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Apparatus for counting articles using torque

  • US 4,368,382 A
  • Filed: 11/03/1980
  • Issued: 01/11/1983
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/10/1980
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for counting the number of articles comprisinga measuring chute rotatably journalled to a horizontal shaft at its one end and being arranged in an inclined fashion so that the articles can slide therealong downwards due to gravity;

  • a device for electrically measuring torque generated around said horizontal shaft when the articles pass through the measuring chute to produce a torque output; and

    a measuring circuit for receiving said torque output to count the number of articles by detecting a variation of the torque output due to the discharge of the respective articles from a lower end of the measuring chute remote from said horizontal shaft.

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