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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 1985
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1983
Yoshikazu Matsuura, Tokyo, JP;
Teraoka Seiko Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A measuring apparatus for measuring various kinds of products irregular in weight such as vegetables and fruits, confectionery, secondary processed goods, perishable foods and the like with constant qualities. According to the invention, the apparatus comprises a distributing table supplied with the products to be measured, feeding troughs arranged about the distributing table to form a plurality of branched passages for the product, pool hoppers and measuring hoppers continuously connected to the respective troughs so as to permit the product on the distributing table to be introduced through the feeding troughs and the pool hoppers into the measuring hoppers, and computer means for selecting a combination of the measuring hoppers whose weight of product accommodated therein is equal or near to a set weight and opening the selected measuring hoppers to exhaust the measured product. The apparatus is remarkably improved in construction, particularly with respect to the transfer means for transferring the product through the apparatus.