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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2004
Yukio Sugioka, Ritto, JP;
Isao Noguchi, Ritto, JP;
Teruo Hayakawa, Ritto, JP;
Hiroshi Kishimura, Ritto, JP;
Kazuhisa Chimura, Ritto, JP;
Masayuki Yamanaka, Ritto, JP;
Akiyoshi Katsumi, Ritto, JP;
Yukio Sugioka, Ritto, JP;
Isao Noguchi, Ritto, JP;
Teruo Hayakawa, Ritto, JP;
Hiroshi Kishimura, Ritto, JP;
Kazuhisa Chimura, Ritto, JP;
Masayuki Yamanaka, Ritto, JP;
Akiyoshi Katsumi, Ritto, JP;
Ishida Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A measuring device includes a first measuring hopper, a first supply portion arranged above the first measuring hopper to supply the objects to the first measuring hopper, a second measuring hopper, a second supply portion fixedly arranged above the second measuring hopper to supply the objects to the second measuring hopper, a plurality of accommodating hoppers circumferentially arranged below the first and second measuring hoppers, and a control portion configured to control the second supply portion and the plurality of accommodating hoppers such that an accommodating hopper discharges the objects only if the total weight of the objects in the accommodating hopper that are discharged from the first and second measuring hoppers is substantially and no smaller than the predetermined weight. The plurality of accommodating hoppers are intermittently circulated such that each of the accommodating hoppers successively receives the objects from the first and second measuring hoppers.