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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hi-Speed Checkweigher Co., Inc., Ithaca, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01G 5/00 ; B65H 2/962 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01G 5/00 ; B65H 2/962 ;
Abstract
A pneumatic weighing device has a weigh pan, which is supported for vertical movement by a load cell in response to the weight of an article; the weigh pan is provided with a plenum chamber having an apertured upper surface through which air under pressure is directed for purpose of providing an air cushion for supporting and transporting articles to be weighed. The weighing device additionally includes pneumatic means for rejecting articles of improper weight.