Patent ID: 6806429
Filing Date: 2004-10-19
Classification: G01G

Abstract:
An apparatus for weighing material being conveyed on a generally vertical flow path, comprising:a flow conditioning portion comprising a flow conditioning baffle assembly; and a flow measuring portion generally downstream in the flow path from the flow conditioning portion and comprising first and second flow measuring baffle sets and at least one load cell in mechanical communication with the first and second flow measuring baffle sets, the second flow measuring baffle set generally downstream in the flow path from the first flow measuring baffle set, each first and second flow measuring baffle set including a multiplicity of respective generally parallel first and second flow measuring baffle elements, the first and second flow measuring baffle elements disposed such that the material being conveyed in the flow path impinges the flow measuring baffle elements, thereby imparting a force on the flow measuring baffle elements, the force corresponding to a weight of the material being conveyed in the flow path and mechanically communicated to the at least one load cell.