A,B), in which the sorting mechanism () includes a rotator () rotatable around a rotation shaft (R), the rotation shaft (R) and a central axis (C) of the rotator () are not parallel, the rotator () rotates when the article abuts on the rotator (), and the rotator () does not rotate when the article does not abut on the rotator ().