Patent ID: 8661774
Filing Date: 2014-03-04
Classification: B65B,G01G

Abstract:
1. A device for packaging at least two products with individual weights in a package in a quantity corresponding to a target weight, comprising: a feed configured to provide at least one packaging at a time; a packager for arranging in the packaging an initial group of at least one product; a first weigher configured to weigh the initial group; a throughfeeder configured to transport the packaging with at least the initial group through the device along a throughfeed path; and a weighing unit configured for selectively adding unrelated products or groups thereof to the packaging, the weighing unit comprising first and second adders with an associated second weigher configured to weigh unrelated products or groups thereof within the first and second adders, and selection and control components for selecting at least one of the unrelated products or groups on the basis of the weight of the initial group, the target weight, and weights of the unrelated products or groups determined with the weighing unit for the purpose of actuating at least one of the adders in order to add at least one selected of the unrelated products or groups thereof to the packaging, wherein the first and second adders are oriented along the throughfeed path in a first set adjacent to each other in a direction transverse to the throughfeed path at a single position of the packaging in the throughfeed path thereof.