Patent ID: 9222826
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: G01G

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for weighing elongate containers each exhibiting a bottom and having a lateral surface and which are supplied along a conveyor line in a vertical orientation, comprising: a weighing device arranged laterally to a stretch of the conveyor line; a support member comprising a base and a lateral wall which contact and support, respectively, the bottom and the lateral surface of a container to be weighed; a first articulated system configured to transmit a motion of translation to the support member; a second articulated system configured to transmit a rotation motion to the support member, the apparatus being further configured and arranged with respect to the conveyor line such as to transmit a translation and rotation motion to the support member by means of the first articulated system and the second articulated system, between a first position, wherein the support member is arranged at said stretch of the conveyor line such as to receive therefrom and support with the base of the support member at least one container, and a second position, wherein the support member is inclined with respect to a vertical direction and engages with the weighing device to enable said weighing device to weigh said at least one container, wherein the second articulated system is configured to transmit a rotation to the support member during movement thereof from the conveyor line to the weighing device so as to incline the support member with respect to the vertical direction and thereby provide said at least one container with an inclined disposition with respect to the vertical direction at the weighting device so that the container is weighed by the weighing device in an inclined position with respect to the vertical direction, wherein during the transfer from the conveyor line to the weighing device the container is supported by the base and the lateral wall of the support member.