Patents by Inventor Kazuhiyo Minamida

Kazuhiyo Minamida has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method of zero adjustment for combinatorial weighing or counting system
    Patent number: 4625817
    Abstract: A method of zero adjustment for a combinatorial weighing or counting system which operates by weighing batches of articles by use of a plurality of weighing machines, computing combinations of the respective weight values of the batches of articles in the individual weighing machines or combinations of the respective numbers of articles, converted from the respective weight values, in the batches, selecting a combination which is equal or the nearest to a set value, and discharging the articles from the weighing machines corresponding to the selected combination, wherein at each time or after a predetermined number of discharges, zero adjustment is automatically made of a selected one of the weighing machines which have discharged their articles, without stopping the operation of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1986
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Ishida Koki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Kazuo Kawashima, Kazuhiyo Minamida