Patent ID: 6125615
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: B65B,G01G

Abstract:
A method for providing small objects to a bagging apparatus, comprising:sorting the objects in a sorter;measuring a weight of each of the objects and storing the weight in a memory;discharging a plurality of the objects into a first chute of a plurality of chutes;calculating a first total weight of the objects discharged into the first chute;calculating a first difference between the first total weight and a specified weight;choosing a first selected object having a weight within a predetermined tolerance of the first difference;discharging the first selected object into the first chute;discharging a plurality of the objects into a second chute of the plurality of chutes;directing the objects in the first chute from the first chute into a first bag in the bagging apparatus;calculating a second total weight of the objects discharged into the second chute;calculating a second difference between the second total weight and the specified weight;choosing a second selected object having a weight within the predetermined tolerance of the second difference;discharging the second selected object into the second chute;discharging a plurality of the objects into the first chute; anddirecting the objects in the second chute from the second chute into a second bag in the bagging apparatus.