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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2011
Shozo Kawanishi, Hyogo, JP;
Takeyoshi Nagao, Hyogo, JP;
Takaaki Kawashima, Hyogo, JP;
YAMATO SCALE CO., LTD., Akashi, JP;
Abstract
A combination weigher comprises a collecting conveyor which conveys objects and discharges the objects; a plurality of weighing conveyors configured to convey the objects fed thereto and discharge the objects, to feed the objects to the collecting conveyor apparatus; a plurality of weight sensors for measuring weights of the objects held on the weighing conveyors; and a control section which finds a discharge combination including a combination of the weighing conveyors holding the objects in which a total weight thereof falls within a target weight range, based on the measured weight values of the weight sensors and activates the weighing conveyors selected to make up the discharge combination to convey the objects on the weighing conveyors and discharge the objects, wherein a conveying speed of the collecting conveyor apparatus is set higher than a conveying speed of the weighing conveyors.