Patent ID: 9202165
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: B65B,G06M

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for counting objects fed as bulk material, comprising: a first feeding device with a first conveying path for bulk feeding of a first defined sub-quantity of a desired number of objects as bulk material, and a second feeding device with a second conveying path for separate bulk feeding of a second sub-quantity of the desired number of objects as bulk material, a first counting module for counting the objects bulk fed by the first feeding device and a second counting module for counting the objects bulk fed by the second feeding device, wherein the objects leave the first feeding device and the second feeding device in free fall, the first counting module and the second counting module are respectively arranged downstream of the first feeding device and the second feeding device, and are designed for contactless counting of the objects while the objects are in free fall, wherein the counted number of objects in the first sub-quantity is communicated to a control device, which controls the second feeding device such that the second sub-quantity of objects is fed as many objects as are necessary in order for the second sub-quantity of objects to correspond to the difference between the first sub-quantity and the desired number of objects, and the first sub-quantity of objects is poured into the second sub-quantity of objects to obtain the desired number of objects, and wherein, during the feeding of the second sub-quantity of the desired number of objects for a current counting operation, the control device controls the preliminary counting of the first sub-quantity for a next counting operation.