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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 23, 1999
Thorkild Kvisgaard, Hinnerup, DK;
John Bomholt, Hinnerup, DK;
Scanvaegt A/S, Aarhus N, DK;
Abstract
A batching of currently supplied articles with non-uniform weights into portions of a uniform target weight is effected by passing the articles through a weighing station ( ) to a distribution system ( ), in which the articles ( ) are selectively allocated to a plurality of receiver bins ( ). It is known to improve the capacity of such a system by way of probability calculations based on the normal distribution of the articles in the supply flow, but according to the invention it is still better to base such calculations on a regularly updated recorded histogram ( ) of the weight distribution of a relatively high number of newly weighed articles. Thereby the target calculations will rely on factual rather than just expected conditions, and a very important result is that it is possible to effect relevant batching even when the article weights in the supply flow are not normally distributed.