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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 1983
Filed:
Nov. 23, 1981
Takashi Hirano, Kobe, JP;
Yamata Scale Company, Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
A combination weighing machine, used for packing a plurality of articles in individual bags or the like so that the weight of each pack becomes substantially equal to a predetermined target value, by weighing a plurality of articles by a plurality of weighing balances at the same time and combining some of them appropriately to form a group of articles having a total weight approximating to the target value, and constructed such that a pair of combinations providing total weights which are nearest the target value of all are searched and selected out of a predetermined set of combinations respectively for both positive and negative deviations with respect to the target value, thereby enabling the election of one of them in accordance with a predetermined order of preference.