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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:
Jul. 27, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 16, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Eric A Inglin, Ithaca, NY (US);
Assignee:
Hi-Speed Checkweigher Co., Inc., Ithaca, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01G / ; G01G / ; G01G / ; B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
177119 ; 177121 ; 177145 ; 141 83 ;
Abstract
A mechanism for weighing articles including a continuous thread screw conveyor for moving articles to be weighed across a weigh pan in combination with a motor for first driving the conveyor in an article transport direction through an angle of 360.degree.+.alpha..degree. and then driving the conveyor in a reverse direction through an angle of .alpha..degree. to remove the conveyor from frictional engagement with the article, during each article weighing operation.