Patent ID: 8684162

Claim:
Weighing apparatus for weighing containers ( 2 ) fed along a conveying line (L) in an advancing direction (X), comprising: first weighing means (MP 1 ) arranged on a first side (L 1 ) of a stretch (T) of a conveying line (L) adapted for conveying containers ( 2 ); and a supporting member ( 8 ) operable between a first position (P 1 ), wherein the supporting member ( 8 ) is arranged at said stretch (T) of the conveying line (L) for receiving from the latter at least one container ( 2 ), and a second position (P 2 ) wherein the supporting member ( 8 ) engages the first weighing means (MP 1 ) for allowing said at least one container ( 2 ) to be weighed by means of said first weighing means (MP 1 ), the apparatus being characterised in that it further comprises: second weighing means (MP 2 ) arranged on said first side (L 1 ) of said stretch (T) of the conveying line (L) in a position in which, when said second weighing means (MP 2 ) receive at least one container ( 2 ) to be weighed from the supporting member ( 8 ), the conveying line (L) is disengaged from the container ( 2 ), said supporting member ( 8 ) being further operable between said first position (P 1 ) and a third position (P 3 ) wherein the supporting member ( 8 ) engages the second weighing means (MP 2 ) for allowing said at least one container ( 2 ) to be weighed by means of said second weighing means (MP 2 ).