Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
177250180 | Combinatorial scales | 28 |
20080283307 | Mixing-Weighing Combination Weigher - A mixing-weighing combination weigher of the present invention comprises a plurality of kind-based groups (G | 11-20-2008 |
20080302580 | Combination Weigher - A combination weigher of the present invention comprises a plurality of discharge hoppers which hold objects to be weighed; weight detecting devices for detecting measured values of weights of the objects to be weighed which are held in or fed to the discharge hoppers; and a controller; wherein the controller is configured to select an optimal composite combination from composite combinations each of which chooses a plurality of combinations made up of the measured values such that elements of the measured values do not duplicate between the combinations (step S | 12-11-2008 |
20090008157 | Weighing Cell with a Receiving Holder - The invention relates to a weighing cell for use in an associated receiving holder, wherein the weighing cell and receiving holder are oriented relative to each other by means of alignment elements and through the use of the weighing cell in the receiving holder for the simultaneous production of a detachable, mechanical, and electrical connection to each other. | 01-08-2009 |
20090152019 | Combination Weigher - A combination weigher of the present invention comprises a plurality of base groups into which a plurality of combination hoppers ( | 06-18-2009 |
20090200087 | Mixing-Weighing Combination Weigher - A mixing-weighing combination weigher of the present invention comprises a plurality of kind-based groups (G | 08-13-2009 |
20090229889 | ELECTRONIC WEIGHT SCALE - An electronic weight scale includes: a main scale module including a main weight sensor disposed in a main housing and outputting an output corresponding to weight acting on the main housing and sensed thereby, a controller operable in one of folded and unfolded modes in response to a control signal from an input unit, and a display unit mounted on the main housing; and an auxiliary scale unit connected pivotally to the main scale module and including an auxiliary scale module that has an auxiliary weight sensor disposed in an auxiliary housing and outputting an output corresponding to weight acting on the auxiliary housing and sensed thereby. The controller outputs weight information, that indicates the output from the main weight sensor when in the folded mode and that indicates a sum of the outputs from the main and auxiliary weight sensors when in the unfolded mode, to the display unit. | 09-17-2009 |
20090236150 | WEIGHING DEVICE - A weighing device includes a weighing unit, a conveying unit, a plurality of discharge parts, a discharging unit and a controlling part. The controlling part is configured to set an order of priority for the discharge parts, to sort the objects weighed by the weighing unit into a plurality of predetermined weight ranks, to select a combination of a plurality of the objects in the same weight rank so that the combination has a total weight equal to a final target weight, and to control the discharging unit to discharge the objects selected for the combination into one of the discharge parts having the highest priority among the discharge parts that are not being used. | 09-24-2009 |
20090260896 | COMBINATION WEIGHING APPARATUS - A combination weighing apparatus includes a dispersion unit, a plurality of weighing hoppers, and a combination unit. The dispersion unit circumferentially disperses articles that drop from above. The weighing hoppers are arranged generally circumferentially below the dispersion unit. The combination unit combines weight results obtained from each of the weighing hoppers. In addition, a state of a drop position of the articles in the dispersion unit changes during operation. | 10-22-2009 |
20090277692 | COMBINATION WEIGHING APPARATUS - A combination weighing apparatus includes a dispersion unit, conveying units and weighing units. The dispersion unit is arranged to radially disperse product material. The conveying units are arranged around a periphery of the dispersion unit. The weighing units are arranged around a periphery of the conveying units. Each of the conveying units includes a trough. At least one of the troughs has a cross-sectional diameter that gradually increases generally from the inside end to the outside end so that the one of the troughs and an adjacent one of the troughs are kept in contact with each other from the inside ends to the outside ends. At least one of the conveying units has a spiral member disposed over a bottom surface of the trough. The spiral member is configured and arranged to convey the product material supplied from the dispersion unit toward the outside end of the trough. | 11-12-2009 |
