Multi-head weighting apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9217661
APP PUB NO 20140158438A1
SERIAL NO

13969380

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A multi-head weigher has a plurality of heads operable to hold and discharge product; first and second discharge chutes arranged to receive product discharged from respective first and second subsets of the plurality of heads and each operable to selectively deliver said product to a first location or a second location; and a combinational weight determining system operable to determine a combination of one or more heads which meets a target criterion, and to discharge product from the determined combination through their respective discharge chute(s) to the first location. When a predetermined condition has occurred, the combinational weight determining system can discharge product from that head(s) to the second location via the discharge chute arranged to receive product from that head(s), when said discharge chute is not being used to deliver product to the first location.

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ISHIDA EUROPE LIMITEDBIRMINGHAM WEST MIDLANDS B32 3DB

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Clark, Nickolas Martin Sedgley, GB 3 10

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