Patent ID: 6096983
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: G01G

Abstract:
A powder/chip weighing/feeding apparatus comprising a weighing/feeding section arranged between a transfer path for transferring empty weighing vessels and a delivery path for delivering weighing vessels loaded with the powder/chip and adapted to feed each transferred empty weighing vessel with a predetermined amount of powder/chip and move the weighing vessel loaded with the powder/chip onto the delivery path,wherein said weighing/feeding section is connected to a feeding path of the powder/chip independent from the transfer path and the delivery path, a plurality of powder/chip feeding units are arranged along the feeding path and provided with respective conduits, and a weighing unit carrying thereon the empty weighing vessel is reciprocated along the feeding path to fill the empty weighing vessel with the predetermined amount of powder/chip of two or more than two desired types and returns to the weighing/feeding section and then the weighing vessel loaded with the powder/chip is delivered to the delivery path.