Weighing and mixing hopper

Claim 1

A WEIGHING AND MIXING HOPPER ARRANGEMENT FOR AUTOMATICALLY WEIGHING AND MIXING A PLURALITY OF INGREDIENTS, COMPRISING, STRUCTURE DEFINING A WEIGHING HOPPER HAVING A PLURALITY OF COAXIALLY ARRANGED INVERTED TRUNCATED SHAPED OPEN-ENDED CONES DEFINING CHAMBERS THEREBETWEEN FOR SUCCESSIVELY RECEIVING SAID PLURALITY OF INGREDIENTS, SAID CONES HAVING THEIR UPPER ENDS SPACED LONGITUDINALLY FROM EACH OTHER AND THEIR LOWER ENDS TERMINATING SUBSTANTIALLY IN A COMMON ARCUATE SURFACE, DISCHARGE VALVE MEANS INCLUDING A PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ARCUATE SHAPED CLOSURE MEMBER FOR CLOSING OFF ALL THE LOWER ENDS OF SAID CONES SO THAT SAID CHAMBERS CAN RECEIVE INGREDIENTS FROM ABOVE, WITH SAID CONES BEING SO ARRANGED THAT THE INNERMOST CONE WHEN FILLED WILL SPILL INGREDIENTS THEREFROM OVER INTO THE NEXT OUTERMOST CONE AND SUCCESSIVELY TO ADJACENT OUTER CONES WHEN INGREDIENTS ARE FED THERETO, FULCRUM MEANS FOR SUSPENDING SAID WEIGHING HOPPER AT SPACED INTERVALS AROUND THE OUTER PERIPHERY THEREOF, AND SCALE MEANS COUPLED TO SAID FULCRUM MEANS FOR WEIGHING THE INGREDIENTS OF SAID CONES THE STRUCTURE BEING SUCH THAT WHEN SAID ARCUATE CLOSURE MEMBER IS WITHDRAWN, SAID INGREDIENTS ARE DISCHARGED SIMULTANEOUSLY AND SUBSTANTIALLY IN SEPARATE COAXIAL COLUMNS FROM SAID CHAMBERS AND INTERMIXED IN A COMMON DISCHARGE COLUMN THEREBELOW.