Weight adjusting apparatus

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1997-12-03

1999-04-06

Coan, James F.

Package making

With means responsive to a sensed condition

Separate delivery of incomplete or defective contents or...

53502, 53 66, 53518, 83 73, B65B 5704

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058903429

ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for reducing the mean weight of articles of a soft material, for example cheese, in a flow (1), including a first weighing device (2) for weighing the articles; a flow splitter for splitting the flow (1) into a first flow (3) of articles with individual weights less than an acceptable minimum, a second flow (5) each with a weight greater than the acceptable minimum but less than a predetermined amount in excess, and a third flow (4) each with a weight above the acceptable minimum plus the predetermined amount in excess; a cutter (6) for removing the predetermined amount of material from each of the articles in the third flow (4); a second weighing device (8) for weighing individual articles in the second flow (5) and those in the flow (7) leaving the cutter (6); and a controller for controlling the splitting of the original flow leaving the first weighing device (2) into the respective first, second and third flows.

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patent: 5324529 (1994-06-01), Brockwell
patent: 5383561 (1995-01-01), Tokutu
patent: 5749204 (1998-05-01), Bokelmann et al.

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