Combination weighing apparatus with improved hopper attachment workability

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11333546-B2
Application number	US-202016975336-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 11, 2020
Priority date	Mar 13, 2019
Publication date	May 17, 2022
Grant date	May 17, 2022

Abstract

A combination weighing apparatus 1 includes a pool hopper 5 and a support body 11. An attached portion 30 of the support body 11 has first defining portions 34 and 39 and second defining portions 35 and 40, support portions 36 and 41 capable of supporting a first locking member 24, and guide portions 37 and 42 disposed on the track of a second locking member 25 at a time when the pool hopper 5 is swung to the support body 11 side about the first locking member 24 with the first locking member 24 supported by the support portions 36 and 41 and guiding the second locking member 25 such that the second locking member 25 moves to the lower side in a height direction with respect to a position on the track and is positioned in the second defining portions 35 and 40.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A combination weighing apparatus comprising:
a hopper temporarily holding an article and discharging the article; and
a support body detachably supporting the hopper, wherein
the hopper has:
a main body portion holding the article; and
an attachment portion attaching the main body portion to the support body,
the attachment portion has a first member extending along a width direction of the main body portion and a second member disposed upstream of the first member in a direction of movement of the article in the main body portion and extending along the width direction,
the support body has an attached portion to which the attachment portion of the hopper is attached, and
the attached portion has:
a first defining portion defining a position of the first member and a second defining portion defining a position of the second member at an attachment position where the hopper is attached to the support body;
a support portion disposed between the first defining portion and the second defining portion in a height direction of the support body and capable of supporting the first member; and
a guide portion disposed on a track of the second member at a time when the hopper is swung to the support body side about the first member with the first member supported by the support portion and guiding the second member such that the second member moves to a lower side in the height direction with respect to a position on the track and is positioned in the second defining portion.

2. The combination weighing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the guide portion has an inclined surface inclined downward with respect to a horizontal direction, and
the inclined surface is inclined in a direction away from the support body in the horizontal direction.

3. The combination weighing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the guide portion has a recess portion provided in an upper end portion of the inclined surface and disposed at a position on the track of the second member, and
a distance between the support portion and the recess portion is equal to a distance between the first member and the second member of the hopper.

4. The combination weighing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the attached portion has an inclined portion disposed below the track of the second member in the height direction and at a position farther from the support body in the horizontal direction than the guide portion, capable of guiding the second member with respect to the second defining portion, and inclined upward with respect to the horizontal direction, and
the inclined portion is inclined in a direction away from the support body in the horizontal direction.

5. The combination weighing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the attached portion has a first support member and a second support member disposed so as to face each other in the width direction,
each of the first support member and the second support member has the first defining portion, the second defining portion, the support portion, and the guide portion, and
a distance between the first support member and the second support member in the width direction decreases upward from the support portion.

6. The combination weighing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein
the hopper is a weighing hopper, and
the attached portion of the support body supports the weighing hopper.

Assignees

• Ishida Seisakusho

Inventors

• Takeichi Shinji
• Imaaki Naomi
• Takahashi Atsushi
• Araki Koji

Classifications

• B65D88/26

  Hoppers, i.e. containers having funnel-shaped discharge sections (B65D88/34 - B65D88/78 take precedence) · CPC title

• B65G65/34

  Emptying devices (conveyor construction B65G15/00 - B65G35/00; devices similar to vehicle tipplers B65G67/48) · CPC title

• G01G19/387 Primary

  for combinatorial weighing, i.e. selecting a combination of articles whose total weight or number is closest to a desired value · CPC title

• G01G19/393 Primary

  using two or more weighing units · CPC title

• G01G13/18

  by valves or flaps in the container bottom · CPC title