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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 1985
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1984
Kazukiyo Minamida, Shiga, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Ishida Koki Seisakusho, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A combinatorial weighing apparatus of the type in which the batches of article charged in a plurality of hoppers are weighed and the best combination of hoppers which provides a total weight equal to or most closely approximating a target weight within a predetermined tolerance is selected, the batches of article in the hoppers constituting the best combination being then discharged to a collecting chute. The combinatorial weighing apparatus has a plurality of weighing hoppers for receiving batches of article to be weighed, weight sensors for weighing the batches of article in the weighing hoppers, storage hoppers disposed beneath the second hopper gates in the weighing hoppers and adapted to receive the batches of article discharged from the weighing hoppers, and a combination control section adapted to select the best combination of hoppers which provides a total weight equal to or most closely approximating the target value, on the basis of the weight values of batches of article in the storage hoppers and the weighing hoppers.