20090294183 | Combination Weigher and Weighing System Using the Same - A combination weigher of the present invention comprises a first combination weigher unit including a left inner chute, an outer chute, collecting hoppers, weighing hoppers and memory hoppers which are disposed above the left chutes, and a second combination weigher unit including a right inner chute, an outer chute, collecting hoppers, weighing hoppers and memory hoppers which are disposed above the right chutes, and a control unit configured to control the entire combination weigher. The control unit performs a combination process for each combination weigher unit and causes weighing hoppers and memory hoppers which make up of discharge combinations determined in respective combination processes to discharge the objects to be weighed in an inward direction and an outward direction alternately, and to cause the two collecting hoppers to alternately discharge the objects to be weighed according to the discharge, in each combination weigher unit. | 12-03-2009 |
20090301792 | Combination Weigher - A combination weigher of the present invention comprises an inner chute which gathers objects which are discharged in an inward direction from weighing hoppers and discharges the objects, a plurality of outer chutes which gather the objects which are discharged in an outward direction from the weighing hoppers, a collecting hopper provided at discharge outlet of the inner chute, collecting hoppers provided at discharge outlets of the outer chutes, a lower chute which transfers the objects which are discharged from a collecting hopper and discharges them from a discharge outlet at a bottom part thereof, and a control unit which is configured to switch a discharge direction of the weighing hoppers selected to make up of optimal combinations sequentially performed every time the combination process is performed, and according to these cause the collecting hopper and the collecting hopper to alternately discharge the objects. | 12-10-2009 |
20100012394 | Combination Weigher - A combination weigher includes weighing hoppers capable of discharging weighed objects selectively in a first direction or in a second direction, a first collecting chute and a collecting hopper, a second collecting chute and a collecting hopper, and a control unit configured to determine a first discharge combination and a second discharge combination in which combination weight values fall within an allowable range with respect to a target weight value, to cause weighing hoppers belonging to the first discharge combination to discharge the weighed objects in the first direction, to cause weighing hoppers belonging to the second discharge combination to discharge the objects to be weighed in the second direction, and to cause the collecting hopper and the collecting hopper to discharge the objects to be weighed. | 01-21-2010 |
20100018782 | ARRANGEMENT FOR CONVEYING CONTROLLED PORTIONS OF A PRODUCT MATERIAL TO A WEIGHING SYSTEM - A weighing arrangement includes an infeed for product material to be weighed and at least one dosing mechanism for controlled conveying of product material portions from the infeed to a weighing system. The dosing mechanism includes a motor-driven transport screw positioned in an open trough for conveying the product material from the infeed to the weighing system, and a control unit for controlling the motor in order to deliver a desired portion of product material to the weighing system. This weighing arrangement provides a gentle, well-defined conveyance of product materials that are not suited for vibrational conveyance or conveyance by a screw conveyor in a tubular housing. | 01-28-2010 |
20100044116 | HOPPER, HOPPER UNIT, AND COMBINATION WEIGHING APPARATUS - A hopper is provided with which damages of articles can be suppressed without lowering the processing speed. A hopper ( | 02-25-2010 |
20100089666 | COMBINATION WEIGHING APPARATUS - A combination weighing apparatus includes a distribution unit, a plurality of conveying units and a plurality of weighing hoppers. At least one of the conveying units has a trough and a plurality of spiral members. The trough has an inside edge positioned below the distribution unit and an outside edge positioned above the weighing hopper. The spiral members are placed above a bottom surface of the trough with each of the spiral members defining an external peripheral surface. The spiral members are configured and arranged to be rotatably driven to convey the product material supplied from the distribution unit in a vicinity of the inside edge, along the external peripheral surfaces toward a vicinity of the outside edge. The spiral members are configured and arranged to stop movement of the product material on the external peripheral surfaces when the spiral members are not rotatably driven. | 04-15-2010 |
20100096192 | Combination Weigher - A combination weigher includes a plurality of upper collecting chutes disposed below weighing hoppers, a plurality of upper collecting hoppers provided at discharge outlets of the upper collecting chutes, a lower collecting chute provided below the upper collecting hoppers, a lower collecting hopper provided at a discharge outlet of the lower collecting chute, and a control unit which repeatedly performs a combination process to determine one discharge combination of the weighing hoppers, a discharge process for discharging the objects from the weighing hoppers onto the upper collecting chutes, and a discharge process for discharging the objects simultaneously from the upper collecting hoppers, and a discharge process for discharging the objects from the lower collecting hopper. | 04-22-2010 |
