Removable hopper mechanism in an automatic weighing apparatus

摘要

A combinatorial automatic weighing apparatus has a plurality of weighing machines each including a pool hopper and a weighing hopper which are removable from a driver unit and a weighing mechanism, respectively. The pool hopper has removable guide plates for guiding articles as supplied from a dispersing table of the weighing apparatus, and also has on its outer sidewall guide members removably held in sliding engagement with a support bracket attached to the driver unit mounted on a tiltable stand supported on a frame. The pool hopper has a bottom cover drivable by the driver unit through a lever mechanism composed of disengageable levers. The weighing hopper has on its outer sidewall guide members removably held in sliding engagement with a support bracket secured to the weighing mechanism. The pool hopper and the weighing hopper can easily be removed for easy and thorough cleaning thereof.