Abstract: A device for measuring components of force and moment along and about three orthogonal axes, composed generally of a central hub portion, an annular rim portion and four radial spoke portions connecting the hub and rim portions and having strain gages adhered thereon for producing electric signals indicative of strains appearing therein, and typically used in a tire tester, wind tunnel balance and the like by fixing either the hub or rim portion and applying a force to the other, the improvement of which is its relatively simple structure and exclusion of mutual interference of the respective components in measurement.

Abstract: A combination weighing machine, which is generally used for packing a plurality of articles in individual bags or the like so that the total weight of each bag becomes nearly equal to a predetermined target weight, including a plurality of weighing balances for weighing the articles at the same time, arithmetic means for selecting some of these balances so that the total weight of the articles thereon satisfies a predetermined condition and means for unloading the selected balances to collect the articles thereon and then loading them with new articles, respectively, to initiate the next cycle of operation; each balance being accompanied with one or more temporary holding hoppers and corresponding memories, and means for distributing the articles on the balance to these hoppers and, at the same time, feed weight information thereof to the corresponding memories, in order to subject the articles in the hoppers to the selection by the arithmetic means together with the articles on the balance, thereby improving

Abstract: A combination weighing device with a simplified structure, which is used for packing a predetermined weight of articles in each package and especially useful with manual loading and unloading operations, arranged such that the articles are loaded successively on a single weighing unit and then unloaded on to a plurality of receptacles, the weights of the articles are successively stored in memory locations corresponding to the receptacles, the memory contents are successively read out in accordance with predetermined combinations by an arithmetic unit which selects a combination having a total weight which falls within a predetermined range, and the selected combination of the receptacles is indicated by an indicator for collecting the articles therein in a package.

Abstract: A combination weighing machine, which is typically used for packing a plurality of articles in each bag, for example, so that the contents of all bags satisfy a predetermined weight condition, comprising a plurality of weighing units for weighing the articles each at the same time to produce weight indicating signals respectively, arithmetic means for selecting some of these weight signals whose sum satisfies the abovementioned weight condition, and means for unloading and then loading those weighing units which have produced these selected weight signals; the machine also including means for excluding the weighing units which have produced the selected weight signals from the next selecting operation and allowing adjustment of operational speed of the machine by increasing the selection speed or partly superimposing the next selecting operation on the preceding unloading and loading operations.

Abstract: A combination weighing machine, which is typically used for packing a plurality of articles in each bag or the like so that the total weight of each bag becomes nearly equal to a predetermined target weight, including a plurality of weighing balances for weighing the articles at the same time, arithmetic means for selecting some of these balances so that the total weight of the articles thereon meets with a predetermined condition and means for unloading the selected balances to collect the articles thereof and then loading them with new articles, respectively, to initiate the next cycle of operation; each balance being accompanied with at least two holding hoppers and corresponding memories, and means for distributing each batch of articles weighed by the corresponding balance to each hopper and supplying the weight of each batch to the corresponding memory, thereby subjecting all batches of articles in all holding hoppers to the combination selection of said arithmetic means with the contents of the corresp

Abstract: An automatic continuous weighing machine of the belt conveyer type which can weigh a number of articles successively fed thereto, the improvement of which is that plural pairs of endless chains and corresponding weighing units are included, each of the weighing units being operatively coupled to each pair of chains, so that the articles to be weighed are successively put on the different pairs of chains and weighed by the corresponding weighing units without interference with the measurement of the adjoining articles, thereby enabling reduction of the feeding interval of the articles and a corresponding increase of weighing speed and efficiency.

Abstract: An automatic weight sorter for weighing a series of articles successively fed by a belt conveyer and then sorting them into predetermined classes based upon their measured weights, which includes an improved automatic weight correcting device for cancelling the difference between static and dynamic measurements, the mode of correction being easily preset by simply applying actual articles to the sorter for measurement while it is turned into a set-up mode of operation before normal operation is started.

Abstract: A device for grouping solid articles so as to have a predetermined total number by combination selection technique, in which a plurality of sub-groups of articles are prepared, the number of articles in each sub-group is detected, some of these sub-groups are successively extracted in accordance with a predetermined mathematical combination, the numbers of articles in the extracted sub-groups in each combination are summed to obtain the total number of said combination, the total numbers of the successive combinations are sequentially compared with a predetermined reference number and, when coincidence is obtained between both, the combination of sub-groups is selected to be packed together, so that each pack or bag contains the predetermined number of articles.

Abstract: An automatically controlled combination weighing machine, which is generally used for packing a plurality of articles in each bag or the like so that each bag contains a predetermined weight of articles, comprising a plurality of weighing balances for weighing a plurality of articles each at the same time, arithmetic means for selecting some of these weighing balances so that the total weight of the articles on the selected balances fall within a predetermined range, and means for unloading and loading the weighing balances with articles automatically; an improvement of which is a provision of automatic drive control device for the loading means for controlling the feeding rate of the articles to the weighing balances so that an optimum number of articles are fed to each balance in order to obtain a maximum approximation of the total weight.

