Patent ID: 7368670

Claim:
A method of automatically feeding and transporting food products from an in-feed device to a combination weigher, which automatically selects from a number of portions of known weight the best combination from which to make a batch of fixed weight with minimum give-away, comprising feeding raw material from bulk by means of a tub tipper and a conveyor belt onto a infeed and dispersion machine, consisting of two product dispersers and revolving scales, and thereafter onto the moveable transporting device, wherein the method is characterized by feeding the raw material evenly and accurately onto at least one and up to an unlimited number of independent, endless movable conveyors, which are moveable in both directions along their longitudinal plane independently of each other, and then, when the conveyor belt (s) is running, transporting the raw material to a combination weigher, consisting of a corresponding number of rows of pool hoppers, where each row can have an unlimited number of pool hoppers and a corresponding number of rows of weighing hoppers as befits the number of movable conveyors, with one particular movable conveyor feeding one particular row of pool hoppers and weighing hoppers.