Hopper and combination weigher using hopper

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9459133
APP PUB NO 20130292191A1
SERIAL NO

13881138

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A hopper in a combination weigher comprises a tubular hopper body having an upper opening and a lower opening and being fed with the objects forming the combination, through the upper opening, and a discharge gate which opens and closes the lower opening of the hopper body; wherein the hopper body includes a tubular body having four or more side walls connected together in an annular shape, the tubular body having a horizontal cross section having convex regions; and wherein the hopper body has a shape in which at a boundary portion between adjacent side walls of all pairs, an angle which is formed between a first virtual plane contacting one of the adjacent side walls and a second virtual plane contacting the other side wall, is equal to or greater than 90 degrees.

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

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Nagai, Takayuki Kobe, JP 146 1688

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