Weighing and flavoring system, and packaging apparatus
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1. A weighing and flavoring system for producing bags containing flavored articles, said weighing and flavoring system comprising:
- a measurer for measuring a quantity of articles;
a flavoring apparatus, disposed downstream of said measurer, for supplying a predetermined quantity of flavoring, thus flavoring the articles;
a check measurer, disposed downstream of said flavoring apparatus, for measuring a quantity of the flavored articles;
setting means for setting at least one threshold value based on the quantity of the articles as measured by said measurer; and
a sorting unit for sorting the flavored articles based on said at least one threshold value according to the quantity of the flavored articles as measured by said check measurer.
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Abstract
A weighing and flavoring system includes a measurer for measuring articles, a flavoring apparatus disposed downstream of the measurer for supplying flavoring in a predetermined quantity, thus flavoring the articles, a check measurer that measures the quantity of the flavored articles, setting means for setting at least one threshold value based on the quantity of the articles as measured by the measurer, and a sorting unit that performs sorting according to the weight of the flavored articles based on the threshold value.
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1. A weighing and flavoring system for producing bags containing flavored articles, said weighing and flavoring system comprising:
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a measurer for measuring a quantity of articles;
a flavoring apparatus, disposed downstream of said measurer, for supplying a predetermined quantity of flavoring, thus flavoring the articles;
a check measurer, disposed downstream of said flavoring apparatus, for measuring a quantity of the flavored articles;
setting means for setting at least one threshold value based on the quantity of the articles as measured by said measurer; and
a sorting unit for sorting the flavored articles based on said at least one threshold value according to the quantity of the flavored articles as measured by said check measurer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A weighing and flavoring system for producing bags containing flavored articles, said weighing and flavoring system comprising:
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a measurer for measuring a quantity of articles;
a flavoring apparatus, disposed downstream of said measurer, for supplying a predetermined quantity of flavoring, thus flavoring the articles;
a check measurer, disposed downstream of said flavoring apparatus, for measuring a quantity of the flavored articles; and
control means for controlling the predetermined quantity of the flavoring supplied by said flavoring apparatus based on the quantity of the flavored articles as measured by said check measurer and the quantity of the articles as measured by said measurer. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus for packaging articles, said apparatus being adapted to apply an additive to the articles and comprising
a weigher for dispensing a predetermined quantity of the articles; -
an additive dispenser for supplying a quantity of the additive to the dispensed predetermined quantity of the articles to produce a mixture;
a packaging machine to which the dispensed quantities of articles and additive are supplied, said packaging machine packaging the dispensed quantities of the articles and additive in a package;
a check weigher for monitoring a combined weight of the package and the mixture; and
a controller for controlling said additive dispenser in response to an output from said check weigher in order to adjust the quantity of additive supplied by said additive dispenser, such that the combined weight of the package and the mixture meets a predetermined requirement. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for packaging articles, comprising steps of:
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dispensing a predetermined quantity of the articles;
supplying a quantity of additive to the dispensed predetermined quantity of the articles to produce a mixture;
packaging the dispensed quantities of the articles and the additive in a package;
monitoring the combined weight of the package and the mixture; and
adjusting the quantity of additive supplied such that the combined weight of the package and the mixture meets predetermined requirements. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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