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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2009
Filed:
May. 17, 2007
Joseph A. Grove, Duncansville, PA (US);
Joseph A. Grove, Duncansville, PA (US);
Ossid LLC, Rocky Mount, NC (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for weighing and labeling of a product in a high speed processing environment includes an entry conveyor having an entry end and an exit end. A weighing conveyor has an entry end for receiving the product from the exit end of the entry conveyor and an exit end from which the product is delivered from the weighing conveyor. The weighing conveyor is operatively mounted to a weighing device to produce product weight information for the product being transported on the weighing conveyor. The weighing conveyor includes a first conveyor member extending from the entry end to the exit end of the weighing conveyor and a second conveyor member extending from the entry end to the exit end of the weighing conveyor. The first and second conveyor members operate cooperatively to convey the product from the entry end toward the exit end. A first angle measured from the first conveyor member to the second conveyor member is adjustable prior to a conveying operation to accommodate a bottom of the product so as to reduce shock loading on the weighing device as the product is transferred from the entry conveyor to the weighing conveyor.