Patent ID: 7531758

Claim:
An apparatus for weighing and labeling of a product in a high speed processing environment, the apparatus comprising: an entry conveyor having an entry end and an exit end; and a weighing conveyor having an entry end for receiving the product from the exit end of the entry conveyor and an exit end from which the product is delivered from the weighing conveyor, the weighing conveyor operatively mounted to a weighing device to produce product weight information for the product being transported on the weighing conveyor, the weighing conveyor comprising a first conveyor member extending from the entry end to the exit end of the weighing conveyor and a second conveyor member extending from the entry end to the exit end of the weighing conveyor, the first and second conveyor members operating cooperatively to convey the product from the entry end toward the exit end, wherein a first angle measured from the first conveyor member to the second conveyor member is adjustable prior to a conveying operation to accommodate a bottom of the product so as to reduce shock loading on the weighing device as the product is transferred from the entry conveyor to the weighing conveyor, wherein the first conveyor member includes a first conveyor belt extending from the entry end to the exit end of the weighing conveyor and the second conveyor member includes a second conveyor belt extending from the entry end to the exit end of the weighing conveyor, wherein the first conveyor member and the second conveyor member are adjusted prior to locating the product thereon so that the first conveyor belt and the second conveyor belt together form a V-shape conveying surface along which the product is conveyed.