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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 1983
Filed:
Nov. 03, 1980
Yuzuru Nishiguchi, Higashi, JP;
Shinko Denshi Company Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for counting the number of articles of the same kind comprising a measuring chute rotatably journalled to a horizontal shaft and being arranged in an inclined manner, a parts-feeder for supplying the articles onto the measuring chute substantially at a point of the horizontal shaft, a load detector for detecting torque generated on the horizontal shaft when the articles supplied on the measuring chute are discharged from the chute at its lower end remote from the horizontal shaft to produce a torque output and a measuring circuit including a circuit for detecting peaks in the torque output to produce pulses and a counter for counting the number of peaks.