Patent ID: 7855343

Claim:
A measuring device comprising: a measuring part configured and arranged to discharge a group of objects measured in a predetermined weight at a predetermined time interval; and a hopper disposed below the measuring part and including a gate unit that is selectively rotatably opened/closed, the gate unit defining a wall of the hopper forming an upper receiving opening through which the group of objects measured in the predetermined weight is supplied from the measuring part to the hopper so that the group of objects is stored in the gate unit when the gate unit is closed and a lower discharging opening through which the group of objects is discharged to a receiving opening of a filling device disposed below the lower discharging opening when the gate unit is opened, a shape of the wall of the hopper and opening degrees of the upper receiving opening and the lower discharging opening being adjustable so that the lower discharging opening is disposed inside the receiving opening of the filling device in a top plan view.