Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Packer scale having a hopper body suspended by suspending units
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Application No.: US14647421Application Date: 2012-11-27
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Publication No.: US09778092B2Publication Date: 2017-10-03
- Inventor: Shozo Kawanishi , Akinari Okunosono , Masatomi Tsuruoka
- Applicant: YAMATO SCALE CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Akashi-shi, Hyogo
- Assignee: YAMATO SCALE CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: YAMATO SCALE CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Akashi-shi, Hyogo
- Agency: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP
- International Application: PCT/JP2012/007589 WO 20121127
- International Announcement: WO2014/083588 WO 20140605
- Main IPC: G01G13/06
- IPC: G01G13/06 ; G01G13/18 ; G01G19/18 ; G01G21/06 ; G01G21/23 ; G01G13/00 ; G01G19/14

Abstract:
A packer scale comprises a weighing hopper which is supplied with objects dropped from above, holds the objects for a specified period and discharges the objects downward; first to fourth load cells having shaft-like load application sections, respectively; and first to fourth suspending units which suspend the weighing hopper such that the weighing hopper is mounted to the load application sections of the first to fourth load cells; the weighing hopper includes a hopper body having a tubular shape with a rectangular cross-section, in a plan view; and the first to fourth suspending units are mounted to an upper portion of the hopper body, in locations which are in the vicinity of corner portions of the tubular shape.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150308884A1 Packer Scale Public/Granted day:2015-10-29
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