Patent ID: 6690760
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: B07C

Abstract:
A counting device for a plurality of items comprising:a housing presenting a base; an aperture in said base; an inlet in said housing for deposit of the items to be counted into the housing; a rotatable member within said housing; a plurality of apertures in said rotatable member, each aperture for seating one of the items to be counted therein; means for counting an item passing through said base aperture, said counting means incrementing an item count in response to an item passing through said base aperture; means for rotating said rotatable member, said rotation aligning one of said rotatable member apertures with said base aperture, said alignment causing the item seated in said rotatable member aperture to fall through said base aperture aligned therewith, said counting means responsive to an item passing through said base aperture for incrementing the item count; a baffle adjacent said base aperture: means for moving said baffle between first and second positions upon the item count reaching a preselected count, said baffle at said first position regulating the movement of the item to a first location, said baffle at said second position regulating the movement of the item to a second location.