Under-transporter shield for a weighing machine
First Claim
1. A weighing machine for weighing batches of material, said weighing machine comprisinga frame portion on which a central distributor, a plurality of transporters and a plurality of scales are mounted, wherein the transporters are arranged around the central distributor for transporting material radially outwards from the central distributor to the scales and one or more substantially uninterrupted shields that all extend downwards underneath the transporters in an operative position of the weighing machine.
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Abstract
A weighing machine for weighing off batches of material, said weighing machine comprising a frame on which a central distributor, a plurality of transporters and a plurality of scales are mounted, and wherein the transporters are arranged around the central distributor and configured with a view to transporting material from the distributor and radially outwards from the central distributor and to the scales, and wherein the weighing machine comprises one or more substantially uninterrupted shields in the form of screen faces that extend from a point underneath the distributor and outwards and downwards underneath at least that end of the transporters that faces towards the central distributor in the operative position of the machine.
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1. A weighing machine for weighing batches of material, said weighing machine comprising
a frame portion on which a central distributor, a plurality of transporters and a plurality of scales are mounted, wherein the transporters are arranged around the central distributor for transporting material radially outwards from the central distributor to the scales and one or more substantially uninterrupted shields that all extend downwards underneath the transporters in an operative position of the weighing machine.
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4. A weighing machine for weighing batches of material, said weighing machine comprising
a frame portion on which a central distributor, a plurality of transporters and a plurality of scales are mounted, wherein the transporters are arranged around the central distributor and configured with a view to transporting material from the distributor and radially outwards from the central distributor and to the scales, characterized in that the weighing machine comprises one or more substantially uniterrupted shields in the form of screen faces that extend outwards and downwards underneath the transporters in an operative position of the weighing machine, characterised in that the screen faces comprise frustoconical faces that are made of a plate material, and that at the bottom the screen faces end in a relatively sharp edge with a view to forming a drop catcher for liquid, if any, that runs down the screen faces.
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6. A weighing machine for weighing batches of material, said weighing machine comprising
a frame portion on which a central distributor, a plurality of transporters and a plurality of scales are mounted, wherein the transporters are arranged around the central distributor and configured with a view to transporting material from the distributor and radially outwards from the central distributor and to the scales, characterized in that the weighing machine comprises one or more substantially uninterrupted shields in the form of screen faces that extend outwards and downwards underneath the transporters in an operative position of the weighing machine, characterised in that, at the lowermost edge of the screen faces, a collector groove or a collector tray is configured with a view to collecting material that drops from the distributor or transporters and that will, via the screen faces, proceed into the collector groove.
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