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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8991656
APP PUB NO 20130216338A1
SERIAL NO

13881202

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A weighing hopper includes a tubular main body having an upper end opening constituting a loading port and a lower end opening constituting a dispensing port and a gate provided on the main body swingably in such a way that the gate opens/closes the dispensing port, wherein the main body and the gate are formed by bending components after joining the components by diffusion.

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YAMATO SCALE CO LTD5-22 SAENBA-CHO AKASHI-SHI HYOGO 673-8688
WELCON INCNIIGATA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Nagai, Takayuki Hyogo, JP 146 1688
Suzuki, Yutaka Niigata, JP 191 3549

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