Patent ID: 7004331

Claim:
In a machine for sorting objects by weight, the combination comprising; a conveyor belt having a width and a length and extending continuously from a loading station to a discharge station; a scale underlying said conveyor belt between said loading station and said discharge station and generating a weight measurement signal for each object on said conveyor belt as it passes over said scale wherein said weight measurement signal is representative of the downward force on said conveyor belt of said object over said scale and at least one other object on said conveyor belt not over said scale; a computer for receiving weight measurement signals from said scale and computing a corrected weight for an object that has passed over said scale from a plurality of weight measurement signals; a first conveyor belt support bed which underlies and supports said conveyor belt along its width and length from said loading station to said weigh station; a second conveyor belt support bed which underlies and supports said conveyor belt along its width and length from said weigh station to said discharge station; at least one pushing device above said conveyor belt and adjacent said discharge station for pushing objects on said conveyor belt off said conveyor belt.