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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 1990
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1986
Robert L Muskat, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Robert H Connors, Chicago, IL (US);
King Klopfenstein, Prospect Heights, IL (US);
Triangle Package Machinery, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A weighing machine that accepts product from a source, segregates it into discrete quantities, and combines a number of the discrete quantities into a group that closely approximates a target weight. The machine includes a feeder means that transports product from the source; a plurality of accumulating means which receive product from the feeder means and discharge discrete quantities of product therefrom in a plurality of selected directions; a plurality of weighing means having multiple compartment which receive product from the accumulating means into the multiple compartments and determine the weight of product in each individual compartment; and collecting means to receive product from the multiple compartment weighing means, consolidate it and direct it to another location. By using multiple compartment weighing receptacles, each containing a determined weight of product, the required number of weighing means is advantageously reduced and storage hoppers are not needed.