Oscillating Patents (Class 177/102)
  • Product-discharging device for a product supply system
    Patent number: 6286717
    Abstract: A product supply apparatus for a weighing system (3) for supplying a weighed product quantity (4, 5) to a product receiving device (7) of a packaging machine (8) is formed to prevent spreading of the supplied product quantity when discharging from a collecting receptacle (11, 12) and falling through the product receiving device (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Multipond Wagetechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Josef Schmidhuber
  • High speed precision weighing and filling method and apparatus
    Patent number: 4431070
    Abstract: Precision weighing and filling of comminuted materials is carried out at high speeds by advancing the material to be weighed into a rotatable pan, applying an unbalanced electromagnetic force to the pan so as to cause it to rotate through a predetermined angle to dump the contents into a tiltable discharge funnel and selectively locking the pan in a predetermined rotational position in preparation for refilling and the next dumping operation, all in rapid succession.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1984
    Assignee: Hierath & Andrews Corp.
    Inventor: James S. Andrews