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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2005
Shozo Kawanishi, Nishinomiya-shi, Hyogo 662-0088, JP;
Hiroshi Higuchi, Takasago, JP;
Taketoshi Okamura, Ashiya, JP;
Shozo Kawanishi, Nishinomiya-shi, Hyogo 662-0088, JP;
Hiroshi Higuchi, Takasago, JP;
Taketoshi Okamura, Ashiya, JP;
Other;
Abstract
A combination weigher of the present invention comprises a center base body (), a plurality of feeding hoppers (), a plurality of weighing hoppers () each including two weighing chambers (), a plurality of memory hoppers () each including two accommodating chambers (), a collecting chute () configured to receive objects to be weighed discharged from the weighing chamber and the accommodating chamber and to discharge the objects to be weighed, and a control unit () configured to perform combination calculation based on measured values of the objects to be weighed inside the weighing chambers of each weighing hopper () and measured values of the objects to be weighed inside the accommodating chambers of each memory hopper () to select a combination of weighing chambers and/or accommodating chambers which will discharge the objects to be weighed, and to cause the selected chambers to discharge the objects to be weighed onto the collecting chute (), the two weighing chambers of each weighing hopper () are arranged along a side surface of the center base body () and the accommodating chambers of each memory hopper () are arranged along the side surface of the center base body ().