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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 1984
Filed:
Aug. 09, 1982
Takashi Hirano, Kobe, JP;
Yamato Scale Company, Limited, Akashi, JP;
Abstract
A combination weighing machine, which is typically used for packing a plurality of articles in each bag, for example, so that the contents of all bags satisfy a predetermined weight condition, comprising a plurality of weighing units for weighing the articles each at the same time to produce weight indicating signals respectively, arithmetic means for selecting some of these weight signals whose sum satisfies the abovementioned weight condition, and means for unloading and then loading those weighing units which have produced these selected weight signals; the machine also including means for excluding the weighing units which have produced the selected weight signals from the next selecting operation and allowing adjustment of operational speed of the machine by increasing the selection speed or partly superimposing the next selecting operation on the preceding unloading and loading operations.