Goods & Services

Scales, namely, bowl fed scales to weigh batches of goods at high speed

Abstract

An aspect of the present invention provides a system for transferring a plurality of non-oriented items. The system includes a feeding area, a conveyor and a rail. The feeding area can accept the plurality of non-oriented items. The conveyor has a first end, a second end, a conveyor length disposed between the first end and the second end, a conveyor first side, a conveyor second side, a conveyor width disposed between the conveyor first side and the conveyor second side, and a conveyor ledge along the second side. The rail is disposed above the conveyor and from the conveyor ledge at a distance equal to one of the item height, the item width and the item length. A first portion of the plurality of non-oriented items will convey along the conveyor path. A second portion of the plurality of non-oriented items will fall off the conveyor ledge.

IPC Classes  ?

• B65G 47/26 - Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors arranging the articles, e.g. varying spacing between individual articles
• B65G 47/28 - Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors arranging the articles, e.g. varying spacing between individual articles during transit by a single conveyor
• B65G 21/20 - Means incorporated in, or attached to, framework or housings for guiding load-carriers, traction elements or loads supported on moving surfaces
• B65G 47/24 - Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors orientating the articles

Abstract

A system is provided for feeding a stream of material. The system includes a feeder, a material density portion, a detector, a weight calculator and an indicator. The feeder can output a portion of the stream of the material from a first position to a second position. The material density portion can generate a density signal based on the density of the material. The detector can detect a volume of the portion of the stream of the material without contacting the portion of the stream of the material and can generate a volume signal based on the detected volume. The weight calculator can calculate a weight based on the density signal and the volume signal and can generate a weight signal. The indicator can provide an indication signal based on the weight signal.

IPC Classes  ?

• B65G 43/00 - Control devices, e.g. for safety, warning or fault-correcting
• G01F 1/86 - Indirect mass flowmeters, e.g. measuring volume flow and density, temperature, or pressure
• B65B 1/44 - Checking density of material to be filled
• G01G 9/00 - Methods of, or apparatus for, the determination of weight, not provided for in groups
• G01G 13/24 - Weighing mechanism control arrangements for automatic feed or discharge

Goods & Services

bag producing machines both horizontal and vertical utilizing all flat, tube, and centerfold packaging materials and parts for bag producing machines for use in any counted, weighed, augmented, volumetric filled, or manually presented packaging systems computerized controls for bagging machines and parts for computerized controls

Goods & Services

counting and collating machines and machine parts thereof computerized controls for counting and collating machines and parts for computerized controls