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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 1984
Filed:
Dec. 14, 1982
Takashi Hirano, Kobe, JP;
Yamato Scale Company, Limited, Akashi, JP;
Abstract
A novel type of combination weighing system is provided; wherein two combination weighing devices are provided for weighing two kinds of articles, respectively, the first device and its associated combination selecting circuits are used for obtaining some combinations of the weighing units of the first device which provide total weights of the articles thereon falling within a predetermined range of weight, and the second device and its associated combination selecting circuits are used for obtaining a combination of the weighing units of the second device which provide a total weight of the articles thereon inclusive of the total weight obtained above by the first device, which is nearest to a predetermined target weight; for finally obtaining a combined group of first and second articles wherein the total weight of the first articles falls within the predetermined range of weight and the total weight of the first and second articles is nearest of all to the predetermined target weight.