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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 1983
Filed:
Jun. 26, 1981
Takashi Hirano, Kobe, JP;
Yamato Scale Company, Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
An automatically controlled combination weighing machine, which is generally used for packing a plurality of articles in each bag or the like so that each bag contains a predetermined weight of articles, comprising a plurality of weighing balances for weighing a plurality of articles each at the same time, arithmetic means for selecting some of these weighing balances so that the total weight of the articles on the selected balances fall within a predetermined range, and means for unloading and loading the weighing balances with articles automatically; an improvement of which is a provision of automatic drive control device for the loading means for controlling the feeding rate of the articles to the weighing balances so that an optimum number of articles are fed to each balance in order to obtain a maximum approximation of the total weight.