20100108404 | Combination Weigher - A combination weigher of the present invention comprises a plurality of weighing hoppers which are arranged in a circular shape and are each configured to discharge the products selectively in one of two directions, a collecting chute which is configured to gather the products which have been discharged from the weighing hopper in the inward direction and to discharge the products, a recycle conveyor configured to convey the products which have been discharged from the weighing hoppers in the outward direction and have been loaded onto the recycle conveyor, a discharge means which is configured to discharge the products from the recycle conveyor; a combination calculation means which is configured to determine a discharge combination, a recycle hopper determination means configured to determine a weighing hopper whose products should be recycled, and a control means configured to cause the weighing hoppers selected to form the discharge combination to discharge the products in the inward direction, and to cause the weighing hopper determined by the recycle hopper determination means to discharge the products in the outward direction. | 05-06-2010 |
20100108405 | Combination Weigher - A combination weigher of the present invention comprises a plurality of weighing hoppers which are capable of selectively discharging the products in a first direction or in a second direction, a collecting chute which is configured to gather the products which have been discharged from the weighing hoppers in the first direction and to discharge them, a recycle conveyor which is configured to convey the products which have been discharged from the weighing hoppers in the second direction and have been loaded onto the recycle conveyor, a feeding means configured to feed the products to the weighing hoppers, a transport means which is configured to transport the products which have been discharged from the recycle conveyor to feed the products to the feeding means, a combination calculation means which is configured to determine a discharge combination, a recycle hopper determination means configured to determine weighing hoppers whose products should be recycled, and a control means configured to cause the weighing hoppers selected to form the discharge combination to discharge the products in the first direction, and to cause the weighing hoppers determined by the recycle hopper determination means to discharge the products in the second direction. | 05-06-2010 |
20100224421 | Combination Weigher - A combination weigher capable of performing a high-speed operation regardless of a characteristic of a weighed object comprises plural weighing units and a lower collecting chute and a lower collecting hopper which collect the objects which have been discharged from upper collecting hoppers of weighing units and discharge them, and a control unit. The control unit repetitively performs a process for determining a discharge combination from weighing hoppers in all weighing units, a process for causing weighing hoppers making up the discharge combination to discharge the objects, a process for causing all of the upper collecting hoppers to discharge the objects; and a process for causing the lower collecting hopper to discharge the objects. | 09-09-2010 |
20110036645 | COMBINATION MEASURING DEVICE - A combination measuring device has a combination measuring unit. The combination measuring unit has a dispersing section configured to radially disperse articles loaded thereinto from above, a plurality of head sections configured to receive the articles from the dispersing section, and an assembling section configured to assemble the articles, which are contained in hoppers of one or more of the head sections selected according to a target weight. The head sections are arranged on a line formed by cutting away a circular arc from a circle surrounding the dispersing section. | 02-17-2011 |
20110155474 | WEIGHING APPARATUS EMPLOYING LOAD CELLS OF DIFFERENT CAPACITY - A weighing apparatus having a load receiving element and a plurality of load cells directly or indirectly associated with the load receiving element such that when an object to be weighed is placed on the load receiving element, the weight of the object is unevenly applied to the load cells. The weighing apparatus includes load cells of different capacity based on the uneven loading applied thereto. | 06-30-2011 |
