Patent ID: 6689963
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: G01G

Abstract:
Apparatus for processing articles, comprising:conveyor means arranged to convey a succession of individual articles from and along a single upstream path to and along at least first and second split downstream paths, means to split the succession of articles onto the at least first and second split downstream paths, the split means directing alternate ones of the succession of articles being conveyed on the single upstream path onto respective the at least first and second split downstream paths, the split means including at least two rotatable disk members, each rotatable disk member disposed at a respective one of the at least first and second split downstream paths and operative for lifting a respective one of the individual articles clear of the conveyor means at the single upstream path and for swinging the respective individual article to a respective weighing position along the at least first and second split downstream paths, and means to weigh each article at the respective weighing positions while the articles are conveyed along the at least first and second split downstream paths.