Weighing apparatus

Claim 1

Weighing apparatus for weighing discrete amounts of bulky particulate materials, in which such materials are conveyed to a receptacle in a quantity exceeding the predetermined unit weight, are weighed by a scale and thereafter the desired predetermined quantity is discharged from the receptacle controlled by the scale into a receiving unit, comprising: a material feed channel; a weighing receptacle placed for receiving said materials to be weighed, said receptacle being formed of a dual conveyor belt system with one conveyor spaced vertically above and at right angle to the other conveyor for discharging said materials from the upper onto the lower conveyor, said upper conveyor belt also being disposed at right angle to the direction of travel of the material in said feed channel; whereby the particulates are separated by movement and fall from one conveyor to the other; a scale placed below said weighing receptacle and carrying the latter to weigh any material on the receptacle as a single unit; and electronic control means operatively associated with said scale and said weighing receptacle including means effective to halt the movement of the conveyor belts when said conveyor belts have discharged said predetermined quantity into the receiving unit.