20120000715 | WEIGHING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WEIGHING VEHICLES - A portable weighing apparatus comprises a portable platform body. The platform body has a top surface adapted to support a wheel of a vehicle/trailer when the platform body lies on the ground. A weight sensor related to the top surface of the platform body produces a weight signal as a function of a weight of the wheel and vehicle/trailer on the platform body. A weighing processor outputs a weight value from the weight signal. A load sensor has a trigger portion generally centrally located in a direction on the top surface of the platform body. The load sensor actuates a measurement from the weight sensor when triggered. A system for weighing a vehicle/trailer and a method for measuring the weight of a wheel and vehicle/trailer are also provided. | 01-05-2012 |
20130228384 | Weighing Unit and Combination Weigher Using the Same - A weighing unit includes a mounting fastener member including a vertical portion; a load cell disposed at the one side of the vertical portion and including an elastic body of a rectangular frame shape including a fastened portion fastened to a vertical surface and a movable portion opposite to the fastened portion. A plurality of strain gauges are bonded to the elastic body, a weighing hopper disposed at an opposite side of the load cell with respect to the vertical portion, and has a discharge gate, a coupling member is fastened at one end to the movable portion, and is a hopper retaining section including receivers and protrusions, for retaining the weighing hopper, extends from the one end portion to the other end portion in a downward direction to a location below the elastic body; and a gate opening/closing mechanism attached to the coupling member. | 09-05-2013 |
20130284521 | COMBINATION WEIGHER - A combination weigher ( | 10-31-2013 |
20140027186 | COMBINATION WEIGHER - A combination weigher according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a plurality of weighing conveyors which are manually fed with objects and conveys the objects fed manually; a plurality of weight sensors to correspond to the weighing conveyors to measure weights of the objects; 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, and activates the weighing conveyors selected to make up the discharge combination to convey the objects on the weighing conveyors in a first direction and discharge the objects from the weighing conveyors; and a collecting conveyor which is fed with the objects discharged from the one ends of the weighing conveyors, conveys the objects in a direction, and discharges the objects. | 01-30-2014 |
20140027187 | COMBINATION WEIGHER - A combination weigher includes a collecting conveyor, a plurality of weighing conveyors, a control section which finds one combination of the weighing conveyors in which a total weight of the objects falls within a target weight range, and a manipulation setting display device which pre-inputs a desired value of a conveying length of the objects, and the control section finds start timings of conveying operation of the weighing conveyors selected to make up the discharge combination such that the conveying length of the objects becomes the desired value pre-input by the input unit and the objects discharged from the weighing conveyors selected to make up the discharge combination are at different positions on the collecting conveyor, and causes the weighing conveyors to start the conveying operation at the found timings. | 01-30-2014 |
20150021103 | COMBINATION WEIGHING DEVICE - A combination weighing device includes a dispersing table, a plurality of radial feeders, a plurality of cameras, an image processing unit, and a touch panel. The dispersing table receives a supply of a large number of articles and disperses the articles. The radial feeders are arranged to extend radially from the dispersing table, receive the articles dispersed by the dispersing table, and convey the articles in a direction away from the dispersing table. The cameras are disposed at a position other than a space directly above the dispersing unit and capture images of the dispersing table and the radial feeders. The image processing unit generates a projection plan view image of the dispersing table and the radial feeders by synthesizing the images captured by the cameras. The touch panel outputs the plan view image. | 01-22-2015 |
20150129323 | COMBINATION WEIGHING DEVICE - A combination weighing device facilitates the performance of operation using optimal operational settings. The combination weighing device includes a dispersion feeder, a plurality of radial feeders and a plurality of weighing hoppers. The dispersion feeder is disposed in an upper portion, and conveys and disperses supplied articles. The radial feeders are arranged radially on the periphery of the dispersion feeder, and convey the articles that are discharged from the dispersion feeder. The weighing hoppers receive the articles discharged from the radial feeders. The combination weighing device performs a combination weighing based on the weight of the articles in the weighing hoppers. In the combination weighing device, the operational settings are performed automatically. | 05-14-2015 |