Controlled chute device
First Claim
1. A controlled chute device, comprising a chute sloped to permit articles to slide down the chute by gravity, loading gate means for delivery of articles to the chute for passage down the chute, a loading gate control circuit adapted for generating successive loading gate control signals, said loading gate means being responsive to said successive control signals for the delivery of successive charges of articles to the chute for passage down the chute, inhibit means operable in response to a loading gate control signal for inhibiting generation of succeeding loading gate control signals by said loading gate control circuit, and release means operable in response to the passage of a charge of articles past a predetermined point in the chute for producing a release signal to stop operation of said inhibit means thereby to allow the next control signal to be generated by said loading gate control circuit for effecting delivery of the next charge of articles from said loading gate means to the chute for passage down the chute.
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Abstract
A controlled chute device, including a ramp chute having an entrance gate at the upstream and an exit gate at the downstream, for letting groups of product fed from the entrance gate slip down along it by gravity and discharging them from the exit gate, wherein the both entrance and exit gates are controlled sophisticatedly so that two or more groups of product sequentially fed from the entrance gate can exist on the chute at the same time without fear of contact and intermixture of the adjoining groups, which device is especially suitable for use in a combination weighing machine.
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- 1. A controlled chute device, comprising a chute sloped to permit articles to slide down the chute by gravity, loading gate means for delivery of articles to the chute for passage down the chute, a loading gate control circuit adapted for generating successive loading gate control signals, said loading gate means being responsive to said successive control signals for the delivery of successive charges of articles to the chute for passage down the chute, inhibit means operable in response to a loading gate control signal for inhibiting generation of succeeding loading gate control signals by said loading gate control circuit, and release means operable in response to the passage of a charge of articles past a predetermined point in the chute for producing a release signal to stop operation of said inhibit means thereby to allow the next control signal to be generated by said loading gate control circuit for effecting delivery of the next charge of articles from said loading gate means to the chute for passage down the chute.
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