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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5324894 | Multiple weighing apparatus for mass materials with dual-acting hopper gates mechanism A multiple weighing apparatus with dual acting hopper gates mechanism comprises a feeding device conveying articles to be weighed and packed to a weighing section of the apparatus. The articles which are transferred into the weighing section are weighed a... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5163525 | Weighing and gross bagging apparatus An automated gross bagging scale apparatus combining manual actuation of the feed gate and a mechanical trigger mechanism with digital scale and control components permitting easy conversion of a fully mechanical bagging scale to a digital scale. The comb... | 11/17/1992 |
| 4807711 | Weighing hoppers A weighing hopper (20) comprising: a body portion for containing articles; a port in the body portion; a door (21) pivotally connected to the body portion for rotation about a first axis (A) between a first position in which the port is closed by the door... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4705125 | Method of and apparatus for controlling hopper gate motion A hopper gate of a combinational weighing system is opened and closed by a stepping motor to which pulses are supplied according to a program prepared for a desired action mode such that fine control of the gate motion can be achieved.... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4549619 | Combinatorial weighing apparatus A combinatorial weighing apparatus in which an operator manually supplies a combinatorial weighing apparatus with articles to be weighed is provided with hopper sets each of which has two weighing hoppers and a single movable pool hopper for supplying the... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4545446 | Hopper in combinatorial weighing apparatus A hopper for use in an automatic weighing apparatus, including a hopper body having a discharge port at a lower end of the hopper body, and a gate, swingably supported at an upper edge of the hopper body, for opening and closing the discharge port. The ga... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4544042 | Hopper door actuating apparatus for an automatic weighing apparatus A unit for supplying articles to be weighed is supported on a supporting platform above the central portion of an automatic weighing apparatus, a plurality of weighing machines are arranged on the outer periphery of the supporting platform, and a pluralit... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4538693 | Weighing machine A weighing machine is disclosed that accepts product from a source, segregates it into discrete quantities, and combines a number of the discrete quantities into a group that closely approximates a target weight. The machine includes a feeder means that s... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4527647 | Hopper and support device therefor in automatic weighing apparatus A hopper for an automatic weighing apparatus has a link mechanism for opening and closing a hopper gate and an attachment mechanism for attaching a hopper body to the automatic weighing apparatus. The link mechanism includes a drive link pivotably mounted... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4465211 | Weight indicator for material container of agricultural distributing device A container for material such as fertilizer or seeds which delivers same to an underlying distributing device is mounted on a tractor so that the weight of the container and associated equipment is indicated to the operator of the tractor whereby the amou... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4232798 | Automatic vending machine for delivering containers having edible product therein An automatic vending machine for delivering soft ice cream or the like to ice cream cones or other containers. A pivotally mounted arm receives a cone and then moves to a product-dispensing station. The product is dispensed into the cone until a weight-re... | 11/11/1980 |
