Patent ID: 8330060
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: A61J,B65B,G01G

Abstract:
1. A weighing station for weighing and sorting objects to be weighed, the weighing station comprising: a) a load receiver for picking up a gravity force to be applied in a load transfer direction; b) a support element borne by the load receiver for temporarily holding and weighing at least one object; c) a conveyor element which, during or after the weighing step, rotates about an axis for transporting the at least one object from a weighing position on the support element; d) said conveyor element comprising a number of segmented areas that are disposed about the axis of the conveyor element in such a manner that during the weighing step, the at least one object to be weighed comes to lie in a respective segmented area; e) said conveyor element adapted to be rotated, in a conveying step, by a specifiable angle of rotation about its axis to transport the at least one object from the weighing position; and f) wherein the axis of the conveyor element forms an angle (β)<90° with the load transfer direction and wherein the conveyor element is further adapted to, as the at least one object is transported from the weighing position by the conveyor element, transport said object into a selected one of at least two different discharge areas adjacent to the conveyor element.