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Bag filling and weighing machine

Assignee: Rutherford Potato Co
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Filing: 1962-01-29
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Granted: 1965-11-02
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Expires: 1982-01-29
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Kenneth P Rutherford

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-29 18:39
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65B; B65B43/00; B65B43/42; B65B43/54; B65B43/60

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 218 words
IN A BAG FILLING AND WEIGHING MACHINE: (A) A ROTATABLE HUB ASSEMBLY, (B) A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED LIKE FRAMES EACH HAVING AN INNER AND OUTER END RESPECTIVELY, (C) SAID INNER ENDS BEING SECURED TO SAID HUB ASSEMBLY IN A CONCENTRIC ARRANGEMENT SO THAT SAID FRAMES EXTEND RADIALLY THEREFROM, (D) WHEEL MEANS CARRIED BY THE OUTER END OF EACH FRAME FOR MOVEMENT OVER A FLOOR OR THE LIKE, (E) A WEIGHING SCALE WITH VISIBLE WEIGHT REGISTERING INDICIA ON EACH FRAME, (F) A FIXED BAG SUPPORTING MEANS CARRIED BY EACH SCALE SO THAT WEIGHT IN A BAG ATTACHED THERETO WILL ACT ON THE SCALE, (G) A RELEASE MECHANISM ON EACH BAG SUPPORTING MEANS FOR PARTIALLY RELEASING A BAG TO FACILITATE ITS MANUAL REMOVAL FROM THE SCALE, (H) A CIRCULAR TROUGH, (I) MEANS SUPPORTING SAID TROUGH IN ELEVATED RELATIONSHIP TO SAID SCALES, (J) A PLURALITY OF SPACED INVERTED V SHAPED BAFFLES IN SAID TROUGH DEFINING AN ENDLESS SUCCESSION OF HOPPERS WITH OPEN BOTTOMS, (K) EACH OPEN HOPPER BOTTOM BEING IN REGISTER OVER AND ABOVE ONE OF SAID SCALES, (L) SAID HOPPERS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AND DIRECT A SUPPLY OF MATERIAL DIRECTLY INT A BAG TO BE WEIGHTED, (M) MEANS TO ROTATE SAID FRAMES, AND (N) MEANS TO AUTOMATICALLY ACTUATE SAID BAG RELEASE MECHANISM AFTER A BAG HAS BEEN FILLED AND WEIGHTED.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 218 words
IN A BAG FILLING AND WEIGHING MACHINE: (A) A ROTATABLE HUB ASSEMBLY, (B) A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED LIKE FRAMES EACH HAVING AN INNER AND OUTER END RESPECTIVELY, (C) SAID INNER ENDS BEING SECURED TO SAID HUB ASSEMBLY IN A CONCENTRIC ARRANGEMENT SO THAT SAID FRAMES EXTEND RADIALLY THEREFROM, (D) WHEEL MEANS CARRIED BY THE OUTER END OF EACH FRAME FOR MOVEMENT OVER A FLOOR OR THE LIKE, (E) A WEIGHING SCALE WITH VISIBLE WEIGHT REGISTERING INDICIA ON EACH FRAME, (F) A FIXED BAG SUPPORTING MEANS CARRIED BY EACH SCALE SO THAT WEIGHT IN A BAG ATTACHED THERETO WILL ACT ON THE SCALE, (G) A RELEASE MECHANISM ON EACH BAG SUPPORTING MEANS FOR PARTIALLY RELEASING A BAG TO FACILITATE ITS MANUAL REMOVAL FROM THE SCALE, (H) A CIRCULAR TROUGH, (I) MEANS SUPPORTING SAID TROUGH IN ELEVATED RELATIONSHIP TO SAID SCALES, (J) A PLURALITY OF SPACED INVERTED V SHAPED BAFFLES IN SAID TROUGH DEFINING AN ENDLESS SUCCESSION OF HOPPERS WITH OPEN BOTTOMS, (K) EACH OPEN HOPPER BOTTOM BEING IN REGISTER OVER AND ABOVE ONE OF SAID SCALES, (L) SAID HOPPERS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AND DIRECT A SUPPLY OF MATERIAL DIRECTLY INT A BAG TO BE WEIGHTED, (M) MEANS TO ROTATE SAID FRAMES, AND (N) MEANS TO AUTOMATICALLY ACTUATE SAID BAG RELEASE MECHANISM AFTER A BAG HAS BEEN FILLED AND WEIGHTED.

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