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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 17, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masahiko Tatsuoka, Shiga, JP;
Assignee:
Ishida Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
177 2518 ; 177 59 ; 177 98 ; 177105 ; 222547 ; 193 / ;
Abstract
A combinational weighing machine has not only a plurality of weighing devices for weighing articles and outputting signals indicative of their weight values and a control system for calculating combinations of the weight values, selecting a combination of weighing devices according to a given criterion and causing articles to be discharged from the selected combination of weighing devices, but also a discharge chute for receiving the discharged articles and leading them to a discharge opening and a guide member disposed inside the discharge chute with a sloped outer surface serving to deflect the articles colliding therewith into a vertically downward direction.