Abstract: A combination weighing device which is typically used for packing a plurality of solid articles in each package, including a plurality of weighing balances for simultaneously weighing each of a plurality of articles, and arithmetic means for selecting some of these weighing balances so that the total weight of the articles thereon falls within a predetermined range, the device also including means for causing a specified one or more of the weighing balances to enter always into the selected combination, thereby ensuring that each package contains the articles from the specified weighing balance.

Abstract: A combination weighing system, which is typically used for packing a plurality of articles in each bag or the like, including a plurality of weighing balances for weighing a plurality of articles at the same time, arithmetic means for selecting some of these weighing balances so that the total weight of the articles on the selected balances falls within a predetermined range, and means for unloading the selected weighing balances to collect the articles thereon and then loading them with new articles, respectively, to initiate the next cycle of operation; and means for enabling initiation of the next cycle of operation before completion of the preceding cycle to allow selection from the unselected balances for the purpose of economy of time.

Abstract: A combination weighing device, which is typically used for packing a plurality of solid articles in each bag or the like, including a plurality of weighing balances for weighing a plurality of articles each at the same time, and arithmetic means for selecting some of these weighing balances so that the total weight of the articles thereon falls within a predetermined allowable range, the device also including means for checking the number of these selected articles to make them fall within a predetermined allowable range, and collecting these articles in a pack or bag so that each pack is substantially constant in weight and contains a substantially constant number of articles.

Abstract: A combination weighing device, used for grouping a mass of articles having substantial variance in their weights into groups each having a substantially constant total weight, by weighing some of these articles by a plurality of weighing balances having automatic article loading and unloading means, summing up the measured weights successively in accordance with a predetermined set of combinations of the balances and, when the sum falls in a predetermined range of weight, supplying control signals to the unloading means of the corresponding balances to collect the articles from them and when no control signal is supplied to the unloading means due to lack of desired combined weight, the loading means of the weighing balance carrying the least weight is automatically actuated to add some articles to the balance to make it possible to obtain the desired combined weight.

Abstract: A combination weighing device having a plurality of weighing balances, an arithmetic unit for receiving outputs from said weighing balances and computing sums of selected groups of signals from the weighing balances, comparing the sums with a predetermined weight range and producing a signal when a sum is within the range and control switch means connected with said weighing balances to inhibit transmission of signals from selected balances to the arithmetic unit.

Abstract: A combination weighing device, which is typically used for packing a plurality of solid articles in each bag or the like, including a plurality of weighing balances for weighing a plurality of articles each at the same time, and arithmetic means for selecting some of these wieghing balances so that the total weight of the articles thereon falls within a predetermined allowable range, the device also including means for checking the number of these selected articles to make them fall within a predetermined allowable range and collecting these articles in a pack or bag so that each pack contains substantially constant weight and number of articles.

Abstract: An automatic weighing machine, used for dividing articles having substantial variance in their weights into groups, each group consisting of a plurality of said articles and having a total weight within a predetermined allowable range, wherein the articles are weighed one by one or group by group by a single weighing device and, then, retained one by one or group by group in retaining hoppers arranged in a circle and, at the same time, the measured weights are stored in separate memories, respectively, the contents of these memories are read out in accordance with predetermined combinations and summed up, the sum is compared with the predetermined allowable range and, when it is within said range, the gates of the retaining hoppers corresponding to the instant combination are opened to collect the contents thereof.

Abstract: A combination weighing device for individually weighing a plurality of articles and selecting individual articles having a predetermined combined weight which includes an intended weight register, a plurality of weighing balances, an arithmetic unit for calculating the sum of the weights of selected articles and calculating the difference between the sum and the intended weight, a combination generator including switches for feeding predetermined combinations of article weights to said arithmetic unit, a comparator for determining the deviation of a combined weight with the intended weight for each combination of articles and a memory for recording the various computations so that the combination of article weights within prescribed limits and most nearly equal to the intended weight can be selected.

Abstract: A price calculating balance which includes in addition to circuitry for storing the measured weight of a product and unit price and multiplying the weight by the unit price, circuitry for storing an aimed or desired price and dividing it by the unit price to determine the weight of the product which would correspond to the aimed price at the stored unit price.

Abstract: Weighing apparatus for indicating weight which includes a scale for body weight, a calorie scale carried by the body weight scale, standard weight setting scale coordinated with the calorie scale so that a calorie intake will be indicated to lower or raise the body weight to bring it to the standard weight and an exercise scale for indicating amount of exercise and coordinated with the calorie scale to modify the calorie intake in accordance with the calories utilized as a result of the exercise.

Abstract: An analog to digital convertor for converting mechanical motion to an electric digital signal which includes a code plate carrying gray codes for measuring displacement, codes for parity bits and parity check control bits and gray code reading means and decoder therefore wherein the parity bits detect the occurrence of a readout error and producing a warning signal while the parity check control bits detect an incorrect parity check caused by errors in the sensing operation such as dirt, dust, or damaged sensing elements, and produces a second warning signal, a memory for temporarily storing the output of the decoder and circuitry inter-connected with the memory and decoder to produce a third warning signal when the difference between the outputs of the memory and the decoder is greater than a predetermined value, circuitry for producing a first error signal when only the second warning signal is present and a second error signal when at least the first and third warning signals are present.