Patent ID: 6084184
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: G01G

Abstract:
In a checkweigher for use in weighing products having a footprint and an outwardly projecting flange of either a circular or an oval configuration above said footprint, said checkweigher having a weigh pan vertically deflectable to provide a signal indicative of the weight of said products and a product conveyor having a pair of parallel, product supporting conveyor elements arranged to move across and in surface engagement with said weigh pan for transporting said products one at a time across said weigh pan to effect weighing thereof, the improvement comprising in combination:said conveyor elements being arranged to underengage with said flange of said product only immediately adjacent the periphery of said flange of said product while said product is moving across said weigh pan, and said weigh pan having a length in a direction of movement of said conveyor elements corresponding essentially to the length of said products, as measured in said direction of movement.